AYRSHIRE LADIES COUNTY GOLF ASSOCIATION

Congratulations to Elspeth Howie and Janet Harkness (skelmorlie) who won their second winter foursomes title today having previously won in 2021. In very trying conditions they played very steady golf, didn't put a foot wrong and putted very well against their skelmorlie club mates Gillian Pollock and Alyson Hutton 

Good luck to both pairs in tomorrow's winter foursomes final  In the all skelmorlie match Elspeth Howie and Janet Harkness will play Gillian Pollock and Alyson Hutton. Match tees off at 0930 at Skelmorlie, spectators welcome.

Congratulations to Pauline Patrick (Irvine) who took the scratch prize at the west vets meeting at cowglen on Thursday. Her excellent score of 77 was 4 shots better than any other on the day. She also took the best nett with a 71. Well done Pauline! 

Freya Russell, Royal Troon, finished a very respectable tied 19th at this year's Helen Holm which is played over Portland and the Old Course. In very difficult conditions on Friday she shot an 8 over par round of 80 on the lengthened Portland course. Her 2nd round on Saturday proved to be the highlight of her weekend shooting an excellent 3 under par round of 69. A 79 round the Old Course today completed a good tournament for Freya.

The curtain is now down on the 2024 County Championship at Trump Turnberry. Audrey Thompson (Loudoun) was the first to book her place with a win over Lorna Ronnie (Barassie). The other semi final went to the 17th hole where Sarah Ramsay (West Kilbride) beat Pauline Patrick (Irvine) The final was contested in a great manner by the 2 finalists, the sun came out and it was pleasantly warm compared to the previous 2 days!! Audrey took the first hole then the next 3 holes were halved with Audrey taking the 5th to go 2 up. Sarah then took the next 4 holes to reach the turn 2 up. The next 3 holes were halved before Sarah found bunker trouble on 13 which took it back to one hole. A birdie at 14 restored Sarah's 2 hole lead, a half on 15 then a par on 16 was enough for Audrey to close the gap. A birdie from Sarah on 17 sealed a 2&1 win and a second County Championship for Sarah who won at Prestwick in 2022. Many congratulations to both finalists and thanks to all those who came out to s...

  Audrey picking her ball out at the 12th Thanks Katherine Eland for capturing the memorable moment for Audrey as it is her first playing in a County Competition However Audrey has now had 4 Hole in ’s Sara

  TUESDAY AFTERNOON @ TRUMP TURNBERRY FOR THE QUARTER FINALS! WELL THE WIND CALMED DOWN A BIT FOR THE LADIES’ THIS AFTERNOON AND THE SUN KEPT SHINING! AUDREY THOMSON HAD A HOLE IN ONE AT THE 12TH!FANTASTIC,WELL DONE AUDREY V LINDA MACDONALD.. THIS WAS A REALLY TIGHT MATCH WHICH WENT DOWN THE 19TH HOLE WITH AUDREY GOING THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS TOMORROW MORNING. LORNA RONNIE V ROZ PURDOM THE DEFENDING CHAMPION (ROZ) WAS BEATEN THIS AFTERNOON BY LORNA WHO WILL NOW PLAY AUDREY IN THE FIRST SEMI FINAL. SARAH RAMSAY V JENNY LINKLATER GOOD CAMARADERIE BETWEEN THIS PAIR DURING THEIR ROUND.SARAH COMING UP TRUMPS TO PLAY TOMORROW MORNING IN THE SECOND SEMI FINAL. PAULINE PATRICK V SARAH ECKFORD WELL THIS WAS ANOTHER TIGHT GAME WITH PAULINE QUALIFYING FOR THE LAST SPOT IN THE SEMI FINALS. SO THIS IS HOW THE SEMI FINALS LINE UP TOMORROW MORNING TEE TIME 9.21 AUDREY V LORNA 9.30 SARAH RAMSAY V PAULINE WEATHER IS LOOKING BETTER AGAIN FOR TOMORROW SO IT WOULD BE LOVELY TO SEE AS MANY SPECTATO...

  WELL WHAT A DAY FOR OUR COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP AT TRUMP TURNBERRY TODAY. 82 BRAVE LADIES’ BATTLED THE ELEMENTS OF WELL DONE TO ALL WHO VENTURED OUT. AUDREY THOMSON WAS THE TOP QUALIFIER WITH A GROSS 86. ALL RESULTS CAN BE VIEWED ON HOW DID I DO. HERE IS THE DRAW FOR THE TUESDAY MORNING MATCHPLAY… 9.12a.m.AUDREY THOMSON V KATHERINE ELAND 9.21a.m.ALISON JARVIE V LINDA MACDONALD 9.30a.m.LORNA RONNIE V GILLIAN POLLOCK 9.39a.m.ROSALIND PURDOM V LESLEY BARKER 9.48a.m.SARAH RAMSAY V LINDA GRIEVE 9.57a.m.JENNY LINKLATER V KATIE RONNIE 10.06a.m.PAULINE PATRICK V JENNIFER BELL 10.15a.m.SARAH ECKFORD V CATHERINE GARRETT HERE IS HOPING FOR A DRIER DAY!! Sara

Not such a good day for Freya at Powfoot today but she secured at top 10 finish and was the only Scot in the top 20. Well done on a good tournament and good luck for the Helen Holm at Troon next weekend. 

Powfoot is the venue for this years Scottish Girls' Open Championship and Freya Russell (Royal Troon) is leading the way after 2 rounds in this 54 hole event.  She opened up with a 3 over par round of 76 in really poor conditions. She has followed that up today with an impressive 6 under par round of 67 to lead the field by 4 strokes going into the third and final round. Today's score is a new record for the composite course. Well done Freya and good luck tomorrow.

Lanarkshire will be hosting the West of Scotland Championship this year at Dullatur golf club. It will be held on Sunday 12 May. This event is open to all ladies County members with a world handicap index of 20.4 or lower. The entry fee is £10 and all monies received from entries will be paid out in prizes. There will be prizes for Scratch and Handicap plus team prizes for both ladies and juniors. Anyone who would like to play should send an email to - westofscotlandsec@gmail.com  stating your name, CDH number and home club. You will receive a return email advising of payment options.

We have our finalists for this years Winter Foursomes. Neither of the semi final ties were blessed with good weather with both matches being played in very difficult and very wet conditions! Congratulations to Gillian Pollock and Alyson Hutton who beat Ann Cumming and Eileen Symington and to our 2021 champions Janet Harkness and Elspeth Howie who beat Maureen Shimmons and Diane Shaw.

  Tickets are still available for the fashion show at Troon next week. Come along and see the latest fashions from Swing out Sister, Rohnisch, Ping and Sunderland waterproofs. There will also be golf ball fitting from Titleist and MyJoy shoe fitting.