Sunday, April 23, 2017

Linn Grant wins Helen Holm by five from Shannon McWilliam

Left to right: Shannon McWilliam, winner Linn Grant, third-placed Hollie Muse (picture by Elaine Farquharson-Black).
Hannah McCook makes it two Scots in top 10


 By COLIN FARQUHARSON
 Aboyne teenager Shannon McWilliam finished second in the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke play championship at Troon today.
She was five strokes behind the winner, Sweden's Linn Grant, a 17-year-old grand daughter of James Grant from Inverness who was a club pro in Sweden. Linn is one of the youngest, if not THE youngest players to win the "Helen Holm."
With the first two rounds at Troon Portland and the final 18 holes today over Royal Troon's Open championship links course, Grant shot rounds of 71, 66 and 72 for seven under par 209.
McWilliam, 17, who finished third in this tournament as a 15-year-old, had scores of 69, 70 and 75 for 214. The first two were the only players to finish the 54 holes under par.
Shannon had double bogey 6s at the seventh and 15th in her final-round halves of 38 and 37. She did birdie the fourth and 13th.
Grant's birdies at the second, fourth, sixth, 10th and 12th saw her forge clear of McWilliam who had started the final day two strokes behind her playing partner.
The Swede bogeyed the first and had double bogeys at the short eighth (the Postage Stamp) and the short 14th in halves of 36.
Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) made it two Scots in the top 10 by sharing ninth place on two-over 218 with rounds of 72, 71 and 75.
McCook birdied the fourth, 11th and 12th in halves of 38 and 37. She ran up a triple bogey 6 at the short 10th and also dropped shots at the second, sixth, seventh and 14th but, overall, it was Hannah's best performance for some time in a tournament of the calibre of the "Helen Holm."
Five players tied for third place on 216, two behind Shannon McWilliam. Third prize was decided on the final round over Royal Troon and went to Hollie Muse (West Lancashire) who had a 71.


Winner Linn has her eyes on Junior Solheim


Cup team place


SCOTTISH GOLF NEWS RELEASE
By ED HODGE


Sweden’s Linn Grant ignited her Junior Solheim Cup hopes by easing to a five-shot success in the Helen Holm Women’s Scottish Open, as Shannon William continued her form to claim second.
Grant, 17, whose grandfather, James was a Swedish-based club pro from Inverness, stood firm over the final 18 holes at Royal Troon to post a closing level par 72 and claim her biggest win in the game.
No stranger to Scottish soil having competed in last year’s  Ladies British Open Amateur Championship, Grant enjoyed the ‘fun’ test in Ayrshire to post a seven-under-par total over the 54 holes. Her weekend’s work was highlighted by a superb 66 over Troon Portland on Saturday.
Aboyne’s McWilliam continued her form to finish runner-up on two under par, building on her share for second spot with England’s Hollie Muse at last week’s Scottish Girls’ Open at Montrose.
McWilliam closed with a 75, finishing two strokes clear of five players tied for third place on level par, again the in-form Muse from West Lancashire, Irish pair Annabel Wilson and Chloe Ryan, Swede Amanda Linner and first-round leader from Germany, Alexandra Forsterling.
Grant picked up valuable Junior Solheim Cup points, as she seeks to qualify for the 2017 event at Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Iwoa.
“I’m very pleased, absolutely,” said the 17-year-old Helsingborg teenager, who plays out of Rya GC. “I would say this is my biggest win in the game now, building on my win in a junior event in Doral over the winter. I just tried to play my game and not get too excited, stay relaxed and do my thing.
“I’d played in Scotland before, played the British Amateur before. I like it kind of windy, it’s fun. Playing in the Junior Solheim Cup this year is my goal for sure, to compete in the event in America.”
McWilliam added: “I’m happy, but annoyed, in a way. I had two double bogeys at the 7th and the 15th and it was hard to get that back. It’s maybe one that got away, but Linn had two doubles as well so it’s just golf for you.”
The next best home player was Hannah McCook, pictured, from Grantown on Spey in a tie for ninth on two over 218 with rounds of 71, 72 and 75.
One of the most hotly anticipated events each year in GB and I, the "Helen Holm" is the most prestigious women’s competition on the domestic calendar. Scottish Golf received a record 158 entries for the event in its current form, with the ballot one of the lowest ever at 0.5.



  FINAL TOTALS 


par 216 (3x72). Rounds 1 and 2 at Troon Portland CSS 76  76). Round 3 at Royal Troon (CSS 76)
209 L Grant (Swe) 71 66 72.
214 S McWilliam (Aboyne) 69 70 75.
216 H Muse (West Lancs) 75 70 71, C Ryan (Ire) 72 72 72, A Forsterling (Ger) 68 73 75, A Linner (Swe) 72 69 75, A Wilson (Ire) 73 68 75.
217 M Stark (Swe) 72 69 76
218 E Henseleit (Ger) 72 71 75, H McCook (Grantown on Spey) 72 71 75.
219 O Winning (Rotherham) 71 74 74


220 M Claisse (Fra) 77 73 70, G Price (Bude and N Cornwall) 72 71 77, L Bailey (Kirby Muxloe) 72 74 74.
221 S Fuller (Roehampton) 78 72 71, I Holpfer (Aut) 75 74 72, K Lund (Nor) 70 77 74, C Don (Ita) 75 74, A Nobilio (Ita) 74 73 74, S Lamb (Clitheroe) 72 69 80.
222 E Price (Cleobury Mortimer) 74 75 73, A J Williamson (Royoal Cromer) 74 72 76, P Grant (Ire) 73 75 74, G Clews (Delamere Forest) 73 73 76.
223 E Codet (Fra) 74 79 70, A Fanali (Ita) 77 74 72, E Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 76 72, C Louis (Ger) 74 76 73, H Screen (Berkhamsted) 74 76 73, H Krauter (Ger) 72 74 77
224 E Palterinieri (Ita) 75 76 73, C Casey (Ire) 73 78 73, R Morris (Woodsome Hall) 76 73 75, C Goadby (St Regulus) 74 74 76, L-M Humphreys (Stoke by Naylands) 73 75 76, H MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) 73 74 77.
225 V Clancy (Ire) 78 73 74, K O'Connor (West Byfleet) 75 76 74, T Mactaggart (Minto) 74 75 76, M Martin (Ire) 73 77 75, B Wallin (Swe) 75 72 78.
226 K McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 77 77 72, K Wright (Stranraer) 78 74 74, K Gillum (Lilleshall) 77 76 73, E Rhodes (Burnham and Berrow) 78 72 76, P Roussin-Bouchard (Fra) 74 78 74, L Bagnoli (Ita) 77  73 76, A Fuller (Roehampton) 73 73 80.
227 L T Hansen (Den) 74 73 80.
228 S Sexton (Ire) 77 75 76, E Hale (Troon Ladies) 75 77 76, J Mackintosh (Hazlehead) 75 78 75, G Coughlin (St Annes Old Links) 82 70 76, J Engstrom (Swe) 75 74 79, B Moresco (Ita) 73 76 79, M Lewis (St George's Hill) 71 75 82
229 G Paton (Royal Montrose) 76 74 79,
230 A Laker (Frilford Heath) 74 79 77, C Liautre (Fra) 75 74 81, M Hoogeboom (Ned) 71 77 82
231 L Brunt (Royal Birkdale) 77 73 81, G Lewis (Llanishen) 75 76 80.
232 L Placheika-Pohl (Fra) 79 75 78, E Slater (Gog Magog) 77 77 78.
233 M Lockett (Huddersfied 76 78 79, L Van Respaille (Fra) 78 76 79.
234 R Le Tendre (Fra) 76 78 80.
235 B Morris (Tenby) 79 75 81
237 B Garton (Royal Lytham) 74 80 83.
241 J Sepers (Ned) 74 79 88.

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