COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW

The County Championship qualifier takes place on Monday 9th at Glenisla Golf Centre. As I have said previously there will be a raffle in aid of funding the Jambouree. Prizes include rounds of 4 on various golf courses in Perthshire. If you could possibly donate a prize, no matter how small, it would be gratefully received. Also the raffles tickets will be on sale all day so please take part!!

Here is the draw


09.30 R. Niven, D Butchart, G Wallace
09.37 J Milne, S Shepherd, F Ramsay
09.45 J Yellowlees, J Griffiths, M Hope
09 52 J Ritchie, E Miskimmin, K Duncan
10.00 M Marshall, A Stockley,
10.07 J French, S Erskine, C Irving
10.15 M Middleton, D Farquhar, P Colquhoun
10.22 M McGlashan, A Niven, L Kyle
10.37 L Mailer, J Heaney, D Benzies
10.45 C Turner, J Hamilton, H Bunch
10.52 J Kennedy, K Jarvie, L Murray
11.00 E Marshall, A Sidey, M Reid
11.07 H Gibson, H Welsh, P Wanless
11.15 C Robertson, S Dunphy, M Mc Naughton
11.22 C Winton, I Murdoch,
11.30 D Doris, M Watson, M Robertson
11.37 E Benzies, L Findlay, A Grewar
11.52 J Clowe, M Whittet, E Milligan
12.00 A Spence, N Bremner, N Hay
12.07 J Nisbet, P Kelly, S Peacock
12.15 C Peebles, M Macrae, B N eilson
12.22 M Spalding, L Fall, K McKay
12.30 I Shepherd, M Carruthers, B Bucket
12.45 S Ogg, M Macleod, F Wildsmith
12.52 M Chalmers, C Monks, A Crossland
13.00 P Hebner, J Thom, S McNaughton
13.07 M Storry, I Murray, E Watson

EVENING DRAW

16.15 Avril Ker, N Harding, N Fleming
16.22 G Pennycook, A Ker, J Taylor
16.30 E Napper, Jacq Sneddon, B Clough
16.37 Jen Sneddon, J Chisholm, M Chapman
16.45 S Chisholm, M McKay, S Crystal
17.00 L Fertacz, D Whytock, L Scott
17.07 S Johnstone, C Lambie, F Johnstone
17.22 J Stevenson, M Bruce, G Lambie
17.30 S Leighton, C Booth, C Dunbar

Look forward to seeing you on the day, hopefully the sun will shine!

OOPS WRONG DATE

Sorry everyone, I incorrectly said our County Championship qualifier was May 2nd when in fact as you all know it is MAY 9TH!!

That gives us another weeks practice then!!! and more time to get our raffle prizes organised as well!!

See you there!

Carly Booth winner of Faldo Series at Carnoustie Championship Course 

Carly wins by one shot

County Team Member, Carly Booth, won the girls’ top placing yesterday with a five-over-par 79, one ahead of Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon), in the first Scottish qualifying competition of the 2005 Nick Faldo Junior Series played over the Carnoustie Championship links in what was a very wet and windy day which raised the women’s coures CSS from 75 to 77.
Carly had halves of 40 and 39 and her only birdie, at the 16th, proved to be decisive.

Following her excellent play at Helen Holms Carly is now in 6th place in the new Paull & Williamsons Order of Merit.

Well done Carly

Also congratulations go to County Junior Member Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) who shot a 93. Jacqueline who is currently taking advantage of P&K sponsorship at Gleneagles and is a member of the Elite training squad is showing great promise for the future. Well done Jacqueline, keep it up!

Congratulations Carly

Warm congratulations to Carly Booth who scored a fantastic 225 at the Helen Holm over Royal Troon at the weekend. She ended only 6 over par for the three rounds which considereing 5 shots were lost on the first day makes the scoring even more impressive. Carly who at 12 years of age was the youngest competitor in the field, returned a score of 80 which really was a game of two halves. Playing for the first time in the event, she struggled to the turn in 46, but came home in fine style with a three-under-par inward card of 34. Her next two cards of 75 and 76 completed her score.

Well done Carly

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP 2005

2005 County Championship will be held on Monday 9th May at Glenisla Golf Course. If you haven't already entered please phone Pam ASAP as the draw will be finalised on Thursday 28th.

Once again we will be holding our annual Raffle at Glenisla to off set the rising costs of coaching and the Jambouree. Please please bring along a prize on the day or alternatively give it to a committee member.

Thanks and hope to see you all on the 2nd!

EMILY FINISHES A CLOSE THIRD

County Team Member Emily Ogilvie had her best result yet on the American College circuit when she finished in a very close third place in the Sun Belt Conference women's college golf tournament at PGA Village, Port St Lucie Florida.
Emily scored impressively over the three day tournament with a 73, 76 and 75 over the 6,005yd, par-72 course for a total of 224. Emily was only one shot behind her Sheridan Graham and Denver's Emily Hoeper.
Emily Hoeper won the play-off for the individual title at the fifth extra hole.

A fantastic week for Emily, we all send our warmest congratulations and look forward to the next event.

LEADING INDIVIDUALS
222 Emily Hoeper (Denver) 77 73 73, Sheridan Graham (Arkansas Little-Rock) 72 76 75 (*Hoeper won play-off at fifth extra hole)).
224 Emily Ogilvy (Arkansas Little-Rock 73 76 75.

EMILY POSTS ANOTHER GOOD SCORE

County Team Member Emily Ogilvie is now in third place with one round to go in the Sun Belt Conference women's college golf tournament at Port St Lucie, Florida.
Emily (Muckart) is a student at the University of Arkansas Little Rock. She has had rounds of 73 and 76 for 149 which makes her three behind leader Rebecca Samuelsson (Florida International) and only one behind second-placed Sheridan Graham, a fellow university team mate.
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
146 Rebecca Samuelsson (Florida International) 70 76.
148 Sheridan Graham (Arkansas Little Rock) 72 76.
149 Emily Ogilvie (Arkansas Little Rock) 73 76.


P&K send all our good wishes to Emily for today and will keep you posted with the final round results.

County Team Member Emily Ogilvy. 

Emily Ogilvy Tied 2nd

County Team player Emily Ogilvie (Muckhart), a student at the University of Arkansas Little Rock, has tied for second spot after day one in the Sun Belt Conference Golf Championships at PGA Village, Florida. Emily shot a one over par 73 which puts her one stroke behind her team-mate Sheridan Graham. There are 50 players in the field, and another two rounds to go. Best of luck Emily!

AND THE LUCKY WINNERS ARE!

The winners of the Golf Balls from Dunblane are as follows:

Lesley O'Donnell -Alyth, Kay Jarvie - Auchterarder
Sally Kettlewell - Dunblane and Eileen Donaldson - Alyth

Congratulation to all the above. As the balls were kindly donated by County Captain Pam Drysdale the amount raised was £111. Our sincere thanks to all who took part.

REDUCTION ONLY AT DUNBLANE

Unfortunately the weather was not kind for our first County Meeting at Dunblane. Instead we had heavy rain and wind so well done all of you who took part and showed you support. The consolation for us all is IT WAS REDUCTION ONLY!!!

Congratulations go to Kathy McKay (Crieff) and Rena Duncan (Kinross) who were the only players in the field to play under the CSS of 74. Kathy who has a handicap of 25 notched a fantastic net 71 and Rena whose handicap is 17 scored net 72. Sal Shepherd (Blairgowrie)and Sally Kettlewell (Dunblane) both members of the P&K senior squad shot a gross 81 with Sal pipping Sally with a better inward half. Well done to you all.

The results were as follows:

1st Sal Shepherd (Blairgowrie ) 81 (bih)
2nd Sally Kettlewell ( Dunblane) 81



HANDICAP

1st Kathy McKay (Crieff) 96 (25) 71
2nd Rena Duncan (Kinross)89 (17) 72
3rd Sally Shepherd (Blairgowrie) 81 (7) 74(bih)
4th Sally Kettlewell (Dunblane) 81 (7) 74


Also a big thank you to you all who bought raffle tickets for the golf balls. I will post the winners when I get them.

Just a wee reminder to get your entries in for the County Championship at Glenisla on May 9th. Entries go to Pam. If you want to play at night please let us know the earliest you can make.

practice Matches at Gleneagles and Crieff

Our County Squad played two practice Matches on what was a very blustery weekend. The first match was against Stirling University over the Queens Course, Gleneagles on Saturday. Unfortunately Stirling could not provide a full team and only 4 players were available. However the players who did take part were extremely strong and although our players played some exciting golf we lost 2-0. The pairings for the day was as follows:
Avril Ker and Dawn Butchart
Jillian Milne and Carly Booth
Our thanks go to Glenealges for providing courtesy.
Sunday was a more successful day when the squad played a practice match against the Crieff men's Scratch League Team. Unfortunately Roseanne Niven was ill and could not make the day. Pat Colquhoun, kindly came along to complete the 10 strong squad. Jane Yellowlees is also unable to play at present due to a back injury. The wind was even stronger than before however the girls played some super golf and the score line was 3 1/2 - 1 1/2. The pairings for the day were as follows:

Fiona Ramsay & Sally Kettlewell
Avril Ker & Sal Shepherd
Dawn Butchart & Jillian Milne
Carly Booth & Gillian Wallace
Pat Colquhoun & Alison Stockley.

The first 3 pairing all won their matches and with a half for the Carly and Gillian this completed the overall win. Well done all.

Our thanks must go to the gents at Crieff for a very enjoyable day and a lovely supper which they kindly provided following the days play. Also thanks to Crieff Golf Club who provided Courtesy.

Carly, Roseanne and Krystal. Scotland Team 1 who won the St Leonards Team event. 

CARLY LOSES BY ONE SHOT

Fellow Scottish Team mate and defending Champion Krystle Caithness (St Regulus)pipped Carly Booth (Auchterarder) once again for the title in the SLGA St Leonards Under-16 girls' open stroke-play championship at Strathtyrum Course, St Andrews on Friday.
Due to the weather conditions the event was reduced to 27 holes.

Carly was on great form as she birdied the fifth and had pars at the rest of the first six holes. But unfortunately she then bogeyed the seventh and eighth and that cost the County Team player her first national title.

Past Champion of the event and our County Champion Roseanne Niven was fifth.

Scotland No 1 Team - represented by Carly, Roseanne and Krystal - retained the team title with a total of 223 - nine shots ahead of England - with Scotland 2 - third on 235.

County Junior Member Lucy Gilmour (Strathmore) who is currently one of our girls who is enjoying sponsorship at Gleneagles through P&K won the Skills Test from her age group.

Well done girls!

SLGA St Leonards U16 Championship
WEATHER CUTS GIRLS' GOLF TO 27 HOLES

With winds sending balls in all directions and even blowing a pin from the cup, weather-hit SLGA St Leonards Under-16 girls' open stroke-play championship over the Strathtyrum Course, St Andrews has been reduced from two rounds to 27 holes. Play was suspended yesterday (THURSDAY) leaving 27 girls still to complete their first rounds.

Title-holder Krystle Caithness (St Regulus), leads by one shot with a fantastic round of 75 - one ahead of Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and our own County Team member Carly Booth (Auchterarder) sharing third place overnight with English challengers Rachel Connor (Manchester) and Gemma Hardie (Forest Pines) on 77. County Champion Roseanne Niven (Crieff)scored 80.

As the weather forecast is again poor for today (FRIDAY)it was decided, after consultation with the team captains, that the girls who have still to finish their first rounds go out first. Then the second round will consist of only nine holes.

Both Roseanne and Carly are representing Scotland in the Team event. Scottish Team 1 are leading the field on 152 with Scotland 2 their nearest challengers on 156, three ahead of England (159) with Ireland (164), Netherlands (168) and Wales (170).

We send all our best wishes to Carly and Roseanne and hope the weather shows some improvement over the day!

Dunblane Draw

A fantastic response from all our members for our very first County Meeting for 2005. With 96 players taking part, Dunblane looks set to be a very enjoyable day.
The draw is as follows:

9.30 J Yellowlees, J Griffiths, S Shepherd
9.38 E Donaldson, A Stockley, L Kyle
9.45 R Brass, H Bunch, A Henry
9.53 D Butchart, S Kettlewell, L Miskimmin
10.00 M Marshall, P Colquhoun, S Young
10.08 M Middleton, J Heaney, J Taylor
10.15 F Johnston, H Dalgleish, C Souter
10.23 L Fertacz, S Mitchell, A MIller
10.30 S MacDougall, N Bennett, L Westwood
10.38 M McPherson, C Lambie, E Marshall
10.45 M McNaughton, M Watson, J Muirhead
10.53 L Murray, H Gibson, K Jarvie
11.00 R Duncan, A Duncan, S Dunphy
11.08 H Welsh, L Findlay, S Crystal
11.15 M Macrae, C Irving, H Straw
11.23 J Clowe, J Nisbet, N Bremner
11.30 M Whittet, K McKay, S Ogg
11.38 A Hood, J Junor, J Stevenson
11.45 E Benzies, M Chapman, B Neilson
11.53 A Duff, M McKay, F Anderson
12.00 M Robertson, J Pringle, A Watson
12.08 C Robertson, S Peacock, J Lansburgh
12.15 A Spence, M Carruthers, J Groom
12.23 J Hewitt, G Paterson, S Ireland
12.30 S Marshall, J C McNaughton, E Watson
12.38 W Stewart, C Choudhary, M Storry
12.45 M Halkerston, S Mellor, L O’Donnell
12.53 R Hoad, S Jones, P Hebner
13.00 S Bowers, J Laburn, J Thom
13.08 C Peebles, M McLay, G Ness
13.15 S Durward, A Crossland, A Sinclair
13.23 A Wilson, M Smith, A Young


Lets hope the weather is kind!