A day to remember for Stirling University was capped by Irish international Sinead Sexton winning the Scottish student women’s match-play title at Moray Golf Club.
A day to remember for Stirling University was capped by Irish international Sinead Sexton winning the Scottish student women’s match-play title over the Old Course at Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth..
The women played both their semi-final and final, taking on the New Course in the morning before the two finalists battled it out over the Old Course during the afternoon.
The morning saw two very close encounters with Jen Saxton (Stirling) pushing number one seed Batty all the way before finally succumbing on the last hole, Batty winning by one hole.
In the other semifinal, St Andrews first year student Fern Clark got off to a flying start against the second seeded Sexton, at one stage enjoying a three hole advantage. However, Sinead worked herself back into the match and was able to secure victory on the 17th, by a 3 and 1 margin
The final, therefore, saw the top two finishers from the strokeplay competition go head to head with Sexton determined to take home a trophy after being pipped to the strokeplay title on Tuesday.
While Batty took an early lead, she was never able to gain a substantial advantage, a two hole lead on the 5th vanishing after two Sexton birdies on the 6th and 7th. The match was to and fro from there on in, with Sexton managing to get her nose ahead and take a one hole lead up the final hole.
After playing an almost identical shot to the one she produced on Tuesday afternoon, Sexton put the pressure firmly on Batty. When Gemma was unable to get up and down, having missed the green to the right on her approach, Sexton was able to roll the ball up to the hole and secure a two-hole victory.
Credit- Cal Carson Golf Agency
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