Ayrshire’s Connie Jaffrey was edged into
second spot as Jessica Meek carded an impressive 67 in the second day’s stroke
play at the Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship, to top the leaderboard with
an aggregate nine under par at a sun-baked West Kilbride.
(Press release by Scottishgolf)
The 22-year-old from Carnoustie’s round of
six under for the day included eight birdies, with only one double bogey
blotting her copybook as the competition now moves into the match play stages.
Currently studying at the University of
Missouri, Meek was one of the US-based Scots whose schedules allowed them to
return to Scotland ahead of the Championship.
Speaking after her round, she said: “It was
good, it was a nice day with nice weather, so I just went out there and knocked
the ball around a little bit. I hit it solid off the tee which I think is the
important thing and if you keep it in play you can take advantage of some of
the shorter par fours and fives.
Jess Meek heads into the match play stages
as the top seed
“Anything can happen in match play so you
don’t want to get too far ahead of yourself. I’ve played in this championship
five times now and there’s been some upsets. I’ve been upset, I’ve upset
people. Match play is tough and we’ll see what happens by the end of the week.”
The overnight leader after day one, Connie
Jaffrey, from the Troon Ladies club, finished a shot behind on eight under par
for two rounds, while Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) was three shots behind her in
third.
With the championship field cut to the top
32 players, there was a play-off for the last qualifying spot between Royal
Dornoch’s Cara Thompson and Louise Fraser from Kingsknowe Golf Club, with
Fraser securing her place after one extra hole, and now facing top seed Meek on
Thursday.
Another player happy to be through to the
knock-out stages was 16-year-old Louise Duncan who was able to compete in
between her higher exams. The West Kilbride member thrived having the
competition on her home course. She finished better than expected, tying for
12th, although she was disappointed to drop three shots on the last hole.
She said: “I played well today, just got
nervous at the end. It is good to have the Scottish Amateur here and good to
play in it as it’s great to have competition to play against.”
The next 16 players are also in action as
they now contest the Clark Rosebowl. The 18-hole championship final will be
played at West Kilbride from 8.30am on Saturday morning.
FINAL QUALIFYING ROUNDS SCORES :-
137 - J Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 70 67
138 - C Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 69 69
141 - C Goadby (St Regulus) 70 71
143 - T Mactaggart (Minto) 71 72, L Whyte
(St Regulus) 71 72
144 -, H McCook (Grantown on Spey) 70 74, R
Taylor (Reichswald, Germany) 71 73
145 - G Macdonald (Craigielaw) 71 74, E
Briggs (Kilmacolm) 71 74
146 - J Allan (Glenbervie) 76 70, R Polson
(Kemnay) s74 72.
147 - L Duncan (West Kilbride) 75 72, C
Young (North Berwick) 73 74, J Free (Gullane) 73 74, A Summers (Carnoustie
Ladies) 70 77
148 - K Marshall (Baberton) 75 73, K Brodie
(Strathmore) 74 74
149 - E Hale (Troon Ladies) 75 74, K
Beveridge (Aboyne) 74 75, E Watson (Muckhart) 73 76, R Walker (Dumfries and Co)
72 77
150 - E Moffat (St Regulus) 77 73
151 - N Robertson (Stirling) 78 73
152 - J Saxton (Muckhart) 76 76, A McBride
(Harburn) 76 76
153 - G Paton (Royal Montrose) 79 74, J
Mackintosh (Hazlehead) 78 75, S Wood (Drumpellier) 75 78, S Leslie (Kemnay) 73
80, K McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 71 82
155 - L Ronnie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 78 77
156 - L Fraser (Kingsknowe) (81 77) beat C
Thompson (Royal Dornoch) (81-77) in play-off for the last place in the draw.
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158 - C Thompson (Royal Dornoch) 81 77
159 - A Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) 79 80, J
Rankine (Haggs Castle) 77 82, M Stewart (Murcar Links) 75 84
160 - H Scott (Broomieknowe) 82 78, J
Graham (Southerness) 83 77, L Macdonald (Cardross) 83 77
161 - R Foster (Turnberry) 83 78, M Briggs
(Kilmacolm) 83 78, W Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 75 86
162 - M Sievwright (Buckpool) 82 80, M
Gardner (Linlithgow) 80 82
163 - C Garrett (West Kilbride) 80 83
164 - A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 82 82
165 - C Irvine (Craigielaw) 82 83
166 - D Young (North Berwick) 79 87
167 - L Atkins (Minto) 82 85
168 - A McDonald (Bothwell Castle) 88 80, K
A Scott (Strathaven) 79 89
169 - K Reid (Monifieth) 80 89
169 - P Wilson (Burntisland) 85 84, R
Hunter (Lanark) 83 86
170 - S Cameron (Gullane) 89 91
176 - E O'Connor (Bothwell Castle) 87 89, N
Callander (Welwyn Garden City) 89 87
181 - C McLaughlin (West Kilbride) 94 87
182 - L Munro (Ayr Belleisle) 95 87
A total of four Ayrshire players, Connie Jaffrey, Louirse Duncan, Emma Hale & Lorna Ronnie qualified for the championship matchplay stages.
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH-PLAY DRAW
First round
08.30 J
Meek Vs L Fraser
08.38 K
Marshall Vs K Brodie
08.46 E
Briggs Vs J Saxton
08.54 G
Macdonald Vs A McBride
09.02 L
Whyte Vs S Wood
09.10 L
Duncan Vs R Walker
09.18 C
Young Vs E Watson
09.26 T
Mactaggart Vs S Leslie.
09.34 C
Goadby Vs K McIntosh
09.42 J
Free Vs K Beveridge
09.50 R
Polson Vs E Moffat
09.58 H
McCook Vs J Mackintosh
10.06 R
Taylor Vs G Paton
10.14 J
Allan Vs N Robertson
10.22 A
Summers v E Hale
10.30 C
Jaffrey Vs L Ronnie
CLARK ROSEBOWL MATCH-PLAY
First round
10.46
J Rankine Vs K Reid
10.54
M Gardner Vs C Garrett
11.02 R Foster Vs L Atkins
11.10
H Scott Vs A McDonald
11.18
J Graham Vs P Wilson
11.26
W Nicholson Vs D Young
11.35 M
Sievwright Vs C Irvine
11.42 L
Macdonald Vs R Hunter
Ayrshire lost out on winning the McNeill
Trophy for the best aggregate score by a county team over the two qualifying
rounds.
Angus, led by leading qualifier Jess Meek
(Carnoustie Ladies), prevented Ayrshire winning the trophy on homes soil.
FINAL SCORES
281 - Angus
285 - Ayrshire
293 - Fife
294 - East Lothian, Aberdeenshire
297 - Midlothian, Lanarkshire
298 - Perth and Kinross
300 - Northern Counties, Renfrewshire
309 - Dumfriesshire
The 2016 Ayrshire Seniors League is well
under way, despite a number of postponed matches in April and may following the
wet weather during those months.
