Non-selection of Ailsa Summers is the 'last 

 

straw' for many in Scottish ladies' golf

 

FROM AILEEN HUNTER
Let me first say that I've been involved in picking teams before and understand you have to make tough decisions when selecting a team from a good pool of players. However to include Ailsa Summers in the Scotland team should not have been a tough decision. 

Even if she hadn't won the Scottish title she should have been amongst the first on the team sheet.

Anyone who has seen her play golf will know that she is one of the classiest amateurs we have. Our country has been fortunate to include Ailsa amongst our elite golfers and she is an excellent role model for future generations.
The reason given seems to be that she hasn't returned enough scores and that doesn't make sense for a few reasons. Firstly she's done enough to hold second place in the order of merit so she must have returned some!

Secondly, not all preparation includes returning stroke-play scores and I am taking an educated guess that none of the salaried selectors thought to ask what Ailsa was doing to keep her game in shape - the answer is quite a lot! 

Thirdly, the home internationals is a match-play competition and whilst I appreciate the selectors base much of their decision-making on statistics these days, if they actually knew their players they would be aware that Ailsa is and always was an excellent match player. 
The uproar from all quarters of Scottish ladies' golf signals this decision is a 'last straw' for many. So many people are now completely disillusioned by the way the 'powers-that-be' are stifling talent, mishandling team and tournament play, systematically killing off the game for both the good keen amateurs and elite working amateurs, devaluing and undervaluing volunteers, and dampening the wonderful spirit that used to exist in ladies' amateur golf.
It's sad to see. I hope someone within the organisation pays heed to what people are saying and makes the effort, on all of our behalf, to properly canvas feedback and make an effort to change things for the better before it's too late!