LADIES TRI-AM OPEN - Sunday, 3rd August

The Ladies Tri-Am Open held on Sunday 3rd August was played on Rosemount in a Waltz format. Timing is everything in that Storm Floris was forecast for the following day..... allowing everyone to enjoy a day of golf in beautifully, hot and sunny conditions!

Before heading out players had a chance of winning a prize in the Ladies Captain's Tombola which raised over £600 in aid of Alzheimer Scotland.  Visitors commented on how much they enjoyed the fun tombola, how good the course looked and their overall experience on the day.

Thank you to everyone involved in manning the desk (Gill Tissell, Pauline Hill, Heather Dawson, Marion Kay and Maggie Marshall), to catering, the office and green keeping staff.

The results were as follows:

Team Scratch

1st Scratch – Linda Dyball, Linda McDonald & Lorna Bennett (Pitreavie, Ladybank) – 152

Team Nett

1st Nett – Fiona Johnston, Fiona Hill & Brenda Clough (Blairgowrie) - 134

2nd Nett – Fran McMillan, Anne Doherty & Jean Logan (Stirling) - 137

3rd Nett – Evelyn Hamilton, Jude Allardice & Susan Gassner (Ladybank) - 139

4th Nett – Linda MacDonald, Kathi Forrest & Karen Reynolds (Gogarburn, St Regulus) - 140

5th Nett – Sheila MacEwen, Elizabeth Farquharson & Alison Findlay (Stirling) - 141

Individual spot prizes:

Div 1 – Nearest the Pin (17th) – Anna Hemings (Panmure)

Div 2 – Nearest the Pin (15th) – Alison Findlay (Stirling)

Div 1 – Longest Drive (11th) – Megan Russell (Gogarburn)

Div 2 – Longest Drive (13th) – Sally Connell (Deeside)

Full details of all the scores and prize winners can be found in the Opens Section of the Club website.

HANDICAP LEAGUE MATCH v. MUCKHART (HOME) - Sunday, 27th July

We welcomed the Muckhart team just as the morning drizzle was dissipating and we enjoyed clear skies for our round.  Some of the visiting team had not played at Blairgowrie before and they seemed to enjoy Rosemount which was in excellent condition.  Just after the last group arrived back at the clubhouse, there was a heavy rain shower, so we felt we had been very lucky.

The matches were all close but, despite our best efforts, the visitors prevailed with a 3-2 win.  Afterwards we had a friendly drink and chat.  Thanks to the Blairgowrie ladies - Kathleen Norris, Teresa Lynch, Louise Luke, Brenda Kerr and Gill Tissell (Team Captain).

KYOCERA/ANNODATA - ROUND 4 AT HOME V FORFAR - Saturday, 26th July

Heather Anderson (Team Captain), Gillian Wallace, Maggie Marshall, Anne Farquharson and Morna Bell set out on Rosemount in match play against a keen Forfar team. 

Both teams were focused with games very competitively played and an exciting end ensued on the return to the clubhouse to learn of 3 game wins, sufficient to see the Blairgowrie team into the next round. 

Forfar were gracious in defeat and truly wished us well in the next round.

Soup and sandwiches were enjoyed by all in a friendly ambience.

Well done ladies, a good win.

ALLISON TROPHY FINAL RESULTS - Friday, 25th July

The third and final round of the Allison Trophy was played yesterday on the Wee Course.

Congratulations to the winner, Morag Johnston, with a (best nett two out of three scores) result of 63 and runner-up Elizabeth Tosh with 66.

Well done ladies.

NORTH OF SCOTLAND COMPETITION - KATY ALEXANDER

Congratulations to Katy Alexander (a member of the P&K team and Blairgowrie) who is this year's North of Scotland Champion defeating Lily MacDonald (Aboyne) in a closely contested final 2&1 held on the Bruce course, Kinross Golf Club.

Well done Katy !!!

In 2026 the event will be hosted by Banchory Golf Club, Aberdeenshire from 27-29 July.

FRIENDLY MATCH v. ST RULE (HOME) - Monday, 21st July

After the torrential rain over the weekend we were delighted that Rosemount was open on Monday and that we were able to welcome the visiting ladies from St Rule.  Whilst it was very warm and muggy, fortunately the thunder stayed away, and we were able to complete our matches.

 

The course was in excellent condition – all credit and thanks to our greenkeepers for their hard work.  There was some excellent golf played by both teams, and the result was a very friendly 2/2 halved match.

 

Post play we enjoyed a delicious two course meal in the dining room where thanks were also extended to the catering and hospitality teams and of course to Anne Farquharson, Louise Luke, Carolyn Haddow, Elaine Robson (team captain), Linda Rice, Teresa Lynch, Maggie Marshall and Gill Tissell for giving up their time to represent the Club.

FRIENDLY MATCH v. CRIEFF (AWAY) - Thursday, 17th July

Six Blairgowrie ladies travelled to Crieff on Thursday, 17^th July, playing in a Greensomes format. From the outset some ladies had the brollies up, not for the rain but to get some shade from the bright sun. By the time the match commenced it was quite clammy with little/no wind. It was almost a relief at times to see the ball run off the fairway into the trees to get some shelter!  The course was in good condition, thank you to the Greenkeeping team. The sloping fairways caught some golfers out and so too did the subtle slopes next to the holes on the greens. 

Although the Blairgowrie team put up a brave challenge with 2 matches going to the 18th, it was not good enough to match the Crieff ladies who were victorious in 2 matches and shared one, making the overall result 2¹/₂ to ¹/_2.  Congratulations to them. 

As Crieff has a new policy of no catering after matches, we enjoyed a drink and a blether with our opponents in the clubhouse afterwards.  Sincere thanks to Anne Farquharson (Team Captain), Morna Bell, Teresa Lynch, Jo Menzies, Elaine Robson and Sue Waddell for giving up their time to represent the Club.

Thanks to Sue Waddell for the photo.