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Tuesday 11 February 2020

MICHELE THOMSON IS NOW ATTACHED TO THE PAUL LAWRIE GOLF CENTRE


Scottish LET Golf Professional Michele Thomson is now attached to the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre

Michele is delighted and thanks PaulLawriegolf for this opportunity. She would also like to thank Oldmeldrum Golf Club  for their support over the last few years. 

She says " I'm excited for this new chapter going forward. Bring on the 2020 LETgolf season."

Monday 20 January 2020

ALISON MUIRHEAD MAKES MAGIC MOVE AT LA MANGA

Alison Muirhead
Scotland’s Alison Muirhead took control of the Pre-Qualifier for the 2020 LET season after firing a sensational career best seven-under-par 64 over the North Course at La Manga Club in Cartagena, Spain.
The 21-year-old from Scotland moved to nine-under-par and opened up a five shot lead heading into the final round. A delighted Muirfield reflected: “I started pretty slow on the front nine and made the turn in one-under-par. Ironically, on my back nine the wind picked up but so did my game.
“I birdied the tenth hole and it really gave me momentum. The highlight of my round came at the par-5 12th hole which I eagled. I hit a superb four iron from 225 yards and rolled in a 25 foot putt. Coming down the stretch I played some excellent golf and rolled in four more birdies.”
Alison, was born in Johannesburg and currently lives in Dubai where she practices at Jumeirah Golf Estates. She added on a memorable day in Spain: “The North Course is a tough test and has some narrow tee shots. I have been working hard on my game and I am so happy to shoot my best ever score when it really matters. There is still a lot of golf to be played but this has given me a lot of confidence. My Mum is here watching and I’m sure will be ecstatic for me.”
Scotland's Heather Macrae finished in 16th place and Hannah McCook just made the cut tied 58th.
Kimberley Beveridge and Heather Stirling missed the cut
The top 60 players and ties will make it through to final stage of Qualifying which will be played over the North and South courses 22nd – 26th September.  

Monday 9 December 2019

GEMMA DRYBURGH LEADING SCOT IN KENYA

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Esther Henseleit carded a course record eight under par 64 to win the inaugural Magical Kenya Ladies Open presented by Safaricom’s M-Pesa by one shot and clinch the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit title on a dramatic final day at Vipingo Ridge near Mombasa.

The 20-year-old first-year professional golfer from Hamburg became only the third player in the 41-year history of the Ladies European Tour to capture the Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year titles in the same season, following Dame Laura Davies in 1985 and Carlota Ciganda, in 2012. -- CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT

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 SCOTTISH SCORES
-3 Gemma Dryburgh T7
Par Kylie Henry T12
+1 Michele Thomson T16
+2 Kelsey MacDonald T22
Won by 🇩🇪's Esther Henseleit with -14 total

CLICK HERE FOR FINAL TOTALS

Wednesday 27 November 2019

LPGA and LET Join Forces to Drive Growth of Women’s Professional Golf in Europe

Two of golf’s most important stakeholders agree to a long-term partnership to significantly grow awareness, sponsor support, and professional playing opportunities for women in Europe.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and the Ladies European Tour (LET) today announced that they will unite in a joint venture partnership to push women’s professional golf to new heights in Europe and around the world. The combination of the LET’s European expertise and relationships in the region, with the LPGA’s global strength and worldwide exposure, and their shared vision for the future of women’s professional golf and growth of the game, provides the core ingredients to ignite a tour loaded with upside potential.

LET players voted their support for the joint venture partnership on Tuesday during the LET’s Annual Membership Meeting in Spain.

“Two teams, joining for one common purpose, will create opportunities we simply could not have pursued on our own,” said LET Board Chair Marta Figueras-Dotti. “At its foundation, this joint venture is about creating opportunities for our members to pursue their passion, and their careers as professional athletes. In just the 60 days since we began working on this joint venture, we have already seen a dramatic impact on our LET Tour schedule – an impact that will be a positive result for virtually all of our LET Members.”

The LPGA and LET share a common vision to strengthen the presence of women’s golf in Europe. A thriving Europe-based women’s professional tour is critical to help women from the continent pursue their dreams through the game of golf, and for the overall health and growth of the game globally. Perhaps most importantly, a strong women’s tour in Europe will expose millions of young girls to the great athletes, leaders and role models of the LET, helping to inspire the next generation of European players.

“This is an exciting next step for the LPGA’s mission to provide more opportunities for women in this game. Over the past 10 years, the LPGA has had tremendous success partnering with other golf stakeholders, including the USGA, PGA Tour, European Tour, R&A and PGA of America, to enhance opportunities for women worldwide. We are thrilled to deepen our relationship with the Ladies European Tour in an effort to create the strongest possible women’s tour in Europe,” said LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan. “We have experienced incredible growth in women’s golf in the U.S., and this is an extraordinary opportunity to accelerate and expand the game in Europe as well. I’m excited that this is something we will build together, with the LET.”

The venture will be jointly managed by the LPGA and the LET and, through their combined resources, will seek to fast track an expanded LET schedule. This year’s LET schedule currently includes 20 official events in 13 different countries, with eight of those events in Europe, including two major championships, The Evian Championship and the AIG Women’s British Open. The partnership aims to immediately increase playing opportunities for women in Europe, and to have that schedule growth lead to both increased financial opportunities and an optional pathway to the LPGA for the tour’s top performers.

Monday 28 October 2019

Kelsey MacDonald's 2019 Season is nearing an end

Kelsey at Hero Women's Indian Open tournament

From Peak Scientific  - Sponsors

Kelsey MacDonald’s 2019 season is nearing its end as the year comes to a close. Three of Kelsey’s higher profiled events and prize funds allowed her to jump into 32nd spot on the ladies’ order of merit.

Being back to top 10’s has really given Kelsey the confidence to go into the last events and finish the season off strong. With positive results and two more tournaments to go, Kelsey gives us an update:

In September, I played at Golf du Medoc in the Lacoste Ladies Open de France and finished with a bogey free 67 on the final round to finish in 16th place. I finished my week with -5 67 on the final day which was one of the lowest scores of the Kelsey at Lacoste Ladies Open de France 

I was then off to Barcelona, Spain, for the Estrella Damm Mediterranean Open, where I scored a T10. Shortly after that I travelled to India for Hero Women's Indian Open. On my second round in the tournament, I made a hole in one on the 16th hole. I holed a 7-iron which was my second hole in one in tournament in my professional career. Unfortunately, I didn’t win a prize but it was great to have so many people congratulate me

I now have two more tournaments to go, with the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open de Espana in Spain at the end of November, and the Magical Kenya Open in December – but I’ll be heading out to Spain a week before my event to try and find the sunshine and practise in warmer climes since it’s already cold in Scotland!

Congratulations on your recent scores Kelsey! Peak Scientific is proud to sponsor such a dedicated and talented female golfer – wishing you the best of luck in your last two 2019 tournaments!

Sunday 29 September 2019

LAURA MURRAY CLAIMS SECOND LETAS TITLE AT RÜGENWALDER MÜHLE LADIES OPEN

Laura Murray - (Photo courtesy of the LET Access Tour)

Scotland’s Laura Murray produced some sensational golf to claim her second LETAS title, with a -14 total, in the Rügenwalder Mühle Ladies Open at Golf Club am Meer in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany. The 31-year-old led from round one, opening with a stunning eight under par, 64, to take a two shot lead over Germany’s Luisa Dittrich who recorded a 66 on the opening day.

Murray was solid throughout the week, driving the ball extremely well and producing some impressive iron play. When the Scot looks back on her win, she will probably remember the decision to try out a different putter that sat at home for some three years without being used. 

“If feels incredible, it’s really good. I’ve been working really hard for this all season and I feel I’ve been knocking on the door recently and nice to finally cross the line and get the job done. I think my attitude on the course was pretty good. I just kept telling myself to keep smiling and just concentrated on what I was doing and holed a few putts and that kept me smiling a bit more. I’ve been playing so solid it was quite a nice relaxing week for me. And my attitude certainly helped me through it.”

“I put this other putter in my bag. It’s been sitting in my apartment for like three years and I just thought why not let’s chuck it in. Yes, definitely, sometimes just changing something can get a different feeling and it certainly helped this week so I think that will be staying in the bag.” 

Murray’s win has catapulted her into 4th place on the Order of Merit and she now is in within touching distance of securing her playing rights on the Ladies European Tour for the 2020 season, but Murray doesn’t plan to get ahead of herself.

“I’m going to approach it in the same way because it worked so well this week so now I know I’m 4th then there’s a good chance of securing that top 5 in the Order of Merit. I’m looking forward to see what we can do next week and to see what the course is going to offer and I’m sure it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Other Scots
29th: Jane Turner - Even Par 
46th: Gabrielle MacDonald +7
Missed Cut -- Rachael Taylor and Hannah McCook


The season finale gets underway at Golf de La Largue in France, from the 4 – 6 October.

To read the full report go to the LET ACCESS TOUR WEBSITE

Thursday 26 September 2019

Laura Murry leads on Day 1 of the Rügenwalder Mühle Ladies Open

Laura Murray
Scotland’s Laura Murray claims the day one lead at Rügenwalder Mühle Ladies Open with a stunning eight-under round of 64 at the Golf Club am Meer. Germany’s Luisa Dittrich ended the day two adrift of Murray after a terrific six-under 66 in her home event, whilst Sweden’s Isabella Deilert is a shot further back on -5. 

Murray made the perfect start to her round with successive birdies on the opening two holes in Bad Zwischenahn. A huge drive led to a third birdie at the par-5 seventh before a rare missed drive at the ninth slipped the leader back to two-under at the midway point.

After a solid opening nine holes, the experienced Scot found her rhythm down the back nine with six birdies and no dropped shots coming back. Murray has been frustrated in recent weeks with strong tee-to-green play being let down on the putting surface but speaking after the round Murray had no such frustrations with a change of putter proving the key to her change in fortunes at the German course.

The other Scot in the field is Jane Turner who finished on 2 under and who lies in 11th place. She was delighted to have no bogeys in her round

With the Rügenwalder Mühle Ladies Open the final event before the season ending Road to La Largue Final, Friday’s second round is crucial for many players with vital qualifying points up for grabs. Overnight leader Murray will be conscious that a large group of players remain in contention and equally determined to secure a LET Access Series victory as the end of the season approaches setting the scene for a terrific day’s play once again in Bad Zwischenahn.


Sunday 14 July 2019

Laura Murray finishes in 7th place on LET Access

Laura Murray - Photo courtesy of LET access
England’s Rachel Goodall maintained her lead at the Ribiera Sacra Partimonio de la Humanidad International Ladies Open in Spain to claim a two-shot victory over Italy’s Lucrezia Colombotto Rozzo. 

The duo, playing together in the final pairing, both posted –2 rounds of 68 allowing Goodall to hold on for a two-shot win on –11 for the tournament. 

Laura Murray was the top Scot finishing in 7th place on 4 under 

  Scots Scores

206 LAURA MURRAY  72 66 68
211 GABRIELLE MACDONALD  71 68 72 
215 HANNAH MCCOOK  75 68 72 

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE FINAL SCORES

Thursday 16 May 2019

GETTING TO KNOW HANNAH MCCOOK

Hannah McCook -- Photo courtesy of the LET Access Website

Hannah McCook from Scotland is in her rookie year as a professional golfer on the LET Access Series. We get to know Hannah with a few quick questions.. CLICK HERE

Currently the Nechatel Ladies Championship is being played in Switzerland from the 15th - 17th May 2019 --- CLICK HERE FOR LIVE SCORING in which Hannah and Gabrielle MacDonald are both playing in.

Thursday 28 March 2019

ON THE DANCE FLOOR - NEW FREE WOMEN'S GOLF PODCAST

 Fun, informative golf chat focusing mainly on the Women's Tour. Behind the ropes insight with Emma Dodds, LET/LPGA Pro Beth Allen and other players. Birds with balls, mics and banter.

 CLICK HERE FOR EPISODE 1 with guests Becky Morgan from Wales and Scots Hannah McCook and Michele Thomson.

Read all about it at Scottish Golf

Friday 15 March 2019

FIRST ROUND SCORES FROM SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN

Scottish scores and positions after 1st round of LET South African Women's Open:

+1 Kelsey Macdonald, Michele Thomson T6
+2 Carly Booth T13
+4 Hannah McCook, Laura Murray T22
+7 Kylie Henry T55
+10 Gabrielle Macdonald, Jane Turner T92
Lead -1

CLICK HERE FOR ALL ROUND ONE SCORES

Monday 10 December 2018

FOUR SCOTS QUALIFY FOR FINAL QUALIFYING SCHOOL

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) who was the top Scot, 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 A Muirhead (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 

Sunday 9 December 2018

Hannah, Alison, Heather and Rachael -- look set to qualify at Tour Qualifying School

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.

 But Kimberley Beveridge needs a spectacular finish if she is to make up enough ground from her joint 55th position.

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. Sweden's Linnea Storm leads the field by seven shots from Ireland's Leona Maguire after a brilliant six-under 62 for a 54-hole tally of 197. 

Aboyne's Kimberley Beveridge looks out of contention for qualifying after a 75 (38-37) for 228 and a share of 55th place in a field of 70. 

 LEADERBOARD par 216 (3x72) 
197 L Strom (Swe) 66 69 62 
204 Leona Maguire (Ire) 70 66 68 2
05 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. 

Leading 38 and ties after Round 4 advance to the Final Q School over five rounds in Morocco from December 16 to 20.

Monday 26 November 2018

CATRIONA MATTHEW FINISHES IN 3RD PLACE IN THE LET ANDALUCIA COSTA DEL SOL OPEN

Anne Van Dam from the Netherlands successfully wrapped up 2018 on the Ladies European Tour by claiming her second victory on Spanish soil this season at the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España Femenino.

The powerful hitter, who won the Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open in Sitges two months ago, fired rounds of 68, 67, 66 and 70 for a total of 13-under-par 271 at La Quinta Golf Resort in Benahavís, Marbella.


Catriona Matthew - Photo courtesy of the Ladies European Tour

North Berwick's Catriona Matthew finished four strokes further back at six-under-par, one ahead of Spain’s Natalia Escuriola Martinez and Germany’s Olivia Cowan

The Scots, Michele Thomson finished tied 14th place, Gemma Dryburgh tied in 36th place  and Kylie Henry tied in 45th place.

Kelsey Macdonald, Carly Booth and Vikki Laing all failed to make the cut 

For the final Results CLICK HERE and to read the full report CLICK HERE

Monday 5 November 2018

Gabrielle through to next stage of Ladies European Tour Qualifying School

by Colin Farquharson 

Former Scottish women's amateur champion Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) gained pass marks at the Ladies European Tour Pre-Q A competition at Palmgolf, Marrakesh.

She had rounds of 74, 74, 73 and 74 for a total of 296 and a T21 final position.
Players with totals of 303 and better qualified for the next stage.

She had rounds of 74, 80, 77 and 78 for an aggregate of 309.

The winner was South Africa's Nobuhle Dliamini with scores of 70, 69, 74 and 71 for an total of 284.


CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE SCORES

Sunday 6 May 2018

Jane Turner makes leading 10 to be top Scot in Switzerland LET Access Series event 


 Spanish players Noemi Jimenez and Elia Folch finished first and second in the LET Access Series 54-hole tournament that ended at Gams-Werdenberg Golf Club, Switzerland today (Sunday). Jimenez finished on 12-under 204 with scores of 69, 69 and 66. Folch shot 68, 70 and 67 for 205. 

Jane Turner from West Linton made the top 10 with scores of 71, 69 and 70 for six-under 210 and joint ninth place. 
Laura Murray (Kippie Lodge) from Alford shot 69, 72 and 72 for 213 and a share of 22nd place. 
Kelsey Macdonald from Nairn finished joint 36th on level par 216 with rounds of 69, 75 and 72. 

 LET ACCESS SERIES VP BANK LADIES OPEN Gams-Werdenberg GC, Switzerland 

LEADING FINAL TOTALS Par 216 (3x72) 
204 N Jimenez (Spn) 69 69 66 
205 E Folch (Spn) 68 70 67 
207 A Provot (Fra) 62 75 70 

 SCOTS' TOTALS 
210 J Turner 71 69 70 (T9) 
213 L Murray 69 72 72 (T22) 
216 K Macdonald 69 75 72 (T36) 
 MISSED CUT 
145 H MacRae 75 70

Saturday 5 May 2018

Jane, Laura and Kelsey beat the cut in Switzerland but Heather misses by one 


Three Scots - Jane Turner, Laura Murray and Kelsey Macdonald - survived the second-round cut at the LETAS Access Series tournament in Switzerland.  

However, Heather MacRae missed out by one shot. 

Chloe Leurquin (Belgium) leads on 134 with scores of 66 and 68. Four players share second place on 137. 

SCOTS' SCORES 
140 J Turner 71 69 (T20) 
141 L Murray 69 72 (T26) 
144 K Macdonald 69 75 (T46) 

MISSED THE CUT (144 and better qualified) 
145 H MacRae 75 70 

 TO VIEW ALL THE SCORES CLICK HERE

Friday 4 May 2018


Kelsey Macdonald  and Laura Murray in top 20 in Switzerland 


Kelsey Macdonald from Nairn and Alford's Laura Murray (Kippie Lodge) were sharing 16th place in a field of 132 players at the end of the first day of the LET Access Series' tournament, the VP Bank Ladies Open, at Gams-Werdenberg Golf Club, Switzerland.
They both shot three-under-par 69s to be seven behind the French leader, Arian Provot.

LEADERBOARD
par 72
62 A Provot (Fra)
63 C Alonso (Spn)
66 C Leurquin (Ger)

SCOTS' SCORES
69 K Macdonald, L Murray (T16)
71 J Turner (T35)
75 H MacRae (T88)

Sunday 30 July 2017

Mi Hyang Lee wins the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open at Dundonald


Mi Hyang Lee -- Photo courtesy of the LET

Mi Hyang Lee of South Korea shot a six-under-par 66 in fine and breezy conditions to win the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open by a stroke from Australian Karrie Webb and compatriot Mi Jung Hur on a dramatic final day at Dundonald Links in North Ayrshire today.

Go to KIRKWOODGOLF WEBSITE for the full report




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