Charlie Taylor – A Summer of Success
Well, 2024 has certainly been quite a year for the ladies of Whiting Bay Golf Club. In April they retained the Kiscadale Trophy, after defeating Lamlash in the final tie at Machrie Bay GC.
That achievement has already been widely reported but what was not known at the time, was what a season it would turn out to be for team member Charlie Taylor. Starting on 4th July, Charlie and partner Gill Lockhart came in joint second place in the Machrie Bay Open, played in Texas Scramble format. Thereafter Charlie went on to win in four opens a row. At the Lamlash Ladies Open on 17th July she won the scratch trophy with a fine score of 75.
Just a few days later on 22nd July, she and partner Duncan Heenan won the Island Open Mixed Foursomes, also played at Lamlash, with a scratch score of 61 playing off a team handicap of 8, thereby winning both scratch and handicap competitions.
Three days later, it was off to Shiskine where Charlie and partner Gillian won the scratch prize at the Shiskine Open Greensomes with a score of 47 over the 12 hole course.
Finally, the open at her home course where, on 27th July the Whiting Bay Ladies Open, played as a Stableford, was bagged with a score of 37 points – a phenominal record in such a short time, made even more remarkable by the fact that a number of sponsored hole prizes were also won at the various venues.
