McCarthy turns on the style in Scotland

Julie McCarthy produced a sensational homeward half performance in her second round at the Scottish Girls U16 Championship at Strathmore yesterday to storm to the title and fire an early- season warning to her rivals.

The Irish Girls U18 champion who plays out of the Forrest Little club in Dublin, fired five birdies in a bogey-free second nine for a six-under par 66 and a 36-hole aggregate of 138.

That gave her a three-stroke victory over Austria’s Emma Spitz, who was one of the three overnight leaders a stroke ahead of McCarthy.