Friday, May 20, 2011

EILIDH WINS EPIC MATCH AGAINST MEGAN TO REACH THE SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

Eilidh and Megan at the 1st tee -- Courtesy of Claire Hargan - SLGA
What a fantastic semi final match Eilidh and Megan played this afternoon at Machrihanish in the semi - final of the 2011 Scottish Amateur Championship.
Megan birdied the first two holes, however that was only enough to take a one hole lead. Birdie's by younger sister Eilidh at the 4th and 6th holes quickly turned the match in her favour and a par at the 8th hole was enough to give Eilidh a two hole advantage. The next five holes were halved in pars before Megan squared the match with a birdie at the 400 yard par four 14th hole and par at the par three 15th. However, pars from Eilidh at 16 and 17 were enough to win both holes and win the match by 2 & 1.

Eilidh was approximately three under par in winning the match by 2 & 1. Many Congratulations Eilidh

So sad that that both Megan ( The 2009 Scotish Champion) and Eilidh were in the same half of the draw as this match was worthy of being the final
Machrihanish (Semi Final Scores -- Hole by Hole)
Hole      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9        10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par        5 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4         5   3   5   4   4   3   3    4   4
Eilidh:    4 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 -----  5  3   5   4   4  4    3    4
Megan: 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 ----    5  3   5   4   3   3   4   5

Caddies for the day were Renfrewshire Past Captain Jennifer Mack who caddied for Megan in both the quarter and semi finals plus Megan's and Eilidh's Dad caddied for Eilidh

Jen Mack -- (Caddy for Megan) and Eilidh's Dad was her caddy
Courtesy of Claire Hargan - Click to enlarge


In the other semi final Louise Kenney beat Jane Turner  4 and 3.  Louise was approx 2 under par in the holes she played to win her semi final. This will be Louise's 3rd Scottish Final in a row and she has not won the title.