CARLY AND MICHELE TO MEET
IN FLORIDA MATCH-PLAY TIE
Top Scottish teenage girl prospects Carly Booth from Comrie and Aberdeenshire's Michele Thomson have travelled a long way to play on the Orange Blossom Tour in Florida.
As luck would have it, they will meet in the round of the last 16 in the presitigious Jones/Doherty match-play tournament - won by Catriona Matthew in 1992 as a Stirling student - at Coral Ridge Country Club, near Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday.
In Tuesday's first-round ties, Carly (picture right by Cal Carson Golf Agency), who is spending the winter at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Arizona, beat American Maggie Weder 5 and 3 while Michele, who finished third in the South Atlantic Ladies Amateur championship at Ormond Beach, Florida on Saturday, squeezed past the challenge of Rachel Connor, teenage daughter of Manchester Golf Club's Scots-born professional, Brian Connor, by one hole.
Alford's Laura Murray (Robert Gordon University) lost by 3 and 2 to Isabel Lendl, one of former world No 1 tennis player Ivan Lendl's golfing daughters. Isabel will now play sister Daniella while another Lendl offspring, defending champion, Marika, is through to the second round also.
Liz Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor), winner of the South Atlantic title at the weekend, will now play Ladies Golf Union Elite Squad team-mate Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) after both won today (Tuesday).
Liz beat American Alexandra Frazier 2 and 1 while Kerry won by one hole against another American, Lauren Blount.
The title favourite, 13-year-old Florida wonder girl Alexis Thompson, winner of two tournaments over the Festive period in her home state, advance to the last 16 by beating Stirling University student Holly Calvert by 5 and 4.
Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton) beat Sarah Carty from Dublin by 6 and 5 and will now play Marie Bernie, the 3 and 1 conqueror of young Sarah Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan).
Naomi Edwards (Ganton) beat Mayura Skowronski from the United States by 8 and 6 - the biggest win of the second round. Naomi now plays defending champion Marika Lendl.
Stephanie Farrier (Stirling University) went down by 4 and 2 to the experienced American Diane Lang by 4 and 2.
Results:
FIRST ROUND
Players from US unless stated
M Lendl bt C R Goldstein 1 hole.
N Edwards (Ganton) bt M Skowronski 8 and 6.
D Lang bt S Farrer (Stirling Univ) 4 and 2.
L Schlesinger bt T Collins 1 hole.
C Booth (Comrie) bt M Weder 5 and 3.
M Thomson (McDonald Ellon) bt R Connor (Manchester) 1 hole.
I Lendl bt L Murray (Robert Gordon Univ) 3 and 2.
D Lendl bt J M Green 6 and 5.
A Thompson bt H Calvert (Stirling Univ) 5 and 4.
B Grotvedt bt K Roig bt 3 and 2.
M Bolger bt N McNicholas 6 and 4.
K McLaughlin bt J Garner 6 and 5.
R Jennings (Izaak Walton) bt S Carty (The Island, Dublin) 6 and 5.
M Bernie bt S Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan) 3 and 1.
L Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor) bt A Frazier 2 and 1.
K Smith (Waterlooville) bt L Blount 1 hole.
Top Scottish teenage girl prospects Carly Booth from Comrie and Aberdeenshire's Michele Thomson have travelled a long way to play on the Orange Blossom Tour in Florida.
As luck would have it, they will meet in the round of the last 16 in the presitigious Jones/Doherty match-play tournament - won by Catriona Matthew in 1992 as a Stirling student - at Coral Ridge Country Club, near Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday.
In Tuesday's first-round ties, Carly (picture right by Cal Carson Golf Agency), who is spending the winter at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Arizona, beat American Maggie Weder 5 and 3 while Michele, who finished third in the South Atlantic Ladies Amateur championship at Ormond Beach, Florida on Saturday, squeezed past the challenge of Rachel Connor, teenage daughter of Manchester Golf Club's Scots-born professional, Brian Connor, by one hole.
Alford's Laura Murray (Robert Gordon University) lost by 3 and 2 to Isabel Lendl, one of former world No 1 tennis player Ivan Lendl's golfing daughters. Isabel will now play sister Daniella while another Lendl offspring, defending champion, Marika, is through to the second round also.
Liz Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor), winner of the South Atlantic title at the weekend, will now play Ladies Golf Union Elite Squad team-mate Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) after both won today (Tuesday).
Liz beat American Alexandra Frazier 2 and 1 while Kerry won by one hole against another American, Lauren Blount.
The title favourite, 13-year-old Florida wonder girl Alexis Thompson, winner of two tournaments over the Festive period in her home state, advance to the last 16 by beating Stirling University student Holly Calvert by 5 and 4.
Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton) beat Sarah Carty from Dublin by 6 and 5 and will now play Marie Bernie, the 3 and 1 conqueror of young Sarah Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan).
Naomi Edwards (Ganton) beat Mayura Skowronski from the United States by 8 and 6 - the biggest win of the second round. Naomi now plays defending champion Marika Lendl.
Stephanie Farrier (Stirling University) went down by 4 and 2 to the experienced American Diane Lang by 4 and 2.
Results:
FIRST ROUND
Players from US unless stated
M Lendl bt C R Goldstein 1 hole.
N Edwards (Ganton) bt M Skowronski 8 and 6.
D Lang bt S Farrer (Stirling Univ) 4 and 2.
L Schlesinger bt T Collins 1 hole.
C Booth (Comrie) bt M Weder 5 and 3.
M Thomson (McDonald Ellon) bt R Connor (Manchester) 1 hole.
I Lendl bt L Murray (Robert Gordon Univ) 3 and 2.
D Lendl bt J M Green 6 and 5.
A Thompson bt H Calvert (Stirling Univ) 5 and 4.
B Grotvedt bt K Roig bt 3 and 2.
M Bolger bt N McNicholas 6 and 4.
K McLaughlin bt J Garner 6 and 5.
R Jennings (Izaak Walton) bt S Carty (The Island, Dublin) 6 and 5.
M Bernie bt S Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan) 3 and 1.
L Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor) bt A Frazier 2 and 1.
K Smith (Waterlooville) bt L Blount 1 hole.
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