AYRSHIRE LADIES COUNTY GOLF - Ayrshire team announced for West County Matches

The Ayrshire Ladies County Golf Association have announced their team for the forthcoming West Division Inter County matches which take place at Haggs Castle GC from  Monday 16 to Wednesday 18 June.

Featuring the Scotland internationalist and runner up in the recent national championship held at Prestwick GC, Connie Jaffrey, the team is :-

Linzi Allan (West Kilbride)
Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie)
Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies)
Jenny Linklater (Largs)
Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies)
Catherine Malcolm (Prestwick St Cuthbert)
Roz Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas)
Audrey Thompson (Loudoun Gowf)

Reserve
Katie McGarva (Troon Ladies)

AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES - Belleisle and Turnberry open with good wins

Ayr  Belleisle and Turnberry opened their title challenges in their respective Ayrshire Scratch leagues for 2014 with good home wins over their opponents.

In DIVISION 2, Belleisle hammered Caprington 6 - 0 in their opening fixture at the Ayr course. In the same division, Prestwick St Cuthbert started their challenge with a good 3 - 3 draw away to West Kilbride.

In DIVISION 3, Turnberry beat their visitors Prestwick St Nicholas by 4.5 - 1.5 in their opening fixture whilst New Cumnock had a narrow 3.5 - 2.5 victory when hosting Kilbirnie Place.

In DIVISION 4, Doon Valley are still looking for their first win of the season after going dow by 4 - 2 on their visit to play Troon St Meddans at Troon.

SCOTTISH WOMANS GOLF - Hazel McGarvie shines at Montrose

Hazel McGarvie

Hazel McGarvie (Troon ladies) was third equal overall in the prestigious Munross Trophy held at Montrose on Sunday 25^th May.

The three handicapper finished just two strokes behind the winner Hannah McCook (Granton On Spey) after rounds of 78 and 70 for a 148 total.

Her efforts also gave her the first net prize in the competition on 142, just a shot ahead of Kirsten Brown (Strathaven)

Leading scratch scores :-

Hannah	McCook	Grantown on Spey	77	69	146
Ailsa	Summers	Carnoustie Ladies	76	71	147
Hazel	MacGarvie	The Ladies Golf Club Troon	78	70	148
Iona	Stephen	Wentworth	72	76	148
Gillian	Monteith	Royal Montrose Ladies	75	75	150
Rachel	Walker	Dunfries & County	73	78	151

NORDEA MASTERS - Barry Crawford is Course Manager at European Tour venue in Sweden

Former Ayrshire county champion Barry Crawfordis the course manager at the PGA National Golf Club near Malmo, Sweden where the European Tour's Nordea Masters is being played this week.

(From the Scottishgolfview website)

Barry Crawford, course manager at PGA National Golf Club, Malmo, Sweden

There are two 18-hole championship-class  courses at the venue - the Links and the Lakes. The latter is being used for this week's tournament.

Barry's mother Isabel was a Scotland international player in the early 1970s when she was Isabel Wylie and is now a member of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association board of directors and a prominent figure in west of scotland girls' and women's golf.

Barry, a former Ayrshire county champion, still plays off +2 ,and was club champion at West Kilbride and Kilbirnie golf clubs.

He qualified from Elmwood College, Cupar and spent his apprenticeship at Prestwick Golf Club.
Barry has worked at Dundonald Links Golf Club, the Carrick on Loch Lomond, Bayonne on the banks of the Hudson River in New York,and Augusta, Georgia.

For the last six years Barry has worked on this new golf development in southern Sweden .The course is only four years old but very demanding but a good test of golf.

PAUL LAWRIE LADIES TARTAN TOUR - Entries for Dundonald fixture close this week.

Friday May 30th is the closing date for the next 36-hole event on the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Ladies Tartan Tour at Dundonald Links Golf Club on June 8 and 9.

 

The tournament is open to any lady professional and to all female amateurs with a single-figure handicap.

 

There at 16 entries at the moment, including Laura Murray, winner of the £2,500 first prize in the Tour event at Murcar Links on May 8-9.

 

Entry list so far:

Beth Allen (Falkirk), Emma Fairnie (Gullane), Pamela Feggans (Doon Valley), Jorden Ferrie (Hilton Park), Laura Harvey (Cleveland GC, Heather MacRae (Gleneagles Hotel), Kiran Matharu (Cookridge Hall), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) (am), Laura Murray (Paul Lawrie GC), Jessica Rigby (Germany), Lisa Shervill (unatt), Georgina Snow (Turnberry Hotel), Heather Stirling (unatt), Michele Thomson (unatt), Vikki Laing (Kingsacre), Sally Watson (Castle Stuart).

The entry fee is £75. Non PGA-professionals have to pay a £70 affiliation fee to the PGA in Scotland. For amateurs the affiliation fee is £40 which covers the remaining tournaments on the tour schedule.

 

Entries have to be made through the PGA in Scotland HQ at Gleneagles.

 

PGA professionals can enter as normal through the Bluegolf system. All other players, professional and amateur, should phone the PGA in Scotland office on 01764 661840

There is a guaranteed £6,000 prize fund with £2,500 to the winner, £1,250 to the runner-up and £750 to the player who finishes third. The top 10 and ties will receive prizemoney. 

 

Should an amateur finish in the top 10 she will earn the equivalent prize voucher value to what a professional would receive in that placing, except that the Rules of Amateur Status would limit any voucher to £500 in value.

 

Order of Merit points are also there to be won. The leading professional in the table after the Tour championship at Marriott Dalmahoy on September 10 and 11 will have her flights and hotel expenses paid for the 2014 Ladies European Tour Q School in Morocco.

BELLEISLE CUP - Draw for Doc Thom Ayrshire Order OF Merit event

The draw for the Belleisle Cup, which takes place on Sunday 1 June, has been published.

 

Competitors are reminded that they should check-in on arrival with championship officials at the tent adjacent to the 18^th green.

 

The full draw is :-

Rd 1	Rd 2	Name	Club
7.30	12.00	S ROBIN	P'WICK ST CUTHBERT
7.30	12.00	S McEWAN	LOUDOUN
7.30	12.00	R JENKINS	CROW WOOD
7.40	12.10	J HAGGARTY	LOUDOUN
7.40	12.10	G GIMSON	P'WICK ST CUTHBERT
7.40	12.10	J SLOAN	DOON VALLEY
7.50	12.20	G BRYDEN	GIRVAN
7.50	12.20	S GILCHRIST	LOUDOUN
7.50	12.20	S WHITE	GIRVAN
8.00	12.30	I FORBES	AYR BELLEISLE
8.00	12.30	S LOW	P'WICK ST NICHOLAS
8.00	12.30	R McGUIRE	AYR BELLEISLE
8.10	12.40	G NIMMO	TROON ST MEDDANS
8.10	12.40	S McCULLOCH	P'WICK ST CUTHBERT
8.10	12.40	N BLACK	ROWALLAN CASTLE
8.20	12.50	K MILLIKEN	TROON ST MEDDANS
8.20	12.50	J RUSHBERRY	ROWALLAN CASTLE
8.20	12.50	S McCLEMENTS	K'NOCK BARASSIE
8.30	1.00	C ANDERSON	CAWDER
8.30	1.00	A FARRELL	DOUGLAS PARK
8.30	1.00	C HOLLAND	P'WICK ST CUTHBERT
8.40	1.10	G ROBERTSON	IRVINE R'PARK
8.40	1.10	J SHANKS	IRVINE
8.40	1.10	JG BOYLE	TURNBERRY
8.50	1.20	D LAWSON	P'WICK ST NICHOLAS
8.50	1.20	A DUNSMORE	AYR BELLEISLE
8.50	1.20	B YATES	P'WICK ST CUTHBERT
9.00	1.30	K FERGUSSON	P'WICK ST CUTHBERT
9.00	1.30	J THOMAS	IRVINE
9.00	1.30	B O'ROURKE	KILBIRNIE PLACE
9.10	1.40	I MORRISON	P'WICK ST CUTHBERT
9.10	1.40	S RISK	BONMONT
9.10	1.40	A McLEAN	KILBIRNIE PLACE
9.20	1.50	A SWEENEY	LARGS ROUTENBURN
9.20	1.50	B GIBSON	TROON WELBECK
9.20	1.50	S MANNING	POLLOCK
9.30	2.00	S WALLACE	P'WICK ST CUTHBERT
9.30	2.00	K HAMILTON	AYR BELLEISLE
9.30	2.00	C WEDGEWORTH	POLLOCK
9.40	2.10	D LOW	AYR BELLEISLE
9.40	2.10	S BUCHANAN	P'WICK ST NICHOLAS
9.40	2.10	C TELFER	P'WICK ST CUTHBERT
9.50	2.20	G TELFER	P'WICK ST CUTHBERT
9.50	2.20	J JOHNSTON	AYR BELLEISLE
9.50	2.20	S RYAN	DALMILLING
10.00	2.30	C HUME	AYR BELLEISLE
10.00	2.30	M SMYTH	ROYAL TROON
10.00	2.30	B TRAVERS	LOUDOUN
10.10	2.40	D BROWN	AYR BELLEISLE
10.10	2.40	A CUNNINGHAM	RANFURLY CASTLE
10.10	2.40	G WILSON	LOUDOUN
10.20	2.50	J SYKES	AYR BELLEISLE
10.20	2.50	P STEVEN	AYR BELLEISLE
10.20	2.50	S CLARE	TURNBERRY STAFF
10.30	3.00	C ROBERTSON	P'WICK ST NICHOLAS
10.30	3.00	C RIGBY	P'WICK ST NICHOLAS
10.30	3.00	F RIGBY	K'NOCK BARASSIE
10.40	3.10	R SMITH	CAWDER
10.40	3.10	R COLSH	BEARSDEN
10.40	3.10	P SEMPLE	BEARSDEN
10.50	3.20	E McGRATH	CAWDER
10.50	3.20	S HILL	P'WICK ST CUTHBERT
10.50	3.20	A ORTON	K'NOCK BARASSIE
11.00	3.30	K MACASKILL	TURNBERRY STAFF
11.00	3.30	C ROBERTSON	ABBOTSFORD
11.00	3.30	A BAIN	ABBOTSFORD