Was up early this morning to wish Amy, Kirsty and Megan good luck before they teed off in the P&K Ladies match play Championship semi finals. Having 3 Strathmore members playing we knew at least one of them would be in the final. Dawn, Jackie, Frankie and I went up to watch the final after the Fun Family event. Kirsty had won against a Megan and faced Katy in the final after she beat Amy.
The final was great and Kirsty’s putting was the difference. She holed from 15ft on 2 for a half, 12ft on 4 to take the lead and 5ft on 5 for a birdie, lost 6, birdied 7, 8 and 10 to go 4 up, birdied 11 for a half, lost 12 then halved 13 and 14 before finishing the match off with another birdie on 15.
6 birdies, 3 under par through 15 and the 3rd Strathmore Member following Dawn Butchart 2002 and Alexandra Bushby 2007 to become P&K Ladies Champion 2019.
I have been involved with Kirsty’s development for over 10 years and remember watching her at the beginning and noticing how good her putting distance control was. I also remember her coming into our office nearly every week during the summer to let me know she had won a voucher at yet another junior Open. When I congratulated her on the 15th green I did remind her that all the time we spent playing Donkey on the putting green really did help her today. Great result Kirsty and so well deserved. Katy who started out at Strathmore played really well and this will give her a lot of confidence going into the rest of the season.
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