Sunday, May 18, 2014

RENFREWSHIRE WELL REPRESENTED AT THE SCOTTISH LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP AT PRESTWICK

Renfrewshire County Champion -- Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) will be seeking the perfect send off to the Curtis Cup when she lines up in an historic Scottish Ladies' Amateur Championship at Prestwick this week --- from May 20-24. 
The famous Ayrshire course is the venue for the 100th staging of the Championship and the event has attracted a strong field of 112 competitors. 
Eilidh will be flying out to the Curtis Cup at St Louis Country Club on May 26 - but there is work to done before the long flight to Atlanta. "I played in the British Women's Strokeplay at Prestwick last year so I know it is a tough course of real quality," - "A lot will depend on the weather, if the wind blows it will be really difficult. "I always enjoy playing in the Scottish and it is the start of an exciting period in my golfing career." Eilidh, a former Scottish Girls' Champion, was runner-up in the Scottish Championship as a teenager at Machrihanish in 2011. She lost the final to Louise Kenney (Pitreavie). 
Her older sister, Megan, won the title at Southerness in 2009. 
Megan -- The 2009 Scottish Champion at Southerness

Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) defends the trophy she won at Longniddry last year.

Alyson -- 2013 Scottish champion at Longniddry
Heather Anderson the 1969 Scottish Champion at West Kilbride (45 years ago) is also playing -- wonder if that is a record !!

After two rounds of strokeplay on Tuesday and Wednesday, the top 32 players qualify for the knock-out stage of the Championships. The next 16 compete for the Clark Rosebowl.
The Championship final takes place on Saturday, May 24th at 9am.

For all the tee times for Tuesday 20th --- CLICK HERE

We wish all the Renfrewshire Players who are playing in the event every success this coming week .

Heather Anderson, Eilidh Briggs, Megan Briggs, Denise Cowan, Liz Hale,  Jennifer Mack, Lindsay Mathie, Linda McDougall, Alyson McKechin, Alex Qayum, Beth Paterson, Jennifer Rankine, Iona Stephen and Carol Whyte,