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Thursday, July 11, 2019

EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - Scotland Men's and Woman's teams qualify for top flite of matchplay


Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) and Hazel McGarvie (Royal Troon) led the way as the Scotland Men’s team qualified in third place and the Scotland Woman’s teams qualified in fourth place for the matchplay stages of the European men’s and Woman’s Team Championships being played this week at Ljunghusen Golf Club in Sweden and Molas Golf Club in Italy respectively.

Euan Walker had eight birdies in a seven under par round of 65 in the second strokeplay qualifying round on Wednesday, to finish leading individual player on 132.

Ireland, on 701, were the top qualifiers followed by England on 704 and Scotland on 710.

The other team scores were:-

714 - Sweden
720 - Germany
722 - Spain
732 - Wales
794 - Denmark
736 - France
737 - Netherlands
738 - Iceland, Finland
739 - Austria
743 - Czech Republic
744 - Belgium
769 - Slovenia

The individual scoring from the Scotland players was:-

132 - E Walker 67/65
141 - S Scott 72/69
145 - J Wilson 70/75
147 - R Lumsden 73/74, E McIntosh 73/74
153 - J Stewart 71/82

The championship now progresses to matchplay with Scotland scheduled to play Spain in the quarter finals on Thursday
 The full quarter final line up is:-

Ireland (1) vs Denmark (8)
Sweden (4) vs Germany (5)
Scotland (3) vs Spain (6)
England (2) vs Wales (7)

In the Woman’s competition the top individual performances were recorded by Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe)  and Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon) who both finished tied ninth on three under par for the two strokeplay qualifying rounds.

Italy lead the qualifiers on 701, followed by Sweden on 705 and Germany on 716, just one ahead of Scotland in fourth place on 717.

The individual scores of the Scotland Woman’s team were:-

141 - Hannah Darling 70/71, Hazel MacGarvie 69/72
144 - Chloe Goadby 69/75
145 - Shannon McWilliam 69/76
147 - Penny Brown 71/76
153 - Eilidh Briggs 78/75

Like the Men’s team, the Woman’s team face Spain in the quarter finals when the championship progresses to the matchplay stages on Thursday.

The full line up for Thursday’s quarter finals is :-

Italy (1) vs Ireland (8)
Scotland (4) vs Spain (5)
Germany (3) vs Denmark (6)
Sweden (2) vs England (7)

Scotland are in Division 2 of the European Boy’s team Championship, being played  at Toya Golf & Country Club in  Wrocław, Poland  from 10th to 13th July, and the Scots lie in second place, behind Wales, after the opening strokeplay round on Wednesday.

The leading team totals are:-

370 (+10) – Wales
373 (+13) – Scotland, Belgium
375 – (+15) Russia
393 (+33) – Slovenia
397 (+37) – Poland
402 (+42) – Hungary
417 (+57) – Slovakia

Ruben Lindsay (Ayr Belleisle) had a one over par 73 in the opening round and lies in seventh place in the individual table.

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