Junior joy for Andrew Hendry and Freya Russell

Gullane’s Andrew Hendry is the new Barrie Douglas Foundation Scottish Junior Masters champion after producing a birdie blitz in the final round at Strathmore.
Martin Dempster
By Martin Dempster
Published 1st Jun 2022, 06:00 BST
Updated 1st Jun 2022, 13:01 BST
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Hendry, a Stephen Gallacher Foundation Winter Development player, reeled off eight birdies in a closing 68 at the Perthshire venue, having opened with scores of 73-75.

His total was matched by Nairn’s Alex McGillivray, but Hendry came out on top at the first extra hole in a sudden-death play-off.

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The girls’ title was landed by Freya Russell, who plays her golf at Royal Troon but is a Stephen Gallacher Foundation ambassador.

Freya Russell shows off the trophy after winning the Barrie Douglas Foundation Scottish Junior Masters at Strathmore.Freya Russell shows off the trophy after winning the Barrie Douglas Foundation Scottish Junior Masters at Strathmore.
Freya Russell shows off the trophy after winning the Barrie Douglas Foundation Scottish Junior Masters at Strathmore.

Russell carded rounds of 75-74-76 to win by a shot from Forfar’s Robyn Fowlie.

It was Russell’s second big success this year, having already landed a runaway win in the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Masters at Dundonald Links.

The next big junior events are the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Trophy and Vase at Cardrona near Peebles on 11-12 June.

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