Sinead O'Sullivan ties for

third place on Kiawah

Island, one shot off pace

Sinead O'Sullivan from Galway, a student at East Tennessee State University, was one of four players who tied for third place in the Palmetto Intercollegiate women's tournament over the Oak Point course (5955yd, par 72) on Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

Sinead, pictured right, scored 74, 72 and 79 for a total of 225 - only one shot behind the joint winners, both from Princeton Universtiy - Marlowe Boukis (76-72-76) and Susannah Aboff (74-71-79).

Sinead's team-mate, past Welsh girls champion Lucy Gould finished joint 12th on 229 with rounds of 74, 78 and 77.

Channel Islander Olivia Jordan-Higgins (College of Charleston), a member of Royal Jersey Golf Club, came joint 15th in the field of 99 players with scores of 72, 79 and 72 for 230.

Tall North-east of England player Anna Scott (Georgia State) came 19th on her own with a total of 231, made up of rounds of 78, 73 and 80.

Another English-born player on the Georgia State roster, Claire Starkie had scores of 75, 85 and 77 for 237 and a share of 37th place.

Anna and Claire helped Georgia State win the team event by seven shots from East Tennessee State in a field of 19 teams.