SUCCESS For Skelmorlie Golf Ladies

Friday, 27 August 2010 |

THE ladies from Skelmorlie Golf Club are celebrating reaching the last eight of the 2010 Mail On Sunday Golf Classic.

Back row: Janet Harkness, Alex Sargent. Front row: Gillian Pollock, Kath Mackellar, Aileen Donaldson and Jenny McGee.

The club are delighted at reaching Round Nine in their first appearance in the event after winning a thrilling match against Deer Park ladies on Saturday.

Team member Jenny McGee said: "Our match against Deer Park turned out to be yet another nail-biter. With the first four games tied at 2-2 it was once again down to our captain Kath Mackellar to keep her cool at dormy two down. This she did in fine style, sinking two crucial long putts to force play on to the 19th hole".

"This was the third such scenario she had been involved in, having been in a similar situation against Dumbarton in Round 3 and Bearsden in Round 5. Once more she played the 1st hole in textbook fashion and having reached the green in two she putted out to seal yet another victory and send us on our way to Manchester next month.”

Jenny added: "We are only a small club, which many folk, even in our own area, have never heard of. However, in recent years we have gained many more, lower handicap ladies and therefore felt we were capable of entering a good team. We are a mix of youth and experience, our youngest player being 21-year-old Alex Sargent, who has been playing since a junior of 11 and now plays off 12.

"The rest of our team of six consists of two PE teachers, one retired and one head of department in a local high school, a retired meteorologist, a retired geography teacher and a young mum who is an office manager and who has two sons who are promising golfers. All the ladies live locally - two are from Wemyss Bay and one each from Skelmorlie, Inverkip, Greenock and West Kilbride.”