Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), who won the girls' title two seasons ago, has added to her super season by securing her first Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association Order of Merit title.

With just the county and divisional championship results still to count, MacDonald is out of reach at the top of the table with 2,900 points, 620 ahead of last year's winner, Louise Kenney (Pitreavie).

The biggest mover is Curtis Cup player Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle).  The 21-year-old jumped from tenth to sixth with 1,586 points following her great victory in this month's British Women's Strokeplay Championship at Tenby.

MacDonald won the Scottish Championship in May and followed up that success by reaching the final of the British Championship in June.  Last month, she won her third successive Scotttish Under-21 Open Strokeplay Championship and just last week she added the Total International Junior Championship in Belgium to her haul, (although neither of these Championships were qualifying events for the Scottish Ladies' Order of Merit).

Reflecting her season's consistency, Laura Murray (Alford) is in third place with 1,955 points followed by Jane Turner (!,875 points) and Mortonhall youngster, Rachael Watton (1,636 points).

LADIES ORDER OF MERIT

LADIES ORDER OF MERIT BREAKDOWN

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) is clinging on to top spot in the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association's Girls' Order of Merit.

Winner of the Janice Moody Trophy and fourth in the Scottish Under-21 Open Stroke Play Championship, the Renfrewshire youngster heads the list with 1,790 points.

But Lesley Atkins, the Scottish Girls' Champion is in hot pursuit of the title.  Having finished among the top 15 qualifiers at the British Girls' Championship, the Gullane golfer has leapt from fourth to second place with 1,568 points.

Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) has slipped to third place with 1,400 points, and Hannah McCook (Abernethy) is now fourth with 1,370 points.

Broomieknowe's Kate McIntosh, runner-up to Lesley in the Scottish Girls' Championship at Eyemouth last month, again showed her potential by qualifying in sixth place at the St Andrews Under-23 tournament.  She has now moved from 11th to seventh place in the Merit list.

Eilidh Briggs

GIRLS ORDER OF MERIT

GIRLS RANKINGS - POINTS BREAKDOWN

Claire Penman and Frances Millar from Carnoustie Caledonia Golf Club won the 2010 Scottish Match Play Foursomes at Douglas Park Golf Club today (Sunday 29 August).  They beat the team from Murrayfield by 4&3 in the final, while the team from Saline Golf Club won a tight third fourth play off match against Ayr Dalmilling by one hole.

Final Match Play Foursomes Placings

1st:   Carnoustie Caledonia -  Claire Penman & Frances Millar 
2nd:  Murrayfield team       -  Pat Walkingshaw, Caroline Johnstone & Norma Richmond
3rd:   Saline team             -  Lynne Nelson, Barbara Anne Boyter & Katrina Buist
4th:   Ayr Dalmilling team   - Anne Sym, Gillian Henderson & Jackie Ridge

For the final draw sheet with all the results please see the attached:
MATCHPLAY FOURSOMES RESULTS

The Stroke Play Foursomes Championship was also played at Douglas Park Golf Club today with the Baberton pair of Karen Marshall and Fiona Hunter winning with a gross score of 77.  They finished two shots ahead of Anne Laing and Laura McGeachy from Windyhill and Kirsten Blackwood and Karen Ballantyne from Craigmillar Park, with Anne and Laura finishing in second place after a count back.  Defending champions Eilidh and Megan Briggs were one shot further back.  The Douglas Park pair of Helen Faulds and Helen Robertson made the most of their local knowledge in scoring the lowest nett score of the day. 

For more photographs from the Scottish Foursomes click on the following link:
FOURSOMES PHOTOTS

Thanks to Carol Fell for many of the photos (and for providing the captions).

The 2010 Adult & Girl Foursomes will take place at Alloa Golf Club on Sunday September 26.  This is an 18 hole foursomes competition and is open to any team consisting of either a junior girl and adult male or a junior girl and adult female.  Girls with and without CONGU handicaps are eligible to participate in this event and there will be prizes for various handicap categories.

For more information see the entry form attached below.  The closing date is Monday 6 September.

ADULT & GIRL FOURSOMES ENTRY FORM

The 2010 Scottish Match Play Foursomes Semi-Finals and Final will take place at Douglas Park Golf Club on Sunday 29 August.  In only its second year, 71 teams started out in the competition in March with Ayr Dalmilling, Carnoustie Caledonia, Murrayfield and Saline the four golf clubs still in the hunt for the title. 

The draw for the semi-final is:

Carnoustie Caledonia  v  Saline
Murrayfield  v  Ayr Dalmilling

See the attached for the full match play draw to see how these clubs have progressed to the semi-finals:
MATCH PLAY DRAW

The Scottish Stroke Play Foursomes will also take place at Douglas Park on Sunday (29 August) where Eilidh and Megan Briggs will be bidding to defend the title they won at Forfar Golf Club last year.  The draw for the Foursomes Stroke Play Championship is below:
STROKE PLAY DRAW