Stirling student Gemma Batty won an epic tussle with teammate and Irish international Sinaed Sexton at the Scottish Student Golf Championships at Moray Golf Club.
Stirling student Gemma Batty won an epic tussle with teammate and Irish international Sinaed Sexton at the Scottish Student Golf Championships over the Lossiemouth links of Moray Golf Club.
Batty emerged from an epic tussle with Sexton to claim her third successive Scottish students' women's stroke-play title.
Having shared the lead all week, the two leading players in the women's field battled it out in breezy and cool conditions over the testing Moray Old Course, sharing eight birdies in a tense final round.
It was Batty who emerged victorious, completing a final round of one-under 74 for an aggregate of six-under 286, two shots clear of Sexton with St Andrews' Alexa Hammer back in third place on 293.
Batty is the first person to win three successive Scottish student golf titles since E-A Macgregor of St Andrews in 1971-73.
Commenting on her victory, Gemma Batty said
''I am delighted with the victory this week. My main focus was to come here and enjoy the golf, which I certainly did. This gives me a big boost and I can now look forward to the British Tour Finals in a couple of weeks with confidence.''
The golf continues at Lossiemouth today with a knock-out individual match-play tournament for the women.
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