Pamela Pretswell on a high after clinching British title

Pretswell, 21, from Hamilton won the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship in an exciting finish at Tenby Golf Club, South Wales.

It is her first domestic national title although she won the Switzerland women's open amateur championship three years ago and was recently pipped for the Austrian women's open title.

She is the fourth Scot in the past seven years to win the British stroke play title, following in the footsteps of compatriots Clare Queen (2004), Heather MacRae (2005) and Roseanne Niven (2008).

The tournament was reduced to three rounds after a two-and-a-half hour suspension of play from 9am to 11.30am while a violent thunder and lightning storm raged over the course.

The joint overnight leaders, Pretswell and Chrisje De Vries (Netherlands), did not set out for the third round until 12.30 which meant there would not have been enough daylight left for the field to play 36 holes on the final day.

Curtis Cup reserve Amy Boulden (Maesdu) moved up from third place, one off the pace, at the start of the round to take the lead with an outward 37 to Pretswell's 39 and 45 by De Vries.

Boulden was still in the lead with two holes to go. Pretswell was hanging on with a birdie at the 10th but bogeys at the 11th, 14th, 15th and 16th kept her playing second fiddle.

Then came a decisive two-stroke swing in the Scot's favour. While leader Boulden bogeyed the short 17th, Pretswell was able to get a birdie 2. That put the Scot in front by a shot and she doubled her winning margin to two shots by parring the last after Boulden had bogeyed it.

Meanwhile, Carnoustie's Eric Ramsay produced an amazing front nine in earning a share of the halfway lead at the ECCO Championship in Hamburg. A winner on the Challenge Tour last season, the Scot stormed to the turn in 28 thanks to five birdies and an eagle. He went on to sign for a 65 and, on eight-under-par, is tied for the lead with Australian Matthew Zions.