British Girls @ Gullane - Day 3

McKECHIN LOSES - NO SCOTS IN LAST 16 OF BRITISH GIRLS

There are no Scots in tomorrow morning's line-up of the last 16 in the British girls open amateur championship after an awful day of rain at the Gullane No 2 course.
The last host country representative to bow out was Alyson McKechin (Elderslie). 
Having beat compatriot Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) by 4 and 2 in the worst of the morning rain, Alyson went down by 2 and 1 to Belgium's Margaux Vanmol in the second round.
The 18-year-old lost the first but bounced back by winning the second, fourth and fifth for a two-hole lead - but that was as good as it got for McKechin.
"I was still two up at the turn but she birdied the long 10th to get one back and after we had halved the long 11th in birdie 4s, Margaux birdied the 13th to square the match," said Alyson who intends playing full-time amateur golf for the rest of the year.
"Then I bogeyed the 14th to go one down for the first time." 
After halves in pars at the 15th and 16th, Vanmol clinched a come-from-behind 2 and 1 win by winning the 17th.
The roads around Gullane were flooded after overnight rain continued into the day but the Gullane linkes continued to drain it all away.
"It was simply horrific out there," said 16-year-old Bronte Law (Bramhall), the No 5 seed and one of the favourites.
She beat Marian Tonnessen (Norway) and then Daisy Nielsen (Denmark) both by 4 and 3 margins to reach the third round.
Bronte won the Scottish Under-16 girls' open amateur title at Strathmore in April.

Aberdeen-born Gemma Dryburgh (Beaconsfield) lost by 5 and 3 to England international Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak) who was three up after seven and two up at the turn.

Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) was one up after 13 against English girls champion Hayley Davis (Ferndown) but lost at the 19th

Scottish U18 girls champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) was two down after only four holes to Norway's Olivia Hullert. The Scot stopped the rot but was still two down after seven and again at the turn. 

She got into her stride to birdie the 11th and 13th, lost the 14th but birdied  15th and 17th to take the match down the 19th were Eilidh's hopes ended in a bunker.
Biggest surprise of the day was the performance of Chloe Williams (Wrexham), the 33rd qualifier, who toppled the No 1 seed, Noemi Jimenez from Malaga, by two holes in the second round.
Williams, who lost to Bronte Law in a play-off for the Scottish Under-16s title, was three down after nine to Jmenez but capped a remarkable fightback which saw her win the 10th and 11th - lost the 12th - and then win the 13th, 14th and the 17th and 18th both with birdies.
"I holed from 6ft at the 17th but it must have been about 40ft for the birdie putt at the last," said a delighted Chloe.


FIRST ROUND RESULTS
Upper Half
Noemi Jimenez (Spa) bt Sonia Sanchez (Spa) 6 and 5. 
Chloe Williams (Wal) bt Claudia Galindo (Spa) 5 and 3. 
Annette Lyche (Nor) bt Clara Baena (Spa) at 19th.
Georgia Hall (Eng) bt Gemma Dryburgh (Sco) 5 and 3.
Anne Hakula ((Fin) bt Perrine Delacour (Fra) 1 hole.
Julie Lied (Nor) bt Andrea Janama (Spa) 2 and 1.
Roberta Roeller (Ger) bt Laura Lorensen (Ger) 6 and 5.
Emilie Alonso (Fra) bt Yasemin Sari (Tur) 7 and 5.
Bronte Law (Bramhall) bt Maria Tonnessen (Nor) 4 and 3,
Daisy Nielsen (Den) bt Anna-Lena Kraemer (Ger) at 20th
Margaux Vanmol (Bel) bt Alexandra Peters (Eng) 6 and 5.
Alyson McKechin (Sco) bt Lesley Atkins (Sco) 4 and 2.
Marina Stuetz (Aut) bt Amy Boulden (Wal) 2 and 1.
Hayley Davis (Eng) bt Jessica Meek (Sco) at 19th.
Julia Neumann (Ger) bt Elizabet Mallett (Eng) 4 and 3.
Sophie Godley (Eng) bt Caroline Nistrup (Den) 1 hole.
Lower Half
Karolin Lampert (Ger) bt Marlies Krenn (Aut) 7 and 6.
Frida Gustafsson (Swe) bt Shelby Smart (Eng) 4 and 3.
Luna Sobron (Spa) bt Stefania Avanzo (Ita) 3 and 2.
Natalia Escuriola (Spa) bt Isabel Gadea (Ger) 5 and 4/
Emma Nilsson (Swe) bt Charlotte Puts (Net) at 19th
Olivia Hullert (Nor) bt Eilidh Briggs (Spa) at 19th
Ha Rang Lee (Spa) bt Linnea Strom (Swe) at 19th.
Emily Pedersen (Den) bt Olivia Winning (Eng) 2 and 1.
Laura Christiaens (Bel) bt Shannon Aubert (Fra) 4 and 2.
Katie Bradbury (Wal) bt Charlotte Thomas (Sing) 2 and 1.
Antonia Scherer (Ger) bt Nuria Iturrious (Spa) 3 and 2.
Nicole Larsen (Den) bt Emily Penttila (Fin) 4 and 2.
Ileen Nieuwenhuis (Net) bt Jade Downes (Eng) 6 and 5.
Brogan Townend (Eng) bt Virginia Carta (Ita) 3 and 2.
Laure Castelain (Fra) bt Amber Ratcliffe (Eng) 3 and 1.
Celine Boutier (Fra) bt Lianna Bailey (Eng) 3 and 1.

SECOND ROUND
Williams bt Jimenez 2 holes.
Hall bt Lyche at 19th.
Hakula bt Lied 4 and 3.
Alonso bt Roeller 4 and 2.
Law bt Nielsen 4 and 3.
Vanmol bt McKechin 2 and 1.
Steutz v Davis 4 and 3.
Godley bt Neumann 4 and 3.

Lampert bt Gustaffson at 19th.
Sobron bt Escuriola 4 and 3.
Nilsson bt Hullert 8 and 6.
Pedersen bt Rang Lee 2 and 1.
Bradbury bt Christiaens 1 hole
Scherer bt Larsen 1 hole
Nieuwenhuis bt Townend 1 hole
Boutier bt Castelain 4 and 3.

THURSDAY MORNING TIES
8.30 Williams v Hall
8.40 Hakula v Alonso
8.50 Law v Vanmol
9.00 Steutz v Godley
9.10 Lampert v Sobron
9.20 Nilsson v Pedersen
9.30 Boutier v Nieuwenhuis

QUARTER-FINALS WILL START AT 1PM