Wednesday, 23 July 2025

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.




Monday, 21 July 2025

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

Six Blairgowrie ladies travelled to Crieff on Thursday, 17th 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.




Thursday, 17 July 2025

LADIES CAPTAIN'S DAY - Wednesday, 20th August

Please join us for a shotgun start at 10am on Rosemount.  Open to all Full Members and Lansdowne Associate members.

The Wee Course 9 hole competition will commence at 12 noon.

This is a day of fun for everyone and with surprises and prizes galore, it will be a day to remember..... read on...  

Non-players - if you do not wish to play but would like come along for lunch, that would be lovely too !

A sign-up sheet has been placed behind the bar for the buffet lunch priced at £18.50 pp.

I hope to see as many of you there as possible.  See poster below for more information.

 



Monday, 14 July 2025

AWAY DAY TO MONIFIETH - Thursday, 10th July

Twenty Seven ladies got together to play on the Medal course at Monifieth in glorious sunny conditions.  Everyone met in the Grange and Broughty Golf Club for breakfast rolls before finding out the order of play and who were in their teams.  The fun format was individual stableford as well as a team stableford competition and there were also spot prizes up for grabs.

Conditions on the front 9 were very calm but most people struggled a little in more windy conditions on the back 9.  There were a few highlights with Shirley Lewis sinking her iron shot for a birdie on the 18th and I believe Aileen Hamilton even saw a black rabbit !

Post golf we all enjoyed hearty (huge portions!) of delicious food before the results were announced as follows:

Nearest the Pin 5th hole - Div 1 :  Anne Farquarson

Nearest the Pin 14th hole - Div 2 : Marion Kay

Longest Drive 17th hole - Div 1 : Carolyn Haddow

Longest Drive 10th hole - Div 2 : Cassy Grant

Best Stableford score and winner of the Plate - Div 1 :  Anne Farquharson (38 pts); Runner-up - Margaret Johnstone (32 pts on c/b)

Best Stableford score and winner of Gad Aboot Trophy - Div 2 :  Cassy Grant (37 pts); Runner-up -  Louise Luke (34 pts)

Stableford Team Winners :  Carolyn Haddow, Heather Dawson and Cassy Grant (100 pts); Runners-up - Maggie Marshall, Louise Luke and Shirley Lewis (96 pts).

Well done to all the winners and runners-up.  I hope you had a lovely day !!   

I would like to thank the Ladies Committee for their help leading up to and during the away day.

Here are some photos.........











Wednesday, 9 July 2025

ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND - FUNDRAISING UPDATE - 9th July 2025

Please see below the amount raised in aid of Alzheimer Scotland to date.  I cannot thank you enough for your generosity and kind words of support during my recent 85 hole challenge.

I have received a letter of thanks from the charity, together with a certificate which I will post on the noticeboard in the Ladies locker room.




Tuesday, 8 July 2025

TRI MATCH AT HOME WITH DUNBRACKEN & ST RULE - Monday, 7th July

The afternoon started off with beautiful, sunny conditions with ladies wearing skorts, making sure they had enough suntan lotion on ........ however, later on the skies darkened, thunder roared and then there was a bolt of lightening !  As a result, the games came to an abrupt halt when the klaxtons were sounded.  One group were about to chip onto the 18th green whereas the last group were making their way down the 14th (apparently Elaine Robson hit a blinder of a shot!).

The fun format for the match was stableford with teams of 3 with 2 scores to count, made up from a member of each of the clubs -  St Rule, Dunbracken and Blairgowrie.

Post golf the winners were announced:  Anne Wilson (St Rule), Susan Unwin (Dunbracken) and Denise Ginley (Blairgowrie) who all received a gift for their efforts.

As a momento, all visiting players received a gift to remember their day, which was most enjoyable.  Thank you to Anne Farquharson, Maggie Marshall (Team Captain), Louise Luke, Denise Ginley, Fiona Johnston and Elaine Robson for giving up their time to represent the Club.

Thank you also to catering for providing us with a lovely 2 course meal after golf.  

Here are some photos from the day.


The winning Team:  Anne, Denise and Susan


Some St Rule ladies

Some Blairgowrie ladies