Dryburgh and Briggs reach Alyth final

Aberdeen-born Dryburgh, a golf scholarship student in America and a Beaconsfield GC Bucks member on her holidays, moves on from the IMG Leadbetter Academy, Florida to Tulane University, Louisiana next month. After reaching the semi-finals at Eyemouth last year, this is the first time she has got to the final. For Bridge of Weir-based Briggs, winner of the Renfrewshire women's county championship in the spring, it will be her second national final within a couple of months. She reached the last stage of the Scottish women's amateur championship at Machrihanish in May before losing to Louise Kenney (Pitreavie). Briggs starts at Stirling University in the autumn.

In the semi-finals, Briggs, who beat Clara Young (North Berwick), the 14-year-old East Lothian women's county champion and Junior Vagliano Trophy player by 3 and 1 in the morning quarter-finals, was four under par in beating Rachel Walker (Dumfries and County) by 3 and 2 in the afternoon. Dryburgh took an early lead in the second semi-final where approximately one over par figures were enough to see her take a three hole advantage over Lauren Whyte (St Regulus). However, pars from Whyte at the 15th and 16th cut the lead back to one before Dryburgh finally clinched her place in the final with a winning par at the 17th hole to win the match 2 and 1.

In the final of the Ansley Reid Salver, the second flight competition, Katie McGarva (Troon Ladies) won the title, beating Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse) by 2 and 1.

• Buchanan Castle's Jason McCreadie produced a flawless, six-birdie round of six-under-par 66 to win the first prize of 833 in the Prestonfield Golf Club pro-am in Edinburgh. Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) was second.

• A new 54-hole United Kingdom universities golf tournament named The Stirling Invitational is to be played over the three Gleneagles Hotel courses on September 12 and 13 this year.