ALISON BARTLETT KEEPS COOL - AND WINS SCOTTISH SENIOR STROKE TITLE
Royal Dornoch's Alison Bartlett, winner of the Northern Counties women's championship a few weeks, added an even more prestigious title to her collection when she won the Scottish senior women's amateur stroke play championship for the first time at Elgin Golf Club today.
Third in the championship three years ago, when she also was the first-round leader, Alison was not headed on this occasion - although it was a close run thing in the end.
Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) and Alison were level at six over par for the tournament with three to play, one shot ahead of West Vet Liz Keohone (Loudoun Gowf)
The Royal Dornoch player, secretary of the Northern Counties Ladies Golf Association, kept her cool under pressure and parred the last three holes.
That made the winning difference in the final analysis. Noreen bogeyed the 16th and double bogeyed the 17th. The Dunbar player did finish with a birdie but it was too late to repair the damaged.
Bartlett's rounds of 75 and 79 for 10 over par 154 won her the title by two shots from four players on 156 - Noreen Fenton (76-80), Liz Keohone (77-79), Anne Ryan (Tain) (79-77) and West Vet Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 77 79.
Defending champion West Vet Captain Anne Telfer (Milngavie) finished down the field with scores of 82 and 86 for 168. She did not make leading 16 who will now contest the Scottish senior women's match-play championship at the same venue over the next two days.
SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN'S AMATEUR STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Elgin Golf Club.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 148 (2x74) CSS 74
154 A Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) 75 79
156 L Keohone (Lououn Gowf) 77 79, A Ryan (Tain) 79 77. A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 77 79, N Fenton (Dunbar) 76 80
157 K Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 79 78, S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 78 79
158 F De Vries (St Rule) 81 77
159 L Dyball (Pitreavie) 85 74, M Hughes (Lanark) 82 77
160 M Smith (Tain) 80 80, A Brownie (Gullane) 79 81, K Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 79 81, S McDonald (Milngavie) 77 83
163 L Grieve (Musselburgh) 81 81, L Johnston (Gullane) 77 86, E Allison (Stirling) 80 83.
164 J Harrison (Cruden Bay) 87 77, J Paterson (Drumpellier) 83 81, M Tough (Glenbervie) 82 82, L Bennett (Ladybank) 83 81
165 G Wallace (Blairgowrie) 87 78, K Burns (Bathgate) 79 80, H Anderson (Blairgowrie) 76 89
166 L Duff (Cathkin Braes) 85 81, J Bryans (Harburn) 83 83
167 M Begbie (Ladybank) 83 84, A Smart (Banchory) 83 84, E Wilson (Elie and Earlsferry) 81 86, M Woodhead (Gourock) 81 86
168 A Hanson (Glencorse) 87 81, W Ross (Elgin) 82 86, A Telfer (Milngavie) 82 86
169 G Dowling (Inverness) 88 81, J Mack (Haggs Castle) 86 83, J Watt (Gullane) 86 83, L McNiven (Aberdeen Ladies) 86 83
170 L Terry (Cruden Bay) 85 85
171 P Williamson (Baberton) 86 85, J Nicol (Inverness) 84 87.
TO VIEW ALL THE SCORES ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN'S AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP AT ELGIN GOLF CLUB CLICK HERE
DRAW FOR CHAMPIONSHIP -- CLICK HERE
NET MATCHPLAY DRAW --- CLICK HERE
Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report
