SCOTTISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONS
Throughout the years Renfrewshire has had many successful players that have attained the honour of being a County Champion, a West of Scotland Champion, a Scottish Champion, a Scottish Internationalist, a British Internationalist, and a Curtis Cup Player. - Click on this video to reveal our Scottish Champions.
Curtis Cup
Our most recent Curtis Cup player was Eilidh Briggs who was selected in 2014. The others were Dorothea Hastings (nee Sommerville) 1958. Maureen Richmond (nee Walker) 1974, Wilma Leburn (Nee Aitken) 1982 and Shirley Lawson 1988.
2014 Curtis Cup Team - Elidh Briggs 1st on left (Photo Courtesy of Gillian Kirkwood)
In 2012 Carol Fell was made the Ambassador for Renfrewshire County at the Curtis Cup at Nairn Golf Club. Tegwen Mathews was the Captain on both occasions.
Carol Fell and Curtis Cup Captain Tegwen Mathews with the winning Curtis Cup Trophy
To see some photos and videos from the last 3 Curtis Cup matches, CLICK HERE.
Top Administrative Posts
There have also been many members that have held top national administrative posts. The most well known was Kathleen McNeil MBE who was LGU President in 1991 and Honorary President of the SLGA from 1991 until her death in 2007.
Most recently was Beth Paterson who was Chairwoman of the SLGA and was involved in the amalgamation of the S.L.G.A. and SGU in 2015 to now what is known as Scottish Golf.
Beth received Honorary Membership of the County in 2015 and the photograph below shows her receiving this accolade from Jennifer Mack the Honorary President at this time.
Beth Paterson on right (Photo courtesy of Carol Fell)
Other Notable County Performances
Scottish Amateur Team Membership
Over the years Renfrewshire County players have been selected on numerous occasions as team members of Junior, Ladies and Senior West of Scotland and Scottish International Teams. 2023 was no exception and we had Gillian Kyle represented on the team competing in the following eminent competition;
Scottish Senior Home International Team
In September 2023, the County was extremely proud of Gillian Kyle, who was selected to play in the Women's Scottish Senior Team in the European Golf Assocaition Senior Team Championship in Parador De El Saler, Spain.
Gillian Kyle pictured second from right
The Ladies team did very well in securing wins in all their matches to win the Flight B final and finish 9th overall.