AUCHTARARDER PAIR WIN LGU FOURSOMES AREA FINAL IN BRECHIN TIGHT FINISH

Auchterarder Golf Club members Lindsay Gray (on left) and Anne Gray go forward to the Grand Final of the LGU Coronation Foursomes after winning the area final at Brechin Golf Club on Monday.

Auchterarder's Anne Allan and Lindsay Gray won the LGU Coronation Foursomes Area Final at Brechin Golf Club on Monday after one of the closest finishes at any of the 16 nationwide finals.
Three pairs - Ruth Mitchell and Joanne Davidson (Murcar Links) and Isobel Phillips and Helen Stewart (Peterhead) were the others - tied at the head of a huge field of 69 partnerships with 36 Stableford points.
Ann and Lindsay, with a combined handicap of 24, won the card play-off with the best inward half of 21pts. That narrowly beat 19pts by Ruth and Joanne (handicap 21) with Isobel and Helen, handicap 23, a close-up third best with inward half of 16pts.

The Auchterarder winners now go forward the Eden Course, St Andrews on September 18 for the Grand Final which will be contested by the 16 winning pairs at all the area finals.
Bonus prize for the overall winners will be a place in the 2018 Ricoh Women's British Open pro-am at Royal Lytham.

LEADING POINTS TOTALS
36pts A Allan and L Gray (Auchterarder) (24), R Mitchell and J Davidson (Murcar Links) (21), Isobel Phillips and Helen Stewart (Peterhead) (23).
35pts J Grubb and J Hulse (Montrose Mercantile) (14).
34pts L Park and L Whyte (Meldrum HJouse4) (16), J Johnston and C Simpson (Sherland) (26).
33pts W Williamson and E Hynd (Balbirnie Park) (13), L Moore and P Stalker (Deeside) (30), H Thomson and D Watson (Lundin Ladies) (9), C Steedman and R McConkey (Pitreavie) (11), R Gray and H Taylor (Tarland) (26).
32pts S Murray and M Wilson (Anstruther) (19), J Brown and R Smith (Brechin) (18), F Nicol and K Mollison (Fraserburgh) (28), E Stoddart and L Craik (Portlethen) (16), V Wade and J Taylor (Turriff) (19).
31pts L McNicoll and S Houston (Ballumbie Castle) (20), I Chapman and S Chapman (Forfar) (11) C More and A Munro (Kemnay) (25).
30pts C Kyle and G O'Donnell (Aberdeen Ladies) (14), V Souter and J McCloskey (Craibstone) (12), J Robertson and R McLean (Cruden Bay) (19), E Thomson and A MacIntosh (Edzell) (26), R Cameron and I Taylor (Forres) (11), J Douglas and M Noble (Stirling) (23).

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