tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38966362010-04-27T14:56:00.512+01:00Gillian Kirkwood Golf News - News of ladies, womens, student and junior golfThe site for News on Student Golf, Scottish Ladies Golf and Junior Amateur GolfGilliannoreply@blogger.comBlogger5000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-61759362308223497222010-04-27T13:48:00.003+01:002010-04-27T13:52:32.744+01:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><strong>Hannah Bews and Emma Taylor joint third and joint</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><strong>fifth in the Women's Collegiate Championship</strong></span><br /><br />Hannah Bews from Dorset and Emma Taylor from Saunton, both coming up to the end of their fourth and final year at Bethune Cookman College, Daytona Beach in Florida, finished joint third and joint fifth respectively in the Women's Collegiate Championship over one round at Marietta, Georgia.<br />Over a par-71, 5807yd course, two players tied for the individual honours - Honesty Biggers (South Carolina State) and Nicole West (Hampton) with a pair of 76s.<br />Hannah Bews had a 79 and Emma an 80. A total of 45 players took part.<br />Hampton University (319) pipped Bethune Cookman (322) for the team title in a field of nine squads.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-6175936230822349722?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-78522271726242464222010-04-27T13:31:00.003+01:002010-04-27T13:43:18.600+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">Midlothian women's county championship</span><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Prestonfield Golf Club</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">MATCH-PLAY DRAW</span></strong><br />(April 30)<br /><strong>FIRST ROUND</strong><br /><strong>9am</strong> W Nicholson (Broomieknowe) qualifying total <strong>154</strong> (No 1 seed) v Linda Bain (Lochend) <strong>174 </strong>(No 16).<br /><strong>9.07</strong> Gillian Simpson (Murrayfield)<strong> 169</strong> (No 9) v Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) <strong>164 </strong>(No 8).<br /><strong>9.15</strong> Karen Marshall (Baberton)<strong> 163</strong> (No 5) v Hilary Laughland (Troon Ladies) <strong>171</strong> (No 12).<br /><strong>9.22</strong> Claire MacDonald (Gullane Ladies) <strong>171</strong> (No 13) v Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) <strong>158</strong> (No 4).<br /><strong>9.30</strong> Linda Caine (Dunbar) <strong>158 </strong>(No 3) v Sal Shepherd (Craigmillar Park) <strong>174 </strong>(No 14).<br /><strong>9.37</strong> Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) <strong>170 (</strong>No 11) v Kirsten Blackwood (Craigmillar Park) 164 (No 6).<br /><strong>9.45</strong> Fiona Hunter (Baberton) <strong>164 </strong>(No 7) v Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 169 (10).<br /><strong>9.52</strong> Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe)<strong> 174</strong> (15) v Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) <strong>158</strong> (No 2 seed).<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>East Lothian women's county championship</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">DUNBAR GOLF CLUB</span></strong><br />(May 3)<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">FIRST ROUND</span></strong><br />10am M Thomson (No 1 seed) v F Playfair (16).<br />10.07 A Marshall (9) v E Blair (8).<br />10.15 L Grieve (5) v A Archbold (12).<br />10.22 D Huish (13) v K Ward (4).<br />10.30 C Young (3) v B McIntosh (14).<br />10.37 D Young (11) v M L Renton (6).<br />10.45 J Herd (7) v J McNicoll (10)<br />10.52 B Biggart (15) v E Fairnie (No 2 seed).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-7852227172624246422?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-7211630588405659902010-04-27T12:12:00.005+01:002010-04-27T13:47:51.798+01:00<a href="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/HANNAHBURKEputtingHarlechJun09-719415.JPG"><strong><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/HANNAHBURKEputtingHarlechJun09-719071.JPG" border="0" /></strong></a><strong> <span style="font-size:180%;color:#663333;">Big-12 Conference runner-up</span></strong><br />-<br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663333;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663333;"><strong>Hannah Burke honoured</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;">NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION</span><br />Hertfordshire’s Hannah Burke scooped a host of honours when she was runner-up in the Big 12 Conference women’s championship on the US college circuit.<br />Hannah, <em>pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency</em>, is a senior student at Baylor University, Texas and this was her 13th career top-five finish – a new college record. The 22-year-old from Mid Herts has had five top-fives this season alone.<br />She also shares the college record for 21 top-10 finishes – and for that achievement she was named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team. She’s the first player from Baylor to win this recognition three times.<br />In the championship, at the Jimmie Austin OU club in Oklahoma, Hannah finished eight shots behind Oklahoma State’s Swedish player Caroline Hedwall. After a four-over 76 in the first opening round, Hannah shot two-under over the final 36 holes with back-to-back 71s.<br />Baylor head coach Sylvia Ferndon said: “I couldn’t be prouder of Hannah finishing second; she deserves it. She’s been a great leader.”<br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">Lyndsey Hewison</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">Press & PR Officer</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></em></strong><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>BIG-12 WOMEN'S CONFERENCE</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Oklahoma venue</span><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><em>Par 72. 6327yd</em></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">210 Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) 70 67 73.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">218 Hannah Burke (Baylor) 76 71 71.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Selected totals:</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">226 Nicola Race (Missouri) 78 76 72 (jt 15th). Nicola comes from Essex.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">235 Hannah Lovelock (Missouri) 78 76 81 (jt 39th). Hannah comes from Surrey.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">243 Ami Storey (Kansas State) 80 82 81. Ami comes from Ponteland, NE England. </span><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">LEADING TEAM TOTALS</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">896 Texas A & M.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">897 Oklahoma State.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Selected totals:</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">917 Missouri (7th).</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">920 Baylor (9th of 12 teams).</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-721163058840565990?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-68995183263470237322010-04-27T08:07:00.004+01:002010-04-27T08:18:27.416+01:00<a href="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/KEVINCRAGGSJUL08-733605.JPG"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 193px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/KEVINCRAGGSJUL08-733388.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong>Ladies' amateur golf has changed</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;">-</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="color:#000099;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">for the better, </span><span style="font-size:180%;">says coach Craggs</span></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;">FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE</span><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;">By MARTIN DEMPSTER</span></strong><br /></div><div>The latest staging of the Helen Holm Scottish Ladies' Open Stroke Play Championship at Troon provided conclusive proof the face of ladies' golf has been changed for good.<br />And, without wanting to cause any offence to the players who did their bit for the Scottish game over the years – Belle Robertson in particular springs to mind – it's certainly a change for the better.</div><div>My first real experience of women's amateur Golf came more than 20 years ago. I was a junior reporter on my local newspaper in Berwickshire and one of our readers, Gay Buchanan from Eyemouth – the sister of former Kenyan Open winner Craig Maltman – qualified to represent Scotland in the (now defunct] Ford Women's Home Internationals at Royal Lytham. </div><div>I went down to Lancashire to caddie for her and recall the journey well, due to the fact it took us a lot longer than it should have because we initially ended up in Stockport instead of Southport. George Will, who played in three Ryder Cups in the 1960s, captained the Scottish team that week and, to this day, it remains one of the many marvellous experiences golf has provided me over the years due mainly to the friendly nature of everyone involved. </div><div>All the players who took part in that event were – and I sincerely hope I don't upset anyone with this recollection – a fair bit older than me and, at the time, I didn't give it a thought.</div><div>Catriona Lambert, as she was at the time, was probably the first younger woman I really came across on a golf course yet even the current Ricoh Women's British Open champion would surely be surprised to see so many players under the age of 18 in the field for the Helen Holm event played over Troon Portland and, for the final day, Royal Troon.</div><div>Kevin Craggs, <em>pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency</em>, the national coach of the Scottish Ladies Golf Association, believes the women's game is making great progress. </div><div>"It is becoming attractive to watch," he said, "and, while the cynics out there may have said in the past that it was a case of 'all gear and no idea', now it's 'all gear and a bloody good idea'."</div><div>That is definitely the case with the 15-year-old Maguire twins, Leona and Lisa, from Ireland. They played in a professional event at the age of 12 and Shane O'Grady, their coach, remarked at the time: "I've never coached anyone that good at that age. They are exceptionally good. They have the maturity of 17-year-old boys." </div><div><span style="color:#990000;">A year after finishing first and third, the Maguires tied for sixth on this occasion in the Helen Holm and look to have exciting futures ahead of them.</span></div><div>Scotland also has some promising young talent coming through, the likes of Kelsey MacDonald, Louise Kenney and Pamela Pretswell having good reason to be looking over their shoulders at the progress being made younger players such as Rachael Watton, Alyson McKechin, Gabrielle MacDonald, Ailsa Summers and Lesley Atkins. </div><div>Watch out for some of them being in the frame when the Curtis Cup comes to Nairn in 2012.</div><div>"For so long Scotland has prided itself on tradition but the wheel is finally turning," added Craggs, who has worked with the SLGA for the past four years and was delighted to see both Carly Booth and Kylie Walker show they had games that were good enough to earn Ladies European Tour cards this season. </div><div>"People still understand the values of tradition but they are also seeing the importance of progression and that's a big thing for me."</div><div>Strength and conditioning work as well as nutrition is also playing a far bigger role. </div><div>"The days of women's golf being a game where they tickled it up the middle and relied on being good pitch and putters to make their score are gone," said Craggs. "They are ball strikers who can shift the ball a fair distance off the tee."</div><div><span style="color:#993300;">Over the years we have often heard women golfers being criticised for lacking creativity with their shots but, on Sunday, we saw players showing wonderful imagination as they produced a variety of shots on an Open Championship course.</span></div><div>"I'm really excited about the direction women's golf is heading," continued Craggs, "and, when we were lucky enough to have Catriona Matthew with us on a training trip to Spain, she said a wonderful thing that was a compliment to the players. She told them that when she first went on the Tour she had to learn her apprenticeship but nowadays she believes the top amateurs have the tools to do well straight away in the professional game, something that's been proved by the likes of Anna Nordqvist."</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-6899518326347023732?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-42288481736103444282010-04-27T07:49:00.002+01:002010-04-27T07:53:25.373+01:00<span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Kenney left in shock as she misses the cut for Curtis Cup</span></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /></span><a href="javascript:"></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">By Martin Dempster<br /></span></strong>While there was delight for two Scots as Sally Watson and Pamela Pretswell were named in the Great Britain & Ireland team, Louise Kenney admitted she was "shocked" not to have even been included among the four reserves for this year's Curtis Cup clash in America.<br />Watson, who is coming to the end of her freshman year at Stanford University in California, where Tiger Woods completed his education before turning professional, is the only survivor in captain Mary McKenna's team from the match over the Old Course at St Andrews two years ago. The 18-year-old, who lives in South Queensferry and is a member of Elie & Earlsferry Ladies' Golf Club, has just been named in the All-Pac-10 women's second team, having had a win and three other top-ten finishes on the US women's college circuit.<br />Watson led the Stanford team in stroke average and always looked a good bet to make the eight-strong GB&I line-up again despite missing the Helen Holm Scottish Open Stroke Play Championship at the weekend due to college commitments.<br /><span style="color:#000099;">Kenney, who topped the Scottish Order of Merit last year and didn't finish outside the top ten in doing so, produced the strongest performance of three Scots in the field at Troon who were on the Curtis Cup short leet, yet her third-place finish appears to have been totally discounted by the selectors.</span><br />Instead, they've gone for Pretswell, who, by contrast, produced a poor performance in Ayrshire. In her junior honours year at Glasgow University, Pretswell, who will be 21 by the time the match comes around – it is being played Essex County Club at Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts from 11-13 June – has played little competitive golf since last year's Women's Home Internationals at Irvine Bogside.<br />However, the selectors would appear to have been swayed by an impressive performance she produced to win the 2008 Swiss Women's Open Amateur Championship, the Bothwell Castle player coming from 11 shots behind on the final day to claim that title.<br />Nairn Dunbar's Kelsey MacDonald, who was in the GB&I training squad along with Kenney, Pretswell and Watson, has been named as the first reserve, leaving Kenney wondering exactly what she has done wrong to have been totally overlooked.<br />"I am shocked, to be honest," said the 27-year-old from Pitreavie. "I don't think I was being silly in thinking I had a chance of making the team and it is utter disbelief that I've not even made one of the four reserve spots. I've had so many texts from people saying how sorry they am for me and I'll just have to go out there and do what I did last year to try and prove the selectors wrong."<br />As expected, the 15-year-old Macguire twins, Leona and Lisa, have been included in the team, the Slieve Russell players having rubber-stamped their potential when they set an age record by making the GB&I team at the age of 14 in last year's Vagliano Trophy match against Europe.<br /><span style="color:#000099;">They will now become the youngest GB&I representatives to play in a Curtis Cup, taking that record away from Scotland's Carly Booth, who had her 16th birthday just after the 2008 Curtis Cup match.</span><br />Completing a strong Irish contingent is Danielle McVeigh, the impressive Helen Holm winner, while England provides the three other members of the side, namely Hannah Barwood, Holly Clyburn and Rachel Jennings.<br />"It is a very good mix of experience and youth," said McKenna, who played in nine Curtis Cup matches between 1970 and 1986 and, in terms of winning individual and foursomes ties, is the most successful GB&I player in Curtis Cup history.<br />"They have all played overseas on in America at some time, so that's a big plus factor as well."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-4228848173610344428?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-18314094604669329462010-04-26T22:47:00.002+01:002010-04-26T22:50:47.337+01:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><strong>Linzi Allan named in the All-Heartland Conference Teams</strong></span><br /><br />Scot Linzi Allan is one of three Newman University, Wichita students named to the All-Heartland Conference teams. Linzi earned first team honours, while Alyssa Balding from Northumberland and Andrea Martires were named to the women's second team.<br />Allan was the only Jet to receive first team All-Heartland Conference honours. The freshman from Ayrshire had three top-10 finishes this season, including first place at the West Texas A&M Lady Buff Stampede. She ended the season with a sixth place finish at the Heartland Conference Tournament with rounds of 76 (+4) and 75 (+3), to finish seven over par.<br />Balding, a freshman from Northumberland, England, earned second team All-Heartland Conference honours’. After an up and down season, Balding finished strongly with a top-20 finish at the Heartland Conference Tournament. Her most impressive showing of the season was a sixth place finish at the Texas A&M-Commerce Spring Classic.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-1831409460466932946?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-15798182391319154602010-04-26T21:12:00.005+01:002010-04-26T21:33:58.655+01:00<a href="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/ELLIEGIVENSAPRHD08-749431.jpg"><strong><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/ELLIEGIVENSAPRHD08-749422.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;">Ellie Givens finishes runner-up to US</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;">Curtis Cup team selection Kim</span></strong><br /><br />Ellie Givens, the 2007 English girls champion from Darlington, played her part in a takeover by the University of Denver of the leading positions in the Sun Belt Conference women's tournament at The Shoals, Alabama last week (April 19 to 21).<br />Ellie, <em>pictured,</em> a junior (third-year) student, achieved her highest finish of the season in coming second to freshman team-mate Kimberly Kim who has been chosen to play for the United States in the Curtis Cup match against Great Britain & Ireland at Essex County Club, Massachusetts from June 11-13.<br />Kimberley, scoring her first win on the US women's college circuit, had rounds of 69, 75 and 71 for a one-under-par total of 215 over the par-72, 6123yd course.<br />She finished only a shot ahead of Ellie Givens who had rounds of 70, 74 and 72.<br />A third Denver player, Kelly Drack, finished third on 217 and their monopoly of the top-10 placings continued with Stephanie Sherlock finished fifth on 219 and Sarah Faller from Galway coming seven on 221 with scores of 71, 74 and 76.<br />This is the tournament - as we reported a day or two ago - in which Wales' Anna Carling (Arkansas State) tied for 13th place on 226 with scores of 78, 76 and 72.<br />Another British student, Clara Leathers (Middle Tennessee State) finished joint 27th in a field of 55 players with scores of 80, 75 and 76. Clara, a final year student, hails from Aylesbury.<br />Not surprising that Denver won the Sun Belt Conference title by a staggering 34 shots from Middle Tennessee State with Arkansas-Little Rock third in a field of 11 teams.<br />After the tournament, Ellie Givens, Sarah Faller and Anna Carling were among the players named to the Sun Belt Conference team.<br />It's not a team in the European sense of the word in that American post-tournament teams never play any matches. It is a selection of the players who are considered the best in the conference.<br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Ellie the highest-placed English student next to Jodi Ewart (University of New Mexico) in Golfweek's current American college women's rankings. </span><br />Jodi is seventh, Sally Watson 42nd, Ellie Givens 70th and Hannah Burke 94th. They are the only British students in the US women's college circuit top 100.<br />What a boost it would have been for the GB&I Curtis Cup team to have had Jodi Ewart in its line-up, but the Yorkshire girl is turning professional as soon as she is finished with university and before the Curtis Cup so that she can play on the Futures Tour right away.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-1579818239131915460?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-33024133946004330052010-04-26T19:11:00.003+01:002010-04-26T19:19:16.578+01:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><strong>Maguire twins help Loreto College Cavan complete</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#009900;">title hat-trick in Irish Schools Senior Cup</span></strong> <br /></span> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION</span></strong> <br /></span>Loreto College Cavan's teenage stars Leona and Lisa Maguire and Co Cavan’s Rebecca Brady secured their third consecutive Irish Schools Senior Cup title, just moments after the twins were named on the GB&I Curtis Cup team, at Milltown Golf Club today.<br />With two scores to count from three, Loreto Cavan won the event by a margin of 27 Stableford points from Dublin's The Teresian School. The twins had just returned home late on Sunday evening from Scotland, following their joint sixth place finish, four shots behind winner Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co. Down Ladies), at the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Troon Portland and Royal Troon.<br />Their impressive play earned them selection on this year’s Curtis Cup team alongside Danielle with Donabate legend Mary McKenna captaining the side.<br /><span style="color:#990000;">“We’re delighted to have captured a third title” said Lisa afterwards. “We love playing in the Schools Championships and the condition of the greens here at Milltown far exceeded any course we have played in quite some time.”</span><br />Speaking at the Presentation of Prizes, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport Mary Hanafin TD commended the twins on their Curtis Cup selection and encouraged all schoolgirls to take up the game as it was a sport to be enjoyed for the rest of their lives. <br />Leona fired a best-of-the-day, one-under-par 37 points to win the Mary Nolan Cup with birdies at 1, 5, 9 and 17 while bogeys on 4, 7 and 13 prevented the perfect round.<br />Meanwhile sister Lisa birdied 1, 3, 14, 17 and 18 to sign for a level par 36 points.<br />Laurel Hill Coláiste, Limerick, emerged victorious in the Junior Cup with Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) returning a fine two over par 34 points off seven of a handicap while Scoil Christ Rí finished second, 7 points behind.<br />Other players returning impressive net scores were Shanen Brown and Mary Doyle (Scoil Christ Rí) with 42 points, while Amber Gleeson (Alexandra College) signed for 41 pts and Eimear Ryan (Laurel Hill Coláiste) returned 40 pts.<br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">RESULTS</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Senior Cup (2 from 3 scores to count)</span></strong><br />73 pts Loreto College, Cavan – Rebecca Brady (13), Leona Maguire (37), Lisa Maguire (36)46 pts The Teresian School, Dublin - Ariana Coyle Diaz (22), Rachel McDonnell (10), Lauren Murray (24)<br />45 pts Sligo Grammar – Shauna Brady (17), Megan O’Hara (16), Holly Robinson (28).<br />43 pts Midleton College, Cork - Edel Coyne (17), Julie Coyne (26).<br />29 pts Coláiste Bríde, Enniscorthy – Nancy Dunphy (12), Raidin Murphy (17).<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Best gross (Mary Nolan Cup):</span></strong><br />37 pts Leona Maguire (Loreto College, Cavan).<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Best net:</span></strong><br />33pts Holly Robinson (Sligo Grammar)<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Junior Cup (2 from 3 scores to count)</span></strong><br />51 pts Laurel Hill Coláiste, Limerick – Anne Marie Byrne (17), Chloe Ryan (34), eimear Ryan (12)<br />44 pts Scoil Christ Rí, Portlaoise – Shannen Browne (23), Mary Doyle (21)<br />42 pts Alexandra College, Dublin – Darcey Carr (14), Aideen Cowhey (7), Amber Gleeson (28).<br />35 pts Victoria College, Belfast - Jessica Bamber (8), Jemma Hool (15), Tyne McGee [20]31 pts Mean Scoil Mhuire, Roscommon - Blaithin O'Brien (17), Orla Quinn (8), April Timothy (14).<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Best Gross Individual:</span></strong><br />28pts Amber Gleeson (Alexandra College).<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Best Net Individual</span></strong>:<br /> 36pts Tyne McGee (Victoria College Belfast)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-3302413394600433005?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-67215873461909713472010-04-26T18:08:00.003+01:002010-04-26T18:12:19.107+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#003333;">English enter combined boys/girls' teams at Fairhaven</span><br /><br />The English Golf Union (EGU) and the English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) are entering joint teams of two boys and a girl for the Nations Cup competition at the Fairhaven Trophies over the Lancashire course on 30th April – 2nd May.<br />Team One will comprise Oliver Carr (Heswall, Cheshire), Ben Taylor (Walton Heath, Surrey) and Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham & St Anne’s, Lancashire), while Team Two will be Matthew Fitzpatrick (Hallamshire, Yorkshire), Kieron Fowler (based in Spain) and Bronte Law (Bramhall, Cheshire).<br />Carr, 17, is a former Cheshire Junior Champion, who won the North of England Under 16 Championship last year as well as the Under 16 title at the Faldo Series Final in Rio de Janerio. He was also capped by England at Under 16 level in 2009 against Wales, Scotland and Ireland. He is now a member of the England Under 18 Squad.<br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Ben Taylor, 17, is also a member of the Under 18 Squad and helped Surrey retain the Boys County Championship last year. He finished fourth in the South of England Boys Championship and reached the last 16 of the British Boys. Ben represented the EGU in the triangular match in South Africa earlier this year</span>.<br />Emily Taylor,15, no relation of Ben, has just won the Scottish Girls Under 16 Stroke Play Championship, helped by a course record 66 at Strathmore. She was also in the winning Nations Cup team. <br />In February, she won the Under 18 titles in the Hacienda Del Alamo Ladies Open and the Murcia Under 16 Open at the Hacienda del Alamo February Festival in Murcia, south-east Spain. Last year, she was the Lancashire Ladies’ Champion at the age of 14 and runner-up in the English Under 15 Girls’ Championship for the second successive year.<br />She is in the EWGA Under 18 Squad.<br />Fitzpatrick, 15, finished second to Oliver Carr in last year’s North of England Under 16 Championship and was third in the English Schools Under 16 Championship. Runner-up for the Yorkshire Under 16 title, he also finished second in the St Andrews Under 18 Open. A member of the England Under 16 Squad, he won the St Andrews Junior Open and the Wentworth Under 14 Scratch Open, both in 2008.<br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Fowler, 15, is Spanish-based and has enjoyed several junior successes there. He was tied fourth behind Carr and Fitzpatrick in last year’s North of England Under 16 Championship and is also a member of the England Under 16 Squad.</span><br />Bronte Law, 15, completed a string of victories in 2009, becoming English Under 18 Stroke Play Champion, North of England Under 16 Champion, in which she beat a mixed field by four strokes, North of England Schools’ Champion, Northern Girls’ Champion and Cheshire Girls’ Champion. In February she retained the Andalucia Junior European Open girls' title by an impressive ten-shot margin and she finished fourth in the Scottish Under 16 Stroke Play championship.<br />Like Emily Taylor, she is also in the EWGA Under 18 Squad.The Nations Cup is contested over the first two rounds of the 72-hole Fairhaven Trophies.-<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-6721587346190971347?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-28882200391552000542010-04-26T14:09:00.002+01:002010-04-26T14:12:29.246+01:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">LADIES GOLF UNION NEWS RELEASE</span><br /></strong><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;">G B & I TEAM NAMED FOR CURTIS CUP<br /><br />MATCH AT ESSEX COUNTY CLUB, USA<br /></span><br />The Ladies’ Golf Union has chosen the following players to represent Great Britain & Ireland in the 36th Curtis Cup match against the United States at Essex County Club, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts from June 11 to 13, 2010.<br /><br />HANNAH BARWOOD Knowle GC England Age 19<br />HOLLY CLYBURN Woodhall Spa GC England Age 19<br />RACHEL JENNINGS Izaak Walton GC England Age 21<br />LEONA MAGUIRE Slieve Russell GC Ireland Age 15<br />LISA MAGUIRE Slieve Russell GC Ireland Age 15<br />PAMELA PRETSWELL Bothwell Castle GC Scotland Age 20 (21 on May 6)<br />DANIELLE McVEIGH Royal Co. Down Ladies’ Ireland Age 22<br />SALLY WATSON Elie & Earlsferry Ladies’ GC Scotland Age 18<br /><br />Reserves:<br />1. KELSEY MACDONALD Nairn Dunbar GC Scotland Age 19<br />2. STEPHANIE MEADOW Royal Portrush GC Ireland Age 18<br />3. CHARLIE DOUGLASS Brocket Hall GC England Age 21<br />4. AMY BOULDEN Maesdu Wales Age 16<br /><br />Team Captain: MARY McKENNA (Donabate GC, Ireland).<br />Team Manager TEGWEN MATTHEWS (Wales).<br /><br />Only Sally Watson, now a student at Stanford University, California, survives from the Great Britain & Ireland team who played the historic 2008 match over the Old Course, St Andrews.<br />Six of the players selected to contest this 2010 Curtis Cup match gained international experience as part of the GB&I team which lost narrowly in last year’s Vagliano Trophy match at Hamburg.<br />Rachel Jennings, Pamela Pretswell, Sally Watson, twins Leona and Lisa Maguire and Danielle McVeigh will look forward to representing GB & I in June. They will be joined by two players who will gain their first Great Britain & Ireland team honours and England’s Hannah Barwood and Holly Clyburn, both aged 19 will be new faces in the GB & I line up. Hannah, winner of the English Women’s Amateur Championship in 2008, was a quarter-finalist in this year’s Spanish Ladies’ Open Amateur Championship and the French Under-21 Open Amateur Championship. She also finished joint third in the Helen Holm Scottish Ladies’ Open Amateur Championship at Troon at the weekend.<br />Holly, the English Girls’ Champion in 2008, was runner-up in this year’s Under-21 event in the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final in China, and has also won the Faldo Series Girls’ Championship in Brazil last autumn. She was also runner-up in the Dixie Women’s Amateur at the start of the year. Playing with Rachel Jennings, the 2006 English Girls’ Champion, Holly helped England to fourth place in the women’s event at the Spirit International in Texas last November.<br /><span style="color:#000099;">Sally Watson has been competing in the United States for several years. She is coming to the end of her freshman year at Stanford University. Last week she was named to the All-Pac-10 women’s second team, having been a winner, in February, on the US women’s college circuit. She had four top-10 finishes and led the Stanford team in stroke average. She was a beaten finalist in the 2006 British Girls’ Championship, having come to the fore as a 13-year-old when she beat Carly Booth in the 2005 final of the Scottish Under-18 girls championship</span>.<br />The other Scot in the Curtis Cup squad, Pamela Pretswell is in her junior honours year at Glasgow University and has played little competitive golf since last year’s Home International Matches at Irvine GC. Hamilton-based, Pamela won the 2008 Swiss Women’s Open Amateur Championship, coming from 11 shots in arrears on the final day to win the title.<br />Pamela did not switch to golf until 2003. Before that she had played tennis for Scotland and Great Britain, having taken part in a GB tennis demonstration on Wimbledon’s Centre Court when she was 12.<br />Danielle McVeigh’s victory in the ‘Helen Holm’ at Troon on Sunday was her second big win on a Scottish links within a year. She won the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Stroke Play title at Royal Aberdeen last autumn when she again came with a strong late run. She also won the Welsh Open Amateur Stroke Play title in 2009.<br />Danielle is a member of the Paddy Harrington Golf Scholarship programme at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth where she is a second year student, studying Business and Management. She played for two years on the US college circuit as a student at Texas A&M. McVeigh won the World Student Women’s title in Thailand in 2007.<br />The Maguire twins, Leona and Lisa, make their Curtis Cup debuts at the age of 15, having set an age record when they appeared at the age of 14 in the GB&I team for last summer’s Vagliano Trophy match.<br /><span style="color:#009900;">They will become the youngest GB&I representatives to play in a Curtis Cup. Carly Booth set the age record when she had her 16th birthday on June 2, the day after the 2008 Curtis Cup match finished at St Andrews. The Maguire girls will not be 16 until November 30 so they have the edge by several months over Carly.<br /></span>The youngest ever player to compete in the Curtis Cup was Michelle Wie who was 14 when she was a member of the United States team at Formby in 2004.<br />Leona retained the French Under-21 Girls’ Open title earlier this month. Lisa won both the Irish Open Amateur Stroke Play and the Irish Ladies’ (Close) Amateur Championship last year and had won the Helen Holm Scottish Ladies’ Open Amateur Stroke Play title in 2008. Leona beat Lisa in the final of the Irish Ladies’ (Close) Amateur Championship in 2008. The twins helped Ireland win the European Girls’ team title last year and both played for Europe in the Junior Solheim Cup match in America. They were also members of the European team for the Junior Ryder Cup of 2008. They are third year students at Loretto College, Cavan.<br />GB&I team captain Mary McKenna played in nine Curtis Cup matches between 1970 and 1986 and, in terms of winning individual and foursomes ties, is the most successful GB&I player in Curtis Cup history.<br />“I am delighted with the team and it is a very good mix of experience and youth. They have all played overseas on in America at some time, so that’s a big plus factor as well. I am looking forward to it,” said Mary McKenna today.<br />This will be the 36th Curtis Cup match. United States have won 25, Great Britain & Ireland seven, and there have been three drawn matches.<br />GB&I’s last Curtis Cup victory was at Killarney in 1996 when they won 11 ½-6 ½. They retained the trophy with a drawn match (9-9) at Chattanooga in 1994, having been the winners at Royal Liverpool in 1992.<br />United States have won the last six – Minikahda (1998), Ganton (2000), Fox Chapel (2002), Formby (2004), Bandon Dunes (2006) and St Andrews (2008).<br />This will be the first Curtis Cup match in the United States under the three-day format which was introduced at St Andrews in 2008.<br />Essex County Club was the home club of the Curtis sisters, Harriot and Margaret, and previously hosted the Curtis Cup match in 1938 and a large number of supporters will be making their way across the Atlantic to support the team.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-2888220039155200054?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-7745964129560442592010-04-26T11:52:00.002+01:002010-04-26T11:56:35.856+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#6600cc;">Much to take heart from Troon for Lothians trio</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;">FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>By MARTIN DEMPSTER</strong></span><br />Lothians trio Jane Turner, Rachael Watton and Gabrielle MacDonald all came away from the Helen Holm Scottish Ladies Open Stroke Play Championship at Troon with a spring in their golf shoes.<br />While Northern Ireland's Danielle McVeigh lifted the title with a 54-hole aggregate of 215, Turner, Watton and MacDonald all achieved their individual targets. Maintaining the form that had earned a second success British Universities' title triumph in the build-up to the event, Turner shot rounds of 74, 72 and 74 to earn a share of ninth spot.<br />"My aim was to shoot three rounds under par and I'm happy to have done that," said the Craigielaw player. In the final round over Royal Troon, Turner was two-under after four, thanks to birdies at the second and fourth before hitting a "dreadful run" around the turn. She dropped shots at the sixth and seventh before running up a double-bogey – "it came out of nothing after I had driven into a bunker" – at the ninth.<br /><span style="color:#990000;">But, coming back, she followed a birdie at the 14th with a superb eagle-3 at the next, where an 8-iron to six feet set up the opportunity.</span><br />Watton's closing 72, which earned her a share of 11th, was the second best round on the Open Championship course. It was a 12-stroke improvement on her closing round in the same event last year and underlined why the 17-year-old Mortonhall player is rated so highly by her coach, Spencer Henderson.<br />Out in two-over, Watton bagged five birdies coming home, the pick of them coming at the 17th, where she holed from 15 feet.<br />Playing in the event for the first time, fellow 17-year-old MacDonald closed with an equally fine 75 to finish on 230. For the third round running, she signed off with a bogey but the Trinity Academy pupil, who won the Scottish Junior Masters last year, was rightly proud of her effort alongside the top amateurs in Britain and Ireland.<br />"I've been doing quite a bit of work in the gym and also feel I've added a bit of distance thanks to the work I'm doing with my coach, Kevin Craggs," said MacDonald<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">HILLSON LEADS LOTHIANS AT EDWARD TROPHY</span></strong><br />At nearby Glasgow Gailes, her clubmate, Mark Hillson, led the Lothians challenge in the Edward Trophy, a Scottish Order of Merit event. The former Lothians champion shot rounds of 69, 75, 67 and 76 to finish fifth behind Peterhead's Philip McLean, with Grant Forrest (287), Allyn Dick (293), Sean McGarvey (298) and Zander Culverwell (299) the other Lothians players to make the cut.•<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">CATRIONA AND KRYSTLE BEST OF BRITISH IN SPAIN</span></strong><br />Catriona Matthew and her Scotland team-mate Krystle Caithness closed with a 70 to secure seventh spot in the European Nations Cup in Spain, where they finished ahead of Wales, England and Ireland.<br />Sweden lifted the title for the first time after beating Australia in a play-off.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-774596412956044259?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-19096333996978027082010-04-26T09:46:00.001+01:002010-04-26T09:48:51.520+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"><strong>United States Duramed Futures Tour Scoreboard</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">$110,000 HISTORIC BROWNSVILLE OPEN</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Rancho Viejo Resort & Country Club, Texas</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">FINAL TOTALS</span></strong><br />Par 213 (3x71) 6283yd.<br />1 Sophie Jang (Seoul, South Korea) 70-68-71 - 209 $15,400<br />T2 Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 68-73-69 - 210 $9,419<br />TAngela Oh (Maple Shade, N.J.) 69-70-71 - 210 $9,419<br />T4 Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 73-70-68 - 211 $3,768<br />T4 Sarah-Jane Smith (Queensland, Australia) 72-71-68 - 211 $3,768<br />T4 Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 72-69-70 - 211 $3,768<br />T4 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 68-69-74 - 211 $3,768<br />T4 Kitty Hwang (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 70-67-74 - 211 $3,768<br />T9 Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 73-71-68 - 212 $1,700<br />T9 Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 72-72-68 - 212 $1,700<br />T9 Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 70-73-69 - 212 $1,700<br />T9 Liz Janangelo (West Hartford, Conn.) 69-72-71 - 212 $1,700<br />T9 Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 70-71-71 - 212 $1,700<br />T9 Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 71-70-71 - 212 $1,700<br />T15 Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 72-74-67 - 213 $1,081<br />T15 Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 71-72-70 - 213 $1,081<br />T15 Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 68-74-71 - 213 $1,081<br />T15 <strong>Rachel Connor</strong> (Manchester, England) 73-69-71 - 213 $1,081<br />T15 Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 72-69-72 - 213 $1,081<br />T15 Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 72-69-72 - 213 $1,081<br />T21 Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherland)75-73-66 - 214 $912<br />T21 Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 72-69-73 - 214 $912<br />T23 Amelia Lewis (Jacksonville, Fla.) 70-75-70 - 215 $860<br />Christine Cho (Kent, Wash.) 69-74-72 - 215 $860<br />Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 73-70-72 - 215 $860<br />Paola Moreno (Cali, Colombia) 71-72-72 - 215 $860<br />Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 67-75-73 - 215 $860<br />Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Mich.) 73-69-73 - 215 $860<br /><br />T29 Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 70-78-68 - 216 $791<br />Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 72-74-70 - 216 $791<br />Leanne Bowditch (Queensland, Australia) 72-74-70 - 216 $791<br />Taryn Durham (Glasgow, Ky.) 74-72-70 - 216 $791<br />Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 74-71-71 - 216 $791<br />Caroline Westrup (Ahus, Sweden) 76-69-71 - 216 $791<br />Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 73-71-72 - 216 $791<br />Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 69-74-73 - 216 $791<br /><br />T37 Tara Goedeken (Dodge City, Kan.) 69-77-71 - 217 $734<br />Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 70-76-71 - 217 $734<br />Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 71-75-71 - 217 $734<br />Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 75-71-71 - 217 $734<br />Rebecca Flood (Coonabarabran, Australia) 75-71-71 - 217 $734<br />Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 72-73-72 - 217 $734<br />Madeleine Holmblad (Stockholm, Sweden) 74-71-72 - 217 $734<br />Juli Erekson (Chicopee, Mass.) 72-71-74 - 217 $734<br /><br />T45 Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 75-73-70 - 218 $698<br />Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 75-73-70 - 218 $698<br />Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 72-74-72 - 218 $698<br />Lene Krog (Lier, Norway) 71-73-74 - 218 $698<br />Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 70-72-76 - 218 $698<br /><br />T50 Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 74-73-72 - 219 $674<br />Lauren Hunt (Little River, S.C.) 72-74-73 - 219 $674<br />Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 71-73-75 - 219 $674<br />Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 70-73-76 - 219 $674<br /><br />T54 Kay Hoey (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) 73-75-72 - 220 $656<br />Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 72-74-74 - 220 $656<br />Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 71-75-74 - 220 $656<br />Seema Sadekar (Toronto, Ontario) 71-72-77 - 220 $656<br /><br />T58 Heather Burgner (Lakeland, Fla.) 74-74-73 - 221 $623<br />Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 74-74-73 - 221 $623<br />Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 73-74-74 - 221 $623<br />Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 72-75-74 - 221 $623<br />Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 77-70-74 - 221 $623<br />Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 69-77-75 - 221 $623<br />Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 73-73-75 - 221 $623<br />Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 70-76-75 - 221 $623<br />Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 74-72-75 - 221 $623<br />Nannette Hill (Pelham, N.Y.) 73-72-76 - 221 $623<br />Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 75-70-76 - 221 $623<br />Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 71-73-77 - 221 $623<br /><br />T70 Whitney Myers (York, Pa.) 72-76-74 - 222 $599<br />Jenny Shin (Torrance, Calif.) 71-77-74 - 222 $599<br />Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 70-77-75 - 222 $599<br />Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 67-73-82 - 222 $599<br /><br />T74 Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 76-72-75 - 223 $595<br />Y. J. Jin (Seoul, South Korea) 75-72-76 - 223 $595<br /><br />76 Perry Swenson Livonius (Charlotte, N.C.) 73-72-79 - 224 $592<br /><br />77 Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 74-73-80 - 227 $590<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-1909633399697802708?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-86260260083109405752010-04-25T19:53:00.003+01:002010-04-25T19:55:30.325+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">Ladies European Tour</span><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP</span></strong><br />La Sella Golf Resort, Alicante, Spain<br />FINAL TOTALS<br />Par 288 (4x72)<br />267 Anna Nordqvist & Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 67 62 70 68 (Anna & Sophie wins at Third Playoff hole), Karrie Webb & Karen Lunn (Aus) 69 65 67 66<br />269 Giulia Sergas & Veronica Zorzi 68 66 68 67<br />272 Iben Tinning & Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 68 66 67 71<br />274 Gwladys Nocera & Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 67 69 66 72, Beth Daniel & Meg Mallon (USA) 67 71 65 71<br />275 <strong><span style="color:#000099;">Catriona Matthew & Krystle Caithness</span></strong> (Sco) 69 69 67 70<br />277 Tania Elosegui & Emma Cabrera Bello (Spa) 66 65 73 73<br />278 Maria Verchenova & Anastasia Kostina (Rus) 71 68 65 74, Becky Brewerton & Breanne Loucks (Wal) 69 70 66 73<br />279 Anja Monke & Bettina Hauert (Ger) 70 71 68 70<br />280 Karen Stupples & Melissa Reid (Eng) 71 69 69 71, Christel Boeljon & Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 68 69 71 72<br />281 Stefanie Michl & Nicole Gergely (Aut) 66 72 70 73<br />283 Ursula Wikstrom & Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 73 69 69 72<br />287 Caroline Rominger & Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 71 71 70 75<br />289 Rebecca Coakley & Hazel Kavanagh (Irl) 72 75 72 70, Cecilie Lundgreen & Caroline Martens larsen (Nor) 72 71 73 73<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-8626026008310940575?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-21526746307839484092010-04-25T12:24:00.023+01:002010-04-27T14:56:00.521+01:00Debutante Nikki finishes runner-up in Helen Holm tournament<a href="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/2010HELENHOLMTROPHYLDGFINISHERS-732295.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/2010HELENHOLMTROPHYLDGFINISHERS-731836.JPG" style="display: block; height: 269px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 85%;"> <i><span style="color: #000066;">Leading prizewinners in the 2010 'Helen Holm,' left to right, Louise Kenney, Hannah Barwood, Nikki Foster, Charlotte Ellis, winner Danielle McVeigh, best Under-18 Lauren Taylor, Leona Maguire and Rachael Jennings (image by Cal Carson Golf Agency; click on it to enlarge).</span></i></span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/DANIELLEMCVEIGHLEONAMAGUIREIRISHTMWINHH2010-718879.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/DANIELLEMCVEIGHLEONAMAGUIREIRISHTMWINHH2010-718510.JPG" style="float: right; height: 288px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><div><span style="color: #336666; font-size: 180%;"><b>Danielle swoops again to </b></span><br /><span style="color: #336666; font-size: 180%;"><b>win a title in Scotland as</b></span><br /><b><span style="color: #336666; font-size: 180%;">Louise drops late shots</span></b><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 85%;">By COLIN FARQUHARSON<br /></span>For the second time within a year, Maynooth University, Dublin student Danielle McVeigh has won a prestigious golf tournament over a Scottish links by being patient and making a winning effort over the closing holes.<br />The 22-year-old, 6ft 1in Royal Co Down Ladies Golf Club member did it at Royal Aberdeen last autumn in winning the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship. And she did it again in the first big women's amateur domestic event of the 2010 season - the 54-hole Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Troon.<br />Trailing in third place by three shots with only five holes to play over the testing Royal Troon championship links today, Danielle turned the leaderboard on its head by holing from off the green for a birdie 2 at the 14th and then followed that with an eagle 3 at 425yd 15th where she holed a 15ft putt after a splendidly struck drive and five-iron to to the green.<br /><span style="color: #009900;">That saw her surge from eight under par for the tournament to 11 under at the same time as joint leader Louise Kenney from Dunfermline double bogeyed the short 14th in a bunker and dropped another shot at the 15th. McVeigh covered these two holes in five brilliant shots</span>. Kenney required 11 shots. That's where the 2010 'Helen Holm' was won and lost.<br />"If you had told me before the tournament started that I would finish on seven under par, I would have taken it, gladly," said Louise Kenney later. "But, here I am, seven under par after 54 holes and I am bitterly disappointed that I have finished only joint third. I played only a couple of slack shots over the closing holes and I was really punished for them."<br />On the outward journey, Kenney had led by two shots from Foster and by five from McVeigh at one stage. A 2 at the short fifth put the Fifer at 12 under par - the peak of her scoring for the tournament. She bogeyed the eighth and ninth to fall back to 10 under with nine to play, allowing Foster to draw level, the pair being two shots ahead of McVeigh.<br />Nikki Foster, the 18-year-old Lancashire lass making her debut in the event, bogeyed the 14th and was overhauled by McVeigh's eagle at the 15th where she herself had a par 5. Foster then bogeyed the 17th and 18th.<br /><span style="color: #009900;">For the record, Danielle, who says she will turn pro after completing her degree course at Maynooth - another year to go - had rounds of 70 and 71 over Troon Portland and then a 74 over Royal Troon for 10-under-par 215.</span><br />Foster finished runner-up on 217 with scores of 67, 71 and 79 for 217.<br />McVeigh said later:<br />"I am really delighted to have won the Helen Holm tournament. I played solidly throughout the three days - but you know I almost pulled out before I struck a ball on Friday," said Danielle.<br />"I went in to Glasgow to have a meal on the eve of the tournament and I was laid low by something like foodpoisoning. If I had had a later starting time on Friday, I would definitely not have made it. I hadn't slept a wink, I had been desperately sick and my stomach was so upset, I really felt like staying in bed for a week.<br />"But I did make it to the first tee ... and look what's happened! I felt a little bit better on Saturday and as right as rain today. I am so glad I didn't pull out. I've another year to do at university. After that I want to turn professional and join the other Irish girls on the Ladies European Tour."<br />Defending champion Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) and her 15-year-old twin Lisa finished joint sixth on 219 alongside Lauren Taylor (Woburn) who won the Best Under-18 award on a scorecard countback.<br />"It's disappointing but we are learning all the time. People forget that," said Leona.<br />McVeigh and Leona Maguire (<i>pictured above right by Cal Carson Golf Agency)</i> won the international team event for Ireland .<br />The GB&I Curtis Cup team will be named on Monday afternoon.<br />It is certain to include McVeigh and the Maguire twins.<br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">FINAL TOTALS</span></b><br />First two rounds Troon Portland, third round Royal Troon.<br />Par 225 (3x75)<br />215 Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down Ladies) 70 71 74.<br />217 Nikki Foster (Pleasington) 67 71 79.<br />218 Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 74 71 73, Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton) 72 72 74, Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) 67 71 80.<br />219 Lauren Taylor (Woburn) 75 71 73, Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) 74 71 74, Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 69 75 75.<br />220 Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 74 72 74, Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 76 69 75.<br />221 Rachael Watton(Mortonhall) 75 74 72.<br />222 Laura Murray (Alford) 75 74 73, Gillian O'Leary (Cork) 72 75 75, Emma Brown (Malton & Norton) 71 75 76.<br />224 Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) 78 76 70, Anjelika Hammar (Sweden) 76 71 77.<br />226 Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 76 72 78, Lucy Williams (Mid Herts) 70 77 79, Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) 72 73 81.<br />227 Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 79 74 74, Tara Davies (Holyhead) 77 74 76, Charlotte Dalton (Ladbrook Park) 74 76 77, Alyson McKechin (Eldereslie) 78 70 79, Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall) 75 75 77.<br />228 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 78 76 70, Charlotte Wild (Mere) 74 79 75, Jess Wilcox (Blankney) 77 74 77, Laura Collin (John O'Gaunt) 76 74 78, Sian James (Bristol & Clifton) 75 73 80.<br />229 Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) 81 70 78.<br />230 Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 76 79 75, Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 76 76 78, Amy Boulden (Maesdu) 77 74 79.<br />231 Becky Harries (Haverfordwest) 78 76 77, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 77 79, Kelly Brotherton (Troon Welbeck) 75 76 80.<br />232 Emma Sheffield (Newark) 77 79 76, Susan Jackson (Ladybank) 77 79 76, Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 78 78 76, Sarah Cunningham (Ennis) 81 74 77, Samantha Birks (Wolstanton) 79 72 81, Aedin Murphy (Carlow) 77 73 82.<br />233 Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) 76 80 77, Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham) 79 77 77, Rebecca Wilson (Grange) 77 78 78, Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 75 76 82.<br />234 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 78 77 79, Naomi Edwards (Ganton) 73 76 85.<br />235 Rebecca Gee (Wellingborough) 81 75 79, Rachael Taylor (Hartl Golf Resort, Germany) 79 76 80.<br />236 Maura Diamond (Royal Portrush) 77 78 81.<br />237 Sarah Garbutt (Ganton) 77 81 79, Charlene Reid (Royal Portrush) 81 76 80, Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) 79 76 82.<br />238 Josephine Janson (Sweden) 79 79 80.<br />239 Anne Laing (Vale of Leven) 82 80 77, Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 83 79 77, Stephanie McEvoy (Old Fold Manor) 76 79 84.<br />243 Ciara Butler (Newlands) 84 80 79, Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 80 80 83, Karen O'Neill (Douglas) 81 73 89.<br />244 Sarah Helly (Enniscrone) 82 77 85.<br />245 Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) 79 81 85.<br />247 Lesley Atkins (Gullane) 82 82 83.<br />248 Samantha Leslie (Westhill) 86 81 81, Hannah Grant (Enmore Park) 80 76 92.<br />249 Bronwyn Davies (Trentham) 81 85 83, Lucy Simpson (Massereene) 80 81 88.<br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">INTERNATIONAL TEAM EVENT</span><br /><br /><br /><br />434 IRELAND (Danielle McVeigh 215, Leona Maguire 219).<br /><br /><br /><br />445 ENGLAND (Hannah Barwood 218, Holly Clyburn 227, Hannah Barwood).<br /><br /><br /><br />449 SCOTLAND (Louise Kenney 218, Pamela Pretswell 231).<br /><br /><br /><br />457 WALES (Tara Davies 227, Amy Boulden 230).<br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-2152674630783948409?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-18121148678819503462010-04-25T08:38:00.002+01:002010-04-25T08:43:26.051+01:00<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">Lorena Ochoa bows out ... she says she</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"> is happy and at peace</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">By JOHN SUTCLIFFE of ESPN</span></strong><br />MEXICO CITY -- Lorena Ochoa finally made official her retirement from professional golf after almost eight years in the LPGA and the past three as the No. 1 female player in the world.<br />In an emotional news conference Friday with no shortage of tears, Ochoa explained the reason that triggered this unexpected and surprising decision was her determination to assume her role in life off the golf course. She said that she will now undertake some personal projects with her husband -- Aeromexico chief executive Andres Conesa -- and will live a normal life away from the constant travel.<br />In a mix of emotions, Ochoa talked exclusively with ESPN about this moment. She was sad because of the parting, happy because of the way in which it's happening, excited about the new phase of her life.<br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">"I've thought through this decision and I'm telling you sincerely … I'm at peace, and I've never been happier in my life because I've achieved everything I wanted to achieve," Ochoa said. "I started very young and with high dreams of becoming the best. … I've been No. 1 in the world for three years, and now, after one more year, I'm giving you this news. But it's very good news. It's a message of joy, of happiness. I feel satisfied, very peaceful."<br /></span>Despite the emotional aspect of her departure and the mixed feelings of fans and the sports media over this decision, Ochoa wants everyone to know that she is happy, for she is leaving professional golf after fulfilling all her goals.<br />"We are all going through the same [emotions]," Ochoa said. "We get sad. I've heard that people are sorry they won't be seeing me play any more on weekends and that is true, we're all going through different emotions. But at the end of the day, what I want to convey is that this is good news, something that fills me with joy. It gives me great peace to have taken it with all my heart. I can't be happier and I want to pass on that joy."<br />Ochoa made history in Mexican sports by taking a sport like golf, usually reserved for the wealthy, to the general population. When the Guadalajara native began to shine in the LPGA, many fans and media outlets started turning their attention toward greens and fairways.<br />"I think the most beautiful thing that my career has given me, and of what I dare say I'm very proud of, is the impact that golf has had in this country," Ochoa said. "What was something unknown to all of us, including the media, is now a popular sport practiced by many children and adults. So I think that the impact that golf has had in this country, with the construction of new courses, well, it's been incredible. I am very happy to have been a part of building the road toward such a nice sport as golf [in Mexico], and I hope it continues forever because I will keep in touch with golf my entire life."<br />As for Ochoa's legacy on the golf course, her first major victory couldn't have been better. For the first time in history, St. Andrews -- the legendary course where golf was born -- allowed ladies to play. The first winner was a Mexican.<br />"<span style="color:#cc0000;">St. Andrews is something very difficult to put into words," Ochoa explained of her victory in 2007. "There are many beautiful emotions, but the Sunday before the tournament I came to the 18th green with my brother Alejandro. It was getting dark, around 8 p.m. The 18th green could barely be seen in the dark, but the stands were empty and the course was clear. Talking with my brother, I told him to imagine Sunday's final round, walking to No. 18 with all the public, with all the gallery overflowing with emotion, and me getting the last putt to win the tournament, and that was just as it happened, just as we [foresaw] it.<br /></span>" Much of it had to do with the fact that I had the courage to dream for it to become true. It was a gift from God because every shot I made was perfect. I enjoyed it very much despite the bad weather, and I won the tournament, the most special of my career."<br />And just as there were great victories, there were also some difficult near-misses throughout her career. The biggest of those was the U.S. Open, a tournament Ochoa was poised to win several times but always came up short.<br />However, she believes all those losses came with a purpose.<br />"It's not a thorn, honestly," Ochoa said. "Golf has given me so much and I've accomplished so much that I can't ask for more. I think there are people who are never really satisfied, but there's also a time for acceptance because I never imagined that I would achieve so much. So I can't ask for more. The opportunities that I had at the U.S. Open were also experiences that gave me the strength to become who I am today."<br />Ochoa will play her last tournament as an active LPGA player next week, when she tries to defend her title at the Tres Marias Championship in her native Mexico. The goodbye was part of another wish she was hoping to have fulfilled, saying farewell before her people.<br />Ochoa's Greatest Hits<br />Lorena Ochoa falls short of the 10-year playing requirement to be eligible for the Hall of Fame but retires with an accomplished résumé:<br />• 2 majors, 27 titles • $14.2 million in earnings • 4-time player of the year<br />"I'm happy to finish in Morelia before my fans and I look forward to entering this new phase in my career," Ochoa said. "I think I deserve it and I want to share it with everyone. I achieved everything I wanted and I'm happy. I will cry from Hole 1 on Thursday to Hole 18 on Sunday, and I think that's the beauty of it, that we'll all have the opportunity to enjoy it, to enjoy me playing, and for people to enjoy it, to live it. I think it will be something unforgettable."<br />Ochoa would, of course, like to win before stepping away, but said she doesn't want to think about that. Instead, she'd prefer to enjoy those four days.<br />"I do not want to press myself because the most important thing is to enjoy every moment, each step on the golf course each day," she said. "I will be there 100 percent, giving time to my fans because I have to, and mostly because I want to, to thank them for all these years."<br />At the news conference, Ochoa was accompanied by her entire family, all of her sponsors, her coach Rafael Alarcon, who dedicated some heartfelt words to his pupil, and hundreds of national and international media outlets. She took the opportunity to deny the rumor that her unexpected retirement was due to a pregnancy and made it very clear that she longs to be a mother, but in the future, because now she has many projects at hand with her husband.<br />Ochoa also noted that she'll continue playing golf to keep in shape and be able to participate in invitational tournaments, like her Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara. Plus, she said she'll participate in clinics and exhibitions, and will be working hard at her academy and her foundation.<br />Ochoa also expressed her gratitude for the great support she's always had, but especially from her fans.<br />"I'm so grateful to all the fans, to God for all he's given me, and to my family," she said. "I thank you with all my heart for the company you have given me all these years and I will keep on doing many things."<br /><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">John Sutcliffe is a reporter for "SportsCenter," ESPN Radio Formula and covers golf for ESPNdeportes.com.</span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-1812114867881950346?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-2144144160444190342010-04-25T08:14:00.004+01:002010-04-25T12:24:40.721+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"><strong>Damp start for last round of 'Helen Holm'</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"><strong>over Royal Troon links</strong></span><br /><br />The third and final round of the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke play championship looked like being played in miserable conditions.<br />The first players, Westhill's Samantha Leslie and Bronwyn Davies (Trentham), set out at 7.30am in a steady drizzle with no sign of the sun being able to break through on a grey, overcast day.<br />The leading trio - Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) 138 (-12), Nikki Foster (Pleasington) 138 (-12) and Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down Ladies) 141 (-9), were due to set off together at 11.10am.<br />The second last threesomes at 11am were the defending champion, 15-year-old Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 144 (-6), Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton) 144 (-6) and Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) (145 (-5).<br />The Ladies Golf Union selection committee meet this evening to select the Great Britain & Ireland team of eight for the Curtis Cup match against the United States at Essex County Club, Massachusetts in mid-June.<br />It will be announced on Monday afternoon.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-214414416044419034?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-10602847866979101992010-04-25T08:02:00.002+01:002010-04-25T08:11:15.642+01:00<a href="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/PHILWYLIEApr2010-789955.jpg"><span style="color:#993399;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/PHILWYLIEApr2010-789497.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#993399;">Phil, she will be 99 in August, at the Troon Ladies clubhouse</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">By COLIN FARQUHARSON</span></strong><br /> Phil Wylie, the oldest surviving Curtis Cup player on either side of the Atlantic, pictured above at the Ladies Golf Club Troon clubhouse on Saturday (by Cal Carson Golf Agency).<br />She was not able to get out on to the course on the second day of the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play championship but enjoyed sitting in the clubhouse with her carer, Marion McLarty, whose husband is a Royal Troon GC member.<br />"I'm feeling fine but the arthritis in my legs and ankles means I can't get around," said Phil who will be 99 years old in August.<br />"I enjoyed the past Curtis Cup players' evening at the last Curtis Cup at St Andrews in 2008 ... but I don't know if I'll make it to the next Curtis Cup in this country (Nairn in 2012)."<br />Of course you will, Phil.<br />She lives only a few doors down from the ladies' clubhouse at Troon, just across the road from the short 17th on the Royal Troon links.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-1060284786697910199?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-42133825874885208282010-04-25T05:48:00.002+01:002010-04-25T05:53:04.638+01:00<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">US Duramed Futures Tour Scoreboard</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#000099;">$110,000 Historic Brownsville Open</span><br />Rancho Viejo Resort & Country Club<br />6283-yard, par 36-35 - 71.<br /><strong>SECOND ROUND TOTALS</strong><br />Par 142 (2x71)<br />1 Kitty Hwang (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 70-67 - 137<br />Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 68-69 - 137<br />3 Sophie Jang (Seoul, South Korea) 70-68 - 138<br />4 Angela Oh (Maple Shade, N.J.) 69-70 - 139<br />5 Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 67-73 - 140<br />6 Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 71-70 - 141<br />Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 72-69 - 141<br />Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 72-69 - 141<br />Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 72-69 - 141<br />Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 72-69 - 141<br />Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 70-71 - 141<br />Liz Janangelo (West Hartford, Conn.) 69-72 - 141<br />Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 68-73 - 141<br />14 Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 70-72 - 142<br />Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Mich.) 73-69 - 142<br />Rachel Connor (Manchester, England) 73-69 - 142<br />Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 68-74 - 142<br />Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 67-75 - 142<br />19 Seema Sadekar (Toronto, Ontario) 71-72 - 143<br />Juli Erekson (Chicopee, Mass.) 72-71 - 143<br />Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 71-72 - 143<br />Paola Moreno (Cali, Colombia) 71-72 - 143<br />Sarah-Jane Smith (Queensland, Australia) 72-71 - 143<br />Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 70-73 - 143<br />Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 73-70 - 143<br />Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 70-73 - 143<br />Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 73-70 - 143<br />Christine Cho (Kent, Wash.) 69-74 - 143<br />Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 69-74 - 143<br />30 Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 72-72 - 144<br />Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 71-73 - 144<br />Lene Krog (Lier, Norway) 71-73 - 144<br />Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 71-73 - 144<br />Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 73-71 - 144<br />Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 73-71 - 144<br />36 Caroline Westrup (Ahus, Sweden) 76-69 - 145<br />Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 75-70 - 145<br />Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 74-71 - 145<br />Madeleine Holmblad (Stockholm, Sweden) 74-71 - 145<br />Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 72-73 - 145<br />Amelia Lewis (Jacksonville, Fla.) 70-75 - 145<br />Perry Swenson Livonius (Charlotte, N.C.) 73-72 - 145<br />Nannette Hill (Pelham, N.Y.) 73-72 - 145<br />44 Rebecca Flood (Coonabarabran, Australia) 75-71 - 146<br />Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 75-71 - 146<br />Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 74-72 - 146<br />Taryn Durham (Glasgow, Ky.) 74-72 - 146<br />Leanne Bowditch (Queensland, Australia) 72-74 - 146<br />Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 71-75 - 146<br />Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 71-75 - 146<br />Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 72-74 - 146<br />Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 72-74 - 146<br />Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 72-74 - 146<br />Lauren Hunt (Little River, S.C.) 72-74 - 146<br />Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 72-74 - 146<br />Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 70-76 - 146<br />Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 70-76 - 146<br />Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 73-73 - 146<br />Tara Goedeken (Dodge City, Kan.) 69-77 - 146<br />zu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 69-77 - 146<br />61 Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 77-70 - 147<br />Y. J. Jin (Seoul, South Korea) 75-72 - 147<br />Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 74-73 - 147<br />Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 72-75 - 147<br />Amanda Costner (Claremore, Okla.) 70-77 - 147<br />Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 70-77 - 147<br />Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 73-74 - 147<br />Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 74-73 - 147<br />69 Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 76-72 - 148<br />Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 75-73 - 148<br />Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 75-73 - 148<br />Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherland 75-73 - 148<br />Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 74-74 - 148<br />Heather Burgner (Lakeland, Fla.) 74-74 - 148<br />Jenny Shin (Torrance, Calif.) 71-77 - 148<br />Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 70-78 - 148<br />Whitney Myers (York, Pa.) 72-76 - 148<br />Kay Hoey (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) 73-75 - 148<br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">--- Missed 36 Hole Cut ---</span></strong><br />Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, Canada) 76-73 - 149<br />Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 76-73 - 149<br />Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 76-73 - 149<br />Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 75-74 - 149<br />Jane Chin (Mission Viejo, Calif.) 77-72 - 149<br />Camila Mori (Santiago, Chile) 75-74 - 149<br />Danah Ford Bordner (Indianapolis, Ind.) 77-72 - 149<br />Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla.) 79-70 - 149<br />Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 74-75 - 149<br />Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 69-80 - 149<br />Carolina Llano (Medellin, Colombia) 76-74 - 150<br />Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 77-73 - 150<br />Jackie Barenborg (Vero Beach, Fla.) 75-75 - 150<br />Noon Huajai (Bangkok, Thailand) 77-73 - 150<br />Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 77-73 - 150<br />Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 77-73 - 150<br />Bree Arthur (Brisbane, Australia) 75-75 - 150<br />Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 77-73 - 150<br />Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 74-76 - 150<br />Malinda Johnson (Eau Claire, Wis.) 72-78 - 150<br />Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 72-78 - 150<br />Sydney Cox (Edmond, Okla.) 72-78 - 150<br />Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 77-74 - 151<br />Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 76-75 - 151<br />Kristen Simpson (Norfolk, Va.) 75-76 - 151<br />Blair Lamb (Flat Rock, N.C.) 75-76 - 151<br />Jessi Gebhardt (Chandler, Ariz.) 77-74 - 151<br />Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 75-76 - 151<br />Jennifer Bermingham (Long Beach, Calif.) 75-76 - 151<br />Katie Miller (Jeannette, Pa.) 70-81 - 151<br />Haley Gildea (East Greenwich, R.I.) 73-78 - 151<br />Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 73-78 - 151<br />Sara Ovadia (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 76-76 - 152<br />Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 76-76 - 152<br />Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 75-77 - 152<br />Maggie Simons (Raleigh, N.C.) 75-77 - 152<br />Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 78-74 - 152<br />Lindsey Bergeon (Sarasota, Fla.) 78-74 - 152<br />Jessica Carafiello (Coral Springs, Fla.) 74-78 - 152<br />Dawn Shockley (Estes Park, Colo.) 80-72 - 152<br />Ashley Medders (Alma, Ga.) 76-77 - 153<br />Simone DeSouza (Peru) 77-76 - 153<br />Devan Andersen (Guadalajara, Mexico) 77-76 - 153<br />Carmen Bandea (Atlanta, Ga.) 77-76 - 153<br />Ai-Chen Kuo (Taiwan) 75-78 - 153<br />Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 77-76 - 153<br />Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 77-76 - 153<br />Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 73-80 - 153<br />Jasi Acharya (Columbus, Mont.) 77-77 - 154<br />Marina Choi (Los Angeles, Calif.) 74-80 - 154<br />Julie Wells-Shenfield (Wilsonville, Ore.) 77-78 - 155<br />Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.) 79-76 - 155<br />Carrie Riordan (Spring Valley, Ill.) 74-81 - 155<br />Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 74-81 - 155<br />Adrienne White (Red Deer, Alberta) 74-81 - 155<br /><br />Pamela Ontiveros (Gomez Palacio, Mexico) 77-79 - 156<br /><br />Rachel Larson (Longmont, Colo.) 76-81 - 157<br /><br />Dori Carter (Valdosta, Ga.) 77-81 - 158<br />Emma Calderone (Toronto, Ontario) 79-79 - 158<br />Kristina Langton (Ada, Mich.) 79-79 - 158<br /><br />Amanda Mathis (Picayune, Miss.) 76-83 - 159<br />Ashley Grier (Hagerstown, Md.) 84-75 - 159<br /><br />Sarah Olsen (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 77-83 - 160<br />Brandi Jackson (Greenville, S.C.) 82-78 - 160<br /><br />Stacey Bieber (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 81-81 - 162<br /><br />Susannah Aboff (Huntington, N.Y.) 80-83 - 163<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-4213382587488520828?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-68564911846927904062010-04-24T21:33:00.001+01:002010-04-24T21:35:41.777+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"><strong>Ladies European Tour Scoreboard</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">COMUNITAT VALENCUABA EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP</span></strong><br />La Sella Golf Resort, Alicante, Spain<br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">THIRD ROUND TOTALS</span></strong><br />Par 216 (3x72)<br />199 Anna Nordqvist & Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 67 62 70<br />201 Karrie Webb & Karen Lunn (Aus) 69 65 67, Iben Tinning & Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 68 66 67<br />202 Gwladys Nocera & Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 67 69 66, Giulia Sergas & Veronica Zorzi 68 66 68<br />203 Beth Daniel & Meg Mallon (USA) 67 71 65<br />204 Tania Elosegui & Emma Cabrera Bello (Spa) 66 65 73, Maria Verchenova & Anastasia Kostina (Rus) 71 68 65<br />205 <strong><span style="color:#000099;">Catriona Matthew & Krystle Caithness</span></strong> (Sco) 69 69 67, Becky Brewerton & Breanne Loucks (Wal) 69 70 66<br />208 Stefanie Michl & Nicole Gergely (Aut) 66 72 70, Christel Boeljon & Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 68 69 71<br />209 Anja Monke & Bettina Hauert (Ger) 70 71 68, Karen Stupples & Melissa Reid (Eng) 71 69 69,<br />211 Ursula Wikstrom & Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 73 69 69<br />212 Caroline Rominger & Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 71 71 70<br />216 Cecilie Lundgreen & Caroline Martens larsen (Nor) 72 71 73<br />219 Rebecca Coakley & Hazel Kavanagh (Irl) 72 75 72<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-6856491184692790406?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-65416405408758307652010-04-24T13:53:00.023+01:002010-04-24T22:10:43.534+01:00HELEN HOLM SCOTTISH OPEN STROKE-PLAY<a href="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/LOUISEKENNEYputtingR2HHApr2010-757975.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/LOUISEKENNEYputtingR2HHApr2010-757550.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/LOUISEKENNEYputtingR2HHApr2010-719817.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/NIKKIFOSTERactionR2HHApr2010-751288.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/NIKKIFOSTERactionR2HHApr2010-750864.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="color:#cc0000;">Nikki Foster (Pleasington) and Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) right, in action at Troon Portland today (images by Cal Carson Golf Agency; click on them to enlarge).<br /></span></em><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#000099;">Louise Kenney and Nikki Foster still locked together</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#000099;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;">in the lead after a Round 2 fluctuation of fortunes</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">By COLIN FARQUHARSON</span></strong><br /><em><span style="color:#990000;">updating as it happens at Troon Portland</span></em><br />Dunfermline schoolteacher Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) and Lancashire teenager Nikki Foster (Pleasington) started the second round of the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play championship locked together in the lead at eight-under-par 67.<br />They were still inseparable after the second round at Troon Portland today, both players returning four-under-par 71s for 138.<br />But these bare figures don't tell the story of the fluctation in fortunes that went on between the joint leaders over today's 18 holes.<br />Foster,went four shots clear of the field on her own after nine holes of the second round.<br />But she let her big advantage slip away with bogeys at two short holes, the 14th and the 16th, and she required a birdie at the long 18th to come home in one-over-par 38 for a 71.<br />That gave the Lancashire girls champion a two-round total of 12 under par 138.<br />Nikki had surged to the turn in five under par 33 to be 13 under par for 27 holes of the 54 hole tournament, of which the third and last round will be played over the testing Royal Troon links on Sunday.<br />Louise Kenney picked up a shot on par by covering the first nine holes today in 37 but, at minus nine overall, she was four shots adrift of the English pacemaker.<br />However, the Fifer slashed the deficit to two shots with birdies at the short 10th and long 12th.<br />and continued to make up the leeway over the closing holes to finish the day on 71 for 138 and a share of the pole position overnight once again. Louise birdied the 13th, bogeyed the 14th but birdied the long 15th on her way to three-under-par 34 for the homeward journey.<br /><span style="color:#000099;">Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down Ladies), who returned a first-day 70 despite suffering what she thought was a bout of food poisoning on Thursday night, felt a lot better today - but did not score so well ... but a four-under-par 71 for a 36-hole tally of 141 was only three shots behind the two pacemakers</span>.<br />Danielle, winner of the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Royal Aberdeen last season, took 39 shots to the turn - one over par - with bogeys at the third and short fourth wiping out a birdie at the long second. But the Ulster six-footer, a student at Maynooth University near Dublin, came rattling home in five-under-par 32 despite starting back with a bogey at the short 10th.<br />Danielle birdied the long 11th, had an eagle 3 at the long 12th, birdied the par-4 13th and 17th and then finished off her round in style with a birdie 4 at the long 18th. She covered her last eight holes in six under par.<br />Scottish teenager Alyson McKechin had an excellent round of five-under 70, eight shots better than her first-round effort. The Elderslie player birdied the long first and the par-4 fifth and had an eagle 3 at the long sixth and a 2 at the short eighth to reach the turn in five-under-par 33. She dropped her first shot at the 11th but got another 2 at the short 16th to come home in level par 37 for a 70 and a 36-hole tally of 148, the same mark.<br />Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) was another to hit the 70 mark, which represented an improvement of 11 shots on her first round to put her on 151 alongside Curtis Cup team contenders Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) (75-76), Amy Boulden (Maesdu) (77-74), Welsh champion Tara Davies (Holyhead) (77-74), former Scottish Under-21 champion Kelly Brotherton (Troon Welbeck) (75-76) and Samantha Birks (Wolstanton) (79-72).<br />Defending champion Leona Maguire, the 15-year-old twin from the Slieve Russell club in Ireland, was sharing fourth place with another member of the Curtis Cup preliminary squad, England's Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton). Maguire couldn't match her first-day 69, slipping back to a level par 75 for 144 while Jennings has so far reeled off a pair of 72s.<br /><span style="color:#000099;">Leona's talented twin Lisa, officially placed third in this tournament last year, goes into the final round in joint sixth place on 145 after a 71. Also on this mark are former English champion Hannah Barwood (Knowle) (74-71), Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) (76-69) and Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), twice beaten in the final of the British girls championship. Kelly has scored 72-73 so far.</span><br />Charlotte Ellis is the only player to break 70 today after three players did so on Friday.<br />Jane Turner (Craigielaw) is the second Scot on the leaderboard after international team-mate Louise Kenney. The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen student improved by two shots with a72 for 146, the same tally as young Lauren Taylor (Woburn) (75-71) and Emma Brown (71-75), winner of this title as Emma Duggleby in 2004 before she decided prematurely to stand down from international team golf.<br />Curtis Cup team contender and twice Scottish Under-21 champion Kelsey MacDonald was undone by the short 16th for the second day in a row. It cost her a double bogey 5 with four putts in a first-round 80 and it cost her a double bogey 5 again in what was a nightmare inward half of four-over-par 41 for the Nairn Dunbar member and Stirling University student.<br />Kelsey, out in one-over 39, bogeyed the long 15th, double-bogey the short 16th and bogeyed the 17th - four shots shed over three of the finishing holes. MacDonald finished the day with an 80 for 153. Last year Kelsey was runner-up to Leona Maguire and her winter form has been outstanding, including winning the R&A Foundation Scholars' Tournament at St Andrews.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">SECOND-ROUND TOTALS</span></strong><br />Both rounds at Troon Portland<br />Par 150 (2x75)<br />CSS 76 76<br />138 Nikki Foster (Pleasington) 67 71, Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) 67 71.<br />141 Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down Ladies) 70 71.<br />144 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 69 75, Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton) 72 72.<br />145 Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) 74 71, Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 74 71, Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 76 69, Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) 72 73.<br />146 Lauren Taylor (Woburn) 75 71, Emma Brown (Malton & North) 71 75, Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 74 72.<br />147 Lucy Williams (Mid Herts) 70 77, Anjelika Hammar (Sweden) 76 71, Gillian O'Leary (Cork) 72 75.<br />148 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 78 70, Sian James (Bristol & Clifton) 75 73, Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 76 72.<br />149 Naomi Edwards (Ganton) 73 76, Laura Murray (Alford) 75 74, Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 75 74<br />150 Charlotte Dalton (Ladbrook Park) 74 76, Aedin Murphy (Carlow) 77 73, Laura Collin (John O'Gaunt) 76 74, Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall) 75 75.<br />151 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 75 76, Kelly Brotherton (Troon Welbeck) 75 76, Tara Davies (Holyhead) 77 74, Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) 81 70, Samantha Birks (Wolstanton) 79 72, Amy Boulden (Maesdu) 77 74, Jess Wilcox (Blankney) 77 74.<br />152 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 76 76, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 77.<br />153 Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 79 74, Charlotte Wild (Mere) 74 79, Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 73 80.<br />154 Karen O'Neill (Douglas) 81 73, Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) 78 76, Becky Harries (Haverfordwest) 78 76.<br />155 Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 76 79, Stephanie McEvoy (Old Fold Manor) 76 79, Rachael Taylor (Hartl Golf Resort, Germany) 79 76, Rebecca Wilson (Grange) 77 78, Sarah Cunningham (Ennis) 81 74, Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) 79 76, Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 78 77, Maura Diamond (Royal Portrush) 77 78.<br />156 Emma Sheffield (Newark) 77 79, Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham) 79 77, Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) 76 80, Rebecca Gee (Wellingborough) 81 75, Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 78 78, Susan Jackson (Ladybank) 77 79, Hannah Grant (Enmore Park) 80 76.<br />157 Charlene Reid (Royal Portrush) 81 76.<br />158 Josephine Janson (Sweden) 79 79, Sarah Garbutt (Ganton) 77 81.<br />159 Sarah Helly (Enniscrone) 82 77.<br />160 Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) 79 81, Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 80 80.<br />161 Lucy Simpson (Massereene) 80 81.<br />162 Anne Laing (Vale of Leven) 82 80, Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 83 79.<br />164 Lesley Atkins (Minto) 82 82, Ciara Butler (Newlands) 84 80.<br />166 Bronwyn Davies (Trentham) 81 85.<br />167 Samantha Leslie (Westhill) 86 81.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">TEAM EVENT</span></strong><br />285 IRELAND (D McVeigh 70 71, Leona Maguire 69 75).</div><div>289 SCOTLAND (L Kenney 67 71, P Pretswell 75 76).<br />298 ENGLAND (H Barwood 74 71, H Clyburn 79 74).<br />302 WALES (T Davie 77 74, A Boulden 77 74).</div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">WHEN TO SEE THE ACTION AT ROYAL TROON ON SUNDAY</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#000000;">07.30 Samantha Leslie (Westhill), Bronwyn Davies (Trentham).</span></span></div><div>07.40 Lesley atkins (Gullane), Ciara Butler (Newlands), Anne Laing (Vale of Leven).</div><div>07.50 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), Lucy Simpson (Masserene), Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus).</div><div>08.00 Ann F Ramsay (Kirriemuir), Sarah Helly (Enniscrone), Sara Garbutt (Ganton), </div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#000000;">08.10 Josephine Janson (Sweden), Charlene Reid (Royal Portrush), Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor).</span></span></div><div>08.20 Emma Sheffield (Newark), Susan Jackson (Ladybank), Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey).</div><div>08.30 Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham), Hannah Grant (Enmore Park), Rebecca Gee (Wellingborough).</div><div>08.40 Gabriella MacDonald (Craigielaw), Stephanie McEvoy (Old Ford Manor), Maura Diamond (Royal Portrush).</div><div>08.50 Rebecca Wilson, Megan Briggs, Rachael Taylor.</div><div>09.00 Louise Mernagh, Sarah Cunningham, Becky Harries.</div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#000000;">09.10 Charlie Douglass, Karen O'Neill, Kelsey MacDonald.</span></span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#000000;">09.20 Charlotte Wild, Holly Clyburn, Eilidh Briggs.</span></span></div><div><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#000000;">09.30 Rachael McQueen, Kelly Brotherton, Pamela Pretswell</span>.</span></div><div>09.40 Amy Boulden, Tara Davies, Jess Wilcox.</div><div>09.50 Samantha Birks, Clare-0Marie Carlton, Charlotte Dalton.</div><div>10.00 Lisa Ball, Laura Collin, Aedin Murphy.</div><div>10.10 Naomi Edards, Laura Murray, Rachael Watton.</div><div>10.20 Sian James, Gemma Bradbury, Alyson McKechin.</div><div>10.30 Lucy Williams, Gillian O'Leary, Anjelika Hammar.</div><div>10.40 Emma Brown, Jane Turner, Lauren Taylor.</div><div>10.50 Kelly Tidy, Hannah Barwood, Lisa Maguire.</div><div>11.00 Charlotte Ellis, Leona Maguire, Rachel Jennings.</div><div>11.10 Danielle McVeigh, Nikki Foster, Louise Kenney.</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-6541640540875830765?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-49642439502295956202010-04-24T10:22:00.001+01:002010-04-24T10:25:00.977+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">Anna Carling joint 13th in Alabama and named to </span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">All-Sun Belt Conference team</span><br /><br />Anna Carling from Wales tied for 13th place in the Sun Belt Conference Championships at Muscle Shoals, Alabama and was honoured as an All-Sun Belt Conference selection. The freshman standout matched her best single-round score of the season with a 72 for the final 18 holes and finished with a combined 226.<br />After finishing the first day tied for 32nd place, Carling improved her score each of the next two rounds to move up 19 places in the final standings.<br />Carling has top twenty finishes in nine of the ten tournaments she played with five top tens including her first tournament win in Kentucky . She finished the season as Arkansas State University’s number one player with a stroke average this semester of 75.11.<br />The Conference Championship individual medallist was Kimberley Kim recently named as a member of the USA Curtis Cup team and Sun Belt Conference freshman of the year,<br />Course:Robert Trent Jones at the Shoals: The Schoolmaster (SBC Champs Par 72 - 6123 yards<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-4964243950229595620?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-38781883198764269372010-04-24T10:10:00.002+01:002010-04-24T10:14:15.601+01:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">United States Duramed Futures Tour Scoreboard</span><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">$100,000 HISTORIC BROWNSVILLE OPEN</span></strong><br />Rancho Viejo Resort & Country Club, Texas<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">FIRST ROUND</span></strong><br />Par 71 (36-35). 6,283yd<br />1 Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 34-33 - 67<br />Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 33-34 - 67<br />3 Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 36-32 - 68<br />Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 36-32 - 68<br />Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 32-36 - 68<br />6 Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 36-33 - 69<br />Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 34-35 - 69<br />Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 37-32 - 69<br />Angela Oh (Maple Shade, N.J.) 34-35 - 69<br />Tara Goedeken (Dodge City, Kan.) 37-32 - 69<br />Christine Cho (Kent, Wash.) 34-35 - 69<br />Liz Janangelo (West Hartford, Conn.) 35-34 - 69<br />13 Kitty Hwang (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 37-33 - 70<br />Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 35-35 - 70<br />Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 35-35 - 70<br />Sophie Jang (Seoul, South Korea) 36-34 - 70<br />Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 37-33 - 70<br />Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 33-37 - 70<br />Amanda Costner (Claremore, Okla.) 35-35 - 70<br />Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 33-37 - 70<br />Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 36-34 - 70<br />Amelia Lewis (Jacksonville, Fla.) 35-35 - 70<br />Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 35-35 - 70<br />Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 36-34 - 70<br />Katie Miller (Jeannette, Pa.) 35-35 - 70<br />26 Paola Moreno (Cali, Colombia) 35-36 - 71<br />Jenny Shin (Torrance, Calif.) 36-35 - 71<br />Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 37-34 - 71<br />Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 36-35 - 71<br />Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 36-35 - 71<br />Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 35-36 - 71<br />Lene Krog (Lier, Norway) 35-36 - 71<br />Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 36-35 - 71<br />Seema Sadekar (Toronto, Ontario) 37-34 - 71<br />Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 34-37 - 71<br />36 Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 35-37 - 72<br />Leanne Bowditch (Queensland, Australia) 38-34 - 72<br />Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 35-37 - 72<br />Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 36-36 - 72<br />Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 36-36 - 72<br />Malinda Johnson (Eau Claire, Wis.) 38-34 - 72<br />Juli Erekson (Chicopee, Mass.) 37-35 - 72<br />Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 37-35 - 72<br />Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 38-34 - 72<br />Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 36-36 - 72<br />Lauren Hunt (Little River, S.C.) 36-36 - 72<br />Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 36-36 - 72<br />Sarah-Jane Smith (Queensland, Australia) 36-36 - 72<br />Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 36-36 - 72<br />Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 37-35 - 72<br />Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 36-36 - 72<br />Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 33-39 - 72<br />Sydney Cox (Edmond, Okla.) 36-36 - 72<br />Whitney Myers (York, Pa.) 38-34 - 72<br />55 Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Mich.) 36-37 - 73<br />Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 40-33 - 73<br />Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 39-34 - 73<br />Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 37-36 - 73<br />Perry Swenson Livonius (Charlotte, N.C.) 37-36 - 73<br />Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 33-40 - 73<br />Haley Gildea (East Greenwich, R.I.) 38-35 - 73<br />Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 38-35 - 73<br />Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 35-38 - 73<br />Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 37-36 - 73<br />Kay Hoey (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) 35-38 - 73<br />Nannette Hill (Pelham, N.Y.) 36-37 - 73<br />Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 37-36 - 73<br /><strong>Rachel Connor</strong> (Manchester, England) 36-37 - 73<br />69 Carrie Riordan (Spring Valley, Ill.) 37-37 - 74<br />Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 38-36 - 74<br />Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 36-38 - 74<br />Adrienne White (Red Deer, Alberta) 40-34 - 74<br />Marina Choi (Los Angeles, Calif.) 39-35 - 74<br />Heather Burgner (Lakeland, Fla.) 38-36 - 74<br />Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 39-35 - 74<br />Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 33-41 - 74<br />Taryn Durham (Glasgow, Ky.) 40-34 - 74<br />Jessica Carafiello (Coral Springs, Fla.) 38-36 - 74<br />Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 39-35 - 74<br />Madeleine Holmblad (Stockholm, Sweden) 39-35 - 74<br />Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 38-36 - 74<br />Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 37-37 - 74<br />Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 38-36 - 74<br />84 Bree Arthur (Brisbane, Australia) 38-37 - 75<br />Y. J. Jin (Seoul, South Korea) 40-35 - 75<br />Jennifer Bermingham (Long Beach, Calif.) 38-37 - 75<br />Maggie Simons (Raleigh, N.C.) 38-37 - 75<br />Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 39-36 - 75<br />Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 38-37 - 75<br />Ai-Chen Kuo (Taiwan) 36-39 - 75<br />Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherland 37-38 - 75<br />Camila Mori (Santiago, Chile) 39-36 - 75<br />Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 38-37 - 75<br />Blair Lamb (Flat Rock, N.C.) 38-37 - 75<br />Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 40-35 - 75<br />Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 39-36 - 75<br />Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 41-34 - 75<br />Kristen Simpson (Norfolk, Va.) 38-37 - 75<br />Jackie Barenborg (Vero Beach, Fla.) 37-38 - 75<br />Rebecca Flood (Coonabarabran, Australia) 37-38 - 75<br />Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 39-36 - 75<br />102 Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 38-38 - 76<br />Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 39-37 - 76<br />Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 39-37 - 76<br />Ashley Medders (Alma, Ga.) 39-37 - 76<br />Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, Canada) 36-40 - 76<br />Carolina Llano (Medellin, Colombia) 42-34 - 76<br />Rachel Larson (Longmont, Colo.) 36-40 - 76<br />Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 39-37 - 76<br />Amanda Mathis (Picayune, Miss.) 38-38 - 76<br />Caroline Westrup (Ahus, Sweden) 39-37 - 76<br />Sara Ovadia (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 38-38 - 76<br />Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 38-38 - 76<br />114 Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 38-39 - 77<br />Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 40-37 - 77<br />Simone DeSouza (Peru) 39-38 - 77<br />Devan Andersen (Guadalajara, Mexico) 43-34 - 77<br />Pamela Ontiveros (Gomez Palacio, Mexico) 39-38 - 77<br />Carmen Bandea (Atlanta, Ga.) 39-38 - 77<br />Dori Carter (Valdosta, Ga.) 41-36 - 77<br />Jessi Gebhardt (Chandler, Ariz.) 39-38 - 77<br />Jasi Acharya (Columbus, Mont.) 40-37 - 77<br />Jane Chin (Mission Viejo, Calif.) 39-38 - 77<br />Sarah Olsen (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 41-36 - 77<br />Danah Ford Bordner (Indianapolis, Ind.) 39-38 - 77<br />Julie Wells-Shenfield (Wilsonville, Ore.) 40-37 - 77<br />Noon Huajai (Bangkok, Thailand) 37-40 - 77<br />Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 39-38 - 77<br />Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 42-35 - 77<br />Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 40-37 - 77<br />Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 40-37 - 77<br />Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 42-35 - 77<br />Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 41-36 - 77<br />134 Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 43-35 - 78<br />Lindsey Bergeon (Sarasota, Fla.) 39-39 - 78<br />136 Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla.) 42-37 - 79<br />Emma Calderone (Toronto, Ontario) 40-39 - 79<br />Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.) 41-38 - 79<br />Kristina Langton (Ada, Mich.) 40-39 - 79<br />140 Dawn Shockley (Estes Park, Colo.) 37-43 - 80<br />Susannah Aboff (Huntington, N.Y.) 39-41 - 80<br />142 Stacey Bieber (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 41-40 - 81<br />143 Brandi Jackson (Greenville, S.C.) 40-42 - 82<br />144 Ashley Grier (Hagerstown, Md.) 45-39 - 84<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-3878188319876426937?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-77117521757715858382010-04-24T08:52:00.006+01:002010-04-24T09:35:45.349+01:00SCOTS BEST OF BRITISH AT HALFWAY<span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Swedes are halfway leaders at Alicante</span></strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;"><strong>FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE</strong></span><br />Alicante, Spain: Anna Nordqvist and Sophie Gustafson lifted Sweden into a two-shot lead at the Comunitat Valenciana European Nations Cup at the Sella Golf Resort in south-east Spain on Friday. The pair combined for 10 birdies in the Valencian Cup format, which is a variation on Greensomes.<br />Adding a 62 to their opening 65 in Thursday’s four-balls, Sweden finished the second round at 15-under-par, just three shots behind the previous year’s winning score, after 36 holes. The Spanish duo of Tania Elosegui and Emma Cabrera were placed second at 13-under-par after a round of 65 that included an eagle, a bogey and six birdies.<br />The Australian team of Karrie Webb and Karen Lunn fired a 65 and shared third at ten-under with Italy, represented by Veronica Zorzi and Giulia Sergas and the Danish duo of Iben Tinning and Lisa Holm Sorensen, playing together for the third year.<br />“It was all about team work out there. I felt like I had to try to hit the fairway as I knew Sophie was going to stick it close so I could tap it in for birdie. That’s how I felt a lot of the time,” said Nordqvist, who won two tournaments last year in her rookie season as a professional. Gustafson, a winner of 23 international titles, added: “I was focused on getting my shots into the green closer than Anna because I really wanted her to be the one putting for birdies.”<br />The pair had nine threes on the card in total. They went out in 32 with birdies on the third, fifth, seventh and ninth holes.<br />With further birdies on holes 10, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 18 they came back in 30 and also made an important par save on the tough par-three 17th hole.<br />“I think obviously we had some awesome momentum going on the back nine, we played so good coming off birdies on 14, 15 and 16 and then making a par is always important, especially in the end because you want to keep that momentum going all the way to the end and finish well,” Nordqvist said.<br />“<span style="color:#cc0000;">We knew we had to stay short of the pin because it’s pretty fast coming down if you are short of the pin. I thought I hit a good shot but it was the wrong club so I mean, you’ve just got to accept that. Sophie hit a little to the right but thanks to Sophie we managed to save par there so it got us some momentum for 18.” </span><br />Tania Elosegui and Emma Cabrera Bello celebrate a birdie putt on the eighth green.<br />Spain made a fast start on a fine day at La Sella Resort. Cabrera Bello rolled in a 10 foot birdie putt at the first hole, before holing out for eagle from the front greenside bunker on the par-five second hole, which gave her and Elosegui a two stroke lead.<br />They then birdied the par-four third hole, Cabrera Bello knocking in a three-footer, before moving to 11-under-par when Cabrera Bello again rolled in a tricky putt at the fifth. At the eighth, Cabrera Bello’s putting skills again came to the fore when she nailed a six foot putt and the pair moved to 13-under-par with another birdie at the ninth hole.<br />They were out in 29 with a three stroke lead over Sweden, however when Spain bogeyed the 11th and Sweden birdied the 14th the two teams were locked at 12-under-par. Spain made another birdie at the tough 17th, lifting them to 13-under in total.<br />Elosegui said: “I’m very happy. I think it’s a great round and a great score for this format. Sweden shot 62 which is unbelievable but 65 is a very good round.”<br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Cabrera Bello, whose father was out supporting in the gallery with the Spanish flag, added: “It was very exciting. Actually our first four came at the seventh hole, because I was just doing the score card. It was an amazing start. On the front nine I was putting most of the time and that was working and then on the back nine it was Tania putting and me hitting the second shots.”</span><br />Australia were one of the favourite teams coming into the event and they made their move on Friday, Webb holing a bunker shot for eagle at the par-five second hole, with five birdies over the last six holes.<br />“We just finished well really,” explained Lunn. “We struggled a little bit all day but hung in there and made a few birdies at the end.<br />“Both of us weren’t gelling at the same time but we were doing enough to make pars and then it really clicked the last six holes,” said Webb, a winner of seven major championships. “I’m having a great time and it’s a really lovely week.”<br />The Italian team, who tied for second at the 2009 event, shot a second round of 66 and Sergas said: “It was very consistent. We shoot 33, 33, so it was a good round.”<br />Zorzi said: “Well today was different: sunshine, no rain, good feelings, everything was good today. Everybody put the first shot in the fairway and also we had a chance to choose the ball on the green so we played very good together.”<br />Scotland's Catriona Matthew and Krystle Caithness are the best place of the British teams in joint eighth position on 138 - nine shots behind the pacemaking Swedes.<br />Saturday’s third round will be four-ball, better-ball, followed by a final round of “Valencian Cup” on Sunday.<br /><br /> <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">SCOREBOARD<br /></span></strong>Par 144 (2x72)<br />129 SWEDEN: Anna Nordqvist & Sophie Gustafson 67 62.<br />131 SPAIN: Tania Elosegui & Emma Cabrera-Bello 66 65 »»<br />134 AUSTRALIA:Karrie Webb & Karen Lunn 69 65, ITALY (Giulia Sergas & Veronica Zori 68 66; DENMARK: Lisa Holm Sorensen & Iben Tinning 68 66.<br />136 FRANCE: Gwladys Nocera & Jade Schaeffer 67 69.<br />137 NETHERLANDSl Christel Boeljon & Marjet van der Graaff 68 69.<br />138 <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">SCOTLAND:</span></strong> Catriona Matthew & Krystle Caithness 69 69; UNITED STATES: Beth Daniel & Meg Mallon 67 71, AUSTRIA: Nicole Gergely & Stefanie Michl 66 72.<br />139 RUSSIA: Maria Verchenova & Anastasia Kostina 71 68, WALES: Becky Brewerton & Breanne Loucks 69 70.<br />140 ENGLAND: Karen Stupples & MelissaReid 71 69.<br />141 GERMANY: Bettina Hauert & Anja Monke 70 71.<br />142 FINLAND: Ursula Wikstrom & Jenni Kuosa 73 69, SWITZERLAND: Carolina Rominger & Frederique Seeholzer 71 71.<br />143 NORWAY: Cecilie Lundgreen & Caroline Martens 72 71.<br />147 IRELAND: Rebecca Coakley & Hazel Kavanagh 72 75.<br /><br />+Official tour scoring and statistics provided by the Ladies European Tour website<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-7711752175771585838?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-28293684964191816192010-04-23T19:15:00.004+01:002010-04-23T19:21:31.780+01:00<span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Cheshire’s Caroline Marron wins English sen</span><span style="font-size:180%;">ior championship</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;">-</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#990000;">NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION</span><br /></span>Cheshire’s Caroline Marron (pictured) achieved her main goal of the season when she won a nailbiting final to become English senior champion at Littlestone, Kent.<br /><p>She took the title when she holed a testing, downhill 10-foot putt to defeat Buckinghamshire’s Carole Weir on the 18th green. “I am absolutely over the moon. I’m going to cry!” she said.</p><p>Meanwhile, Surrey’s Debbie Richards won Flight Two with a 4/2 victory over local member Geraldine Bray. It was her first appearance in an England senior event and she said: “I am just so pleased – but it hasn’t sunk in yet.”</p><p>Caroline Marron, the 2001 English strokeplay champion, took an early grip on the championship final as she demonstrated the superb short game which has been her trademark of the week.Carole struggled around the greens over the opening holes but, as she settled into the game, the players matched each other shot for shot and halved eight consecutive holes from the seventh.</p><p>However, Caroline extended her lead to three up when she got the better of the slippery 15th green. With just three holes left to play she seemed to have one hand on the trophy – but Carole had other ideas. Her husband-caddy told her: “If you finish four, three, four you can win this.” She almost did it, winning the 16th with a birdie four and the 17th with a great par three after her drive finished in a tricky spot to the right of the green. </p><p>On the par five 18th her second shot finished just right of the green, while Caroline was in a similar position for three. Carole chipped up safely, but her ball ran comfortably past the pin and she missed the birdie putt. Caroline putted up the slope to with 10ft of the pin and, when the time came, she demonstrated nerves of steel and rolled the crucial par putt into the hole.</p><p>“I’ve been struggling with my driver all week and when you’re under pressure that’s what goes – and it did on the last few holes,” said Caroline, who hit seven fairways in the final. Her boyfriend, Bromborough professional Geoff Berry, has been trying to solve the problem over the phone! Interestingly, both finalists have been working with psychologist Karl Morris through their county training and both paid tribute to his influence. </p><p>Caroline said: “I really, really wanted to win this and we’ve been working on goal setting with Karl Morris. This was my goal and I’ve been working on my putting to achieve it.” Carol, who is the Buckinghamshire first team captain, has been working with Karl Morris on her pre-shot routine. </p><p>Despite losing she was delighted with her performance: “I am just so proud of myself,” she said. In Flight Two Debbie Richards demonstrated fine ball striking and a neat short game. She was in charge throughout her final after taking the lead at the second hole.</p><p>Her opponent sank a number of clutch putts for halves but Debbie won the 15th to go three up and then finished with a flourish: with a birdie on the par five 16th for victory. Debbie, who was a Welsh girl international, is a member at Burhill and Rye, where she is ladies’ champion. </p><p>She’s also in the Surrey squad and plays for the second team. Her husband is English Women’s Golf Association non-executive director Bill Richards – who encouraged her to enter this event. Results</p><p>Championship flight</p><p>Semi-finals</p><p>Carole Weir (Beaconsfield) bt Felicity Christine (Banstead Downs) 1 hole.</p><p>Caroline Marron (Bromborough) bt Roz Adams (Addington Court Ladies’) 1 hole.</p><p>Final</p><p>Marron beat Weir 1 hole.</p><p>Flight 2 </p><p>Semi-finals</p><p>Debbie Richards (Burhill) bt Pat Wrightson (Huddersfield) 3 and 1.</p><p>Geraldine Bray (Littlestone) bt Irene Brien (Wentworth) 6 and 5.</p><p>Final</p><p>Richards beat Bray 4 and 2.</p><p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Lyndsey Hewison</span></strong></p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Press & PR Officer</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-2829368496419181619?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896636.post-89130514572462646442010-04-23T12:50:00.022+01:002010-04-23T19:01:46.807+01:00NO HELEN HOLM 36-HOLE CUT AS ENTRY DROPS TO 68<a href="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/NIKKIFOSTERhdApr2010-747937.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/NIKKIFOSTERhdApr2010-747577.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/LOUISEKENNEYHDAPR2010-796799.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.gilliankirkwood.com/ercn86/uploaded_images/LOUISEKENNEYHDAPR2010-796417.jpg" border="0" /></a> Louise Kenney (left) and Nikki Foster (right). Images taken by Cal Carson Golf Agency at Troon today.<br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">Nikki Foster and Louise Kenney share first-round </span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">lead </span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">on eight-under-par 67</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">By COLIN FARQUHARSON</span><br />Dunfermline teacher Louise Kenney and Lancashire lass Nikki Foster surged two shots clear of the field to share the overnight lead on eight-under-par 67 after the first round of the Helen Holm Scottish women’s open amateur stroke-play golf championship at Troon Portland links, Ayrshire today (Friday).<br />On an overcast day with a chilly wind blowing off and on, 27-year-old Louise and 18-year-old Nikki generated the most heat with their eagle-birdie blitz of the course which has a generous par of 75 off the LGU tees.<br />“That was just the start I was praying for,” said Kenney who is a member of the short leet for the GB&I Curtis Cup team to play the United States at Essex County Club, Massachusetts in June.<br />“I don’t know where that round came from! I wasn’t that brilliant in my practice rounds but it all fell into place today, just when I needed it. I was so steady. Eight under par is my best ever score, anywhere, anytime.<br />“I felt so relaxed after I pitched and putted for a birdie 4 after going through the back at the first hole. I was just hitting my approach shots so close. I only had one bogey – three putts at the fifth – but that was the exception.”<br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Kenney birdied the long first, the third, the short fourth, the long sixth and the long ninth to turn in four-under-par 34. The Fifer from the Pitreavie club, who spent four years on the American college golf circuit as a student at Iowa State University, carried on shooting the lights out after the turn. She got a 2 at the short 10th and a 4 at the long 11th, and birdies at two more long holes, the 15th and 18th.”</span><br />Nikki Foster, on the other hand, is not in the preliminary Curtis Cup squad named by the LGU selection committee as a guide several months ago …. “but winning this tournament might change things,” said the 18-year-old full-time amateur with a smile.<br />The last time she was in Scotland was as a member of the England team in the women’s home internationals at Irvine last September.<br />“I’ve never played in the Helen Holm before so obviously my only experience of Troon Portland was in practice but I love the links courses in Lancashire and now I have to say in Ayrshire.”<br />Nikki, whose father-caddie Trevor played 108 times for Lancashire, is that county’s girls champion.<br />“I struck the ball well and I putted really well and that was it. I hit 14 greens in regulation and I think I have benefited tremendously from playing golf through the winter in Florida at a holiday home.”<br /><span style="color:#000099;">Foster’s birdies came at the long second, the thired, the long sixth, the seventh, the short eighth and the long ninth in reaching the turn in six-under-par 32. She got to nine under the card with a birdie at the long 11th and an eagle 3 at the long 12th before she dropped her only shot of the round by being over the back of the green with her tee shot to the short 14th. But she retrieved that stroke by birdeing the long 18th.<br /></span>Kenney and Foster will start the second round, also over Troon Portland, with a two-shot lead over the 15-year-old defending champion, Leona Maguire from the Slieve Russell club in Ireland.<br />Slightly bigger and stronger than she was 12 months ago, Leona had an eagle 3 at the ninth where she chipped in from 20 yards and birdies at the first, fifth, sixth, 11th and 18th. S~he took had one bogey, a three-putt at the 16th.<br />“No, I don’t feel under pressure as defending champion. I leave that to the older girls and I am not thinking about the Curtis Cup. I am focused on winning this title two years in a row and that’s enough for me to think about,” said the slightly shy Leona, one half of the wonder twins who are certainties to be chosen on Sunday night for the Curtis Cup team.<br />Sister Lisa, who finished third last year, is lying joint 12th on 74th.<br />After Louise Kenney, the next best Scot is another Curtis Cup candidate, Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) whose 73 included a four-putt double bogey 5 at the 16th.<br />“You can’t win it on the opening day so I’m happy enough,” said the Stirling University student who was runner-up to Leona Maguire last year.<br />eneds<br />The field has come tumbling down from 99 entries to only 68 - due mainly to Continental players being unable to get flights in time to reach Ayrshire for Wednesdsay/Thursday's practice rounds - by the time play started this morning.<br />Because of that, the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association organisers have decided to scrap the normal cut after 36 holes to the leading 66 and ties.<br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">FIRST-ROUND SCORES</span></strong><br />Troon Portland<br />Par 75<br />67 Nikki Foster (Pleasington), Louise Kenney (Pitreavie).<br />69 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell).<br />70 Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down Ladies), Lucy Williams (Mid Herts).<br />71 Emma Brown (Malton & Norton).<br />72 Gillian O'Leary (Cork), Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton), Hannah Barwood (Knowle), Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale).<br />73 Naomi Edwards (Ganton), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar).<br />74 Charlotte Wild (Mere), Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell), Charlotte Dalton (Ladbrook Park), Jane Turner (Craigielaw).<br />75 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall), Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall), Kelly Brotherton (Troon Welbeck), Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), Lauren Taylor (Woburn), Sian James (Bristol & Clifton), Laura Murray (Alford).<br />76 Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor), Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park), Laura Collin (John O'Gaunt), Anjelika Hammar (Sweden), Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw), Stephanie McEvoy (Old Fold Manor), Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies), Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton).<br />77 Tara Davies (Holyhead), Amy Boulden (Maesdu), Aedin Murphy (Carlow), Sara Garbutt (Ganton), Jess Wilcox (Blankney), Susan Jackson (Ladybank), Maura Diamond (Royal Portrush), Emma Sheffield (Newark), Rebecca Wilson (Grange).<br />78 Becky Harries (Haverfordwest), Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall).<br />79 Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge), Samantha Birks (Wolstanton), Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus), Rachael Taylor (Hartl Golf Resort, Germany), Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham), Josephine Jansson (Sweden).<br />80 Ann B Ramsay (Kirriemuir), Hannah Grant (Enmore Park), Lucy Simpson (Masserene).<br />81 Bronwyn Davies (Trentham), Claire-Marie Carlton (Fereneze), Rebecca Gee (Wellingborough), Sarah Cunningham (Ennis), Karen O'Neill (Douglas), Charlene Reid (Royal Portrush).<br />82 Anne Laing (Vale of Leven), Sarah Helly (Enniscrone), Lesley Atkins (Minto).<br />83 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies).<br />84 Ciara Butler (Newlands).<br />86 Samantha Leslie (Westhill).</div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">TEAM EVENT STANDINGS</span></div><div>139 IRELAND (Leona Maguire 69, D McVeigh 70).</div><div>142 SCOTLAND (L Kenney 67, P Pretswell 75).</div><div>153 ENGLAND (H Barwood 74, H Clyburn 79).</div><div>154 WALES (A Boulden 77, T Davies 77).</div><div> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3896636-8913051457246264644?l=www.gilliankirkwood.com%2Fercn86%2Findex.htm' alt='' /></div>Colinnoreply@blogger.com