Spanish Hi5 Pro Tour Scoreboard

TODAY'S LADIES FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
1-224 Johanna Lundberg (Sweden) 74 79 71.
2-225 Josefin Leijon (Sweden) 76 75 74.
3-228 Mari Suursalu (Estonia) 78 75 75.
4-230 Elin Emanuelsson (Sweden) 81 78 71.
5-231 Emelie Lind (Sweden) 79 79 73.
6-234 Caroline Martens-Larson (Norway) 81 74 79.
7-236 Antonella Cvitan (Sweden) 78 83 75.

+Lloyd Saltman (Aegon) won the men's section. Switch over to www.scottishgolfview.com for the details.

SUS Championships Event #3
Cardrona Golf Club, Peebles
SUNDAY-MONDAY, MARCH 14-15

This is the third SUS Championship 2009-10.
Check-in will be in the Spike Bar area of the hotel. Please check-in 20 minutes before tee time please.
MEN
54 hole event
36 holes on Sunday with a TWO-TEE START
Cut will be made after leading 30 competitors and ties.
18 Holes on Monday.
Local Rules will be in place and a sheet will be given out on the 1st/8th tee.
All players are reminded they must check-in personally and alert staff of any handicap changes.
Through the green, Preferred Lies will be in operation as well as relief from plugged balls.
R&A Rules of Golf will be in use as will standard SUS/BUCS golf competition rules.
Play will be from the White Tees.
Cardrona Golf Club
Monday will be redrawn to reflect leading scores.

SUNDAY MEN'S TEE TIMES
8.00am 1st Tee 12.45pm 8th Tee William Russell (0) Stirling
8.00am 1st Tee 12.45pm 8th Tee Mark Scanlon (4) Strathclyde
8.00am 1st Tee 12.45pm 8th Tee Gordon Stevenson (+2) St Andrews

8.10am 1st Tee 12.53pm 8th Tee Patrick Spraggs (0) Stirling
8.10am 1st Tee 12.53pm 8th Tee Paul Robinson (2) Strathclyde
8.10am 1st Tee 12.53pm 8th Tee Ben Sloan (+1) Heriot Watt

8.20am 1st Tee 1.01pm 8th Tee Graeme Robertson (1) Stirling
8.20am 1st Tee 1.01pm 8th Tee Steve Scott (1) Abertay
8.20am 1st Tee 1.01pm 8th Tee Matt Wheeler (0) St Andrews

8.30am 1st Tee 1.09pm 8th Tee Kit Holmes (0) Stirling
8.30am 1st Tee 1.09pm 8th Tee Euan Brown (+1) Strathclyde
8.30am 1st Tee 1.09pm 8th Tee Keith Shanks (+3) Aberdeen

8.40am 1st Tee 1.17pm 8th Tee David Booth (+2) Stirling
8.40am 1st Tee 1.17pm 8th Tee Steven Pointin (0) St Andrews
8.40am 1st Tee 1.17pm 8th Tee Alan Ferguson (1) UHI

8.50am 1st Tee 1.25pm 8th Tee John Duff (+1) Aberdeen
8.50am 1st Tee 1.25pm 8th Tee Colin Baird (1) Stirling
8.50am 1st Tee 1.25pm 8th Tee Will Wrisdale (0) St Andrews

9.00am 1st Tee 1.33pm 8th Tee Fraser Moore (0) Stirling
9.00am 1st Tee 1.33pm 8th Tee John Wybar (0) Aberdeen
9.00am 1st Tee 1.33pm 8th Tee Steven Smith (1) Heriot Watt

9.10am 1st Tee 1.41pm 8th Tee Corin Stewart (3) Aberdeen
9.10am 1st Tee 1.41pm 8th Tee Michael Daily (+1) Stirling
9.10am 1st Tee 1.41pm 8th Tee Malcolm Pennycott (0) Heriot Watt

7.24am 8th Tee 12.35pm 1st Tee Christopher Thewlis (0) Napier
7.24am 8th Tee 12.35pm 1st Tee Gavin Forbester (3) Strathclyde
7.24am 8th Tee 12.35pm 1st Tee Ally Leith (5) Glasgow

7.32am 8th Tee 12.45pm 1st Tee Sam Binning (+1) Glasgow
7.32am 8th Tee 12.45pm 1st Tee Duncan Arthur (3) Aberdeen
7.32am 8th Tee 12.45pm 1st Tee Darren Timms (0) Stirling

7.40am 8th Tee 12.55pm 1st Tee Anand Shah (1) Aberdeen
7.40am 8th Tee 12.55pm 1st Tee Joe Lockie (+1) St Andrews
7.40am 8th Tee 12.55pm 1st Tee Ben Herriot (4) Heriot Watt

7.48am 8th Tee 1.05pm 1st Tee Malo Scullion (5) Aberdeen
7.48am 8th Tee 1.05pm 1st Tee Ryan Stirling (5) UHI
7.48am 8th Tee 1.05pm 1st Tee Mike Gray (0) St Andrews

7.56am 8th Tee 1.15pm 1st Tee Nick McAndrew (0) Aberdeen
7.56am 8th Tee 1.15pm 1st Tee Alex Culverwell (0) Stirling
7.56am 8th Tee 1.15pm 1st Tee Callum Marshall (4) Heriot Watt

8.04am 8th Tee 1.25pm 1st Tee Cameron Hay (1) Aberdeen
8.04am 8th Tee 1.25pm 1st Tee Cameron Gray (0) St Andrews
8.04am 8th Tee 1.25pm 1st Tee Rory Whitson (4) Heriot Watt

8.12am 8th Tee 1.35pm 1st Tee Adam Foley (3) Heriot Watt
8.12am 8th Tee 1.35pm 1st Tee Sean Thompson (0) Stirling
8.12am 8th Tee 1.35pm 1st Tee John Corke (+1) St Andrews

8.20am 8th Tee 1.45pm 1st Tee Euan Patterson (1) Heriot Watt
8.20am 8th Tee 1.45pm 1st Tee Michael Howard (0) Stirling
8.20am 8th Tee 1.45pm 1st Tee Ryan Penny (3) UHI

8.28am 8th Tee 1.55pm 1st Tee Jon Skomedal (4) Heriot Watt
8.28am 8th Tee 1.55pm 1st Tee Ally MacDonald (3) Strathclyde
8.28am 8th Tee 1.55pm 1st Tee Andrew Wallace (1) Stirling

8.36am 8th Tee 2.05pm 1st Tee Colin Thomson (1) Stirling
8.36am 8th Tee 2.05pm 1st Tee Jordan Leask (3) Strathclyde
8.36am 8th Tee 2.05pm 1st Tee Douglas Maxwell (1) Aberdeen

8.44am 8th Tee 2.15pm 1st Tee Bobby Rushford (1) Stirling
8.44am 8th Tee 2.15pm 1st Tee Graham MacDougall (0) Strathclyde
8.44am 8th Tee 2.15pm 1st Tee Michael Hunt (0) UHI

WOMEN
54 hole event
18 holes on Sunday. All competitors will start from the first tee.
THERE WILL NOT BE A CUT IN THE WOMEN’S COMPETITION.
36 Holes on Monday.
Local Rules will be in place and a sheet will be given out at 1st tee.
All players are reminded they must check-in personally and alert staff of any handicap changes.
Through the green, Preferred Lies will be in operation as well as relief from plugged balls.
R&A Rules of Golf will be in use as will standard SUS/BUCS golf competition rules.
Play will be from the Red Tees.
Players are reminded that this event will be used to raise money for Barnardo’s Children’s Charity. We have devised a way of raising this money and please take time to read the following sheet so you can let the starters know if you are taking part in the initiative or just making a kind donation
For this event we are aiming to raise money for the Children’s charity Barnardo’s. Whatever money is raised from the golfers, Scottish Universities will match that and present Barnardo’s with a cheque on the conclusion on the tournament.
The proposed idea is that for any bogey made by each individual golfer they donate 10p, for any double bogey 20p is donated and for anything above a double bogey 50 is donated. A small fee which will go to a worthy cause. It is of course at the discretion of the player if they take part in this initiative, a simple donation can be made as well. You will be prompted upon check-in if you want to take part or not.
Should you wish to learn more about Barnardo’s and their work with Universities and Colleges please contact Emma Cairns on 0131 314 6653 or at emma.cairns@barnardos.org.uk. There is also further information about our work on our website which can be found at http://www.barnardos.org.uk/.’

WOMEN'S DRAW FOR SUNDAY
(Monday draw will reflect earlier scores):
9.30am 1st Tee Eleanor Pike (12) St Andrews
9.30am 1st Tee Felicity Lloyd Jones (9) St Andrews
9.30am 1st Tee Harriet Beasley (4) Stirling

9.40am 1st Tee Ashley Smith (6) St Andrews
9.40am 1st Tee Nadia Green (9) St Andrews
9.40am 1st Tee Susan Jackson (1) Edinburgh

9.50am 1st Tee Mikaela Nordblad (5) St Andrews
9.50am 1st Tee Jennifer Linklater (5) St Andrews

10.00am 1st Tee Megan Jones (3) St Andrews
10.00am 1st Tee Jane Turner (+2) RGU
10.00am 1st Tee Alisa Theunis (3) St Andrews

Women's Australian Open at Melbourne

Laura Davies leads by two with a five-under 68

Defending champion Laura Davies shot a five-under-par 68 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Women's Australian Open at Melbourne today
Davies had six birdies and a bogey on the tough, par-73 Commonwealth lay-out where fewer than 25 golfers in the 150-woman field broke par.
There was a six-way tie for second: Yang Soo-jin, Giulia Sergas, Jenni Kuosa, Felicity Johnson, Rebecca Flood and amateur Alison Whitaker all had 70s.
Alexis Thompson, the 15-year-old American amateur who played in the U.S. Open at the age of 12, shot 71 and was in a group tied for eighth.
Karrie Webb, winner last week of the Australian Ladies Masters and a four-time Women's Australian Open champion, shot 73. Playing the tougher back nine first, Webb had three bogeys before making the turn and then made four birdies and another bogey to remain even on the day.
Former US Curtis Cup amateur star Amanda Blumenherst, who led the Australian Masters after the first two rounds, shot 77 while fellow American Christina Kim had a 78.
Davies bailed herself out by some strong putting.
"Luckily I putted really well today," Davies said. "Today we had two 8- or 9-footers for par and they both went right in the middle of the hole. That's the sort of thing that really keeps you going. Then on nine, hoping to two-putt and you roll a 35-footer in so that was a real bonus."
Davies has won the Australian Open twice -- last year at Metropolitan and in 2004 at Concord in New South Wales.
FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 73
Players from Australia unless stated.
68 Laura Davies (England).
70 Rebecca Flood, Felicity Johnson (England), Jenni Kuosa (Finland), Giulia Sergas (Italy), Alison Whittaker, Soo-Jin Yang (South Korea).
71 Stefanie Michl (Austria), Alexis Thompson (United States) (amateur).
72 Christel Boeljon (Netherlands), Riikka Hakkarainen (Finland), Katherine Hull, Karine Icher (France), Sarah Oh, Melissa Reid (England), Hede-Kyung Seo (South Korea), Kristie Smith.
73 Elizabeth Bennett (England), He-Yong Choi (South Korea), Lorie Kane (Canada), Ha-Neul Kim (South Korea), Kym Larratt (England), Marjet Van Der Graaff (Neterlands), Karrie Webb.
Selected scores:
74 Krystle Caithness (Scotland), Lynn Kenny (Scotland), Rebecca Hudson (England) (jt 28th).
75 Hannah Ralph (England) (jt 39th).
76 Danielle Bowers (England), Lydia Hall (Wales), Hazel Kavanagh (Ireland), Janice Moodie (Scotland), Azahara Munoz (Spain), Florentyna Parker (England), Sophie Walker (England) (jt 52nd).
77 Becky Brewerton (Wales), Rebecca Coakley (Ireland), Vikki Laing (Scotland), Breanne Loucks (Wales), Becky Morgan (Wales), Georgina Simpson (England) (jt 70th).
80 Alison Walshe (Ireland) (jt 122nd).
84 Gwladys Nocera (France) (jt 141st).

Rachel Polson tops Academy Winter Series Order of Merit

SCOTTISH GOLF ACADEMY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Under-16 Girls' Winter Series
Final Order of Merit

1 Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 4 665.00 (pictured)
2 Ailsa Bain (Peebles) 4 615.00
3 Clara Young (North Berwick) 4 600.00
4 Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 4 585.00
5 Connie Jaffrey (West Kilbride) 3 573.33
6 Samantha Munro (Aberdour) 3 510.83
T7 Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 3 425.00
T7 Linsey Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry) 3 425.00
9 Tara McTaggart Minto 3 423.33
10 Lauren Whyte St Regulus 2 415.00
T11 Jessica Meek Carnoustie Ladies 3 340.00
T11 Hannah McCook Abernethy 2 340.00
13 Eleanor Tunn Reay 3 332.50
14 Mhairi McKay West Kilbride 2 280.00
15 Alison Goodwin Glenbervie 2 195.00
Dates and venues of competitions:
Event 1 - Nairn Dunbar, October 18, 2009.
Event 2 - Whitekirk, November 22, 2009.
Event 3 - Eden course, St Andrews, February 7, 2010.
Event 4 - Forrester Park, March 7.
+Under-16 boys' Final Order of Merit table is on www.scottishgolfview.com

Active Schools Co-ordinator Matt Mullen shows Glasgow school staff teachers how to deliver firstclubgolf (imae byRob Eyton-Jones)

Glasgow gets set to introduce 3,300 children to golf

The drive to give more Glasgow primary school children the opportunity to play golf accelerates this month with the city’s Active Schools Team training classroom teachers to deliver the national junior golf programme, clubgolf’s introductory game.
In 2009, 42 of Glasgow’s 170 schools introduced their 1260 of their Primary 5s to clubgolf’s introductory game, firstclubgolf, which employs modified equipment. Taught by school staff, supported by Active Schools Co-ordinators, it gives children an enjoyable introduction to the game.
That figure, 21 percent of the total P5 roll of 6000, is expected to rise by 2000 this year after clubgolf and Active Schools combined forces to buy 50 bags of firstclubgolf equipment for Glasgow schools.
“This is a big step up this year in terms of increasing the numbers of children who we will deliver clubgolf to,” said Active Schools Manager, Kay Cherrie.
“The difficulty in the past was that without firstclubgolf equipment in schools there was little point in the staff becoming trained to teach the game.
“This year we have been able to access the finance to buy 50 bags so two thirds of schools now have equipment. Half of the funding (£7500) has come from the Council and Education Services. clubgolf has matched this which has enabled us to buy 50 bags and make the big push.”
To ensure that staff in these schools are fully prepared to teach the game to children, Active Schools is running a series of training sessions this month. Eighty three teachers are being trained in three four-hour sessions. Active Schools Co-ordinators continue supporting staff once they begin delivering in their schools.
“The response from schools and teachers has been really good,” said Mrs Cherrie. “With support from Active Schools Co-ordinators, staff find clubgolf relatively easy to deliver.
“With the equipment and the lesson plans, it’s a readymade off the shelf activity that can be used in our schools, during curriculum time, circle time, after school and in holiday programmes.”
“Our Active Schools Co-ordinators will make sure the schools are fully supported and the children get a good experience from it.”
With higher numbers of children being introduced to the schools game more clubs and volunteer coaches will be needed to ensure they can progress.
Haggs Castle is the first private club in Glasgow to see the potential of signing up to clubgolf and will be organising training for its volunteer coaches this spring. The volunteers will link with their local schools to provide a pathway for the children to progress into junior and eventually senior golf.
Rob Eyton-Jones
clubgolf Media Manager
Official clubgolf website: www.clubgolfscotland.com

Harriet jt 50th in Eagle Landing Invite

Harriet Owers-Bradley from Nottingham, a junior year student at Yale University, finished joint 50th in a field of 96 players at the JMU Eagle Landing Invite women's college tournament at Eagle Landing Golf Club, Orange Park in Florida.
Harriet had rounds of 78, 80 and 76 for a total of 234 over the par-72, 6282yd course.
Ami Storey (Kansas State) from the North-east of England finished joint 56th on 235 with scores of 81, 80 and 74.
Alex Banham (Stetson, University, Florida), a junior student from Birmingham, tied for 82nd place on 245 with scores of 80, 86 and 79.
South Florida (898) won the team title ahead of Illinois (904). Stetson tied for fifth place on 915 with Yale (947) 16th of the 17 teams.

SLGA Under 16s Championship at Strathmore

FROM THE SLGA WEBSITE
Entries for the SLGA Under 16 Open Stroke Play Championship are now closed. The event has once again been over subscribed with 108 entries for 102 places. Entrants with a handicap of 20 or better have been entered into the draw which will be posted to competitors in the next couple of days. Those with handicaps higher than 20 will be given the opportunity to be placed on the waiting list.

Alex Salmond's major announcement about £2million boost for Scottish amateur golf

First Minister Alex Salmond (centre) with a group including SLGA chairman Shona Malcolm, British Women's Open champion Catriona Matthew and Douglas Connon, chairman of the Scottish Golf Union Board, at North Berwick today when a major announcement about additional funding for Scottish amateur golf, particularly those who are turning professional., was made.

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Jamie Chapman joint 25th in Tusculum Invitational

Jamie Chapman (Lincoln Memorial University, a freshman student from Sussex, finished joint 25th in a field of 93 players for the Tusculum Invitational college tournament at Links Hill Country Club, Greeneville in Tennessee.
Chapman had rounds of 76 and 70 for 146.
Winner of back-to-back tournaments was Jack Garrett (Lenoir-Rhyne University) with scores of 71 and 63 (a course record) for a total of 134 over the par-71, 6763yd course. Garrett won by three strokes.
Tom Rennie, a sophomore student at Brevard College, North Carolina, came joint 78th on 158 with rounds of 82 and 76.

Sally from St Andrews win SULGA Stableford at The Duke's

Sally Richards (St Andrews University) won the latest Scottish Universities Ladies Golf Association Stableford competition over The Duke's Course St Andrews.
Sally, playing off 22 of a handicap, has a very good points score of 41 from the par-71 red tees (SSS 71, CSS 71).
Glasgow University students finished second and third.
Helen Goodwin finished runner-up with 41pt off 22 while Alison Brady finished third with 38pt off 13.

HOW THEY FINISHED:
1 Sally Richards (St Andrews) (22) 41pt.
2 Helen Goodwin (Glasgow) (13) 38.
3 Alison Brady (Glasgow) (28) 34.
4 Rona Agnew (GCU) (25) 33.
5 Suzie McInally (GCU) (25) 32.
6 Isla Craigie (Edinburgh) (6), Nadia Green (St Andrews) (9) 31.
8 Arlene McGarty (Strathclyde) (5), Claire Mulholland (Dundee) (12), Fiona Rentoul (St Andrews) (15) 30.
11 Susan Jackson (Edinburgh) (scr) 29.
12 Harriet Beasley (Stirling) (5), Gillian Arnott (Strathclyde) (6), Emma Bisset (Aberdeen) (7) 28.
15 Rebecca Wilson (Stirling) (2), Rachel Cassidy (Stirling) (2) 27.
17 Katie MacPherson (St Andrews) (15) 26.
18 Eleanor Pike (St Andrews) (10) 23.
19 Nicola Robinson (Edinburgh) (11) 21.
20 Lisa Byrne (Dundee) (15) 5.

Channel Islander Olivia shares

fourth place in 'Lady Jaguar'

Channel Islander Olivia Jordan Higgins, a student at Charleston Southern University, shared fourth place in a field of 75 players at the Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate tournament over the Forest Hills Golf Club course (par 72, 5878yd) at Augusta, Georgia today.

Olivia, pictured, had rounds of 74, 74 and 76 for a total of 224 in difficult conditions.

Even the winner of the event, Madrid's Aruka Felgueroso (Coastal Carolina) struggled except for a brilliant final round of 68, which was easily the best of the tournament by anyone and gave her a four-stroke margin of victory.

Aruka's earlier rounds were 74 and 77 and her winning total was three-over-par 219.

Clara Leathers (Middle Tennessee State), a senior student from Aylesbury, had scores of 78, 77 and 77 for a total of 232 and joint 16th place.

Coastal Carolina (891) won the team title ahead of Augusta State (906) and North Carolina Wilmington (926). Middle Tennessee State (933) finish fifth and Charleston Southern (954) joint 11th in a field of 14 teams.

SLGA name teams for stroke-play tournaments

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SCOTTISH LADIES GOLFING ASSOCIATION
The SLGA is pleased to announce the following teams to represent Scotland:

SLGA Under 16 Open Stroke Play Championship, Strathmore Golf Centre, April 8-9:
Team 1: Lesley Atkins (Minto), Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), Clara Young (North Berwick).
Team 2: Connie Jaffray (West Kilbride), Tara Mactaggart (Minto), Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies).
Reserves: 1 Linsey Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies), 2 Lauren Whyte (St Regulus)

Helen Holm Scottish Open Stroke Play Championship, Troon, April 23-25:
Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle).
Reserves: 1 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), 2 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm)

Welsh Ladies' Open Amateur 54 Hole Stroke Play Championship, Southerndown Golf Club, May 1-2:
Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), Laura Murray (Alford), Jane Turner (Craigielaw).
Travelling reserve: Rachael Watton (Mortonhall)

Irish Ladies' Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Newlands Golf Club, June 5-6:

Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), Jane Turner (Craigielaw).

Travelling reserve: Laura Murray (Alford).

Reserve: Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar)

Quality field building up for the 'Helen Holm'

This year's Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play championship is shaping to be one of the best - if the quality of the entries so far is any guide.
They include so far the 2009 champions of Scotland (Megan Briggs), England (Charlie Douglass) and Wales (Tara Davies).
The fact that the LGU selectors will be at the tournament and will be meeting on the evening of Sunday, April 25 to choose the Great Britain & Ireland team of eight for the Curtis Cup match at Essex County Club, Massachusetts in June could have something to do with it.
But the tournament is also pulling them in from places as far away as Russia.
Two rounds will be played over Troon Portland on Friday and Saturday, April 23 & 24 after which there will be a cut and the qualifiers (leading 66 players and ties) will play the final 18 holes over Royal Troon on the Sunday.
Entries close at noon on Monday, March 22. Handicap limit is 5.4.
Entry forms can be downloaded from the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association website: www.slga.co.uk.
THE FIELD SO FAR
(from the SLGA website)
1 Lucie Andre Mionnay France +2.7
2 Lesley Atkins Minto Scotland 2.8
3 Amy Boulden Maesdu Wales 0.4
4 Eilidh Briggs Kilmacolm Scotland 1.0
5 Megan Briggs Kilmacolm Scotland 0.3
6 Emma Brown Malton & Norton England +3.1
7 Ciara Butler Newlands Ireland 1.8
8 Holly Clyburn Woodhall Spa England +2
9 Charlotte Dalton Ladbrook Park England 0.9
10 Tara Davies Holyhead Wales 0.5
11 Charlie Douglass Brocket Hall England 0.8
12 Charlotte Ellis Minchinhampton England +1.6
13 Stephanie Evans Vale of Llangollen Wales 0.1
14 Bethany Garton Royal Lytham & St Annes England 2.1
15 Hannah Grant Enmore Park England 0.3
16 Becky Harries Haverfordwest Wales +0.2
17 Rachel Jennings Izaak Walton England +2.6
18 Louise Kenney Pitreavie Scotland +1.6
19 Samantha Leslie Westhill Scotland 2.5
20 Emelie Lundstrom Mosjo Sweden +1
21 Kelsey MacDonald Nairn Dunbar Scotland +1.9
22 Stephanie McEvoy Old Fold Manor England 3.2
23 Alyson McKechin Elderslie Scotland 2.8
24 Gillian Monteith Portpatrick Dunskey Scotland 0.0
25 Laura Murray Alford Scotland +1.2
26 Elizaveta Nikulina Moscow City Russia 3.4
27 Pamela Pretswell Bothwell Castle Scotland +2.7
28 Ann B Ramsay Kirriemuir Scotland 0.4
29 Emma Sheffield Newark England 0.6
30 Ailsa Summers Carnoustie Ladies Scotland 3.0
31 Lauren Taylor Woburn England +2.1
32 Rachael Taylor Hartl Golf Resort Germany 2.4
33 Jess Wilcox Blankney England 0.4

Kirsty O'Connor makes top 20 at Rio Verde

Former Welsh women's amateur champion Kirsty O'Connor (Ball State University, Indiana) finished joint 15th in a field of 96 players for the Rio Verde Invitational women's college tournament over the Quail Run course (par71, 6229yd) at Rio Verde Golf Club, Arizona.

Kirsty, pictured right, who comes from Burnley, Lancashire, had rounds of 77, 77 and 75 for a total of 229 - 20 shots behind the winner, Ashley Bauer (Michant who had rounds of 68, 68 and 73 for a runaway, nine-stroke victory.

Michigan (881) won the team event ahead of Minnesota (895) and Eastern Michigan (904). Ball State (922) finished sixth of 18 teams.

Alan Glynn joint eighth in USF Invitational in Florida

Alan Glynn from Middlesex, a student at Xavier University, Cincinnati, was the highest placed finisher of the British students competing in the USF Invitational college tournament at Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club, Dade City in Florida.
Alan had rounds of 72, 68 and 73 for a three-under-par total of 213 which tied him for eighth place. He had been tied for fourth place until that last-round 73 dropped him four spots.
Xavier team-mate Kieran Lovelock from Surrey shared 36th place on 219 with scores of 74, 71 and 74.
Jack Hiluta (South Alabama) from Chelmsford finished joint 41st on 222 with scores of 75, 72 and 75.
Tom Robson from Waterlooville, Hampshire, a freshman student at Jacksonville State University, Alabama, finished joint 55th on 224 with scores of 74, 75 and 75.
Scot Michael Watson, also a JSU student, from Elgin tied for 112th position in a field of 120 with a total of 237. His individual rounds were 82, 78 and 77.
Matt Stauch (Florida Southern College) was the individual winner by five shots in a generally-low scoring tournament. He had rounds of 68, 65 and 71 for a 12-under-par total of 204 over a 7,153yd course.

North of Scotland Championship entry forms on

"new look" Angus County website

Aileen Hunter has given the Angus County website a bit of a makeover - www.angusladiesgolf.org
Aileen told Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk:
" I felt it was about time and I wanted to put what I'm learning in my Web Design & Development degree course to good use. Until I started at Abertay University I was self taught, so it's good to be learning better practices (or as many as my old brain can retain).
"There is a section on the site for the North of Scotland Championship which is at Forfar Golf Club from July 5 to 7. Entry forms can be downloaded from the site."

Hannah and Emma fourth and seventh in Treasure Coast Classic

Bethune Cookman College's two English senior students, Hannah Bews from Dorset and Emma Taylor from Saunton, finished joint fourth and seventh respectively in a small field of 12 players for the Treasure Coast Women's Classic college tournament at Indian Hills Golf Club, Fort Pierce in Florida.
Hannah had rounds of 74, 75 and 82 for a total of 231 over the par-71, 5805yd course.
Emma scored 78, 75 and 83 for a total of 236.
Joint winners with totals of 225 were Bethune-Cookman College team-mates Kimberley Wong (72-77-76) and Maria Garrido (75-76-74).

Home winner in Spanish women's amateur international championship

Nerea Salaverria from Spain, the No 6 seed, won the Spanish women's amateur international championship, at Platja del Pals, Girona today.
She beat the No 5 qualifier, Sweden's Emma Nilsson by one hole in the 18-hole final.
Nerea, who comes from San Sebastian, had a double celebration later - this was her 18th birthday!
Last year two different French players won the Portuguese and then the Spanish women's amateur international championships, the first main events on the European women's amateur calendar.
This year, two different Spaniards have achieved the feat. The "Portuguese" was won by Anna Arrese, the No 2 seed, who lost in the quarter-finals of the "Spanish."

Krystle Caithness and Vikki Laing make top 20 in Australia

Karrie Webb wins ANZ Masters by six shots

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Australian Karrie Webb won her seventh ANZ Ladies Masters title at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast in Australia today.
The 35-year-old Queenslander shot a final round 11-under 61 for a six-stroke victory over her compatriot, the 2009 champion, Katherine Hull and South Korean Bo-Mee Lee.
Webb began the final round one stroke ahead of Hull and Lee, but fired off nine birdies and an eagle to extinguish their final round challenge.
She eventually finished at 26-under 262, matching her own tournament record from 1999.
Webb was pressed hard by Hull, who reeled off four birdies in her first six holes. However, Webb holed a nine-iron approach from 125 yards for eagle on the par-four seventh, to be five-under-par through seven holes.
Webb birdied the ninth, with five more birdies over the back nine. She rolled in a 30 foot putt on 18 for her ninth birdie of the day and bettered the course record set in 2009 by Kristie Smith by a shot. She also equalled the all-time lowest round record on the Ladies European Tour.
“As soon as I hit it, and that’s how good the putter’s feeling in my hands, as soon as I made contact with it I knew I had a chance,” said Webb, who revealed that she had thought about shooting a 59.
“I was saying at the presentation when I stood on 16 and I knew I had a four-shot lead and I was trying to work out how many under I was and I couldn’t work it out. But I thought I was at 10 under. I had a good birdie chance on 16… the thought went through my mind that if I birdied the last three I could shoot a 59 and I just went ‘I am too tired to think about that, to even get nervous about that. If it happens, it happens.’ So no, it feels great to play the way I have, this whole week.”
Webb was pushed early on by Hull, whose final round of 66 included eight birdies over her first 12 holes, however she bogeyed the second and 17th.
Lee’s matching number of 66 included four birdies and an eagle at the ninth, sealing a flawless score card with no bogeys all week.
Hull said: “Karrie just played absolutely flawless golf and, yeah, you can never rule out a hall of fame player can you?
“It was just rock solid, she was swinging it well all day and obviously rolling them from everywhere, so, I actually, I felt pretty good out there, I felt like I could give it a good crack and then I just couldn’t make a putt coming in, so that’s just the way golf goes, but, yeah, it was just an absolute clinic on Karrie’s part.”
It certainly was. Webb took a three-stroke lead with four to play when she birdied the 14th and hit two great shots just off the back edge at the par five 15th moving four ahead of Hull at ten under for the day.
When Hull bogeyed the 17th Webb was about to enjoy the thrill of a five shot lead playing the last hole.
Webb said that the win rated highly amongst her 46 career titles. “It’s very high up there. The quality of golf today was unbelievable, I’m sure you were watching but Katherine, she was pushing me all the way. Just when I thought I had created a little bit of breathing room she would come right back at me with a birdie and, I’m actually really, really exhausted,” she said.
Seo-Hee Kyung finished alone in 4th position at 19-under with fifth placed So-Yeon Ryu a further four strokes back in 5th.
Denmark’s Iben Tinning was the best placed European player at 14-under in a share of sixth with Australian Tamie Durdin.
The previous week’s Pegasus New Zealand Women’s Open champion Laura Davies finished with a 71 for a share of 25th place.
She will defend her Handa Australian Women’s Open title next week at Commonwealth Golf Club in Melbourne against a quality field including Webb.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
Players from Australia unless stated
262 Karrie Webb 68 69 64 61
268 Bo-Mee Lee (South Korea) 69 70 63 66, Katherine Hull 67 70 65 66
269 Hee Kyung Seo (South Korea) 69 68 66 66
273 So yeon Ryu (South Korea) 70 67 66 70
274 Iben Tinning (Denmark) 70 68 68 68, Tamie Durdin 69 68 72 65
275 Lindsey Wright 71 71 66 67, Stacy Lewis (US) 69 69 69 68, Amanda Blumenherst (US) 66 69 70 70
276 Yani Tseng (Taiwan) 71 67 67 71, Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) 68 70 69 69
277 Eun Hee Ji (South Korea) 71 68 68 70
278 Vicky Hurst (US) 68 71 69 70, Stefanie Michl (Austria) 71 68 70 69, Brittany Lincicome (US) 72 71 69 66, Sarah-Jane Smith 70 68 70 70, Sandra Gal (Germany) 71 70 67 70
279 Vikki Laing (Scotland) 69 71 72 67, Rebecca Flood 70 72 67 70, Florentyna Parker (England) 69 70 71 69, Krystle Caithness (Scotland) 72 69 67 71, Hee Young Park (South Korea) 73 68 67 71, Kristie Smith 68 74 68 69
280 Virginine Lagoutte-Clement (France) 72 69 68 71, Laura Davies (England) 70 70 69 71, Jeong Jang (South Korea) 70 68 70 72, Karine Icher (France) 70 69 73 68, Mina Harigae (US) 73 70 71 66
281 Taylor Leon (US) 70 71 71 69, Nikki Garrett 69 72 70 70, Sophie Gustafson (Sweden) 72 68 73 68, Katie Futcher (US) 73 68 71 69, Soo-jin Yang (South Korea) 72 72 69 68
282 Karen Lunn 72 71 69 70, Jeong Eun Lee (South Korea) 72 67 72 71, Pernilla Lindberg (Sweden) 70 73 71 68, Sarah Kemp 72 69 71 70
283 He-yong Choi (South Korea) 72 69 68 74, Azahara Munoz (Spain) 74 68 70 71, Tania Elosegui (Spain) 71 67 73 72, Ji-na Lim (South Korea) 69 66 75 73, Becky Brewerton (Wales) 68 74 72 69, Diana D'Alessio (US) 72 70 74 67, Louise Stahle (Sweden) 73 66 77 67, Ursula Wikstrom (Finland) 70 74 68 71
284 Caroline Afonso (France) 69 72 71 72, Giulia Sergas (Italy) 73 70 70 71, Elizabeth Bennett (England) 71 72 69 72, Bo kyung Kim (South Korea) 71 71 70 72
285 Hye youn Kim (South Korea) 70 71 70 74, Becky Morgan (Wales) 72 72 68 73, Janice Moodie (Scotland) 74 70 73 68
287 Vicky Hermina Thomas 73 68 73 73, Shin-ae Ahn (South Korea) 76 68 73 70, Ran Hong (South Korea) 74 67 71 75, You-na Park (South Korea) 73 71 69 74, Stacy Lee Bregman (South Africa) 73 66 72 76, Christina Kim (US) 71 73 73 70
288 Anna Oh (South Korea) 71 70 74 73, Rebecca Coakley (Ireland) 75 69 71 73, Bomi Suh (US) 72 72 74 70
289 Lynn Kenny (Scotland) 72 71 76 70
290 Jessica Noh 69 72 76 73
291 Ju young Park (South Korea) 74 69 74 74
294 Hazel Kavanagh (Ireland) 72 72 72 78

Nilsson v Salaverria for Spanish women's title

Sweden's Emma Nilsson, conqueror of Scotland's Kelsey MacDonald in the second round and European Young Masters girls' title-holder Klara Spilkova in this morning's quarter-finals, will meet Spain's Nerea Salaverria in Sunday's 18-hole final of the Spanish women's international amateur championship at Golf Platja de Pals, Gerona.
Spilkova ended the British challenge in the round of the last eight. She beat England's Hannah Barwood (Knowle) by 5 and 3 before losing by 4 and 3 to Nilsson in the semi-finals.
The No 2 seed, Anna Arrese (Spain), seeking to complete an Iberian double - she won the Portuguese women's amateur championship at the end of January, surprisingly lost at the 19th to Sweden's Louise Ridderstrom in the quarter-finals.
Ridderstrom went down by 4 and 3 to Salaverria.
TODAY'S RESULTS

QUARTER-FINALS
Klara Spilkova (Czech Republic) (16th qualifier) bt Hannah Barwood (England) (8) 5 and 3.
Emma Nilson (Sweden) (5) bt Johanna Tillstrom (Sweden) 3and 2.
Nerea Salaverria (Spain) (6) beat Elia Folch (Spain) 5 and 4.
Louise Ridderstrom (Sweden) (26) bt Anna Arrese (Spain) (2) at 19th.

SEMI-FINALS
Nilsson bt Spilkova 4 and 3.
Salaverria bt Ridderstrom 4 and 3.

AUSTRALIAN LADIES MASTERS ROUND 3

Karrie Webb birdies last for one-stroke lead

FROM THE CBS SPORTS.COM WEBSITE
GOLD COAST, Australia -- Six-time champion Karrie Webb birdied the final hole for an 8-under 64 and a one-stroke lead today in the Australian Ladies Masters. Webb hit a 6-iron from a fairway bunker over a tree and on the green, then holed the 15ft putt to finish three rounds at 15-under 201 at rain-softened Royal Pines.
"I hit a great shot into the green there," Webb said. "It was a great way to finish. If you told me I would shoot 64 today, I would have thought I'd have at least a two-stroke lead, but it will make it exciting for tomorrow."
Because of the soft conditions on the resort course, players were allowed to lift, clean and place their golf balls in the fairway.
South Korea's Lee Bo-mee (63) and defending champion Katherine Hull (65) were a stroke back, and South Koreans Seo Hee-kyung (66) and Ryu So-yeon (66) were 13 under.
"A lot of people out there will be waiting for this showdown," said Hull, set play in the final group Sunday with Webb. "It's going to be a good battle tomorrow and a nice showcase for Australian golf."
Organisers say they consider Lee's 63 a course record because they changed two tee boxes this year. Australia's Kristie Smith has a 62 in the tournament last year, the lowest score on the course before it was lengthened slightly.
American Amanda Blumenherst, the leader after the first two rounds, had a 70 to drop into a tie for sixth with Taiwan's Yani Tseng (67) at 11 under.
Webb hopes her experience will help her Sunday.
"I've made some good shots here before and great putts, and when you have those kinds of feelings, it makes you comfortable," she said.
Lee, who has not had a bogey in three rounds, is playing at Royal Pines for the first time and only had two nine-hole practice rounds over two days due to heavy rain.
"My goal was to shoot 10 under for the tournament and with no bogeys," Lee said. "The way I played today, it's now possible I could win."
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
Players from Australia unless stated.
201 Karrie Webb 68 69 64.
202 Katherine Hull 67 70 65, Bo-Mee Lee (South Korea) 69 70 63.
203 Hee-Kyeng Seo (South Korea) 69 68 66, So Yeon Rya (South Korea) 70 67 66.
205 Amanda Blumenherst (US) 66 6970, Yani Tseng (South Korea) 71 67 67.
206 Iben Tinning (Denmark) 70 68 68.
207 Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) 68 70 69, Stacy Lewis (US) 69 69 69, Eun Hee Ji (South Korea) 71 68 68.
208 Vicky Hurst (US) 68 71 69, Lindsey Wright 71 71 66, Sarah-Jane Smith 70 68 70, Sandra Gal (Germany) 71 70 67, Krystle Caithness (Scotland) 72 69 67, Jeong Jang (South Korea) 70 68 70, Hee Young Park (South Korea) 73 68 67
209 Stefanie Michl (Austria) 71 68 70, He-yong Choi (South Korea) 72 69 68, Virginine Lagoutte-Clement (France) 72 69 68, Rebecca Flood 70 72 67, Tamie Durdin 69 68 72, Laura Davies (England) 70 70 69
210 Ji-na Lim (South Korea) 69 66 75, Florentyna Parker (England) 69 70 71, Kristie Smith 68 74 68
211 Tania Elosegui (Spain) 71 67 73, Stacy Lee Bregman (South Africa) 73 66 72, Jeong Eun Lee (South Korea) 72 67 72, Hye youn Kim (South Korea) 70 71 70, Nikki Garrett 69 72 70
212 Taylor Leon (USA) 70 71 71, Karen Lunn 72 71 69, Vikki Laing (Scotland) 69 71 72, Ran Hong (South Korea) 74 67 71, Elizabeth Bennett (England) 71 72 69, Brittany Lincicome (USA) 72 71 69, Katie Futcher (US) 73 68 71, Ursula Wikstrom (Finland) 70 74 68, Karine Icher (France) 70 69 73, Caroline Afonso (France) 69 72 71, Azahara Munoz (Spain) 74 68 70, Becky Morgan (Wales) 72 72 68, Bo kyung Kim (South Korea) 71 71 70, Sarah Kemp 72 69 71
213 Giulia Sergas (Italy) 73 70 70, You-na Park (South Korea) 73 71 69, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 72 68 73, Soo-jin Yang (South Korea) 72 72 69
214 Vicky Hermina Thomas 73 68 73, Pernilla Lindberg (Sweden) 70 73 71, Becky Brewerton (Wales) 68 74 72, Mina Harigae (US) 73 70 71
215 Anna Oh (South Korea) 71 70 74, Rebecca Coakley (Ireland) 75 69 71
216 Hazel Kavanagh (Ireland) 72 72 72, Louise Stahle (Sweden) 73 66 77, Diana D'Alessio (US) 72 70 74
217 Shin-ae Ahn (South Korea) 76 68 73, Christina Kim (US) 71 73 73, Ju young Park (South Korea) 74 69 74, Jessica Noh 69 72 76, Janice Moodie (Scotland) 74 70 73
218 Bomi Suh (US) 72 72 74
219 Lynn Kenny (Scotland) 72 71 76

Scotland vets' team to play Irish Seniors at Portmarnock

The Scottish Ladies Veterans' Golf Association is pleased to announce the team for the 10th match versus the Irish Seniors, to be played over Portmarnock Links on April 18 and 19.
The winner of this match wins the Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy. Scotland are the holders.

Scotland team
Heather Anderson North
Lorna Bennett Midlands
Helen Faulds West
Noreen Fenton East
Alex Glennie West
Mary Smith Highland
Moira Thomson East
Fiona de Vries Midlands

Captain Pamela Williamson

Hannah Barwood only British player to

reach last 8 of Spanish championship

Hannah Barwood (Knowle), the English women's amateur champion in 2008, is the only British player to reach the quarter-finals of the Spanish women's amateur international championship at Golf Platja de Pals, Girona.

Eighth of the 32 qualifiers, Hannah beat the Welsh champion, Tara Davies (Holyhead), the No 9 seed, by 2 and 1 in the second round.

Barwood now plays Klara Spilkova, the No 16 qualifier and the girl who won the European Young Masters' girls' title by the astonishing margin of 14 strokes over 54 holes last summer.

Spilkova beat the No 1 seed and defending champion, Lucie Andre (France), by one hole in the second round.

England's other qualifier, Rachel Jennings lost by one hole in the second round to Louise Ridderstrom (Sweden).

Amy Boulden (Maesdu), the second Welsh player among the qualifiers, lost in the second round by 6 and 5 to Johanna Tillstrom (Sweden).
Stirling University student Kelsey MacDonald, the only Scottish qualifier, was knocked out in the round of the last 16.
Nairn Dunbar's Scottish Under-21 champion, 12th of the 32 qualifiers, won her morning tie by 3 and 2 against 21st qualifier Belen Buendia (Spain) but lost by 6 and 4 to Emma Nilsson (Sweden), the No 5 seed.

The No 2 seed, Anna Arrese (Spain), is still there. She plays Louise Ridderstrom (Sweden) in the quarter-finals. Arrese won the Portuguese women's amateur international championship, played under a stroke-play format, in the last week of January this year.

Results:

FIRST ROUND

L Andre (France) (1) bt C Boutier (France) (32) 3 and 2.

K Spilkova (Czech Republic) (16) bt A Blasco (Spain) (17) at 20th.

T Davies (Wales) (9) bt M Gidali (France) (24) at 19th.

H Barwood (England) bt N Jimenez (Spain) (25) 2 and 1.

E Nilsson (Sweden) (5) bt N Holleder (Germany) (28) and 4.

K MacDonald (Scotland) (12) bt B Buendia (Spain) (21) 3 and 2.

A Boulden (Wales) (13) bt M Prat (Spain) (20) 2 holes.

J Tillstrom (Sweden) (29) bt V Sternebeck (Germany) (4) 6 and 5.

L Stempfle (Germany) bt E Lundstrom (Sweden) (30) at 19th.

E Folch (Apin) (19) bt J Janson (Sweden) (14) 5 and 3.

P Delacour (France) (22) bt L Ikatzy (Germany) (11) at 19th.

N Salaverria (Spain) (6) bt L Sobron (Spain) (27) 5 and 4.

L Ridderstrom (Sweden) (26) bt S Kirchmayer (Germany) (7) 1 hole.

R Jennings (England) (23) bt C Hedberg (Spain) (10) 3 and 2.

A Dahlberg (Sweden) (15) bt L Charpier (France) (18) 7 and 6.

A Arrese (Spain) (2) bt A Provot (France) (31) 2 holes.

SECOND ROUND

Spilkova bt Andre 1 hole.

Barwood bt Davies 2 and 1.

Nilsson bt MacDonald 6 and 4.

Tillstrom bt Boulden 6 and 5.

Folch bt Stempfle 3 and 1.

Salaverria bt Delacour 3 and 1.

Ridderstrom bt Jennings 1 hole.

Arrese bt Dahlberg 2 holes.

Amanda and Ji-Na Lim share ANZ

Ladies Masters lead at nine-under

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
American Amanda Blumenherst followed her opening 66 with a three-under 69 to maintain a share of the lead with South Korean Ji-Na Lim after the second round of the ANZ Ladies Masters.
Lim caught the first-round leader with an early round of 66 to reach nine-under-par after today's round at RACV Royal Pines Resort on Australia’s Gold Coast.
Australians Tamie Durdin, Karrie Webb and Katherine Hull finished two shots off the pace in a share of third with South Koreans Hee-Kyung Seo and So Yeon Ryu going into the weekend.
Blumenherst, 23, played her afternoon round in steady rain and was pleased with the way she handled herself after leading outright for the first time on Thursday.
“I am very proud of myself. I was nervous, of course; I’ve never had a lead in a professional event before. It’s definitely a different experience, a different feeling. But, I handled it really well, played my game and stayed focused,” said the former US Curtis Cup amateur team star from Duke University.
“Coming around the turn is when it really started raining and wind kind of not really predictable either. So it was tough but stayed focused and tried to think of it as, it was part of my advantage, you know, everybody else in my group was having to face it too.”
Blumenherst posted five birdies to two bogeys, one of which was recorded at the eighth hole after her group was put on the clock by rules officials.
“I really don’t like being put on the clock,” she said. “And on the tenth, the rules official wasn’t coming and so we actually took a really long time on ten.
“We went from being right on the tail of the group ahead of us to being two holes behind. So, we definitely had to pick it up, being on the clock is tough, because even though I don’t feel like I’m going overtime, your still consciously thinking that you could be penalised.”
By comparison, Lim, playing in the tournament for the fourth time, had a flawless score card containing six birdies. Her previous best finish on the Gold Coast was 30th in 2008.
Lim explained how she had completed winter training in Australia for the past four years and how she had been working on her short game with a group of girls from the Leadbetter Academy in Korea.
She said, through translation, “Some shots were bad, but I putted well and my short game was good. My short game has improved a lot from last year. That’s what I am confident about.”
Lim won her first event on the Korean Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) in 2007 and then her second in September 2009.
After her win, her sponsor, Jack Nicklaus, sent her a personal letter of congratulations, which takes pride of place on her bedroom wall. She had to have it translated from English to Korean.
“He would like to see me in the US in a short period,” Lim said.
The cut fell at even par with exactly 65 players making it through to the weekend.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Amanda Blumenherst (US) 66 69, Ji-Na Lim (South Korea) 69 66.
137 Tamie Durdin (Australia) 69 68, Hee-Kyung Seo (South Korea) 69 69, So Yeon Ryu (South Korea) 70 67, Katherine Hull (Australia) 67 70, Karrie Webb (Australia) 68 69.
138 Sarah-Jane (Australia) 70 68, Tania Elosegui (Spain) 71 67, Iben Tinning (Denmark) 70 69, Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) 68 70, Yani Tseng (South Korea) 71 67, Jeong Jang 70 68.
139 Stacy Lee Bregman (South Africa) 73 66, Louse Stahle (Sweden) 73 66, Vicky Hurst (US) 68 71, Florentyna Parker (England) 69 70, Karine Icher (France) 70 69, Eun Hee Ji (South Korea) 71 68, Bo-Mee Lee (South Korea) 69 70, Jeong Eun Lee 72 67, Stefanie Michl (Austria) 71 68.
Selected scores:
140 Laura Davies (England) 70 70, Vikki Laing (Scotland) 69 71 (jt 24th).
141 Krystle Caithness (Scotland) 72 69 (jt 27th).
142 Becky Brewerton (Wales) 68 74 (jt 42nd).
143 Liz Bennett (England) 71 72, Lynn Kenny (Scotland) 72 71 (jt 49th).
144 Janice Moodie (Scotland) 74 70 , Hazel Kavanagh (Ireland) 72 72, ~Rebecca Coakley (Ireland) 75 69, Becky Morgan (Wales) 72 72.
MISSED THE CUT (scores of 144 or better qualified).
145 Breanne Loucks (Wales) 72 73, Melissa Reid (England) 73 72, Gwladys Nocera France) 69 76 (jt 67th).
146 Georgina Simpson (England) 75 71, Felicity Johnson (England) 75 71, Alison Walshe (Ireland) 73 73 (jt 80th).
147 Rebecca Hudson (England) 75 72 (jt 92nd).
148 Danielle Bowers (England) 74 74 (jt 103rd).
149 Sophie Walker (England) 76 73 (jt 111th).
150 Lydia Hall (Wales) 80 70 (jt 118th).

England sending strong squad
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to Strathmore for Scottish U16
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girls' open stroke-play

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION

Two national girls’ champions are included in the English Women’s Golf Association squad for the Scottish Under-16 girls' open stroke-play championship at Strathmore Golf Centre near Blairgowrie, Perthshire from April 8-9.
They are English Under-15 champion Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies), pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, and the Under-13 title-holder, Georgia Hall (Ferndown). They are joined by: Bronte Law, (Bramhall), Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham & St Annes), Lauren Taylor (Woburn) and Brogan Townend, (Pleasington).
The teams for the Nations Cup competition are:
A – Bronte Law, Elizabeth Mallett and Lauren Taylor.
B – Georgia Hall, Emily Taylor, Brogan Townend.
In the 2009 championship, Dorset’s Hayley Davis (Ferndown) won the individual title and the England teams were first and second in the Nations Cup.
The squad:
Elizabeth Mallett, 15, won the 2009 English U15 title and was also runner-up at the British girls’ championship. She is a past winner of the English U16 schools’ title.
Georgia Hall, 13, won last year’s English U13 title and was runner-up in the South West girls’ championship. At the age of 12 she represented Dorset at County Finals.
Bronte Law, 15, is the English U18 strokeplay champion, the North of England U16 champion, the Northern girls’ champion and already this year has retained the Andalucia Junior European Open title.
Emily Taylor, 15, is the Lancashire ladies’ champion and has twice been runner-up in the English U15 championship. She represented England in last year’s European Young Masters.
Lauren Taylor, 15, is an England girl international and a past winner of the English U15 championship and the English U18 strokeplay title
Brogan Townend, 15, won the 2009 Faldo Series U16 title and was in Lancashire’s winning team at County Finals.
All the players are member of EWGA training squads.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

Kelsey MacDonald only Scot among leading 32 at Pals

Hannah Barwood is top
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British qualifier for Spanish
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match-play stages

England and Wales both have two players among the 32 who today qualified for the match-play stages of the Spanish women's international amateur championship at Pals, Girona in the north-east of Spain.
Scotland has one qualifier and Ireland none.
Hannah Barwood (Knowle), pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, English women's champion of two years ago, was the leading British qualifier in joint seventh place with a pair of 75s for 150 over the par-73 course.
The other English qualifier was Rachel Jennings with scores of 82 and 71 for 153. That gave her the No 22 slot in the draw.
Welsh champion Tara Davies, who played very well in the Portuguese women's amateur international championship on the Algarve at the end of January, qualified in joint ninth place on 151 with scores of 79 and 72.
Another member of the Wales team who have won the title at the past two Women's Home Internationals, Amy Boulden (Maesdu), also qualified on 151 with scores of 74 and 77 as did Scottish Under-21 champion for the past two years, Kelsey MacDonald (Stirling University & Nairn Dunbar) with rounds of 75 and 76.
Scotland internationals Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) and Laura Murray (Alford) missed the cut by varying margins.
Kenney had rounds of 84 and 74 for 158 - four shots too many.
Murray scored 84 and 80 for 164.
Majorca-based Scots girl Lauren Mackin had scores of 82 and 80 for 162.
Among the big names who failed to reach the match-play stages were Curtis Cup team contenders Charlie Douglass, the left-handed English champion, and Northern Ireland's Danielle McVeigh who won the British women's amateur stroke play at Royal Aberdeen last year.
Douglass had rounds of 86 and 74 for 160, McVeigh 83 and 79 for 162.
Welsh cap Gemma Bradbury, a student at St Andrews University, missed out with scores of 78 and 81 for 159.

MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
Par 146 (2x73)
1 ANDRE LUCIE 147 77 70 FRA
2 ARRESE, ANNA 147 76 71 SPA
3 STEMPFLE, LAURA 148 76 72 GER
4 STERNEBECK, VALERIE 148 75 73 GER
5 NILSSON, EMMA 149 75 74 SWE
6 SALAVERRIA , NEREA 149 75 74 SPA
7 KIRCHMAYER, STEPHANIE 150 77 73 GER
8 BARWOOD, HANNAH 150 75 75 ENG
9 DAVIES, TARA 151 79 72 WAL
10 HEDBERG BERTRAND, CAMILLA 151 78 73 SPA
11 KATZY, LARA 151 75 76 GER
12 MACDONALD, KELSEY 151 75 76 SCO
13 BOULDEN, AMY JANE 151 74 77 WAL
14 JANSON , JOSEPHINE 151 73 78 SWE
15 DAHLBERG-SODERSTROM, ANNA 152 81 71 SWE
16 SPILKOVA, KLARA 152 79 73 CZE
17 BLASCO, ALMUDENA 152 78 74 SPA
18 CHARPIER, LÉA 152 78 74 FRA
19 FOLCH, ELIA 152 77 75 SPA
20 PRAT, MIREIA 152 77 75 SPA
21 BUENDIA, BELEN 152 76 76 SPA
22 DELACOUR, PERRINE 153 82 71 FRA
23 JENNINGS, RACHEL 153 79 74 ENG
24 GIDALI, MANON 153 77 76 FRA
25 JIMENEZ, NOEMI 153 77 76 SPA
26 RIDDERSTROM, LOUISE -153 75 78 SWE
27 SOBRON GALMES, LUNA 154 84 70 SPA
28 HOLLEDER, NINA 154 81 73 GER
29 TILLSTROM, JOHANNA 154 79 75 SWE
30 LUNDSTROM, EMELIE 154 78 76 SWE
31 PROVOT, ARIANE 154 76 78 FRA
32 BOUTIER, CÉLINE 154 75 79 FRA

MISSED THE CUT (scores of 154 or better qualified)
Selected scores:
156 Charlotte Ellis (Eng) 81 75.
158 Louise Kenney (Sco) 84 74, Katherine O'Connor (Wal) 81 77.
159 Gemma Bradbury (Wal) 78 81.
160 Charlie Douglass (England) 86 74.
162 Danielle McVeigh (Ireland) 83 79, Lauren Mackin (Sco) 82 80.
164 Laura Murray (Sco) 84 80.
167 Aedin Murphy (Ire) 91 76.
Field of 95 competitors.

Amanda clickety-clicks to take

one-shot lead in ANZ Masters

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
American rookie Amanda Blumenherst opened with a six-under 66 to lead after the first round of the ANZ Ladies Masters at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Australian Gold Coast.
The 23-year-old former US Curtis Cup team member, who turned professional at the beginning of May and is just three tournaments into her first full season, birdied four of her last six holes to take a one shot lead over the defending champion, Queensland-based Australian Katherine Hull.
The six-time title holder Karrie Webb, Kristie Smith, Becky Brewerton, Anna Nordqvist and Vicky Hurst finished a shot further back in a share of third.
Blumenherst, who was a three time collegiate player of the year at Duke University, went out in two-under 35 but stepped up on the back nine with birdies on holes 13, 15, 17 and 18.
Blumenherst said she found the course, “Very wet, but it was great. Extremely windy but I prefer that. I kind of like it when the conditions are tough and it makes everyone’s game… kind of… it separates the players. You know, you have to hit that drive really solid and also really focus on how the wind is playing and not just hit it up there.”
The 2008 US Amateur Champion finished 10th at the US Women’s Open in her freshman year at college and led the qualifiers at the LPGA’s Tour School late last year. She was offered invitations to the LPGA’s season-opening tournaments in Thailand and Singapore as a result.
She said that she was most happy with her putting:

“I putted really well and that’s kind of been struggling, really, throughout my entire golf career. So I was able to turn that on. And I’m always a fairly solid ball striker, so I’ve been hitting it close, but now I’m getting the putts so that definitely helps.”
Webb, who opened with a 68, said that she was happy with her score, despite a “scratchy second nine holes.”
“This was probably one of my better starts in probably five or six years, I think,” said Webb, who won the event in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2007. “I’ve had a couple of scratchy rounds in the times that I’ve won but it forces you to have a really low one it you don’t have a great first round. So, it’s definitely better to get a good start and it takes a bit of the pressure off you and if you do shot a low round that really puts you in with a great chance.”
The joint runner-up in 2009, South Australian Tamie Durdin, had the day’s most interesting round. She played the back nine in seven under 28 with a four stroke lead over the field but dropped four shots over the front nine. She posted an inward total of 41 and a round of 69 for a share of eighth place with nine other players.
Last week’s Pegasus New Zealand Women’s Open winner Laura Davies of England shot 70 to tie for 19th position, just four shots off the lead.

FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 72
66 Amanda Blumenherst (USA)
67 Katherine Hull
68 Vicky Hurst (USA), Anna Nordqvist (Swe), Karrie Webb, Becky Brewerton (Wal), Kristie Smith
69 Bo-Mee Lee (Kor), Vikki Laing (Sco), Ji-na Lim (Kor), Hee Kyung Seo (Kor), Nikki Garrett, Jessica Noh, Gwladys Nocera (Fra), Caroline Afonso (Fra), Florentyna Parker (Eng), Tamie Durdin, Stacy Lewis (USA)
70 Taylor Leon (USA), Hye youn Kim (Kor), Sarah-jane Smith, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin), Karine Icher (Fra), Iben Tinning (Den), So yeon Ryu (Kor), Pernilla Lindberg (Swe), Rebecca Flood, Laura Davies (Eng), Jeong Jang (Kor)
71 Lindsey Wright, Laurette Maritz (Rsa), Eun Hee Ji (Kor), Christina Kim (USA), Tania Elosegui (Spa), Elizabeth Bennett (Eng), Sandra Gal (Ger), Anna Oh (Kor), Stefanie Michl (Aut), Lisa Jean, Joanne Mills, Yani Tseng (Tai), Wendy Berger, Helen Oh, Bo kyung Kim (Kor)
72 Frances Bondad, Hazel Kavanagh (Irl), Jeong Eun Lee (Kor), Brittany Lincicome (USA), Diana D'Alessio (USA), Virginine Lagoutte-Clement (Fra), Becky Morgan (Wal), Sophie Giquel (Fra), Lynn Kenny (Sco), Breanne Alicia Loucks (Wal), Sarah Kemp, Karen Lunn, He-yong Choi (Kor), Dana Lacey, Julie Greciet (Fra), Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa), Bomi Suh (USA), Krystle Caithness (Sco), Soo-jin Yang (Kor), Sophie Gustafson (Swe)
73 Melissa Reid (Eng), Beth Allen (USA), Katie Futcher (USA), Sarah Oh (Kor), Emma Cabrera Bello (Spa), Vicky Hermina Thomas, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa), Angela Harris (Aut), Alison Walshe (USA), Hee Young Park (Kor), Mina Harigae (USA), Linda Wessberg (Swe), Giulia Sergas (Ita), Bree Turnbull, Louise Stahle (Swe), Angela Tatt, You-na Park (Kor), Justine Lee, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa), Ha-neul Kim (Kor)
74 Jane Wall, Jenni Kuosa (Fin), Marianne Skarpnord (Nor), Danielle Bowers (Eng), Donna Southam, Leah Hart, Azahara Munoz (Spa), Anna-Lise Caudal (Fra), Christel Boeljon (Ned), Ju young Park (Kor), Melanie Bryden, Janice Moodie (Sco), Ran Hong (Kor), Lorie Kane (Can), Bettina Hauert (Ger), Veronica Zorzi (Ita), Carmen Alonso (Spa)
75 Felicity Johnson (Eng), Polly Travica, Kate Combes, Nina Reis (Swe), Martina Eberl (Ger), Rebecca Hudson (Eng), Caroline Rominger (Swi), Hanna-Leena Salonen (Fin), Georgina Simpson (Eng), Bree Arthur (Aut), Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha), Leanne Bowditch, Mi-sun Cho (Kor), Wendy Doolan, Rebecca Coakley (Irl), Hyun-soo Kim (Kor), Vikki Tutt
76 Stacy Tate (Nzl), Cherie Byrnes, Shin-ae Ahn (Kor), Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned), Sunny Park, Sophie Walker (Eng), Michelle Ellis (USA), Stephanie Na, Jessica Ji (Kor), Jane Kim (Kor)
77 Mianne Bagger (Den), Tamara Beckett, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin), Meaghan Francella (USA), Jody Fleming, Annie Choi (Kor), Carlie Butler, Cathryn Bristow (Nzl)
78 Rachel Bailey (Eng), Jayde Panos
80 Katy Jarochowicz, Lydia Hall (Wal), Nicole Montgomery, Sarah Nicholson (Nzl)
81 Bronwyn Mullins-Lane
83 Verity Knight

Amy Boulden (74) one shot off qualifying pace in Spain

The first qualifying round in the Spanish women's open amateur championship was completed at Playa de Pals, Girona this morning after a suspension of play for very heavy rain robbed some competitors of the chance to finish their rounds.
Welsh Curtis Cup place contender Amy Boulden finished well for a 74 to be lying second to Josephine Janson (73) going into the second stroke-play round which will decided the 32 qualifiers for the match-play stages.
Another Welsh cap, St Andrews University student Gemma Bradbury had a 78, one shot better than the current Welsh champion, Tara Davies.
Scotland and England caps, Laura Murray and Charlie Douglass, did not do so well. Laura had an 84 and left-hander Charlie an 86.
FIRST ROUND LEADERS (revised)
73 Josephine Janson.
74 Amy Boulden.
75 Marion Duvernay, Louise Ridderstrom, Celine Boutier, Lara Katzy, Valerie Sternebeck, Emma Nilsson, Nerea Azansa, Kelsey MacDonald, Hannah Barwood.
Selected scores this morning:
78 Gemma Bradbury.
79 Tara Davies.
81 Katherine O'Connor.
82 Laura Mackin.
84 Laura Murray.
86 Charlie Douglass.
91 Aedin Murphy.

England name top squad for Paris St Cloud event

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
A top-class squad of national champions and internationals will represent the English Women’s Golf Association in the French Lady Juniors’ Championship at St Cloud from April 1-5.
It includes: English champion Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall), English stroke-play champion Charlotte Wild (Mere), English girls’ champion Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), 2008 English champion Hannah Barwood (Knowle), and 2009 Scottish U16 open stroke-play champion Hayley Davis (Ferndown).
Every member of the squad is either a full England international or a girl international and it is completed by Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry), Nikki Foster (Pleasington), Alex Peters (Notts Ladies), Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) and Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison).
The teams for the Vilmorin Cup, the nations’ cup competition, are:
1 Hannah Barwood, Holly Clyburn, Charlie Douglass.
2 Alex Peters, Kelly Tidy, Charlotte Wild.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

Jodi Ewart runner-up in top quality California field

Yorkshire's Jodi Ewart finished second in a high quality field of 96 players for the Bruin Wave Invitational college tournament at Robinson Ranch Golf Club, Santa Clarita in California earlier this week.
Over a par-72, 6282yd course, Jodi had rounds of 69, 74 and 68 for a five-under-par total of 211 - three shots behind the winner, Danielle King (Pepperdine) who had scores of 67, 72 and 69.
Jodi's 68, which contained five birdies and one bogey, was the lowest final round by anyone and equalled her lowest score on the US college circuit.
Stephanie Kono (UCLA) was third on 212 with scores of 70, 68 and 74.
Spanish aces Carlota Ciganda (Arizona State) and Belen Mozo (Southern California) finished joint fifth and joint seventh respectively. Ciganda scored 72, 71 and 72 for 215; Mozo 68, 76 and 72.
Italy's Giulia Molinaro (Arizona State) tied for seventh place with scores of 73, 74 and 69.
Sally Watson, seeking to retain her 2008 place in the GB&I Curtis Cup team for the June match at Essex County Club, Boston, was going well with opening rounds of 73 and 70 but fell away with a closing 77 for a joint 18th finish on 220.
Jodi Ewart has already informed the Ladies Golf Union that she will not be available for Curtis Cup team selection as she intends turning professional immediately she graduates from the University of New Mexico in May.
Natasha Podmore (San Franciso), from the Delamere Forest club, finished joint 33rd with scores of 78, 70 and 77 for 225.
Eighteen squads took part in the team event. Top six placings:
866 Southern California. 868 Arizona State. 872 UCLA. 873 Pepperdine. 875 Arizona. 883 New Mexico.

NEWS FROM US COLLEGE CIRCUIT

Jordan McColl sixth in Ronnie Black Collegiate

Invitational at Lovington,New Mexico

Jordan McColl from Dundee, a student at New Mexico Junior College, finished sixth in a field of 28 players at the Ronnie Black Collegiate Invitational tournament at Lovington, New Mexico this week.
McColl, pictured right, had rounds of 75, 71 and 72 for a total of two-over-par 218.
He finished six shots behind the winner by three strokes, team-mate Zach Fullerton who had rounds of 67, 70 and 75 for 212.
Only three teams took part and New Mexico Junior College won the title by five shots from Midland Community College.

Adam Hedges is top Brit at Salisbury, North Carolina

Adam Hedges from Bromley, a freshman student at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, was the highest placed British-born finisher in this week's Richard Rendelman Invitational at the Country Club of Salisbury, Salisbury in North Carolina.
Over a par-71 course of 6,665yd, Hedges tied for third place in the one-round tournament with a two-under-par score of 69 - two shots behind the winner, Eric Kennedy, from Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate in Tennessee.
Gavin Hay from Glasgow, a former West of Scotland boys champion and now a student at Carson-Newman University, Jefferson City in Tennessee, claimed joint 15th place in a big field of 90 players. Hay had a round of 72.
Joe Campbell (Belmont Abbey), a senior year student from Cheltenham, finished joint 21st with a 73, one shot ahead of team-mate Tom Stephenson, a freshman from Bury St Edmunds.
Grant Carnie from Ellon, Aberdeenshire, a student a South Carolina-Aiken and a quarter-finalist in last year's Scottish amateur championship at Royal Troon after beating top seed Gavin Dear but then losing to Keir McNicoll, finished joint 58th with a 78.
Jamie Chapman (Lincoln Memorial) from Sussex came joint 61st with a 79.
Stuart Bryson from Motherwell, a student at Wingate Universtiy, tied for 86th place with a round of 86.
Lander University (283) beat a field of 17 squads to win the team honours ahead of Belmont Abbey (286). Carson-Newman (302) came 13th.

Tom Sherreard makes top at Seahawk Intercollegiate

Tom Sherreard from Maidstone, Kent, a senior year student at Georgia State University, tied for ninth place in a field of 66 players at the Seahawk Intercollegiate tournament at Country Club of Landfall, Wilmington in North Carolina this week.

Darren Renwick makes top 20 at Sawgrass

Tennessee University's English students, Darren Renwick from Woking, Surrey, and Garrick Porteous from Bamburgh Castle, finished joint 15th and joint 27th respectively in a field of 84 players at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational at Sawgress Country Club, Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida.
Sophomore Renwick scored 77, 71 and 75 for 223. Porteous had rounds of 75, 75 and 76 for 226.
Winner by four strokes was Joe Byun (North Florida) with rounds of 69, 69 and 74 for 212.
North Florida won the team event ahead of Louisiana State and Duke. Tennessee were fifth of 15 teams.
Over a par-72, 7058yd course, Tom scored 72 and 73 for 145 - six shots behind the joint winners, Jake Colley (East Carolina) (70-69) and Patrick Reed (Augusta State) (68-71).