Helen Holm Scottish Woman’s Open Championship 2026

 We would like to wish our 2 ALCGA County Members Robyn Fowlie (Edzell) and Junior Holly McKenzie  (Murcar Links) all the best when they compete tomorrow for the Helen Holm Scottish Woman’s Open Championship.  Round one takes place at Royal Troon Portland Course. Live scoring will be available on Scottish Golf website.        Good Luck Girls!

Ballater County Open Draw 24th April 2026

The Ballater County Open Draw can be found under Fixture Details 2026 or by following this link

Ballater Draw

There is no availability for late entries

SCOTLAND WIN THE MARY MCKENNA TROPHY 2026

 Our Past County Captain Sheena ( Wood) has just captained Scotland (Scottish SeniorWomans Golf Association)  to the Victory of winning the Mary McKenna Trophy at  Royal Portrush Ireland this weekend. Yesterday the Teams were battered with hailstones and high winds during  their Foursomes, but Scotland was 3-1 up after their day.

Today they played their Single matches and Scotland eventually won 7.5 - 4.5 this was only their 3rd win in Ireland since the tournament started.

Congratulations Sheena and to your Team from ALCGA 🏆

PETERCULTER Vs ALCGA - FRIENDLY MATCH - SUNDAY 12TH APRIL

Yesterday 12 Ladies from our Winter Coaching Sessions were selected and invited to play a Match at Peterculter Golf Club against their Mens Pennant Team.

It was a dry but very windy day. Although losing 3.5 to 2.5 playing the Men on their Home course, the Ladies did exceptionally well in the conditions as a few had only played the course once before.

It was a very worthwhile exercise with both Teams enjoying their games. Thank you to Peterculter Golf Club for allowing us to play your course and for your friendliness on and off the golf course. 

Suzanne Robertson, Becky Flaherty, Iain Taylor & Scott Stewart                    ALCGA  Team

County Championship Draw - Friday 24th April 2026

Hi Ladies 

Please follow this link for the County Championship Draw at Murcar Links on Friday 24th April 2026

County Championship - Friday Draw

It can also be found in the Fixture Details Tab

North of Scotland Championship at Banchory Golf Club

 Entries are now open on the Scottish Golf App for the North of Scotland Championship which will be held at Banchory Golf Club (Royal Deeside) from Monday 27th - Wednesday 29th July. Posters with the information will be sent out to Clubs / Counties within the next few days.

County Championship at Murcar Links

  Just a reminder that our County Championship entries close on Thursday 9th April at 11pm.

Its a chance to play the beautiful award winning Murcar Links golf course at a very good price.

I look forward to seeing you all then.

County Coaching 3rd Session 2026

 Today, the County Ladies had their 3rd and last County Coaching Session for 2026 with Gary Forbes at Murcar Links.

Another great ,sunny, dry day for March which we were all grateful for.

12 Ladies attended today for more putting, short game instruction and advice from Gary which everyone enjoyed,then a few holes on Strabathie.

Thank you for everyone that attended the Sessions and a big thank you to Gary for his tuition for another year which is appreciated by everyone. 

The New Season starts with our County Championship at Murcar Links from 24th - 26th April (Entries now open) where we hope to see all our best players compete for the Championship.

Good luck to all.

TALENTED ALCGA JUNIOR, BRIANNE MACKAY (DUFF HOUSE ROYAL) ATTENDS PRE SEASON TRAINING IN PORTUGAL

 

Brianne, was part of the Scottish Junior Tour who enjoyed warm winter Camp at Penina Golf Resort in Portugal.The juniors worked on both technical & mental aspects of the game.

Brianne will surely have another successful season ahead, we wish you all the best.

HOLLY MCKENZIE (MURCAR LINKS) SELECTED FOR SCOTTISH GIRLS TEAM

 Following Holly's success at Trump International, Holly has been selected to play for the Scottish Girls Team in the Quadrangular matches at Cardigan Bay Golf Club in Wales later this month. (Scotland,Wales, Ireland and Netherlands). Earlier the same week, Holly is playing the Stephen Gallagher Foundation pre-season Ryder Cup style Bryan Shields Trophy at the Renaissance Golf Club.

What a way to warm up !

All of us at ALCGA wish Holly & the Scottish team every success.

2026 Fixtures

 Good Evening Ladies,

Just to let you know that all our Fixtures for 2026 are now live.

The North Of Scotland which is at Banchory this year will go live in the next couple of weeks.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a successful 2026 season and hopefully the weather will be kind to you all.

I look forward to meeting you all during the Season.

Linda

Sad News

We are very sad to report the death of one of our longstanding and well known county members, Pam Twinn. 

A girlhood golfer from an early age, Pam was a quality player and won many prestigious titles in her home county of Durham. When she arrived in Scotland in the mid 1970s she joined Aberdeen Ladies Golf Club and it wasn’t long before she was asked to represent Aberdeenshire County which she did with considerable success. In later years, Pam’s enthusiasm & knowledge of every aspect of golf made her a natural choice as a selector at both county and at Scottish level. Always a character, witty and determined but also kind and caring, Pam will be long remembered by many as a very special lady.

Pam's Funeral Service will take place on Monday 16th March at 1.30pm at Hazlehead Crematorium  ( East Chapel)

County Coaching 2nd Session

 Another lovely day was had by all who attended yesterday at Murcar Links for our 2nd County Coaching Session.

Putting, Chipping, 80 yard shots and Bunker play were all demonstrated by Murcar Links Golf professional Gary Forbes who is well impressed by our Ladies skills. 

We have been very lucky with the weather so far for this time of year and hopefully our last session on March 15th will be as good.

  Murcar Links on a beautiful sunny day.

Happy, smiling faces from a few of the Ladies that attended yesterdays Coaching.

County Coaching 2026

Today we had our first County Coaching Training Session for 2026 at Murcar Links Club Golf.

This was attended by 9 Ladies who all enjoyed getting very useful  tips from Head Professional Gary Forbes who set up challenging tasks on chipping and putting.

The weather turned out so much better than originally forecast with bright sunshine most of the time and dry all in all an enjoyable day had by all.

 

Good luck to Sheena

Our Past Captain Sheena, is representing Team Europe v Spain in Gran Canaria this week - The Match play starts tomorrow. Hopefully you will have better weather than us Sheena and see the  ☀️

We wish you all the best and hope you drive straight and hole all your putts!

Congratulations -  Holly

Congratulations to our Junior County Member Holly McKenzie (Murcar Links) on becoming an Ambassador to the Stephen Gallagher Foundation in 2026.

Everyone from ALCGA wishes you all the best in this exciting roll.

 

AGM and Prizegiving 2025

 

The AGM and Prizegiving was held yesterday at Curl Aberdeen.

The full Captain’s Report can be seen using the attached link Captain's Report 2025

Here are some photos and a few points of interest from the meeting.

The retiring President Ellie Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies) was made an Honorary Member.

Ann Smart (Banchory) has been appointed the new President.

 

Sheena Wood Rosebowl Qualifiers 2026 are -

Shirley Cowie (Buckpool)

Kirsty Craig (Portlethen)

Joanne Davidson (Murcar Links)

Susan Davies (Aboyne)

Karen McGuinness (Newmachar)

Lindsey McNiven (Aberdeen Ladies)

Susanne Middleton (Deeside)

Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay)

 

Dates for 2026

County Championship – Murcar Links 24-26 April

Watt Duffus – Oldmeldrum Golf Club18^th May

Commonwealth Spoons – Portlethen Golf Club 22^nd June

Junior Championship – Inverurie Golf Club 28^th June

North of Scotland – Banchory Golf Club 27-29July

Lyon Foursomes – Deeside Golf Club  3^rd 4^th August

Tri-Am – Turriff Golf Club - 11^th  September

 

Ladies it has been an honour and a privilege to have served as your Captain and I thank everyone involved with the County for all the support and friendship. I could not have wished to Captain a finer group of ladies.

Sheena

County AGM 29th November 2025 and List of Prizewinners

The County AGM will be held on Saturday 29th November 11am at Curl Aberdeen, Eday Walk Aberdeen. This will be followed by the prizegiving. Here is the list of all the prize winners. 

Prize winners 2025 -

MacRobert Thistle	Best Nett Score in Junior Medal	Joy Lovie - Ballater
Bey Trophy	Most Improved Younger Golfer	Amy Blackadder - Deeside
Fyfe Trophy	Most Improved Young Golfer	Joy Lovie - Ballater
Stella Bruce Trophy	Best Scratch Score in a Junior County Medal	Holly Lovie  - Ballater
Farquharson Quaich	Junior Scratch Champion	Amy Blackadder - Deeside
Styropack Salver	Junior Handicap Champion	Brianne Mackay – Duff House Royal
Commonwealth Spoons	Leading Qualifiers	Heather Wallace – Aberdeen Ladies Aileen Macdonald - Aberdeen Ladies
Sheena Wood Rosebowl	Rosebowl  winner Runner-up	Kirsty Craig - Portlethen Susie MacLeod - AL
Joan Rennie Salver & President’s Prize (Div A)	Best Nett Score in an Open Meeting	Karen Soden - Peterculter
Joan Rennie Salver & President’s Prize (Div B)	Best Nett Score in an Open Meeting, Division B	Rhona Pirie - Deeside
Golf View League Trophy	County League	Hazlehead
Individual Handicap Trophy	Best Individual Nett Score in Watt Duffus	Heather Campbell - Aboyne
Mrs. J.P. Kennaway Cup	Best Individual Scratch Score in Watt Duffus	Robyn Gallon -  Duff House Royal
Mrs. Watt Duffus Trophy	Handicap Scratch	Aboyne  2 Duff House Royal 1
Godsman Quaich	Runner-up in Lyon Foursomes	Cancelled due to Storm Floris
Lyon Interclub Double Foursomes Trophy	Winner of Lyon Foursomes	Cancelled due to Storm Floris
Mrs. D.T. Bruce Trophy	Best Scratch Score in an Open Meeting	Rachel Mathieson - Hazlehead
Mrs. B.B. Mellis Trophy	Aggregate 3 Best Nett Scores in Open Meetings, Division B	Rhona Pirie - Deeside
Mrs. M.L. Kilgour  Cup	Agg. 3 Best Scratch Scores in Open Meetings, Division B	Fiona Gibb - Deeside
Miss K.M. Cochrane Cup	Aggregate 3 Best Nett Scores in Open Meetings, Division A	Susanne Middleton - Deeside
Lyon Trophy	Agg. 3 Best Scratch Scores in Open Meetings, Division A	Robyn Fowlie - Edzell
The Fiona Hay Salver Marta Moody Trophy	Handicap Winner Kemnay Runner-up Kemany	Brianne Mackay- Duff House Royal Jacqueline Guthrie – McDonald Ellon
Member’s Cup	Leading Scratch Qualifier in Championship	Fiona Campbell – McDonald Ellon
Miss C. Lyon Trophies	Scratch Semi-Finalists	1. Sammy Fanthorpe - Murcar Links 2. Holly McKenzie - Murcar Links
Mrs. E.M. Cradock	Scratch Runner-Up	Julie Lees - Westhill
Mrs. F.K. Smith Trophy	Champion	Rachel Polson - Peterculter

 

14/09/25 ALCGA JUNIOR COACHING AT PORTLETHEN SESSION 3

The 4 girls who attended the final coaching session of the year were treated to a brilliant

session on all aspects of their game with top class individualised coaching from David.

The girls started indoors in the putting lab, then progressed outside to the driving range and

pitching area, making full use of the excellent practice facilities at Portlethen.

They will surely be inspired to keep practising through the winter and be ready for even

more success next season.

Most sincere thanks from ALCGA to Head Professional at Portlethen, David Pocock, for all of

his fantastic sessions which are not only full of great technical advice but are also great fun!

Sheena Wood Rosebowl Final 2025 - Murcar Links Golf Club

 

The final of the Sheena Wood Rosebowl this year was played at Murcar Links Golf Club between Kirsty Craig (Portlethen) and Susie Macleod (Aberdeen Ladies).

Great golf was played by the two finalists in blustery conditions. Kirsty was one over par and 3 up after nine holes. Susie fought back to one down, however Kirsty clinched the match with a birdie 2 at the 16th to win the final 3&2.

A very sporting final and many congratulations to Kirsty on winning the Rosebowl for the second year in a row.

Thank you to Murcar Links Golf Club for giving us courtesy of their lovely course for the match.