Michele Thomson finishes 17th in Florida

For the first time in her three-event foray on to the SunCoast Ladies Series Tour in Florida, Michele Thomson from Ellon, Aberdeenshire has failed to win any money. She won the $2,000 first prize on her debut and collected $500 last week.
But in the latest event at Eastwood Golf Club, Fort Myers in Central Florida, the Ladies European Tour rookie - she is expected to make her debut in the Swiss Ladies Open from May 14 - finished 17th with moderate rounds of 75, 78 and 78 for 231 (15 over par).
The winner, by three strokes, was Austrian Stefanie Michl with scores of 71, 68 and 73 for a four-under-par total of 212.
Results:
Par 216 (3x72)
212 Stefanie Michl (Graz, Austria) 71 68 73 ($2,000).
215 Brittainy Klein (Henderson, Kentucky) 70 70 75 ($1,000).
216 Cecilie Eckbo (Ski Norway) 71 72 73 ($900).
217 Noriko Nakazaki (Hanover Park, Illinois) 73 70 74 ($800).
218 Vanessa Vela (Bogota, Colombia) (amateur) 71 74 73.
219 Margaret Shirley (Roswell, Georgia) 74 71 74 ($700).
220 Nikki Hadd (Crestview, Florida) 73 75 72 ($650), Paula Reto (Cape Town, South Africa) 73 73 74.
223 Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Michigan) 76 74 73 ($600).
224 Jessica Schneider (Elgin, Illinois) 74 72 78.
225 Jaclyn Burch (St Louis, Missouri) 77 74 74.
226 Jacqueline Barenborg (Vero Beach, Florida) 78 73 75, Andrea Werner (Evansville, Indiana) 76 74 76.
227 Maggie Steciuk (London, Ontario, Canada) 75 75 77.
228 Carrie Morris (Tyler, Texas) 75 84 69, Lindsey Edmunds (London, Ontario, Canada) 78 71 79.
231 Michele Thomson (Ellon, Scotland) 75 78 78.
232 Tatiana Gammicchia (Khabarovsk, Russia) (amateur) 79 74 79.
233 Mary Moan (New Haven, Connecticutt) 80 74 79.
234 Jill Hardy (Winnepeg, Canada) (amateur) 70 78 77.
235 Jennifer Kovach (Braselton, Georgia) 77 80 78.
237 Zakiya Randall (Atlanta, Georgia) (amateur) 80 78 79.
240 Jennifer Hansen (Cairo, Nebraska) 78 86 76.
242 Stephanie Thomas (Geneva, Florida) 77 83 82.
243 Darlene Stowers (Tampa, Florida) 84 78 81, Mayura Skowronski (Bangkok, Thailand) 83 79 81.