Great day for Megan competing in the last 16 of the Scottish Girls under 18 Ansley Reid match play hosted by Alyth starting with a terrific 5&3 win in round 1 against Shannon Pook of Auchterarder. Dawn and I caught up with her quarter final match against Lauren Gilbert of Largs on the 9th green to find her 2 down but a great putt saw her pull it back to 1. A superb birdie on 10 brought her all square and a great par on 11 took her into a the lead. 12 and 13 were halved in pars, 14 was lost to level the match but after a long drive on 15 a superb iron into a tight pin position lead to an easy 4 and her lead was restored. With a shot on 16 a par was good enough to be dormie. Lauren was not finished and nearly holed her tee shot on 17 and pulled it back to 1 down. Megan hit a great drive down 18 and although her 2nd shot was not her best it found the middle of the green and with her opponent missing the putting surface and then running her pitch well past the hole it left Megan with 2 putts to win and she ran her approach putt up quite close and when Lauren missed her putt it allowed Megan the easiest of ways to make the semi finals but true to form she holed out to win 2 up. A 2 over par back 9 was very impressive and I would not want to be Eilidh Crawford of Kingsfield who will be giving Megan 5 shots in tomorrow's semi final.
This was one of the most impressive displays of controlled golf I have witnessed from any of our juniors and I wish Megan her all the best for the semi final.
Kirsty who was playing Jillian Farrell - Cardross in the Scratch match play unfortunately lost out 4&3 in round 1 and is now taking some time off to allow her tendinitis injury to recover.
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