Merry Christmas Everybody 

Rachael just misses out

Rachael Taylor finished tied 27th in the Final of the European tour qualifying after a final round of 75, one stroke out of a qualifying place of 26th.

Rachael Playing well in Final Qualifying

After the third round of Final Qualifying for the Ladies' European Tour in Morocco, Rachael Taylor lies in 11th place with rounds of 71,70,70 for a total of 211. Bronte Law, England leads with a total of 203. 

There is one more round to go before the field of 115 players will be cut to the leading 60 and ties. The final round will be played at Amelkis Golf Club on Thursday, when positions will determine playing categories for the 2019 Ladies European Tour.

After 90 holes (five rounds), the leading five will earn Category 5c membership of the LET and those finishing from 6th to 15th will gain Category 8 membership.

Rachael Taylor has qualified for the final Tour Qualifying

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Hannah McCook (Grantown-on-Spey) covered her last 36 holes in nine under par with scores of 68 and 67 and a total of 285 to qualify for the Final Qualifying School of the Lalla Aicha Tour from December 16 to 20 at Marrakesh, Morocco.
Other Scots to come through the final eliminator at Amelkis Golf Club, also in Morocco, were amateur Alison Muirhead (280), Rachael Taylor (283) and Heather Stirling (285).
But Aboyne's Kimberley Beveridge missed the cut by 12 strokes with scores of 79, 74, 75 and 75 for 303.
LEADING TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
265 L Strom (Swe) 66 69 62 68.
271 Leona Maguire (Ire) 70 66 68 67
275 D Dagar (India) (am) 70 762 64 69, N Dreher (Austria) 66 68 71 70.
SCOTS' TOTALS
280 AMuirhead (am) 68 70 72 70 (T8)
283 R Taylor 66 72 74 71 (13th)
285 H McCook 73 77 68 67, H Stirling 72 72 71 70 (T17)
SELECTED TOTALS
286 S Lamb (Eng) 74 69 72 71 (T22)
290 S-J Boyd (Eng) 71 76 72 71 (T31) 
MISSED THE CUT (291 and better qualified)
293 Lisa Maguire (Ire) 74 75 71 73
303 K Beveridge (Sco) 79 74 75 74
 

Final finalists now decided in Winter Foursomes

At Kirkhill Golf Club on Sunday 9th December Lynne Williamson and Irene Morton beat Roxy Brown and Kay Cherrie 4 &2. They were very lucky with the  weather and all the greens were on.

Lyn and Irene will play Anne Cameron and Susan Halley at a neutral venue in the final. 

Rachel Taylor set to qualify for Final Qualifying for European Tour

Scots Hannah McCook, Alison Muirhead, Heather Stirling and Rachael Taylor look set to qualify for the Final Stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour Qualifying School over five rounds from December 16 to 20 in Morocco.

McCook , Muirhead, Stirling and Taylor should figure among the leading 38 and ties who will advance from the current pre-qualifying eliminator at Amelkis Golf Club after Monday's final round.
Muirhead is joint ninth on 210; Taylor T15 on 212; Stirling T21 on 215 while McCook shot one of the third day's best rounds - a six-under-par, seven-birdie 66 - for joint 30th place on 216.
LEADERBOARD
par 216 (3x72)
197 L Strom (Swe) 66 69 62
204 Leona Maguire (Ire) 70 66 68
205 N Dreher (Aut) 66 68 71.

SELECTED SCORES
210 A Muirhead (Sco) 68 70 72, G Price (Eng) 72 70 69 (T9).
212 R Taylor (Sco) 66 72 74, C H Leathem (Eng) 68 68 76 (T15).
215 H Stirling (Sco) 72 72 71, S Lamb (Eng) 74 69 72 (T21)
216 H McCook (Sco) 73 77 66 (T30)
219 S-J Boyd (Eng) 71 76 72 (T35)
221 Lisa Maguire (Ire) 74 71 75 (T39)
228 K Beveridge (Sco) 79 74 75 (T55)
235 A Plumb (Eng) 76 82 77.

Please Note Date of Next Year's Championship

Due to Easter being late next year the County Championship at Cathkin Braes is being held one week later than normal from Monday 29th April to Wednesday 1st May 2019.

First Finalists decided in Winter Foursomes

In a semi final tie at Strathaven Golf Club today Susan Halley and Anne Cameron beat Pauline Warlow and Carol McKinnon 1 up. 

Winter Foursomes now at Semi-Final Stage

All the Quarter Final Ties have now been completed. The semi-final ties are to be completed by 27th January.

Some Photographs from Tonight's AGM

Some of this year's prizewinners

New President Mary McKay

Next Year's Committee

Back row L to R: Moray Meechan, Anne Mungall, Jean Maddock, Marion Craig, Allison Bell (Junior Secretary), Kay Cherrie

Front Row Lto R: Christine Main (Treasurer), Fiona Norris (Vice captain),Alyson Hendry (Captain), Mary McKay (President), Anne Lloyd (secretary)

Lanarkshire win friendly match v East Lothian

It was a beautiful day for our annual match against ELLCGA at Hamilton GC after the terrible rain yesterday. The course held up well and they all enjoyed their  games although the greens were very inconsistent. The results are as follows
Susan Wood.                          Halved with            Kay Lannin
Susan McGrenaghan.                                            Gail McKill
Eva O'Connor.                         Lost 3/2.                Susan Penman
Justine Fulton.                                                       Alyssa Balding
Fiona Scott.                             Won 3/2.               Sharon Lynch
Katie Graham.                                                        Dulcie Barnes
Ruth Hunter.                            Won 1 up.             Marylou Watkins
Angela Devine.                                                      Dianne Brown
Jennifer Reilly.                         Halved with.         Ala Garda
Leah Bryce.                                                           Annie Wilson
We were very pleased to say we won the match and they look forward to hosting us through in East Lothian next year. Thanks have to be given to Hamilton Golf Club for the courtesy of the course and the catering we had today.
Alyson

Resuls of Inaugural Kingsbarns Classic

Stirling and Clackmannan won the inaugural Kingsbarns Classic.
Results
Final Positions:
1st: Stirling and Clackmannan
T2: Dumfriesshire and Galloway
T4: Dunbartonshire/Aberdeenshire and Midlothian
T6: East Lothian and Renfrewshire
8th: Ayrshire
9th: Lanarkshire
10th: Northern
11th: Perth and Kinross
12th: Fife
NS : Borders

Lindsay Main, Christine Main, Megan Docherty, Anne Lloyd