The Scottish Girls' (Close) Amateur Championship is underway at Eyemouth Golf Club today (Tuesday 13 July).  The first qualifying round is being played today with the top 32 girls' qualifying for the main Championship following the second qualifying round which will be played tomorrow (Wednesday 14 July).  The next 16 players will qualify for the second flight to play for the Ansley Reid Salver.

Spectators welcome.

Live scoring for the stroke play stages is available from the following link:

SCOTTISH GIRLS LIVE SCORING

Connie Jaffrey, West Kilbride won the Loretto School Scottish Under 14 Girls Championship at Auchterarder Golf Club on Friday (9 July).  Connie posted an excellent two-under par 68 to edge out Clara Young from North Berwick by two shots.

Connie's round included five birdies and an eagle, including a run of four birdies from the 6th to 9th holes. 

See the link below for the full list of scores.

UNDER 14'S LEADERBOARD

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall), who both play off scratch, head a strong entry for the Scottish Girls' Championship at Eyemouth Golf Club from July 13 - 17.

It is a first National Championship for the Borders Club and 64 girls - 43 boasting single figure handicaps - will be aiming to lift the trophy won by Ailsa Bain (Peebles) last year.

10th green at Eyemouth - photograph courtesy of Eyemouth Golf Club

Eilidh and Rachael are both members of the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association's Performance B squad and they are joined in the line-up by three of their colleagues - Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Lesley Atkins (Gullane) and Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw).

The field also includes two sets of sisters - Natasha and Alexandra Qayum, from Ranfurly Castle and Alison and Catherine Goodwin from Glenbervie.

The Championship consists of two rounds of strokeplay qualifying (July 13-14) with the top 32 advancing to the matchplay knock-out stage.  The next 16 girls qualify for the Ansley Salver.

The 18 hole final takes place on Saturday, July 17 at 9.00am.

Update on Eyemouth Golf Club Fire - No impact on Girls' Championship

You may have heard that there was a fire in the Greenkeepers sheds at Eyemouth Golf Club in the early hours of Wednesday morning (7 July).  The club has assured us that the Scottish Girls' (Close) Championship will go ahead as planned.  The only impact is that any additional practice rounds booked for Sunday 11 July have been cancelled as the Golf Course will now be closed on this day to allow them to prepare for the Championship.  The official practice round on Monday 12 July and the Championship schedule will be unaffected.

99 ladies enjoyed a sunny but breezy day at Pitreavie today (7 July) but none more so than Annie Evans (Craigie Hill) and Heather Gough (Kinross).  Both ladies were three under the course par of 72 with nett scores of 69.  Annie won the Bronze section from Heather courtesy of the better back nine.

Dianne Watson (Lundin Ladies) was out in the third match of the day but her nett 72 off a handicap of 5 held up as she won the Silver section by one shot from Jane Herd (Musselburgh).

Annie, Heather, Dianne and Jane all qualify for the Grand Medal which will be played at Crieff Golf Club on 5 September.

Silver:

Q = Qualifiers for SLGA Medal Grand Final 

CSS = 73

Away score letters for ladies playing at Pitreavie will be posted to clubs tomorrow, however your letters can also be downloaded from the link below - please select the letter for your club and print that page only.

PITREAVIE AWAY SCORE LETTERS

Good luck to the Scottish Ladies and Scottish Girls teams competing in the European Team Championships this week.  You can follow their progress via the live scoring links below:

EUROPEAN GIRLS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS LIVE SCORING

EUROPEAN LADIES TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS LIVE SCORING