Only two break 80 in Ayrshire

By The Newsroom
Published 14th Sep 2010, 18:02 BST
Updated 15th Sep 2010, 01:49 BST
There were eight Scots in the leading 20 of the Senior British Women's Open Amateur Stroke-Play Championship at the end of a creditable day for the home contingent at a storm-lashed West Kilbride.

At the end of a day that was more like January than mid-September, Kilmacolm exile Maureen Richmond (Royal Liverpool) and another former Curtis Cup player, Bev New from Somerset were the only two players to break 80.

They go into the second of three rounds sharing the pole position on six-over-par 78.

Richmond, a GP at Wallasey, is better remembered as Mo Walker, the teenager who won Curtis Cup and Vagliano Trophy honours, the British Girls and three Scottish Girls' titles.