Young English golfers led the way at the Hacienda del Alamo women’s and girls’ golf festival in Murcia Spain as they staged a series of winning performances led by Norfolk’s Amber Ratcliffe.
Ratcliffe, who trains with EWGA’s Select Midlands squad, was a double winner, capturing the Murcia U16 title and the 54-hole Hacienda ladies’ championship.
The Royal Cromer player was joined in the winners’ circle by England girl international Bronte Law (Bramhall), Daisy-May Kenny (Cuddington), Gabriella Cowley (West Essex) and English schools’ champion Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough).
15-year-old Ratcliffe opened her account with a 10-shot win in the Murcia U16 championship, concluding the 36-hole event with a level par 72. In the Hacienda ladies’ championship she started with an immaculate four-under par 68 and went on to return a 54-hole total of one-under par, to win by four shots.
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Law scored a six-stroke win in the Murcia ladies’ championship. The 15-year-old produced an excellent three-under par 69 in the second round to pull away from Lucy Williams (Mid-Herts), a past English mid-amateur champion.
Kenny also beat par in the second round of the Murcia U18 championship, with a one-under 71. She won by the massive margin of 31 shots and had the same 36-hole gross total as Law: 148.
14-year-old Cowley won the Hacienda U16 girls’ title by an impressive 11 shots from her closest challenger, Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted), the English U13 champion whilst 16-year-old MacLaren broke 80 in all three rounds to win the Hacienda U18 championship by three shots from Kenny.
Leading final scratch scores:
Murcia Championship
Par 144 (2×72)
Ladies
148 Bronte Law (Bramhall) 79 69.
154 Lucy Williams (Mid Herts) 81 73.
160 Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) 80 80.
U16 girls’
150 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 78 72.
160 Gabriella Cowley (West Essex) (4) 76 74, Eloise Healey (Lee Park) 78 82.
161 Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted) 78 82.
U18 girls
148 Daisy-May Kenny (Cuddington) 77 71.
179 Katherine Carragher (John O’Gaunt) 96 83.
Hacienda del Alamo Championship
Par 216 (3×72)
Ladies
215 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 68 74 73.
219 Bronte Law (Bramhall) 73 74 72.
236 Lauren Blease (Coombe Hill) 79 74 83; Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) 78 78 80.
U16 girls
227 Gabriella Cowley (West Essex) 76 78 73.
238 Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted)78 78 82.
240 Eloise Healey (Lee Park) 81 77 82.
U18 girls
233 Meghan Maclaren (Wellingborough) 76 78 79.
236 Daisy-May Kenny (Cuddington) 74 80 82.
251 Katherine Carragher (John O’Gaunt) 82 83 86.
Jessica Whittington, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine
