LAURA, RACHAEL BEING SENT
BY SLGA TO PLAY IN FINNISH
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP


Robert Gordon's University student Laura Murray, a member of Alford and Aboyne golf clubs, has been selected, alongwith Rachael Livingstone (Musselburgh Old), by the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association to represent Scotland in the Finnish women's amateur golf championship at Helskini Golf Club from August 9 to 11.
Laura, pictured above left, with six wins out of six for champions Aberdeenshire, was the top player in the North Division women's inter-county team championship which ended at Cruden Bay on Monday.
Rachael, pictured above right, is 19 years old, Laura will be 19 in August.
Rachael, beaten finalist in last year's Scottish Under-18 girls' championship at Peebles, gains her first full cap for Scotland in next month's European women's team championship in Italy.
Helskinki Golf Club, founded in 1932, is the oldest and most prestigious golf club in Finland. It is six kilometres from the centre of Helskini. A 19th Century mansion serves as the clubhouse at this beautiful parkland course which has a par of 71 and measures 4,782 metres off the women's tees.