CHLOE GOADBY WINS THE FIFE STUDENTS OPEN TOURNAMENT

Irishman Ronan Mullarney (Maynooth University) beat Monty Scowsill (Exeter) and Robert Foley (Stirling) in an exciting play-off climax to the men's 54-hole competition at the 13th Fife open students tournament over the Kittocks course, Fairmont St Andrews.

St Andrews native Chloe Goadby (Stirling University) took the spoils in the women’s competition ahead of a tense battle for the runner-up placings between St Andrews’ Lieve van Veggel and Kirsten Brown and Stirling’s Jen Saxton.

 In the women's individual competition, Chloe Goadby (pictured right with trophy) started with a three-stroke lead but was pushed all the way by Kirsten Brown (St Andrews) who moved into a tie for the lead until a double bogey at the 16th took the pressure off Goadby.

Earlier, Lieve van Veggel had shot a level par 74 to set the clubhouse lead at +13 and only Goadby was able to beat that, finishing at +8. Both Jen Saxton (Stirling) and Brown matched Van Veggel but, on countback, Saxton took third with Brown fourth.

In the women’s team competition, Van Veggel’s round of the day wasn’t quite enough to see St Andrews I home, Stirling I taking the team prize by two shots.

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WOMEN'S FINAL TOTALS
Kittocks course, Fairmont St Andrews.
Par 222 (3x74) SSS 75 CSS 78 76 78
230 Chloe Goadby (Stirling) 77 73 80.
235 Lieve Van Veggel (St Andrews) 83 78 74, Jennifer Saxton (Stirling) 74 80 81, Kirsten Brown (St Andrews) 81 72 82
236 Clodagh Walsh (Maynooth) 76 81 79.
241 Gemma Batty (Stirling) 83 75 83.
242 Alexandra Saunders (Exeter) 81 81 80
243 Penny Brown (Stirling) 84 81 78, Hazel MacGarvie (Stirling) 83 76 84.
249 Marie Danielsson (St Andrews) 81 74 94, Harriet Llewellyn (Exeter) 87 78 84.
252 Alexa Hammer (St Andrews) 85 79 88.
256 Mary Doyle (Maynooth) 85 79 92.

MISSED CUT TO LEADING 12 PLAYERS
165 Penny Brown (Stirling) 84 81
166 Molly Dowling (Maynooth) 85 81
167 Emily Laws (Stirling) 86 81
168 Mirren Fraser (Stirling) 89 79
170 Caitlin Boa (Highlands and Islands) 83 85.
171 Fern Clark (St Andrews) 92 79, Claudia Ovens (Exeter) 87 84.
172 Georgina Hirst (St Andrews) 85 87
174 Louise Duncan (Edinburgh) 93 81, Michaela Patzeltova (Scottish Rural Univ) 91 83, Georgina Holden (St Andrews) 87 87.
175 Cassie Kneen (St Andrews) 94 81
191 Emily Mollard (Exeter) 106 85
Retired: Iga Jozefiak (St Andrews)

LEADING WOMEN'S FINAL TEAM TOTALS
471 Stirling 1
473 St Andrews 1
478 Stirling 3
492 Maynooth 1.

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