What an experience for Jody

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Please click on the above link to view  Jody Graham and Ruby Watt playing with some famous Pros at the Genesis Scottish Open Pro Am.

Lovely day for Kennedy Salver Competition

 The Lanarkshire Team that competed in the Junior Inter County matches at Cochrane Castle today against Ayrshire, D&A and Renfrewshire was as follows:

Neve Marshall(capt) East Kilbride

Millie Martin (Lanark)

Mia McElhinney (Easr Kilbride

Ellie McManus (Airdrie)

Katie Scannell (Strathaven)

Hannah Sneddon (Lanark)

Madison Tierney (Kilsyth)

The girls played well and finished second equal.

All teams are shown below.

Congratulations to the winners from Renfrewshire.

Results

Congratulations Jodie

Good luck to Jodie Graham who has been selected for the Scottish Team to play in the Quadranglar matches against the Netherlands, Ireland and Wales at Belleisle Golf Club, Ayr from 3 to 5 April.

 

Well done Jodie

Congratulations to Jodie Graham in finishing in third place in the Scottish under 14 championship at Stirling Golf club at the weekend. 

Jodie scored 77, 82 ( par71)

More good weather and good golf in Scottish Girls' Matchplay Championship

  In round 1 of the Matchplay Championship at Strathaven Golf Club this morning Jodie Graham lost to the leading qualifier, Robyn Fowlie, Megan Docherty lost at the 18th to Jennifer Lynagh , Caldwell  and Katie Graham beat Freya Russell, Royal Troon, 4&3.

In the Quarter Finals in the afternoon Katie Graham played Robyn and was 2 down after 16 but she then won 3 holes in a row to win at the 19th.

In the Net Matchplay round 1 Millie Lauchlan lost 4&2,  Neave Marshall lost at  the 20th to Katie Dunne and Lindsay Main beat Orla Rooney 5&4.

In the Quarter Finals in the afternoon Lindsay beat K Murison  3&2.

Well done Katie and Lindsay. All the best for tomorrow.

Lovely Weather for first day of Scottish Under 18 Girls Championship

 The first day of the Scottish under 18 Girls Championship at Strathaven Golf Club  was held today in great  conditions.

After 36 holes of strokeplay the following Lanarkshire Girls qualified for the Championship matchplay (16 best gross scores)

Megan Docherty, Bishopbriggs, in 3rd place

Katie Graham,, Hamilton, in 9th place

Jodie Graham, Hamilton, in 16th place

Leah Bryce, Sandyhills, finished in 17th place and so just missed qualifying

The following Lanarkshire girls qualified for the Ansley Reid salver, (next 16 best net scores) 

Neve Marshall, Cathkin Braes

Lindsay Main, Strathaven

Millie Lauchlan, Bothwell Castle 

Another fine day for the Helen Holm

 Congratulations to Katie Graham on qualifying for the final round of the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship after a +5 round today to give a +7 total for the two rounds.

Leah Bryce missed the cut by 1 stroke . Unfortunately Megan Docherty had to withdraw before the start of round 2.

 It was a gorgeous day for the first round of the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open at Troon Portland.

A number of our girls are competing Leah Bryce, Megan Dochert,y, Katie Graham and Taylor White..

Scores; Katie Graham +2

Megan Docherty +7

Leah Bryce + 9

Taylor White +12

The leader is Hannah Darling -5 with Louise Duncan, Chloe Goadby and Jasmine Mackintosh on -4.

 Some of our girls,( Leah Bryce, Abigail McCafferty and Jodie Graham) played in the 36 hole Junior Tour Event at Royal Musselburgh this weekend. Results are below. Well done girls

It's a draw !

 Congratulations
to Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, joint winners of the Kennedy Salver at the West Junior Inter County Matches today at a very warm and sunny Irvine Golf Club.

D&A were 3rd and Lanarkshire 4th.

The girls enjoyed the course and the club looked after the girls and officials well.

To view more photographs click on the link below

The girls in the Lanarkshire team were: Leah Bryce, Jodie Graham, Amelia Cochrane, Neve Marshall and Ruby Thomson.

More photographs

Well done Megan

 Many congratulation to Megan Docherty, Bishopbriggs, on winning the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Vase at the SGF 36 Hole competition at Macdonald Cardrona GC, Peebles, yesterday.

On a course measuring over 6,000 yards for the girls Megan came from behind, shooting an excellent 75 to add to her opening 80, to win by 1 shot from Grace Crawford, North Berwick.

Leah Bryce, Sandyhills, finished 13th and Abigail McCafferty, Airdrie, 16th.

Well done all for taking part on a long course at this time of year.

Congratulations Megan

Many congratulations to Megan Docherty ( Bishopbriggs) on winning the West Girls Championship by beating Luisa Gibson (Irvine) 2&1.

Also to Neve Marshall (Cathkin Braes) who was runner up to Jennifer Lynagh (Caldwell) in the Bronze Championship.

Megan has had a very good year of golf

Among Junior member Megan Docherty 's,(Bishopbriggs GC) achievements are the following:

In August in the Junior Tour Event at Bruntsfield Links Megan finished second with scores of 76,81  finishing 2 strokes behind the Winner Katy Alexander, Blairgowrie.

On September 9th at Irvine GC Megan captained the Scottish team in the annual Schools International match against English Schools. 

Scotland lost narrowly but Megan together with 2 Ayrshire girls, Luisa Gibson and Freya Russell did not lose any games.

GIRLS
SCOTLAND 3.5, ENGLAND 5.5
FOURSOMES (1.5-1.5)
Scotland names first
Ellen Caton (St Leonards School, St Andrews) and Freya Russell
(Marr College, Troon) lost to Rachel Gourley and Zara Naughton (England) 2 and 1
Luisa Gibson (St Matthews Acad, Saltcoats) and Rachel Mathieson (Hazlehead Acad, Aberdeen) beat Estelle Ingram and Amelia Wan (England) 3 and 1
Megan Docherty (Turnbull HS, Bishopbriggs) and Grace Crawford (Loretto School, Musselburgh) halved with Louse Burke and Ellen Yates (England).

SINGLES (2-4)
Crawford lost to Burke 7 and 6
Gibson beat Wan 2 holes
Docherty halved with Naughton
Russell halved with Ingram
Caton lost to Yates 1 hole
Mathieson lost to Gourley 5 and 4

Results

Renfrewshire win the Kennedy Salver

At East Renfrewshire golf Club today Renfrewshire won the Junior Inter County Matches for the Kennedy Salver. congratulations to them.
Lanarkshire were runners up.

                                                                  Lanarkshire Team 

TEAM FOR KENNEDY SALVER

The team to represent Lanarkshire in the Junior Inter County Match for the Kennedy Salver at East Renfrewshire GC on Thursday is as follows;
Taylor White, Cathkin Braes (Capt)
Leah Bryce, Sandyhills
Jodie Graham, Hamilton
Madeleine MacGregor, Hamilton
Lindsay Main, Strathaven
Abigail McCafferty, Airdrie
Jennifer Reilly, Hamilton

Well done Katie

Congratulations to Katie Graham, Hamilton Golf club, in winning the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Vase competition at Cardrona Golf Club today with rounds of 76,78,79.
Megan Docherty, Bishopbriggs Golf Club, finished in 6th place with scores of 86,78, 83. 

Lanarkshire Golf Junior Boys and Girls Order of Merit Events Sponsored by Patersons Quarries

No	Date	Event	Holes	Venue	Link
22	Sun 28th April	County Boys Spring Meeting	18	Wishaw	Entry Form
23	Mon 6th May	Flag & Stableford Event	9	Playsport	Entry Form
24	Sun 26th May	Torrance Park Junior Open	18	Torrance Park	Entry Form
25	Sun 2nd June	Wishaw Junior Open	18	Wishaw	Entry Form
26	Sun 16th June	Drumpellier Junior Open	18	Drumpellier	Entry Form
27	Sun 30th June	LGA Under 16 Handicap Open	9	Lanark	Entry Form
28	Mon 1st July	John Carmichael Junior Open	18	Kirkhill	Entry Form
29	Mon 8th July	Bothwell Castle Junior Open	18	Bothwell Castle	Entry Form
30	Thurs 18th July	Colville Park Junior Open	18	Colville Park	Entry Form
31	Mon 22th July	County Boys Strokeplay Championship	36	Drumpellier	Entry Form
32	Tues 23th July	County Boys Matchplay	MP	Drumpellier	Entry Form
33	Thurs 25th July	County Boys Matchplay Finals	MP	Drumpellier	Entry Form
34	Mon 29th July	East Kilbride Junior Open	18	East Kilbride	Entry Form
35	Tues 6th August	Ferguson Cup Junior Open	18	Strathaven	Entry Form
36	Mon 12th August	Hamilton Junior Open	18	Hamilton	Entry Form
Click Here For Junior Order Of Merit Standings

1The Competitions are open to boys and girls who are under 18 years of age on 1st January 2019 , are members of an LGA affiliated club and have a CONGU handicap.

2 There will be Order of Merit competitions in the following category for girls: under 18 girls handicap.

3. OOM points will be awarded to the top 5 finishers in each OOM competition as follows:

50, 40, 30, 20, 10

Double points will be awarded at both the LGA County Boys and Girls strokeplay Championship and on OOM Finals Day.

4. The winners of the OOM categories will be the Junior with the most points accumulated in their best 4 tournaments (ones with most points gained) prior to Finals Day giving the best 5 points totals.

Lanarkshire Golf Flag Competition for Boys and girls

LANARKSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION JUNIOR FLAG & STABLEFORD CHALLENGE Lanarkshire Golf Association (LGA) are working in conjunction with the Junior Flag Challenge (JFC) 2019 Tour and will be holding a FREE event at Playsport in East Kilbride on Monday 6th May 2019,starting at 12 Noon. This is a Bank Holiday and the schools are off. Please note that this is the re-arranged date for the event that was cancelled on 9.3.19 due to the adverse weather conditions. All previous entrants will be invited in due course to play again . It is open to boys and girls aged 5-16 years and you DO NOT need to be a member of a golf club to play! To enter this FREE,FUN event and to get more information,please go to www.juniorflagchallenge.co.uk/lanarkshire Boys and girls who haven’t tried golf,beginners and handicap golfers are all welcome and prizes will be on offer!🏆 We will be running a Flag Event for beginners and a 9 Hole Stableford competition for golfers with a handicap.🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♀️ We will have representatives from golf clubs throughout Lanarkshire at the event and any parents thinking of getting their child to join a golf club can get more information on the day. The JFC Tour is an excellent tour for golfers who are not quite ready to play on the LGA Junior Tour,although many of the boys and girls will be playing both tours this summer! Kenny McLean Lanarkshire Golf Association Junior Convenor

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

Lanarkshire Girls will participate in Inaugural Kingsbarns Girls Classic

Scottish Golf were delighted to invite each County to nominate two girls to participate in the inaugural 'Kingsbarns Girls Classic', a free to enter development golf event hosted at one of the world's finest venues, on Saturday November 3rd. 

Professional Heather Macrae will host a clinic on the day and the girls will play in a 4ball better ball stableford format. 
The girls representing Lanarkshire are Megan Docherty, Bishopbriggs, and Lindsay Main, Strathaven. 
We wish them well.