Friday, May 18, 2012

MEGAN AND EILIDH ARE KNOCKED OUT OF THE SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

Two past champions - Kelsey MacDonald (2010 at Craigielaw) and Megan Briggs (2009 at Southerness) - were beaten in this morning's quarter-finals of the 98th Scottish women's amateur championship, played in a drizzle and over a links course which soaked up a lot of overnight rain but was beginning to show puddles here and there by lunchtime.
Kelsey was beaten 7 and 6 by Renfrewshire's Eilidh Briggs who lost to Louise Kenney in last year's championship final at Machrihanish.  Megan was four holes up on 17-year-old Muckhart player, Eilidh Watson, after seven holes and still three up on the 14th tee, let a place in the semi-finals for the second year in a row slip through her wet fingers.
Watson, the only P and K player to make the match-play stages, won the 14th, then the 17th with an eagle 2 against Megan's birdie 3.  At the 18th Megan three-putted, finally missing on the very wet green from about 2 and a half feet and 19th to lose her tie

In the afternoons semi final Eilidh played a very much on form Laura Murray (Alford)Laura went three up at the eighth and then used her strength of the tee to wrap up victory. She birdied three long holes on the home straight - the par-5 11th, 13th and 14th, to win by 6 and 4 with two-under-par figures.
She now meets Jane Turner (Craigielaw) in tomorrows final
To read more go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website
In the Clark Rosebowl Renfrewshire's Carol Whyte (Windyhill) lost in the Semi Final at the 19th against Heather Munro.

98th SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Tain Golf Club, Ross-shire
QUARTER-FINALS
Jane Turner (Craigielaw) beat Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 5 and 4.
Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) beat Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) at 19th.
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) beat Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 7 and 6.
Laura Murray (Alford) beat Sammy Vass (Tain) 5 and 4.
SEMI-FINALS
Turner beat Watson 7 and 6.
Murray beat Eilidh Briggs 6 and 4.
CLARK ROSEBOWL
SEMI-FINALS
Heather Munro (Monifieth) beat Carol Whyte (Windyhill) at 19th
Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) beat Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 3 and 2.
FINAL
Hannah Scott beat Heather Munro 1 hole.