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| 1938 Champion Helen Holm |
A level par round with two birdies and two bogeys in the
quarter final against England’s Jessica Baker on Friday morning was enough to
give Louise Duncan a single hole victory, making he one of three Scots amongst
the four semi finalists, alongside Shannon McWilliam and Hannah Darling. The
other semi finalist was Iceland’s Jóhanna Lea Lúðvíksdóttir.
In the semi finals Louise was up against Broomieknowe’s
Hannah Darling and in a tight match, with never more than a single hole
separating the players, in which she carded four birdies and three bogeys,
Louise was one ahead at the final hole but a concession of the final hole to
her opponent saw the match progress to extra holes.
Louise however showed her mettle, securing a birdie 4 at the
first extra hole to go through to the final on Saturday, where she will meet Jóhanna
Lea Lúðvíksdóttir, who fought back from 3 down with 5 to play against Shannon
McWilliam to take the match to extra holes where a par five was sufficient for
her to take the first extra hole and secure her place in the final.
In Saturday’s final, Louise Duncan will be bidding to become
the first Scot to win the championship since Alison Rose at Cruden Bay in 1997,
and the first Ayrshire player to win the title for 83 years, since the
legendary Helen Holm of the Ladies Club, Troon won for the second time in 1938
at Burnham and Berrow, to follow up her first title win in 1934 at Royal
Porthcawl.
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