Monday 23 September 2013

Molly defeats Ryder Cup Captain at Gleneagles

Molly Richmond of Strathaven Golf Club today represented the West of Scotland in a match on the Centenary Course at Gleneagles playing with Ryder Cup Captains Paul McGinley and Tom Watson. Eight girls and eight boys from all over Scotland played two holes each and Molly was in Captain Watson’s team which was narrowly defeated by Paul McGinley’s team in front of a huge crowd and television crews and photographers , not to mention Ryder Cup Ambassadors Jodie Kidd, James Nesbit, Ruud Gullit , Alan Hansen and JLS’s Marvin Humes. Molly was also interviewed by Dougie Donnelly and listed Lanarkshire’s win of the Kennedy Salver as the highlight of her golfing year so far. At the par three tenth hole the girls played in Paul McGinley's team and the boys with Tom Watson in a competition to see who could hit the ball closer to the pin than their respective captains. Molly was one of four girls to beat Paul McGinley winning herself four tickets for the Thursday Practice Day and Opening Ceremony.
 


 
 
Thank you to Margaret Reid for report and photographs.
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