Lothians golf round-up: Megan Linton wins Schoolgirls Championship


Dunbar’s Connor Wilson finished joint-second behind Marc Watt (Inverallochy) in the boys’ scratch event. Wilson, who made his debut in the Dispatch Trophy last month, shot rounds of 76 and 72 to end up just three behind Watt (69-76).
• Golf in the city
Visitors to central Edinburgh will feel like they have stepped on to a golf course later this month when St Andrews Square is transformed into an interactive golf zone from June 16-19.
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Hide AdIt is being hosted by Scotland’s Golf Coast to mark East Lothian staging the Paul Lawrie Match Play (Archerfield Links), the Boys Amateur Championship (Muirfield and The Renaissance Club) and the Scottish Seniors Open (Archerfield Links) this summer.
There will be a range of activities and challenges for all the family.
• Lothians boys miss out
Lothians, the event’s dominant force in recent times, may have been beaten on this occasion but they certainly weren’t disgraced in the SGL Boys Area Team Championship at Grangemouth.
A quartet comprising of Andrew Benson (West Lothian), David Rudd (Longniddry), Eric McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links) and Brodie Good (Gullane) was pipped by Lanarkshire for the title by a single shot. McIntosh and Rudd shot 72 and 72 respectively in the singles.
• Gallacher days
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Hide AdThe 54-hole Stephen Gallacher Foundation Trophy at Macdonald Cardrona near Peebles this weekend is the first of three big events the junior charity has coming up.
An Under-12 Open Championship for boys and girls is being held at Gogarburn on July 25-27 while Bathgate stages an under-15 equivalent on July 25-27.
Players wishing to enter the latter two events can do so by visiting www.sgfoundation.co.uk