AYRSHIRE LADIES COUNTY GOLF ASSOCIATION

Scottish Golf have announced the players for the first round of their new Performance Programme - Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon) is in the National High Performance Squad which will allow her access to Paul Lawrie and Catriona Matthew who were involved with the development of the new structure. Louise Duncan (West Kilbride), Rachel Foster (Prestwick St Nicholas) and Freya Russell (Royal Troon) are all in the National Performance Squad and they will be working with Performance coaches Spencer Henderson and Stuart Clayton. Well done girls, here's to a great season!

Message from Jean Macintyre, West of Scotland Secretary - It is hoped that we will be able to hold the West of Scotland Championship this year, it is scheduled for Sunday 9 May at Cochrance Castle Golf Club. Further information on entry and safety arrangements for COVID will be given later. Click  here  to enter

  Happy New Year to all of our Lady and Junior Girl members, and a very warm welcome to those who have joined the County in 2021.   I, and I am sure all of us, had hoped by this time that we would be free of the Covid restrictions!   Alas that is not the case and we are now in the midst of a further period of lockdown. The positive is that we can still get outside and play golf even if it is just in two’s, and the Covid vaccine is on the horizon, which is great news!   Looking forward, Vice Captain Ann, the Committee and I, will do what we can to continue with the schedule of golf that we have in place for 2021. Obviously this will be dependent on Scottish Golf and the restrictions in place at the time of each competition. As always the safety of our members must be our priority.   As you will have seen, we have a good range of courses for you to play this year, so fingers crossed and with my optimistic hat on I look forward to seeing you for our fir...

Captain Joanne, Vice Captain Ann and all the committee hope that all our members had a lovely Christmas and would like to offer our very best wishes for a healthy, safe and better golfing season in 2021

The R&A have this week announced their squads for the 2021 Vagliano Trophy and Curtis Cup teams. The squad consists of the top 17 amateur lady golfers in GB & I and we are delighted that Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon) has been included in the squad. Hazel, who turned 21 in October, is the 3rd ranked Scottish player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings behind fellow squad members Hannah Darling, Broomieknowe, and Shannon McWilliam, Aboyne.  The Vagliano is a biennial match between GB&I and the Continent of Europe, Hazel played in the team at Royal St George's in 2019 and was unbeaten with an impressive 3.5 points out of 4. Next years match is due to take place in Switzerland from 25-26 June. The Curtis Cup was due to be played this year but for obvious reasons had to be postponed. It is due to take place in Wales from 26-28 August. We all wish Hazel well for the final team selection.