Jennings and Maguire Through to Last Eight.

Rachel Jennings (Isaac Walton) and young Irish girl Lisa Maguire (Sleive Russell) are through to the last eight of the French Junior (U21) Championships at St Cloud, Paris, this afternoon.
Rachel beat Audrey Goumand from France by 2 & 1 and 12 year old Lisa beat Laura Ganzales from Belgium by 5 & 4 to set up quarterfinal ties with Caroline Masson and 2nd seed Lara Katzy (both from Germany) respectively.

Florentyna out of the French Junior Open

The holder, Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale) lost at the last hole to Emilie Alonso from France in the first match play round of the Trophee Esmond at St Cloud, near Paris, today.
Hannah Barwood, who had qualified 12th, also lost in the first round to Katerina Gunhildrud from Norway, and Sian James, who had to finish her second strokeplay round earlier this morning, lost to Leigh Whittaker from Germany by two holes.
This has left Rachel Jennings as the only English player left in the tournament. Rachel had an excellent 3 & 2 win against the No3 seed Saskia Hausladen from Germany, and goes on to meet French Girl, Audrey Goumard this afternoon.
Irish youngster Lisa Maguire is also through to the second round with a 6 & 5 win over Rocio Sanchez Lobota from Spain, and now meets Laura Gonzales from Belgium in her second round tie.
In the Claude Roger Cartier Trophy for under 18s, Lisa Maguire's twin sister Leona is through to the second round with a 4&3 win over Clemence Abrahamian, but Rachel Connor lost on the last green against Celine Boutier.
Spain won the Nations Tournament for the Vilmorin Trophy, with an aggregate total of 279, by five shots from Germany 1 (284), followed by England 2 (295) sharing third place with France 2.
Full results of the Esmond Trophy, Claude Roger Cartier Trophy and Vilmorin Trophy can be found on the French Federation website.

Rachel Cassidy wins Dubai Creek Ladies Open

Rachel Cassidy of Stirling University today won the Dubal Creek Ladies Open by a margin of five shots.

450 Juniors Needing Coaching

Golf Coach Karyn Dallas has just received an alarming wake up call for the start of her junior coaching program. She went to her records and discovered that during the close season the number of juniors wanting to receive information on coaching had almost doubled from around 250 to just over 450.

Nine years ago Karyn launched her junior coaching program at Kirriemuir Golf Club to around 30 of the clubs juniors. Within 2 years word had spread and there were over 100 with more and more enquiries all the time. The coaching struggled to cope for a couple of years until a management program was introduced which enabled Karyn to quickly sort and organise over 200 students.

It was feared that such a quantity of students would stifle quality but these fear were allayed when in 2006 junior boys from Kirriemuir would dominate the Angus County Junior Order of Merit; taking the top eight slots. In 2007 they nearly made the double when Amy Taylor won the girls OOM and Daniel Naismith finished 2nd in the boys OOM.

When Karyn launched the program she was unaware of what she had achieved. The program has proved universally successful at all levels. As stated it was able to attract and retain a large number of students of which 30% are female. It was used as a national program by the SLGA and is success can be seen in the strength of the current Scottish Girls team who were all introduced to the program at an early age. When Karyn was asked to do some work with the local special needs community she simply adapted the sessions to suit the mental age and physical abilities of the students. At the top level two students, Jenna Wilson and Pamela Feggans earned tour cards in late 2007.

A commercial version of the program is overdue and following a very successful pilot at Montrose with Professional Jason Boyd another pilot is currently being rolled out in England. Karyn is looking for suitable locations in Ireland and Wales so if anyone is interested please contact Karyn by email karyn@tgolf.info

Full second round scores now on FFG website

French Junior Championship at St Cloud, Paris

The scores of the last few second round players are now up on the website here.
England's Sian James added a 74 to her first round 73 and has taken 11th place.
The cut for the top 32 has come at 152 (10 over par).
The matchplay stages will start with two rounds today. Whether they can squeeze two rounds in before dark is debatable.
Watch the French website for further news.

Update on French Junior Championship

I can only assume that bad light or bad weather stopped play at the French Junior (U21) Championship at St Cloud, as the last twenty or so players out on the course have not had their scores recorded on the French website.
British Ladies Champion Carlotta Ciganda from Spain is leader in the clubhouse after a sparkling 66 to give her a total of four under par 138. Yesterday's leader, Lara Katzy from Germany is lying second on 140 after a 73 today, and her compatriot Saskia Hausladen on another stroke behind on 141 with scores of 70 and 71.
Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale), who will be playing for GB&I in the Curtis Cup match at St Andrews at the end of May and who was second yesterday with a 69, had a rather disappointing 79 and is in 13th position, although she will probably drop further down the table as some of the players still to record their scores come in.
Young Lisa Maguire (Sleive Russell) , who reached the semi-final of the British Girls at Southerdown last summer as a 12 year-old, had a 71 today and is currently in 9th place on 147, with England's Hannah Barwood one stroke behind on 148.
The top 32 qualify for the Coupe Esmond, and the next 16 who are under 18 years of age qualify for the Claude Roger Cartier Trophy.
You can see the scores here

clubgolf at Melville Golf Centre

Melville Golf Centre Open Day for junior golfers in Midlothian

Melville Golf Centre, which has signed up to the national junior golf development programme, clubgolf, is holding an Open Day for juniors on Saturday 29 March (from 10.00am to 1.00pm).

The Open Day will include putting and pitching lessons for boys and girls. There will be free competitions for children aged between eight and twelve years old, and an opportunity to win a free place on the Centre’s clubgolf Summer Term programme and free rounds of golf at Melville Golf Course, starting 12 April.

“We are hoping that around 100 children will come along for the morning,” said Centre Manager, Alastair Macfarlane.

“This would be ideal for primary school children that are having clubgolf coaching at school this coming term and are looking to progress to the next stage.”

Emerging out of Scotland’s successful bid to host the Ryder Cup, clubgolf is a partnership between the Scottish Golf Union, the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association, the Professional Golfers' Association, the Golf Foundation and sportscotland. The programme has been developed as a direct result of the Scottish Government’s commitment to introduce every nine-year-old child in Scotland to golf.

Melville Golf Centre joined clubgolf last year and to two of its members are PGA Level 1 volunteer coaches. Together with the Centre’s PGA professional, they will be running clubgolf Stage 1 coaching programmes this summer.

“We started clubgolf a year ago and before that we were with the Golf Foundation for nine years,” said Mr Macfarlane

“We are a family centre so we have all the facilities set up for children and we have a pro that is committed to coaching the children.

“We are hoping to get as many children as many as possible to our coaching over the spring and summer so the Open Day will be an opportunity for them to get out and join the fun.”

For information on the Open Day and classes starting April 12th please contact:

Alastair MacFarlane, Melville Golf Centre, Lasswade, Midlothian, EH18 1AN
Tel: 0131 663 8038

French Junior Championship

Dear Readers,
Colin has gone for a well-deserved holiday and left me to hold the fort!

My instructions were to keep you informed of the French Junior Championships currently being played at St Cloud, Paris, but as yet (8pm... it's been dark for hours!) the FFG have not updated their website and there are still several scores to come in.

Can I ask you to watch www.ffgolf.org (the section on Coupe Esmonde) and I'll keep an eye on it too and update the website later this evening.

Sorry about this.
Gill

SOLID START BY DEFENDING CHAMPION
FLORENTYNA PARKER IN FRANCE

Well-nigh impossible to find a list of first round scores (see footnote to this message) on the French Golf Federation website fr0m the French Junior Lady championship at Paris St Cloud but, thanks to a Press Release from the industrious English Women's Golf Association, we can tell you that Curtis Cup team selection and defending champion Florentyna Parker, Germany-based but entered from Royal Birkdale, is in joint second place after a two-under-par 69 in the first qualifying round before the match-play starts for the 32 qualifiers.
Berliner Lara Katzy (Germany) leads with a four-under--par 67.
Florentyna, 18, had three birdies and only one bogey on her card, at the short sixth.
LEADERBOARD
Par 71
67 L Katzy (Ger).
69 F Parker (Eng), C Hedwall (Swe), L Gonzales (Bel).
70 A Urchegui (Spa).
71 A Fernandez (Spa), C Masson (Ger), J Dreher (Fra), M Goyos (Spa), S Hausladen (Ger).
72 C Ciganda (Spa), A Maggetti (Swi), J Jansson (Swe), G Molinaro (Ita).
Other scores:
73 Sian James (Bristol & Clifton), Leona Maguire (Ireland) (jt 15th).
74 Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton).
76 Hannah Barwood (Knowle), Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall), Lisa Maguire (Ireland).
80 Rachel Connor (Manchester).
83 Kelly Tidy (Manchester).

The English Women's Golf Association, in the person of Claire Lilley, has very kindly provided the website links that will enable you to keep up todate with the subsequent scores and match-play results on the French Federation website:

http://www.ffgolf.org/index.aspx?news=12160 This link is the main page and has nations cup info - scroll about two-thirds of the way down the page for the ladies

eventhttp://fleole.ffgolf.org/resultats/results2.htm?pg=0055&pn=075&dc=20/03/2008&res=B This is the scoring link.

Irish Ladies Golf Union Press Release

ULSTER FAVOURITES FOR FOUR-IN-A-ROW
UNDER-18 INTER-PROVINCIAL TITLE

Ulster look to capture their fourth successive Under-18 Inter-provincial title when the three-day tournament is played from March 26 to 28 at Bangor Golf Club, Co. Down.
The defending champions once again look the strongest of the four sides as they field five players from last year’s successful line-up. Victoria Bradshaw, playing on home soil, is joined again by 13-year-old twins Leona and Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) who will have just returned from action in the French U-21 championship at St Cloud Golf Club.
The only newcomer to last year’s squad in US student Stephanie Meadow (Royal Portrush), last year’s Irish girls’ (closed) runner-up, who makes a welcome return to the Ulster underage squad.
Nearest challengers Munster also field five from last year’s team with U18 Internationals Sarah Cunningham (Ennis) and Holli Snelling (Tralee) hoping to lead their side to victory on Friday afternoon.
Connacht field four players from last year’s team and will need things to go their way if they are to regain the title they surrendered to Ulster in 2005. Leinster’s Niamh O’Connor (Naas) and Ciara Sharkey (Enniscorthy) are the only survivors from last year’s team and the side will need to punch well above their weight to make an impact in this year’s Championship.
This year’s tournament takes place on the challenging parkland at Bangor and with a par 73 track over 6,052 yards, Friday’s winners will be worthy champions of this highly competitive opener to the 2008 season.
Fixtures:
Wednesday, 26th March
09.00 & 13.30 CONNACHT –v- LEINSTER
09.18 & 14.28 MUNSTER –v- ULSTER

Thursday, 27th March
09.00 & 13.30 ULSTER –v- LEINSTER
09.20 & 14.30 MUNSTER -v- CONNACHT

Friday, 28th March
08.30 & 13.00 LEINSTER –v- MUNSTER
08.48 & 13.58 CONNACHT –v- ULSTER
Teams
CONNACHT – Regina Kerr (capt). Sarah Helly (Enniscrone), Leah Kerr (Castlebar), Aisling O’Connor (Co. Sligo), Carmel O'Connor (Westport), Hannah O'Connor (Loughrea), Julie O'Gara (Roscommon).
Reserves: Daryl Conroy (Castlebar), Amy Gaynor (Co. Sligo).
LEINSTER – Sinead Keane (capt). Patrice Delaney (Birr), Caroline Murphy (Grange), Rebecca Mulholland (Kilkenny), Niamh O'Connor (Naas), Carla Reynolds (Seapoint), Ciara Sharkey (Enniscorthy)
Reserves: Laura Boylan (Skerries), Anna Courtney (St. Annes).
MUNSTER – Maura Breathnach (capt). Sarah Crowe (Tipperary), Sarah Cunningham (Ennis), Laura McCarthy (Muskerry), Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion), Ciara Pender (Ennis), Holli Snelling (Tralee).
Reserves: Hannah O’Brien (Lahinch), Jill Pierse (Ballykisteen)
ULSTER – Brenda Strain (capt). Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor), Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell), Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell), Stephanie Meadow (Royal Portrush), Caoimhe Quinn (Dungannon), Sarah Louise Winter (Carnalea)
Reserves: Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint), Agnes Doherty (Ballyliffen)

Press Release

PRINCE’S TRUST HAS

FUND-RAISING FOR

GOLFERS DOWN

TO A TEE

The Prince’s Trust has announced details of its annual celebrity golf tournament which will be held in the North-east of England on June 26 to raise valuable funds to change young lives across the region.
The amateur golf event is one of three sporting activities to be held this year as part of ‘The Prince’s Trust Challenge Trophy’ which last year raised almost a quarter of a million pounds to support disadvantaged youngsters in the North-east of England.
The one-day golf tournament will take place at the picturesque Slaley Hall in Northumberland and will offer guests a chance to enjoy an exclusive alongside celebrity supporters such as actor Tim Healey and Newcastle United player Paul Bracewell.
David Beavis, North-east Regional Director for The Prince’s Trust, said: “This is not just a fantastic opportunity to play a serious round of golf on a championship course alongside celebrity supporters; this is about raising money to change the lives of many disadvantaged youngsters here in the North-east (of England) who deserve a second chance in life.”
The Challenge Trophy’s series of events will involve two teams of celebrities and members of the public going head-to-head under the colours of team presidents, His Grace, The Duke of Northumberland and The Right Honourable Earl of Durham, Lord Durham.
The tournament will involve 80 players for either the Duke or the Earl and will see celebrities captain each of the 20 four-ball matches over 18 holes of the Hunting Course Championship green. The handicap on the day will be a maximum of 24 for men and 30 for women.
Last year’s hugely popular golf tournament saw 80 players enjoy a sunny round to raise £30,000 with the help of celebrities such as Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer, England cricketer Steve Harmison and former Newcastle United defender John Berseford.
Former Sunderland AFC Captain Kevin Ball and captain of The Lord’s Challenge Trophy 2008 team felt that last year’s golf tournament was a resounding success. “Everyone enjoyed a brilliant day with all proceeds going to an important cause. I would urge keen golfers to sign up this year and help us raise even more money for The Prince’s Trust- A fantastic day, a fantastic golf course and all for a fantastic cause.”
In 2007, The Prince’s Trust supported almost 4,000 14-30 year olds in the North-east of England by providing a range of programmes including personal development courses, business start up finance and grants for community projects.
The youth charity, which works with those who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law needs to raise around £1million per week to continue its valuable work.
The Prince’s Trust Challenge Trophy 2008 is also set to include a Celebrity Clay Shoot and a Celebrity Track Day Driving Experience on 15th July. For further information on all three events, call the regional office on 0191 4973 210.
For information on The Prince’s Trust, please visit www.princes-trust.org.uk/northeast or call us free on 0800 842 842.

Press Release

THREE-YEAR GUARANTEE

ON STYLISH GLENMUIR

WATERPROOF JACKETS

The strength of Glenmuir’s growing performance outerwear range is showcased this Spring Summer by the Scottish company’s flagship Rain Bloc ® waterproof jackets.
The men’s Inverurie and ladies’ Elie waterproof jackets from Glenmuir - one of Europe’s leading golf apparel brands - deliver superb weather-beating performance backed by a three-year guarantee.
Both high-quality jackets feature the Glenmuir Rain Bloc ® waterproof system, comprising a laminated microfibre fabric which uses a special inner membrane to allow moisture vapour created by the body to escape, but repels external wind and rain.
The fabric is extremely lightweight and quiet, waterproof and breathable, with the waterproof system guaranteed against laminate breakdown or leakage through the fabric or taped seams for three years.
Both the Inverurie, pictured above left, and Elie are styled in a performance fit and feature concealed zip-off sleeves, Velcro side tabs for fit adjustment, elasticated cuffs with Velcro adjusters, adjustable draw cord waist, high-neck storm collar, water repellant full-length zip and side pockets and chest ventilation flaps.
The Inverurie, which also boasts a stretch panel at back shoulder for freedom of movement and a back scorecard pocket, is available in sizes S-XXL and three colourways – Caribbean blue/navy, storm grey/burnt orange and black/sand.
The Elie comes in S-XL and a choice of three eye-catching colours – sky blue, mint and raspberry – with black detailing.
Both jackets are available for a suggested retail price of £84.00.
Andy Bough, Glenmuir Marketing Director, said: “The waterproof market has been identified as a key area for growth for Glenmuir and our 2008 range of top-quality jackets, trousers, wind shirts and fleeces uses a variety of fabric technologies to deliver superb weather-beating performance.
“In addition, the Inverurie and Elie waterproof jackets are backed by a three-year guarantee as part of our on-going commitment to customer service.”

US Curtis Cup player Stacey Lewis wins
weather-hit Longhorn Invitational

United States Curtis Cup team selection Stacey Lewis (Arkansas University) battled through rain and wind to score her 10th win on the American women's college circuit in the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational at the University of Texas golf course, Austin.
Rain washed out the second day's play, reducing the event from 54 holes to two rounds but the weather was not much better today when the tournament was completed.
Lewis was able to win by one shot with scores of 74 and 77 for a total of 151 - seven over par for the par-72, 6344yd course.
Whitney Myres (Florida) was runner-up with a pair of 76s for 152.
First-round leader Ornella Jouven (Florida) could not cope with the rain and wind and slumped from a 72 to an 83 for 155 and a share of fourth place.
GB&I Curtis Cup team choice Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) from Catterick scored 79 and 80 for 159, which was good enough to gain her a top-20 finish, joint 18th to be precise.
Gemma Webster (Ohio State) from Glasgow finished joint 38th on 163 with scores of 79 and 84.
Hannah Burke (Baylor) from Wiltshire scored 82 and 89 for 171 to share 74th place in a field of 90.
Jodi Ewart's New Mexico University won the team title with a total of 623 - only one shot ahead of runners-up Florida.
Texas (630) were third with Arkansas (632) fourth. Ohio State (648) finished eighth and Baylor (660) 14th in a field of 18 teams.
Meanwhile, at Bayonet Golf Club, Seaside in California, Jacqueline Sneddon from Meigle, a student at Grand Canyon University, shot rounds of 95 and 87 for a total of 182 which earned her joint 40th place over a par-73m 5814yd course.
Jacqueline finished 31 shots behind the winner, Shraddhanjali Singh (Tarleton State) with scores of 81 and 70 for 151.

Scottish Golf Union Press Release

Six Clubs Short-listed For Junior Awards

Six of Scotland’s golf clubs have been short listed for the final of the inaugural Dunfermline Building Society Junior Club of the Year Awards with the winners to be announced at the Scottish Golf Dinner later this month.
North-east clubs Alford and Inverurie were selected for final nomination, alongside Turnhouse GC from Edinburgh, Greenock Whinhill, Reay Golf Club in the north of Scotland and Ayrshire club, West Kilbride.
Nominations from 50 golf clubs across Scotland were received by the Scottish Golf Union’s judging panel, who were left with the difficult decision of which clubs to leave out.
“The standard of entry has been excellent, demonstrating the high level of commitment many of our clubs have towards encouraging junior participation and growing the game in their communities,” said Andy Salmon, Development Manager for Scottish Golf.
“Whilst we have short listed six golf clubs, all those who were nominated can all be very proud of their efforts and will undoubtedly become the benchmarks for other clubs to follow. All the entries we have received are reflective of the positive attitude Scottish golf has towards youngsters in the game,” he added.
Following the launch of the Awards in December by Tour professionals Peter Whiteford and Clare Queen, clubs have been working hard to complete their nominations, based on their efforts to encourage juniors, provide improved facilities, harness links to their local community and develop talent at their club.
Graeme Dalziel, Chief Executive of sponsors Dunfermline Building Society, was delighted to see the Awards prove so popular in their first year.
“We are very proud to sponsor the Junior Club of the Year Awards and support grass roots golf in Scotland. Much of the hard work done by volunteers in our clubs goes unnoticed and these Awards will help recognise the fantastic efforts of so many people,” he said.
“Dunfermline Building Society’s commitment to junior golf in Scotland will hopefully encourage even more youngsters to get involved in golf across our communities and support the great work being done both locally and nationally.”
The judging panel will select the winning club over the next two weeks, with the announcement of the Junior Club of the Year made at the Scottish Golf Dinner on Friday 28 March in Glasgow.
The winning club will be presented with a cheque for £1000 for their junior section, which will be awarded by former European Tour star Dean Robertson alongside Graeme Dalziel.
The five-runners up will each receive £300, with all clubs represented by their junior convenors at the event.Dunfermline Building Society’s Fairway Saver account, which also supports golf clubs in Scotland, has already attracted nearly 2,000 new customers, with £500 given to any club who signs up 50 of their members.

LAURA CUTLER TOP OF THE

BRITS IN SAMFORD

INTERCOLLEGIATE

Laura Cutler (Jacksonville State University) from Nottingham finished joint 13th in a field of 84 for the Samford Women's Intercollegiate tournament at Oneonta, Alabama this week.

Laura, pictured right, had rounds of 77, 71 and 81 for a total of 229 over the par 72, 5808yd course at Limestone Springs Golf Club.

Team-mate Portia Abbott from Wiltshire came joint 24th with rounds of 77, 79 and 76 for 232.

Andrea Downer (Murray State University) from Surrey finished joint 17th on 230 with scores of 70, 77 and 83.

Shirley Harvey (South Alabama) from Ballyclare, Northern Ireland finished joint 51st with rounds of 78, 86 and 77 for a total of 241.

Emma deGroot, recruited to the Tennessee-Chattanooga team by Scottish head coach Colette Murray, won the individual honours by six strokes with rounds of 72, 71 and 68 for five-under-par 211.

Michaela Cavener (Tulsa) was runner-up with 74, 70 and 73 for 217.

Tulsa (884) won the team event from Tennessee-Chattanooga (901) with Jacksonville State (913) third. Murray State (917) came sixth of 15 with South Alabama (942) 10th.

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SECOND ROUND WASHED OUT IN TEXAS

Tuesday's second round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational over the University of Texas course at Austin was washed out by heavy and prolonged rain. The tournament will now be reduced to 36 holes with the final 18 holes being played today (Wednesday).
Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) and Gemma Webster (Ohio State) had first round 79s and Hannah Burke (Baylor) an 82.
US Curtis Cup team selection Stacy Lewis (Arkansas Univesity) had a 74 to be joint third behind Ornella Jouven (Florida), surprise lead with a par-matching 72.

New programme puts Western
Isles juniors in the swing

A new programme designed to give youngsters in the Western Isles an opportunity to develop an interest in golf and adopt a more active lifestyle was launched in Stornoway today.
The Western Isles Junior Golf Action Plan is linked to Scotland’s National Junior Golf Development programme, clubgolf, a partnership between the Scottish Golf Union, Scottish Ladies Golfing Association, Professional Golfers Association, The Golf Foundation and sportscotland that aims to create the opportunity for every child to experience golf by age nine, and to increase junior participation in golf in Scotland.
The Western Isles Junior Golf Action Plan aims to help up to 500 youngsters experience clubgolf’s introductory game, in school, over the next two years.
Ultimately this will result in more junior members at golf clubs, increase the number of girls playing golf, and create a facility infrastructure for golf development which supports increased participation at club level.
Said Tony Wade, Team Leader Active Schools/Sports Development: “This is the perfect opportunity to get youngsters involved in a new sport that they could sustain for the rest of their life.
“Through the Western Isles Junior Golf Action Plan there is a strong link between the schools and their local clubs. The youngsters that enjoy the schools programme can progress to a local club that they can go to and a pathway for them to develop their skills.”
Launched by former Open champion Paul Lawrie, firstclubgolf uses multi-coloured modified clubs, rubberised balls and Velcro targets to give nine year olds an enjoyable and safe first experience of the game within the boundaries of the school. In 2007 alone, 26,000 nine year olds in Scotland were introduced to golf through firstclubgolf.
Last week, Primary 5 children at Stornoway and Laxdale Primary Schools were among the first in the Western Isles to start the 2008 schools clubgolf programme. Last year over 200 primary pupils experienced firstclubgolf in school time.
“The equipment is top notch, it’s very self-explanatory and the kids have taken to it,” said PE Teacher, David MacLeod, who is teaching firstclubgolf to the schools’ children each week.
“With three or four golfing activities running at the same time it’s a good way of having lots of kids active and involved.
“I’m a golfer with a strong interest in the game but I’m sure that a non-golfer could be confident of giving a lesson with this equipment.”
At the end of their introduction to firstclubgolf, children will have the opportunity to develop their skills at a local club hosting Stage 1 of the clubgolf programme. Taught by qualified PGA Level 1 volunteer coaches over two years, Stage 1 is a 40 hour course employing real golf equipment and covers the fundamentals of putting, chipping, full swing, rules and etiquette.
“The critical bit for us is having coaches who can deliver the programme within the clubs,” said Tony Wade.
“Several of our golf club members have been on PGA Level 1 coaching courses on Lewis and in the Southern Isles within the last 18 months so we already have a good core of qualified coaches.”
Golf clubs in Lewis, the Uists, Benbecula and Askernich have signed up to clubgolf and will be running coaching programmes this summer. One, the Isle of Harris Golf Club, completed its first clubgolf Stage 1 course last autumn.
“We had a very small and not very active junior membership,” said club member and PE teacher, Hugh MacLean. “It was to address this that we decided to get a couple of clubgolf Level 1 coaches and bring as many juniors up as possible.
“Our first group of children have responded well to the coaching. Some of them came from as far as Tarbert, 12 miles away, and Scalpay, 15 miles away, so they were very keen. The majority are from non-golf backgrounds so this was their introduction to golf and they thoroughly enjoyed it.”
The launch of the Western Isles Junior Golf Action Plan coincides with two other exciting golf developments on the Islands.
The Askernish Golf Club, with its Old Tom Morris course, on South Uist is undergoing a substantial refurbishment that will attract people from around the world.
Sportscotland has awarded £35,000 towards building a driving range to be sited at Back Football & Recreation Club. This will go a long way towards growing the game in the Western Isles and, as a covered area, it will give a base for a visiting PGA Professional to work from.
Bill Miller, Chair of clubgolf, who attended the launch, said: “I am delighted to see the progress clubgolf is making in the Western Isles. In 2007 we saw significant developments across Scotland, with 26,000 children receiving an introduction to golf. By establishing sustainable coaching programmes and welcoming more boys and girls into golf, the Western Isles has proved we have a quality programme that offers truly national coverage.”

Rob Eyton-Jones
clubgolf Media Manager
t: 07775 746981
Official clubgolf website: www.clubgolfscotland.com

BRITISH TRIO STRUGGLE IN FIRST

ROUND OF BETSY RAWLS

LONGHORN INVITATIONAL

The first round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational, played over the par-72, 6,344yd University of Texas golf course at Austin, did not bring out the best in the three British students in the field of 90.

GB&I Curtis Cup team selection Jodi Ewart (New Mexico University) and Gemma Webster (Ohio State University) from Glasgow go into the second round in joint 24th place after hitting the seven-over-par 79 mark.

And Hannah Burke (Baylor University, Texas) is sharing 52nd place after an 82.

Jodi Ewart from Catterick, Yorkshire had not a single birdie in her halves of 41 and 38. She had a double bogey 6 at the seventh and dropped single shots to par at the second, foufrth, eighth, 14th and 16th.

Gemma Webster, Cal Carson Golf Agency image copyright above, had a little bit of everything in her halves of 37 out and 42 back. The highlights were an eagle 3 at the fifth and birdies at the first and 13th.

But she had double bogey 6s at the sixth, 17th and 18th and bogeys at the second, seventh, 10th, 12th and 15th.

Hannah Burke had five bogeys and back-to-back double bogey 6s at the 12th and 13th in a nightmare run from the 10th to the 16th. She had halves of 37 and 45.

US Curtis Cup team selection Stacy Lewis (Arkansas Univesity) had a 74 to be joint third behind Ornella Jouven (Florida), surprise lead with a par-matching 72.

There was some consolation for Jodi Ewart in that her team, New Mexico University, were leading the team event at the end of the first day with a total of 303, two ahead of Florida.

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES

Par 72. 6,344yd

72 Ornella Jouven (Florida).

73 Alexandra Phelps (New Mexico).

74 Julia Best (Texas), Stacy Lewis (Arkansas).

Other scores:

79 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico), Gemma Webster (Ohio State) (jt 24th).

82 Hannah Burke (Baylor) (jt 52nd of 90).

LEADING TEAMS

303 New Mexico.

305 Florida.

308 Texas.

311 Arkansas.

Other score:

321 Ohio State (jt 11th of 18).

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Pamela Feggans fades to jt 37th

place in Futures Tour opener

Pamela Feggans faded into a final placing of joint 37th in the Bright House Networks Open, the opening event of the 2008 Duramed Futures Tour, at Cleveland Heights, Lakeland, Florida.

Pamela, pictured right, from Patna, Ayrshire, had rounds of 73, 71 and 75 for a three-over-par total of 219. She earned $543.

Samantha Head from Bedford earned $586 for a joint 26th place finish on 218 with scores of 73, 74 and 71.

Rising star Vicky Hurst from Melbourne, Florida, finished on the same mark in her professional debut.
Polly Willett from London finished joint 43rd on 220 with scores of 75, 73 and 72. She earned $524.

There was a three-way play-off for the top prize of $11,900, featuring Sunny Oh and Kim Welsh, both from California, and Chella Choi, one of three South Koreans in the top five.

The sudden-death play-off last one hole with Sunny Oh's birdie being the tie-breaker at the 19th.

They had tied on five-under-par 211.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3 x 72)

211 Sunny Oh (California) 70 72 69 ($11,900), Chella Choi (South Korea) 70 71 70 ($7,728), Kim Welch (California) 70 70 71 ($7,728). Oh won sudden death play-off at first hole.

212 Hanna Kang (South Korea) 71 70 70 ($4,263).

214 Song Yi Choi (South Korea) 69 75 70 ($3,143).

215 Jessica Shipley (Canada) 68 78 69, Annie Young (Utah) 69 76 70, Sofie Andersson (Sweden) 71 74 70, Mo Martin (California) 72 73 70, Janell Howland (Idaho) 72 71 71, Kelly Lagedrost (Florida) 72 72 71, Mindy Kim (California) 69 72 74, Alissa Kuczka (Arizona) 69 74 72, Christi Cano (Texas) 70 72 72, Y J Jin (South Korea) 70 71 74 ($1,522 each).

216 Misun Cho (South Korea) 73 76 67, Lea Wigger (Kentucky) 69 77 70, Lisa Ferrero (California) 73 73 70, Yeon Joo Lee (South Korea) 69 74 73, Taya Battistella (Oregon) 71 70 75 ($767 each).

Other final totals:

218 Vicky Hurst (Florida) 73 74 71, Samantha Head (Bedford, England) 77 70 71 ($586 each) (jt 26th).

219 Pamela Feggans (Platna, Ayshire) 73 71 75 ($543) (jt 37th).

220 Polly Willett (London, England) 75 73 72 ($524) (jt 43rd).

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ROOKIE LOUISE WINS LPGA
EVENT IN MEXICO

Rookie Louise Friberg from Sweden, a member of the Ladies' European Tour, won the LPGA Tour's MasterCard Classic Mexico with a final round of 65 for a six-under-par total of 210.
She won the $195,000 first prize by one shot from South Korean Yani Tseng.
Louise started the final round in 22nd position, eight groups from the end and she had to wait two hours to see if she had won.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
210 Louise Friberg 72 73 65.
211 Yani Tseng 68 69 74.
212 Jane Park 72 70 70, Jill McGill 67 73 72.
213 Pat Hurst 70 71 72, Na Yeon Choi 74 66 73, Eva Dahloff 69 70 74.
214 Lorena Ochoa 76 70 68, Ji-Young Oh 68 67 79.

Krystle sparkles with joint fifth
finish in Cleveland Classic

Krystle Caithness from Cellardyke, Fife, a freshman student at Georgia University, finished joint fifth in the Cleveland Classic women's college tournament which finished at University Club, Baton Rouge in Louisiana today.
It was the 19-year-old's best performances of the 2007-2008 college season with scores of 75, 72 and 72 for a total of three-over-par total of 219 over a par-72 course of 6,511yd.
Krystle, pictured right, who started her final round at the fourth hole had four birdies - at the sixth, 12th, 17th and first - compared with one in her first round and three birdies in her second.
She was the leading scorer for the Georgia team who finished sixth (898) behind winners Florida State (884).
It was an encouraging weekend for Krystle as she builds up her level of performance for her debut appearance for Great Britain & Island in the Curtis Cup match against the United States at the end of May - and over her home course: the Old Course, St Andrews where she is a member of the St Regulus Club.
Sweden's Caroline Westrup (Oklahoma State University) won the Cleveland Classic by four strokes with scores of 73, 68 and 67 for an eight-under-par total of 208. Caroline was a member of the Continent of Europe team who inflicted a record Vagliano Trophy defeat on GB&I in last year's match at Fairmont St Andrews.

The Cleveland Classic was, all in all, a good tournament for the European competitors. Apart from Caroline Westrup and Krystle Caithness, Belgium's Benedicte Toumpsin (South Carolina) tied with the Scot for fifth place on 219 with three rounds of 73.

Also, in joint eighth place, was Germany's Steffi Kirchmayr (College of Charleston) on 222.
+Apologies to Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk readers who may have read our earlier report this evening from this tournament. GolfStat, the excellent website service of news and scores from the American college circuits, obviously had problems keeping up with the scorecards coming in from a shotgun start/finish to the Cleveland Classic.
At first, they credited Krystle Caithness with a final round of 74 - including a double bogey 5 at the short 13th - and placed her joint sixth. Only later was Krystle's score amended to a 72 - deleting the double bogey 5 - and placing her joint fifth.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Individual
Par 216 (3 x 72) 6,511yd
208 Caroline Westrup (Oklahoma State) 73 68 67.
212 Lauren Doughtie (North Carolina State) 72 69 71.
215 Rebecca Kuhn (Louisiana State) 71 73 71.
216 Stephanie Connelly (Central Florida) 73 70 73.
219 Benedicte Toumpsin (South Caroline) 73 73 73, Krystle Caithness (Georgia) 75 72 72 (jt 5th).

Also:

222 Steffi Kirchmayr (College of Charleston) 75 74 73 (jt 8th).
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
884 Florida State. 890 Louisiana State. 894 Wake Forest. 896 North Carolina State. 897 Alabama. 898 Georgia. 17 teams took part.

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JANICE AND LAURA MISS THE CUT
DOWN MEXICO WAY

Janice Moodie and Laura Davies failed to beat the 36-hole cut in the LPGA Tour's MasterCard Classic at Bosque Real Country Club, Huixquilucan, Mexico.
Both British players had scores of 76 and 77 over the par-72, 6911yd course. Their totals of 153 were four shots to many to survive the cut at 149.
Mexican favourite Lorena Ochoa shot 76 and 70 to be joint 27th on 146 - 11 shots behind South Korean leader Ji-Young Oh with 68 and 67 for 135.
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72) 6911yd.
135 Ji-Young Oh 68 67.
137 Yani Tseng 68 69.
139 Eva Dahllof 69 70.
140 Na Yeon Choi 74 66, Jil McGill 67 73.
141 Pat Hurst 70 71, Gloria Park 70 71.
Other scores:
146 Lorena Ochoa 76 70 (jt 27th).
149 Johanna Head 75 74 (jt 66th).
MISSED THE CUT (players with 149 or better qualified).
153 Janice Moodie 76 77, Laura Davies 76 77.

Pamela makes the cut with ease
but Vikki fails by three shots

Pamela Feggans from Patna, Ayrshire survived the 36-hole cut with ease in the $85,000 Bright House Networks Open, the first event on the 2008 US Duramed Futures Tour over the 6258yd, par-72 Cleveland Heights course at Lakeland, Florida.
But Vikki Laing from Musselburgh, a winner on the tour last year, did not.
Pamela has had rounds of 73 and 71 for a level par aggregate of 144 and joint 14th place going into Sunday's final round.
Vikk scored 78 and 74 for 152 - three shots over the qualifying limit of 149.
Weather: Mostly sunny and humid with temperatures in the high 70s with winds from 10-20 mph.
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72)
1 Kim Welch (Sacramento, Calif.) 70-70 - 140.
2 Taya Battistella (Portland, Ore.) 71-70 - 141.
2 Y. J. Jin (Seoul, South Korea) 70-71 - 141.
2 Chella Choi (Seoul, South Korea) 70-71 - 141.
5 Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 72-70 - 142.
5 Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 71-71 - 142.
5 Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 70-72 - 142.
5 Sunny Oh (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) 70-72 - 142.
5 Jin Young Pak (Kang Leung, South Korea) 69-73 - 142.
5 Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 66-76 - 142.
11 Alissa Kuczka (Phoenix, Ariz.) 69-74 - 143.
11 Mindy Kim (Diamond Bar, Calif.) 69-74 - 143.
11 Yeon Joo Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 69-74 - 143.
14 Kitty Hwang (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 74-70 - 144.
14 Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 72-72 - 144.
14 Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 72-72 - 144.
14 Lynn Valentine (East Lyme, Conn.) 73-71 -144
14 Pamela Feggans (Patna, Scotland) 73-71 - 144.
14 Song Yi Choi (Seoul, South Korea) 69-75 - 144.
20 Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas) 75-70 - 145.
20 Jenna Pearson (Wheaton, Ill.) 74-71 - 145.
20 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 72-73 - 145.
20 Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 71-74 - 145.
20 Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 71-74 - 145.
20 Jean Reynolds (Newnan, Ga.) 71-74 - 145.
20 Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 71-74 - 145.
20 Lorraine Ballerano (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 73-72 - 145.
20 M. J. Hur (Seoul, South Korea) 70-75 - 145.
20 Sookhee Baek (Bradenton, Fla.) 70-75 - 145.
20 Stephanie George (Myerstown, Pa.) 69-76 - 145.
20 Rebecka Heinmert (San Jose, Calif.) 74-71 - 145.
20 Annie Young (Highland, Utah) 69-76 - 145.
33 Kyu-Ri Ban (Cheong-Ju, Korea) 75-71 - 146.
33 Kristina Tucker (Stockholm, Sweden) 72-74 - 146.
33 Leah Whiting (Hilo, Hawaii) 72-74 - 146.
33 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 73-73 - 146.
33 Stephanie Kim (a) (Orlando, Fla.) 70-76 - 146.
33 Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 73-73 - 146.
33 Leah Wigger (Louisville, Ky.) 69-77 - 146.
33 Dana Lacey (Perth, W. Australia) 74-72 - 146.
33 Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 68-78 - 146.
42 Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 76-71 - 147.
42 Sue Ginter (Appleton, Wis.) 76-71 - 147.
42 Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, BC) 75-72 - 147.
42 Katie Fraley (Brandenburg, Ky.) 75-72 - 147.
42 Adriane Duke (Jonesboro, Ark.) 77-70 - 147.
42 Samantha Head (Bedford, United Kingdom) 77-70 - 147.
42 Amy Schmucker (Cold Spring, Minn.) 75-72 - 147.
42 Noriko Nakazaki (Hanover Park, Ill.) 72-75 - 147.
42 Vicky Hurst (Melbourne, Fla.) 73-74 - 147.
42 Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 71-76 - 147.
42 Sin Ah Ham (Torrance, Calif.) 73-74 - 147.
42 Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 73-74 - 147.
42 Mandi McConnell (Grand Blanc, Mich.) 74-73 - 147.
42 Amanda McCurdy (Little Rock, Ark.) 74-73 - 147.
42 Stella Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 74-73 - 147.
57 Polly Willett (London, England) 75-73 - 148.
57 Mary Kate Morgan (Longview, Wash.) 75-73 - 148.
57 Brandi Jackson (Greenville, S.C.) 75-73 - 148.
57 Rachel Newren-Harmon (Salt Lake City, Utah) 78-70 - 148.
57 Maru Martinez (Maracaibo, Venezuela) 75-73 - 148.
57 Salimah Mussani (Burlington, Ontario) 74-74 - 148.
57 Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 74-74 - 148.
57 Meghan Little (Sturgis, S.D.) 73-75 - 148.
57 Megan Heckeroth (Los Angeles, Calif.) 70-78 - 148.
57 Kimberly Goedecke (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) 73-75 - 148.
57 Clarissa Childs (Glendale, Calif.) 73-75 - 148.
57 Morgan Olds (Stamford, Conn.) 74-74 - 148.
69 Kelly Schaub (Greeley, Colo.) 76-73 - 149.
69 Ulrika Ljungman-Smith (Stockholm, Sweden) 75-74 - 149.
69 Elizabeth Stuart (Tampa, Fla.) 75-74 - 149.
69 Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 74-75 - 149.
69 Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 72-77 - 149.
69 Lauren Todd (Phoenix, Ariz.) 72-77 - 149.
69 Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 72-77 - 149.
69 Perry Swenson (Charlotte, N.C.) 71-78 - 149.
69 Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 71-78 - 149.
69 Stephanie Otteson (Wilson, N.C.) 70-79 - 149.
69 Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 73-76 - 149.
69 Sarah Olsen (Brownstown, Mich.) 73-76 - 149 .
MISSED THE CUT
Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 76-74 - 150.
Lauren Espinosa (Hickory Creek, Texas) 76-74 - 150.
Jaclyn Burch (Satellite Beach, Fla.) 76-74 - 150.
Anastasia Kostina (Nakhabino, Russia) 75-75 - 150.
Jackie Beers-Szymoniak (Newnan, Ga.) 75-75 - 150.
Christine Boucher (Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) 75-75 - 150.
Danah Ford (Indianapolis, Ind.) 77-73 - 150.
Charlotte Campbell (Heathrow, Fla.) 72-78 - 150.
Amber Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 73-77 - 150.
Sohi Moon (Seoul, South Korea) 73-77 - 150.
Mandy Goins (Frankfort, Ky.) 73-77 - 150.
Haeji Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 74-76 - 150.
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 76-75 - 151.
Elena Kurokawa (Redondo Beach, Calif.) 76-75 - 151LeAnna Wicks (Brighton, Mich.) 76-75 - 151Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 76-75 - 151Alejandra Shaw (a) (Vina Del Mar, Chile) 77-74 - 151.
Cortney Reno (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 77-74 - 151.
Dana Je (Orlando, Fla.) 75-76 - 151.
Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 75-76 - 151.
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 78-73 - 151.
Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 79-72 - 151Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 74-77 - 151Courtney Erdman (Altadena, Calif.) 72-79 - 151Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 72-79 - 151Katie Allison (Little River, S.C.) 73-78 - 151Maria Kim (Asuncion, Paraguay) 73-78 - 151Andrea VanderLende (Longwood, Fla.) 73-78 - 151Yu-Jin Bang (Seoul, Korea) 74-77 - 151 Kellee Booth (McKinney, Texas) 76-76 - 152.
Kate Stepanek (Guilford, Conn.) 76-76 - 152.
Bridget Dwyer (Kailua, Hawaii) 77-75 - 152.
Vikki Laing (Musselburgh, Scotland) 78-74 - 152.
Benedikte Grotvedt (a) (Nesbru, Norway) 74-78 - 152.
Christine Cho (Kent, Wash.) 73-79 - 152.
Ellen Dunne (Lauderdale By-The-Sea, Fla.) 74-78 - 152.
Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 76-77 - 153.
Brenda McLarnon (Belfast, Ireland) 75-78 - 153.
Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 77-76 - 153.
Jeehae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 77-76 - 153Melanie Willhite (Clarksville, Tenn.) 78-75 - 153Suzanne Walker (Lakeland, Fla.) 74-79 - 153 Esther Moon (Nashville, Tenn.) 75-79 - 154Rak Kyung Oh (Anaheim, Calif.) 75-79 - 154Moah Chang (Los Angeles, Calif.) 73-81 - 154 Ashley Grier (Hagerstown, Md.) 77-78 - 155Jenny Hansen (Cairo, Neb.) 77-78 - 155Jin Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 77-78 - 155Cindy Lee-Pridgen (Sabah, Malaysia) 75-80 - 155 Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 76-80 - 156Erin Kerr (Phoenix, Ariz.) 80-76 - 156 Melanie Audette (a) (Lakeland, Fla.) 77-80 - 157Nicole Hage (Coral Springs, Fla.) 80-77 - 157 Jennifer Kovach (Gainesville, Ga.) 77-81 - 158Catherine Matranga (Fort Worth, Texas) 80-78 - 158 Jessica Schneider (Elgin, Ill.) 81-78 - 159 Noon Huachai (Bangkok, Thailand) 80-80 - 160 Brittainy Klein (Henderson, Ky.) 78-84 - 162 Haley Gildea (East Greenwich, R.I.) 77-88 - 165 Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 82-84 - 166 Lisa Meldrum (Montreal, Canada) 82-85 - 167 ------------------ Ashley Leonard (Rocky Mount, N.C.) WDI