Wednesday, June 05, 2019


Elaine Moffat secures another Scottish Senior Women's Open title

Defending champion Elaine Moffat picked up where she left off on Day 1 as she secured the 36-hole stroke-play title at this year’s Scottish Senior Women’s Open Championship at Edzell.
A solid round of 76 in reasonable conditions saw her finish +2 overall and record a two-shot victory over Aileen Baker of Crail.    Baker posted the best round of the day, 75, to finish on +4 overall. 
Despite finishing strongly, playing her last seven holes in -1, she couldn’t quite close the gap on Moffat and had to settle for a runner-up finish.   Speaking to Scottish Golf about her strokeplay victory, Moffat said,
“It’s amazing, it’s still sinking in but it’s a really nice feeling.  It was a hard game of golf and I was really aware that I needed to stay focussed.  There was definitely added pressure starting the day with the lead, but in a good way; it made me stay on my toes. 
"I didn’t play my best, but I made good decisions and I’m pleased to have got through it. It’s something I’ve not won before so it’s lovely to have that under my belt.  I’m going to enjoy the moment. I have to thank my coach Mike Rae who has been key in helping me to achieve this.”
 On regrouping for the start of the match-play tomorrow, Moffat continued, “I’ll go home, get all the gear sorted out and once I’ve done that I’ll just try and rest up and get my brain back in the right mode for another day on the golf course.”
 Moffat’s nearest challengers at the start of the day, Sandra Jackson of Royal Dornoch and Alison Davidson of Stirling, fell away on day 2, both shooting +8.  Both players will now look to regroup going into the knock-out stages.
 Last year’s beaten finalist, Sheena Wood, recovered from an opening round of 84 to make the matchplay with a solid second round of 78, keeping her hopes of going one better than last year alive. The biggest leaderboard climb of the day belonged to Murrayfield’s Caroline Steedman, who bounced back from a first round 85 to shoot 76 today and finish in the top 16, having started the day in a tie for 34th. 
The tournament will now move to the knock-out stages where the top 16 scratch scores will progress to the match-play, starting tomorrow morning with the cut falling at +14 after the stroke-play.  The top 16 net scores from the rest of the field will also now compete in the net match-play.

SCOREBOARD
par 148 (2x74) SSS 72 CSS 74 75
150 E Moffat (St Regulus) 74 76
152 A Baker (Crail GS) 77 75
156 M Smith (Tain) 79 77
157 S Jackson (Royal Dornoch) 75 82, A Davidson (Stirling) 75 82.
158 D Jackson (Troon Ladies) 82 76, E Stewart (Greenburn) 80 78, I McKean (Cottesmore) 80 78.
160 S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 82 78, L McKinlay (Dunnikier Park) 81 79
161 C W Steedman (Murrayfield) 85 76, F Miller (Carnoustie Caledonia) 84 77. J Bryans (Harburn) 82 79 K Knight (Pitlochry) 80 81, E Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies) 79 82.
162 A Hay (Edzell) 85 77, G Kyle (East Renfrewshire) 81 81, L Lloyd (Hayston) 80 82, F Hay (Grange and Broughty) 78 84
163 M Hughes (Lanark) 86 77
164 M Wardrop (Turnhouse) 86 78, H Anderson (Blairgowrie) 85 79, A Ryan (Tain) 83 81, S MacLeod (Deeside) 83 81.
165 B S Biggart (North Berwick) 86 79, W Nicholson (Baberton) 84 81, J Brown (Monifieth) 83 82
166 C Capocci (Bridge of Allan) 74 72, D Watson (Leven GS) 83 83, F Scott (Bothwell Castle) 82 84, K Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 80 86
168 A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 87 81, L Graham (Carnoustie Ladies) 85 83
170 K Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 90 80, L Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) 88 82.
Other scores included:
178 L Urquhart (Banchory) 88 90.
180 M Finnie (Aberdeen Ladies) 92 88
184 S MacVicar (Nairn) 94 90.
185 S Chillas (Panmure) 95 90
186 M Adam (Hazlehead) 97 89
189 C Dingwall (Muir of Ord) 92 97
190 L Terry (Cruden Bay) 92 98
191 M Barr (Nairn) 98 93
192 J Petrie (Panmure) 92 100
193 S Campbell (Muir of Ord) 98 85
197 A Freeman (Panmure) 97 100
201 J Clark (Edzell) 101 100
204 P Morrison (Muir of Ord) 102 102, I Chapman (Forfar) 101 103
221 C Mackay (Muir of Ord) 110 111
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