LAST SCOT STANDING

What can I say about Eve Muirhead other than as County Captain it was a real privilege to watch and support Eve through out her British Girls campaign. She truly was a star throughout.

Eve qualified into the matchplay stages of the British Girls at Monifieth and played her first match against English Women's Champion Hannah Barwood from the Knowle club, Bristol and following a volley of 5 birdies won the match 2&1. Eve was indeed, on paper, the underdog which made the win an even more outstanding victory. Going into the afternoon's play Eve was the final Scot standing with Kelsey MacDonald, Sammy Vass (Tain) and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) all failing to proceed into the 2nd round.

Eve's opponent was Chloe Leurquin from Belgium and Eve astounded all who witnessed this unbelievable fighting come back! Eve was five down after five holes which is bad enough in any match but what you might not realise is that all the ties were being played over 16 holes because the Ashludie Burn burst its banks and with the walkways completely underwater, play on the 6th and 7th holes was completely out of the question. So Eve was five down and only 11 holes left to make a fight back. And what a fightback she made winning a nail biting match by one hole.
Eve, in her own admition didn't hit the ball as well as she had been over the first five holes but her amazing fightback started with a birdie at the eighth to go to four down. Another birdie at the 10th brought the deficit to three. Unfortunately she lost the 11th to a birdie to go back to four down.

A par at the 12th was all that was required to return to three down then her opponent was bunkered at the 14th and took three putts at the 15th and suddenly Eve was only one down with three holes to play.

The 16th was halved and with a tremendous shot into 17 Eve brought the match to all square going down 18. Both players reached the long par 5 in three both then left their approach putts short of the hole. But, without a show of nerves, Eve calmly rolled in her 6ft putt for a par 5 and Chloe missed hers. Although this was the first time Eve was ahead in the match it was certainly the best time to be!Fantastic golf Eve.

Eve then went on to last sixteen and faced top seed Laura Gonzalez-Escallon from the Royal Waterloo club, Belgium where unfortunately Eve ended her fantastic run in this competition by losing the match 4&3.

Eve has been a great ambassador for P&K all week and it was a pleasure to Caddy for her in the first round and also watch her make that most fantastic comeback on Wednesday afternoon. Eve was then caddied by fellow P&K player Roseanne Niven for the next two rounds and supported by another fellow team member Emily Ogilvy. Great week all round.

Well done Eve!