Ladies’ Links
The Ladies’ Links Championship and Rosebowl began in 2003 and is open to all lady season ticket holders with handicaps of 28 or less. Qualifying takes place on the Burnside and then the tournament is split into 2 semi finals events for matchplay. The top 4 scratch scores move forward to the semi finals of the Ladies Links on the Championship Course and the best 4 nett scores from the remaining ladies qualify for the semi finals of the Rosebowl.
Ladies’ Links Championship final result;
Fiona Gilbert beat Claire Penman after 20 holes
Ladies’ Rosebowl final result;
Davina Anderson beat Angela Scott 6&5
Ladies’ Links Championship semi-finals results;
C Penman bt A Leiper 1up
F Gilbert bt F Millar w/o
Ladies’ Rosebowl semi-finals results;
A Scott bt R Fletcher 5&4
D Anderson bt J Clark 2up
The draw for the qualifying round of this year’s competition was as follows;
Susan Sneddon/Margaret Brown/Christine Orr
Chris Healey/Claire Anderson/Gwen Watson
Frances Millar/Alice Leiper/Claire Penman
Pat Sawers/Rosalind Fletcher/Yvonne Heap
June Clark/Wilma McGregor/Lis Husband
Angela Scott/Davina Anderson/Alison Cooper
CSS on the Burnside was 72.
Gents’ Links
The Gents’ links Championship is in its 115th year, with the first Championship taking place back in 1902. It is open to all gents season ticket holders with handicaps of 8 or less. 2 round qualifying takes place on the Championship and Burnside courses then the top 16 scratch scores move forward to the matchplay stages and all matches are played on the Championship Course.
Gents’ Links Championship final result;
Brian Clarke beat Scott Robertson 1UP
Gents’ Links Championship semi-finals results;
B Clarke bt D O’Sullivan 2&1
S Robertson bt S Graham 4&3
Quarter-final results
B Clarke bt C Adamson 2&1
D O’Sullivan bt JA Kennedy 2&1
S Robertson bt S Nicoll 3&2
S Graham bt S Bell 1 hole
1st Round results
C Adamson bt D Pert 2&1
B Clarke bt B Merrilees 3&2
JA Kennedy bt D Elder walkover
D O’Sullivan bt M Lawrie walkover
S Robertson bt S Bricknal at 22nd
S Nicoll bt D Mellon 3&2
S Graham bt G McKenzie 2&1
S Bell bt R Barclay 4&3
Leading scores from the 1st Qualifying round on the Burnside where the CSS was 70 were *W Porter 63, S Robertson 70, J Howe 70, S Bricknal 70.
Leading cumulative scores after the 2nd Qualifying round were *W Porter 138, C Adamson 147, S Robertson 149.
*Due to other commitments, W Porter was unable to continue any further in the Links Championship.