Title-holder Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and Renfrewshire's Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) stand between the Briggs sisters from Kilmacolm and Renfrewshire, Megan and Eilidh, and a family affair of a semi-final in the 97th Scottish women’s amateur golf championship at Machrihanish tomorrow.
The 2010 Champion Kelsey MacDonald plays Eilidh, in the first quarter-final tomorrow morning. In the morning tie Eilidh beat former champion and now SLGA selector Martine Pow (Selkirk) by 2 and 1. Eilidh then swept into the last eight with a 7 and 6 win over another Scotland girl cap, Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey).
“I feel I am back at my best for the match-play and I was four under par against Hannah,” said Eilidh who had birdies at the first and ninth and an eagle 3 at the seventh to be five holes to the good after 10."
The second quarter-final is an all-Renfrewshire tussle between Megan Briggs, winner of the national title in 2009 at Southerness, and 17-year-old Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) .
Megan was sub-par for the first day of the match-play in beating Sammy Vass (Tain) by 7 and 5 followed by a 4 and 3 win over former champion Elaine Moffat (St Regulus).
“I was hitting fairways and greens in regulation all day,” said Megan who has never played county team-mate Alyson in match-play previously.
Alyson, 17, beat Kirstin Blackwood (Glencorse) in the first round and then Alison Davidson (Stirling), the 1997 British and Scottish champion, by 5 and 4 in the second round with one-under-par figures.
She Text your Webmaster and said " I am very happy to have reached the quarter final and I am looking forward to the challenge of playing Megan the 2009 Scottish Champion"
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In the Clark Rosebowl matchplay stages both Carol Whyte (Windyhill) and Lorraine Morrow (Erskine) lost this morning.
Lorraine said " Started well this morning, par, birdie, birdie to be 2 up after 3 holes, unfortunately it wasn't to last! Eventually lost 3&2 but really delighted with how I've played this week and enjoyed myself! Bonus round at Machrihanish Dunes Golf Course tomorrow"
Carol said "You will never believe how tough it has been! Bar open now and out to support team mates tomorrow !!"
Well done to you all from everyone in Renfrewshire Ladies County Association
Tomorrow morning's quarter-finals tee off as follows:
8.30 Kelsey MacDonald (No 1 seed) v Eilidh Briggs (No 24 seed).
8.40 Alyson McKechin (No 5 seed) v Megan Briggs (No 4 seed).
8.50 Susan Wood (No 14 seed) v Jane Turner (No 6 seed).
9.00 Louise Kenney (No 7 seed) v Rachael Watton (No 2 seed).
In the semi-finals of the second flight Clark Rosebowl it will be:
9.20 Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) v Fiona Hay (Deeside).
9.30 Ailsa Bain (Peebles) v Heather Munro (Monifieth).
+The championship semi-finals will tee off at 1.30 and 1.50pm with the Clark Rosebowl final at 2.10.
Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report
