Elizabeth Mallet, 13, wins schools title with record score
Warwickshire teenager Elizabeth Mallett has won her third schools golf title – with the help of a course record.
The 13-year-old from Sutton Coldfield Ladies’ scored a three-under par 68 in her second round at Bloxwich Golf Club. She added it to her morning 75 to win the Midland schools girls’ championship by three shots from Megan McClaren of Northamptonshire.
Elizabeth, who is a member of the English Women’s Golf Association’s regional Select Midlands Squad, already holds the English U16 and the Warwickshire schools’ titles.
She was four shots off the pace at the halfway stage of the Midlands competition but played immaculate golf to shoot her first sub-70 round. Elizabeth parred every hole except the 11th, where she had a tap-in birdie, and the 18th where she chipped in for an eagle three.
Elizabeth also helped county colleagues Hannah McLoughlin and Alice Young to win the team shield for Warwickshire for the first time.
Meanwhile, Lincolnshire’s Holly Clyburn won the girls’ title at the North of England schools championship at Prenton, Cheshire, with a level par total for the 36-hole event, helped by a three-under par 70 in the afternoon.
The Woodhall Spa player is an England girl international and the Lincolnshire county champion. She is a member of the English Women’s Golf Association Futures U18 Squad.
Holly, 17, and Elizabeth have both qualified for the national schools championship at The Kendleshire, near Bristol, later this month.
