Peter Tarver Jones joint eighth at Wilson, North Carolina

Peter Tarver Jones (Belmont Abbey College) from Working finished joint eighth in a field of 89 players at the Holiday Inn Express Barton Invitational college tournament at Wilson Country Club, Wilson in North Carolina.
Peter had rounds of 72 and 73 for 145 - five shots behind the joint winners, Darren Smith (Barton) (69-71) and Patrick Lamb (Flagler (70-70).
There were umpteen British students in this field.
Belmont Abbey's Joe Campbell from Cheltenham scored 73 and 75 for 148 and a share of 14th place.
David McGregor (Post University) from Helensburgh finished joint 43rd on 153 (73-80). Team-maes Thomas Rees from Wales and Lee Wanklyn from Berskhire finished joint 48th and joint 56th respectively. Rees had a pair of 77s for 154 while Wanklyn score 77 and 79 for 156.
Adam Hedges, a Belmont Abbey student, had scores of 82 and 75 for a share of 62nd place on 157.
Post University Scot Gavin Wilson from Ladybank came joint 71st on 162 (83-79).
Tom Stephenson (Belmont Abbey) finished 82nd on 168 with scores of 83 and 85.
Flagler (580) won the team honours ahead of Barton College (583). Belmont Abbey (598) came sixth and Post University (625) 11th of 13 teams.

Craig Isabel joint second at Sebring, Florida

Craig Isabel (Webster International) from Stanford-Le-Hope finished joint second with a 74 in the Davis & Elkins Dual college tournament with Webber International at Sun N' Lake Golf Club, Sebring, Florida.
Winner was Tom Gamble (Webber International) with a round of 71 over the paqr-72 course of 7,027yd.
Adam Galbraith (Webber International) from Haywards Heath, Sussex, finished joint fourth with a 77.
Alasdair Forsythe (Davis & Elkins) from Glasgow shared 10th place on 80.
Connor O'Dell (Webber International) from Taunton shared 12th place with an 81.
Robert McCleneghan (Davis & Elkins) from Glasgow came 14th with an 85.
Three more Davis & Elkins students, Colin Sutherland from Crail, David Shields from Glasgow and Craig Marshall from Fife finished had rounds of 88, 89 and 104 respectively for joint 15th, 17th and 20th positions in a field of 20 players.
Webber International (299) beat Davis & Elkins College (327) in the two-team event.

Emma Taylor fifth at Don Benbow Invitational

Emma Taylor, a senior year student at Bethune-Cookman University, Florida, finished fifth in a field of 62 players at the Don Benbow Invitational women's college tournament at Jacksonville Beach Golf Club, Florida this week.
Emma, pictured, from Saunton, Devon, had rounds of 77 and 78 for a total of 155 - only two shots behind the winner, Paige Gibson (Houston Baptist University) who scored 76 and 77 for 153.
It really was the tightest of finishes with three players sharing second place on 154.
Bethune-Cookman team-mate Hannah Bews, also a senior student from Dorset, finished joint 21st with scores of 85 and 81 for 166.
Bethune-Cookman (647) finished third in the team event behind Houston Baptist (619) and Florida Atlatnic (640). Eleven teams took part.
In the male students' version of the Don Benbow Invitational, over a 6,504yd, par-71 course at the same venue, Gavin St John Frost (Jacksonville), a junior-year student from Berkshire, finished joint 18th in a field of 80 with a pair of 74s.
David Patterson (Armstrong Atlantic) from Liverpool came joint 48th on 157 (76-81).
Individual winner by three strokes with a four-under-par total of 138 (68-70) was one of Patterson's team-mates Matt Motes.
Armstrong Atlantic won the team title from Florida Atlantic and Jacksonville in a field of 13 teams.

Natasha Podmore just outside top 10 at San Jose


Natasha Podmore, in her fourth and final year at San Francisco University, came joint 11th in a field of 84 players at the Juli Inkster Spartan Invite women's college tournament at Almaden Country Club, San Jose.
Natasha, a member of Delamere Forest Golf Club, Cheshire, had rounds of 76, 72 and 78 for a total of 226 over the par-72, 6223yd course in southern California.
Former British stroke-play champion Roseanne Niven from Crieff, a student at the University of California-Berkeley, finished tied 38th on 234 with scores of 78, 79 and 77.
Former British women's amateur stroke-play champion Roseanne Niven from Crieff, a student at the University of California-Berkeley.
Cristina Corpus (San Jose State) was the winner with 217 (72-71-74), two shots ahead of Demi Runas (UC Davis) (74-73-72) with Sweden's Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) (69-75-76) third.
California-Berkeley (899) pipped UC Davis (901) - whose head coach, Scot Ann Walker, transferred from the California-Berkeley staff a year or two ago - for the team title with San Jose State (903) third. San Francisco (920) came seventh.


Kirsty O'Connor best of Brits down Spring Rebel field

The four British students in the field for the Spring Rebel Invitational college tournament at Boulder Creek Country Club, Boulder City, Nevada failed to shine behind the three-shot winner, Therese Koelbaek (UNLV) who posted a six-under-par total of 210 with rounds of 68, 71 and 71. Former Welsh champion Kirsty O'Connor (Ball State University) from Burnley finished joint 25th on 225 with scores of 75, 77 and 73.
Hannah Burke (Baylor) from Hertfordshire started well enough with a par 72 but faded to subsequent rounds of 77 and 78 for a total of 227 and a share of 34th place in a field of 95 players.
Hannah Lovelock (Missouri), from Surrey, also failed to build on a very good start. Hannah had a first-round 70 but followed that sub-par effort with escalating scores of 77 and 81 for a share of 42nd place on 228.
Missouri team-mate Nicola Race from Essex scored 75, 80 and 76 for a total of 231 and a share of 58th place.
UNLV (866) won the team event ahead of Texas (878), Texas Tech (886), Baylor (888), Missouri (895) and Ball State (896) who tied for sixth place in a field of 18 teams.

CARNIE FINISHES 12TH IN SOUTH CAROLINA

Grant Carnie from Ellon, a student at the University of South Carolina-Aiken, finished a creditable 12th in a field of 90 players at the Palmetto Invitational college golf tournament at Palmetto Golf club, South Carolina.
Newburgh Golf Club member Grant, a quarter-finalist in last year's Scottish amateur championship at Royal Troon, had steady rounds of 71, 72 and 72 for a total of 215 over a par-70 course of 6,565yd. He finished 10 shots behind the winner, Ben Kohles (Virginia) (70-63-62).

Warwickshire champion seventh in Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational

Abbey Gittings, Nicole Whitmore

help Nova SE win five out of six

Warwickshire county champion Abbey Gittings from Tamworth, a freshman student at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, finished seventh in a good class college field of 77 players at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational tournament at Alaqua Country Club, Longwood, Winter Springs in Florida.

Abbey, pictured above, had rounds of 76, 77 and 73 for a total of 226 over the par-72, 5934yd course.

Team-mate Nicole Whitmore, a junior year student from Milton Keynes, came 11th on 230 with scores of 75, 77 and 78.

Farther down the field came Melissa Siviter (Belmont Abbey College), a freshman student from the West Midlands, with scores of 79, 82 and 83 for 244, which earned her a share of 41st place.

The very good efforts of Abbey and Nicole enabled Nova Southeastern to win the team title by 12 shots from Daytona State College with Belmont Abbey fifth of 13 teams.

Nova Southeastern, the NCAA Division 2 champions last year, are certainly on a roll. They have won five of their last six tournaments.

The Nova performance was spearheaded by Sandra Changkija who won the individual honours by the impressive margin of eight strokes with a total of seven-under-par 209 (70-69-70).

Gemma jt 24th in Eagle Landing Invite

Gemma Hardie from Scunthorpe, a sophomore student at Central Arkansas Universtiy, finished joint 24th in a field of 96 players at the JMUEagle Landing Invitation women's college tournament at Eagle Landing Golf Club, Orange Park in Florida.

Gemma, pictured right, had rounds of 76, 76 and 78 for a total of 230 over a par-72, 6282yd course.
Harriet Owers-Bradley from Nottingham, a junior year student at Yale University, finished joint 50th.
Harriet had rounds of 78, 80 and 76 for a total of 234.

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.

The individual winner was Hailey Koschman (Illinois) with a two-under-par total of 214.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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).

Top 20 finish in California by James Byrne

Banchory's James Byrne, a student at Arizona State University, finished joint 16th in a field of 80 players at the USC Collegiate Invitational at North Ranch Country Club, Westlake Village in California.
Over a par-71 course of 6809yd, Byrne had rounds of 74, 69 and 69 for 212 -nine shots behind the winner, Eugene Wong (Oregon) (65-69-69).
Runner-up on 204 was T J Vogel of Southern California with scores of 70, 63 and 71 for 204.
San Diego State's English-born students, Andrew Cooley and Tom Berry, both from Surrey, finished joint 24th and joint 46th respectively.
Sophomore Cooley scored 68, 76 and 70 for 214 while freshman Berry had rounds of 72, 73 and 74 for 219.
Former Scottish boys' match-play champion Paul Ferrier (Charlotte) from Edinburgh came 52nd with scores of 73, 73 and 75 for 221.
Arizona State (849) finished third in the team event behind Oregon (831) and California (847) with Charlotte (866) 10th of 14.

Maxwell jt 18th, Crichton jt 21st in Coyote Classic

Western New Mexico University students Steven Maxwell from Glasgow and Scott Crichton from Dalgety Bay, Fife, finished joint 18th and joint 21st in a field of 88 players for the Coyote Classic at Arrowhead Country Club, San Bernardino in California.
Maxwell, a junior year student, scored 71, 71 and 72 for 214. Crichton had rounds of 75, 72 and 68 for 215.
Winner by seven shots was Gene Webster (California State University-San Bernardino) with great scores of 69, 63 and 64 for a 14-under-par total of 196 over the par-70, 6510yd course.
CSU-Monterey Bay (848) won the team event ahead of Barry University and Chico State (both 851. Western New Mexico (867) tied for sixth place in a field of 17 teams.

Peter Latimer shares eighth place in North Carolina

Peter Latimer (Guilford College) from Markinch tied for eighth place in a field of 60 players at the Pine Needles Intercollegiate competiiton at Pine Needles Lodge & Club, Southern Pines in North Carolina.


MORE COLLEGE NEWS TO COME LATER THIS EVENING

US WOMEN'S COLLEGE ROUND-UP

Katie Mundy wins at Austin,

Texas after sub-par 70

English women's mid-amateur champion Katie Mundy, after finishing second in consecutive American college tournaments, succeeded in winning the St Edwards Invitational at Grey Rock Golf Club, Austin in Texas this week.
A member at Dunwood Golf Club near Romsey, Hampshire and a student at Western Texas College at Snyder, Texas, Katie, picture by courtesy of Leaderboard Photography, came from behind with a splendid second round of one-under-par 70 over the 6,018yd for a 36-hole total of 148.
She won by one shot from Carla Cooper (Tarleton State) who shot 75 and 74.
Western Texas College team-mate Hollie Weatherburn, the Cumbrian women's county champion, had scores of 77 and 80 and tied for third place with two other players in a field of 88.
Despite Katie and Hollie's good efforts, Western Texas did not win the team title. That went to Tarleton State who had 16 shots to spare over runners-up Western Texas in a field of 17 teams.

Andrea Downer joint second in Kentucky
Andrea Downer (Murray State University), a senior student from Bramley, Surrey, finished joint second in a field of 34 players for the New Wave Communications Classic at Miller Golf Club at the city of Murray in Kentucky.
Andrea scored 76 and 80 for 156 to finish one shot behind the winner, Chelsea Harris (Austin Peay State), who had rounds of 76 and 79.
Murray State (638) did win the team title ahead of Austin Peay State (654) in a field of five teams.

Abbey Gittings sixth in Lady Moc Classic
Two English students, Abbey Gittings from Walmley and Lizzi Over from Lincolnshire, finished in the top 10 of a field of 70 players for the Lady Moc Classic at The Club at Eaglebrooke, Lakeland in Florida.
Abbey, a freshman student at Nova Southeastern and the Warwickshire ladies county champion for the past two years, finished sixth.
Over a par-72 course of 6,255yd, she had rounds of 79, 76 and 78 for a total of 233.
Lizzi Over, a sophomore student at Barry University, Miami in Florida, came joint seventh with scores of 82, 75 and 78 fro 235.
Sandra Changjuha (Nova Southeastern) was the runaway winner by nine strokes with scores of 72, 71 and 76 for 219.
Another Nova Southeastern student, junior Nicole Whitemore from Milton Keynes, tied for 29th place in a field of 70 with a total of 248, made up of scores of 76, 94 and 78. But for that second round, Nicole would have certainly made the top 20, maybe even the leading 10.
Nova Southeastern (916) won the team title by 17 shots from Rollins College with Florida State (940) third of 13 teams. Barry University came fourth with a total of 955


Lauren Blease joint fifth in Lady Jaguar Invitational
Lauren Blease, a sophomore student at Florida International University, finished joint fifth in a field of 85 players at the Lady Jaguar Invitational at Azalea City Golf Club, Mobile in Alabama.
Lauren, from Kingston, Surrey, had rounds of 79, 75 and 75 for 229 - seven shots behind Lauren Cate (Stetson University) (73-75-74) who beat Marissa Steen (Memphis) (75-73-74) in a play-off after they had tied on 222 over the par-72, 6,071yd course.
Alex Bantham (Stetson), a junior student from Birmingham, scored 80, 79 and 81 for 240 and a share of 30th place.
Laura Cutler (Jacksonville State), a junior student from Essex, finished joint 34th on 242 with scores of 76, 85 and 81.

Lizi Sweetnam 12th at Eagle's Bluff in Texas
Lizi Sweetnam (Seminole Community College, Okalahoma) finished 12th of 28 in the tJC Spring Intercolleagiate tournament at Eagle's Bluff Golf Club, Bullard in Texas.
Lizi returned a pair of 91s for a total of 182 over a par-71 course of 5,836yd.
Jack Marshall (Tyler Junior College) won by 13 shots with scores of 76 and 77 for 153.
Tyler JC also won the team event. Seminole CC finished last of five teams.

Ellie Robinson joint 15th at Sorrento, Florida
Ellie Robinson (Georgia State), a freshman student from Middlesborough, came joint 15th in a field of 90 players at the UCF Challenge tournament at Red Tail Golf Club, Sorrento in Florida.
Ellie, a quarter-finalist in last year's British women's open amateur championship at Harlech, had rounds of 71, 79 and 75 for 225.
Hannah Burke (Baylor), a senior student from Hertfordshire), finished joint 38th on 252 with scores of 77, 78 and 77.
Sammy Vass (Central Florida) from Tain in the North of Scotland had scores of 84, 80 and 81 for a total of 245 and a share of 76th place.
Julie Boland (Texas A&M) won the individual title by five strokes with scores of 65, 75 and 70 for 210.
Texas A&M (893) also won the team event ahead of Georgia State (895), Coastal Carolina (904), College of Charleston (905), Baylor (907) and Furman and Central Florida (both 913). 17 Teams took part.

Scotch Corner at Davis & Elkins College, West Virginia

Davis & Elkins College at Elkins, West Virginia has more Scots on its golf roster than any other in the States.
For example, the college squad for a spring trip to Florida includes:
Alasdair Forsythe - Sophomore from Glasgow.
Robert McCleneghan - Freshman from Glasgow.
Craig Marshall - Freshman from Fife.
David Shields - Freshman from Glasgow.
Colin Sutherland - Freshman from Crail, Fife.
Christopher Young - Freshman from Cardross.
Plus one from England:
Samuel Oliver - Freshman from Bedlington.

Team organiser Scott Goddard, who travelled over to Scotland to talent scout at last year's Scottish boys' championship at Royal Aberdeen, is the man who favours loading his roster with Scottish talent.

Healy and Frost down the field in Charleston Shoot-out

Jacksonville University junior year students Stephen Healy from Co Mayo, Ireland and Gavin St John Frost from Berkshire finished joint 40th and joint 47th respectively in a field of 83 players for the Charleston Shoot-out at Links at Stone Ferry, Hollywood in South Carolina.
Russell Henley (Georgia) won the individual honours with three rounds of 69 for a nine-under-par total of 207. He finished a shot ahead of Georgia team-mate Harris English (69-71-68).
Healy scored 74, 76 and 76 for 226 while Forst had rounds of 78, 72 and 77 for 227.
Jacksonville (892) finished sixth of 15 in the team event won by Georgia (846) with College of Charleston (866) runners-up.

Another English winner on US college circuit

Carley Warrington wins play-off,
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Melissa Siviter joint fifth

England's Carley Warrington from Bradwell, in her final year at Belmont Abbey College near Charlotte, North Carolina, won the St Andrews Spring Invitational women's college tournament at the Woodlake Resort and Golf Club, Vass in North Carolina yesterday.
The tournament was dominated by Belmot Abbey College with Carley (pictured) tieing with team-mate Rita Kim at the head of a field of 32 players - and winning a sudden death play-off at the first extra hole.
In what must have been bad weather for the 36-hole event, Carley had rounds of 77 and 78 for 155 and Rita 76 and 79 over the par-72, 5805yd course.
A third Belmont Abbey player, Michele Low, was third with rounds of 78 and 81 for 159.
And Melissa Siviter from Staffordshire, a freshman student at Belmont Abbey, shared fifth place with a pair of 82s for 164. Melissa won a college event at Kiawah Island on February 9. Carley Warrington is a previous winner on the US college circuit.
Not surprisingly, Belmont Abbey ran away with the team title, scoring 633 to runners-up North Carolina-Pembroke's 666 with Mount Olive College a distant third on 279 in the field of seven teams.

Jacqueline Sneddon jt 60th at Red Rocks Invitational

Jacqueline Sneddon from Meigle, Perthshire, a student Grand Canyon University, Arizona, tied for 60th place in a field of 105 players for the Red Rocks Invitational college tournament at Oak Creek Country Club, Sedona in Arizona.
Jacqueline had scores of 83 and 86 for 169.
Paige Rachor (Portland University) was the individual winner with scores of 77 and 72 for 149. Grand Canyon (650) finished eighth of 18 in the team event won by Northern Arizona (613).

David Patterson finishes 2nd in
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Pirate Invitational in Georgia

David Patterson from Liverpool, a 21-year-old third-year student at Armstrong Atlantic State University at Savannah, Georgia, finished second in his own college's open tournament, the Pirate Invitational at Southbridge Golf Club.
Over a par-72 course of 6,922yd, David, pictured right, had scores of 71 and 70 to finish one shot behind the winner, Ben Lasso (Queens University of Charleston) with scores of 73 and 67 for 140. The field had 54 players.
There were nine teams in the team event won by Flagler College with a total of 577, one ahead of Armstrong Atlantic State.
Meanwhile, in the St Edwards Invitational college competition at Grey Rock Golf Club, Austin, Texas, three English students at Western Texas College, Snyder in Texas, were among the field.
Elliot Groves, a sophomore student from Southampton, did best with a joint 21st place finish on 153 with scores of 78 and 75 over the par-761, 6,842yd course.
Nick Flynn, a freshman from Surrey, shared 38th place on 157 with a 78 and a 79.
James Price, a sophomore from Great Yarmouth, finished joint 52nd on 160 with scores of 77 and 83.
St Edwards University (597) won their own event, four shots ahead of Dallas Baptist with Arkansas-Fort Smth (603) third and Western Texas (610) fourth of 11 teams.

US COLLEGE CIRCUIT SUMMARY

Latimer joint second in Old

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North State Collegiate

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Scottish students had varying degrees of success in tournaments on the US college golf circuit this week.
Peter Latimer, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, from Markinch, a quarter-finalist at last year's Scottish amateur championship at Royal Troon and a senior-year student at Guilford College, Greensboro in North Carolina, finished joint second in a field of 71 for the Old North State Collegiate tournament at Old North State Club, New London in North Carolina.
Peter had rounds of 76 and 73 for a total of 149 over a long course of 7,102yd with a par of 72. He finished eight shots behind the runaway winner, Jason Garrett (Lenoir-Rhyne) who had rounds of 70 and 71 for 141. Cameron Fields (Pfeiffer) tied with Latimer for second place with scores of 76 and 73
Further down the field David McGregor, son of the former world-class swimmer Bobby McGregor, came joint 19th on 158 with scores of 74 and 84. David, from Helensburgh, is a sophomore (second year) student at Post University in New York State.

Other Post University students from Britain, Thomas Rees a freshman from Wales, and Lee Wanklyn, a senior from Berkshire, and Gavin Wilson, a sophomore from Ladybank, finished joint 43rd, joint 48th and joint 63rd respectively.

Rees shot 86 and 79 for 165; Wanklyn 84 and 82 for 166, and Wilson 87 and 86 for 173.
Peter Latimer's effort helped Guilford College win the team event by six shots from Lenoir-Rhyne and Pfeiffer. Post University finished seventh on nine teams, some 34 shots behind Guilford.
Scott Crichton from Dalgety Bay, a senior year student at Western New Mexico University, finished fourth in the CSUB Elco Invitational college event at Seven Oaks Country Club, Bakersfield in California.
Scott, runner-up in last year's Scottish youths championship, had rounds of 75, 70 and 70 for a total of 215 over the par-72 course of 7,079yd.
He finished six shots behind the winner, Kyle Morrison (California State) who scored 69, 69 and 71 for 209.

Morrison won by five shots from joint runners-up Jonathan Cockerill (CSU Stanislaus) and Patrick Vauer (Sonoma State).
One of Crichton's team-mates, junior year student Steven Maxwell from Glasgow, finished 26th in a field of 65 players. He had scores of 76, 72 and 79 for 227. Western New Mexico finished fourth of 12 teams.
Former Scotland boy international Stuart Ballingall from Norwich, a freshman student at Missouri University, tied for ninth place in a field of 75 players at the WSU Snowman Getaway college tournament at Whirlwind Golf Club, Chandler in Arizona.
Over a very long course of 7,334yd with a par of 72, Stuart had creditable scores of 74, 71 and 75 for 220. Ballingall, who won his very first US college event last autumn, finished nine shots behind the winner, Brett Iliff (Missouri-Kansas City) who scored 70, 71 and 70 for 211, to head the field by two shots. One of Iliff's team-mates, Alex Hogben from Manchester, finished joint 20th of 226 with scores of 77, 76 and 73.

Washington State (871) wont he team event ahead of Missouri (878) and Idaho (879) with UMKC third of 13 teams on 883.
Michael Stewart (East Tennessee State University), winner of the Scottish boys' match-play championship at Southerness in 2008, finished joint 32nd in a field of 75 at the Puerto Rico Classic college tournament at Rio Mar Golf Club, Rio Grande.
Stewart had rounds of 76, 70 and 71 for a total of 217 over a par-72 course of 6,902yd.
Kevin Tway (Oklahoma State) won with a 17-under-par total of 199 with great rounds of 65, 68 and 66, winning by three shots from Cody Gribble (Texas) (67-65-70).

Other East Tennessee State students in the field were Seamus Power from Waterford (jt 13th on 210 with scores of 68-74-68); Rhys Enoch from Cornwall (jt 53rd on 222 with 77-70-785) and Paul O'Kane from Castledawson, Northern Ireland (jt 59th with scores of 71-80-74 for 225).

Texas (822) won the team title ahead of Oklahoma State (828) and Clemson (843). East Tennessee State (859) finished eight in a field of 15 teams.

James Taverner (Southeastern Louisiana) finished joint 46th in the Mardis Gras Invitational at TPC of Louisiana, Avondale in Louisiana. James had rounds of 75, 72 and 84 over a par-72 course of 6,931yd, finishing 24 shots behind the six-stroke winner, Alex Ching (San Diego) with scores of 64, 75 and 69.

Alex Banham from Peterborough jt 12th in Florida

In the Jacksonville University Women's Classic at Hidden Hills Country Club in Florida, Alex Banham (Stetson University), a junior student from Peterborough, finished joint 12th in a field of 60 players with a pair of 78s for a total of 156 over the par-72, 6,003yd course.

She finished 12 shots behind the winner, Mitsuki Katahira (Daytona State) with scores of 73 and 71 for 144, to have two strokes to spare at the head of a field of 60 players.

Dayton State (596) won the team title ahead of Stetson (610) with Cincinnati (625) third of 11 teams.

San Diego (870) won the team title by three shots from North Carolina State.

Jack Hiluta from Chelmsford receives his first-place prize from a tournament organiser.

Jack Hiluta scores first win on US college circuit

FROM THE SOUTH ALABAMA UNIVERSITY WEBSITE
MOBILE, Alabama - University of South Alabama junior men's golfer Jack Hiluta from Chelmsford, England fired a 1-under-par 71 Tuesday - his third straight round of par or better this week - to earn his first career collegiate victory at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate hosted by the Jaguars at the Magnolia Grove Crossings Golf Course.
Hiluta made up three shots over the final 18 holes on Middle Tennessee's Kent Bulle, the leader after each of the first two days of the tournament, as the two shared medalist honors with a three-round total of 3-under-par 213.
Playing in the same group as Bulle, Hiluta made his move on the back nine of the par-72, 7,212-yard course. He recorded back-to-back birdie 3s on the 417-yard 10th and 398-yard 11th holes, and after a par he picked up another birdie at the par five 13th.
Hiluuta ended the 54-hole event with a bag of 11 birdies and 37 pars.
"Jack had a fantastic tournament. From the opening tee shot he was in complete control of his game," commented South Alabama University head coach Ben Hannan. "He had very few bogeys all week, and with the difficulty of the course and the conditions it was tremendous golf.
"As a team, we finished sixth in a very good field. The guys had a great round going through 16 holes, but unfortunately weren't able to close which let some teams get back ahead of us. All in all, I was very pleased since it was the first event of the spring. Certainly we have some positives to look at coming out of this, which we can build on moving forward as we get ready to compete in South Florida."
Gavin St John Frost, a junior student at Jacksonville University from Berkshire, finished joint 69th in the field of 102 players with rounds of 78, 76 and 77 for 231 - one shot ahead of team-mate, Ireland's Stephen Healey from Co Mayo, who scored 77, 78 and 77 for a share of 73rd place.
Mississippi held on to win the event with a 13-over-par 877 total, despite shooting a 301 on the final day, besting Illinois State by one stroke. Louisville (879) were third in a field of 18 teams.
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Grant Carnie jt 25th, Mark Dickson jt 71st

at Hilton Head, South Carolina

University of South Carolina-Aiken students Grant Carnie, a senior from Ellon, Aberdeenshire, and Mark Dickson, a freshman from Gullane, finished joint 25th and joint 71st respectively in the field of 90 players at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate 36-hole tournament at Hilton Head, South Carolina this week.
Over a par-72 course of 6,828yd, Carnie, who reached the quarter-finals of last year's Scottish amateur championship by beating the seeded Gavin Dear, scored 78 and 72 for 150; Dickson 78 and 80 for 158.
Jackson Taylor (Davidson College) and Lee Bedford (Wake Forest University) tied for first place on 142. Both men scored 72 and 70.
Wake Forest (583) won the team title by one shot from Francis Martin College with Davidson College third on 589. South Carolina-Aiken finished tied sixth with a score of 606 in a field of 17 teams.

Sinead O'Sullivan, a hole in one, and joint second with one round to go on Kiawah Island.

Sinead O'Sullivan has a hole in one but last-round

bogeys drop her to 15th place on Kiawah Island

There was a host of British and Irish students in the massive field of 33 teams and 172 players for the Kiawah Island Classic college tournament over two courses, one of 6,000yd and the other 5,907yd.
Joint lowest scorers overall were Nina Muehl (East Tennessee State) (72-70-71) and Crystal Reeves (Oral Roberts University) (72-68-73), each with a three-under-par total of 213.
Sinead O'Sullivan from Galway, Ireland, representing East Tennessee State University, was the highest-placed finisher from this side of the Atlantic. Sinead was tied for second place on 142 after opening rounds of 71, which included a hole in one at the 149yd seventh, but she could not keep it up and a final round of 81 gave her a total of 223 and dropped her to 15th place.
Still, a great effort for two rounds - and 157 players finished behind her!. In her final round, O'Sullivan had a triple bogey 6 at the short sixth and a double bogey 6 at the 10th.
Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Charleston Southern) from the Channel Islands finished joint 25th on 226 with scores of 73, 75 and 78.
Lauren Blease (Florida International), a sophomore student from Kingston, Surrey, finished joint 47th on 230 with rounds of 76, 78 and 76. On the same mark was Laura Cutler (Jacksonville State), a junior student from Essex, with scores of 72, 78 and 80.
Clara Leathers (Middle Tennessee State) from Aylesbury finished joint 57th on 231 with scores of 75, 79 and 77.
Gemma Hardie (Central Arkansas), a sophomore student from Scunthopre, came joint 65th on 232 with scores of 75, 82 and 75.
Laura Holmes (Old Dominion), a senior year student from Ballina, Co Mayo, finished joint 117th on 242 with scores of 83, 77 and 82. On the same mark was Stacey Rodger (Missouri State) from West Hove, Sussex with scores of 81, 86 and 75.
Emma Gilmore (Old Dominion) from Ireland tied for 163rd place with score sof 88, 100 and 85 for 273.
Miami (892) won the team event, just ahead of Minnesota (893). East Tennessee State and Middle Tennessee State (both 898) tied for sixth place, which represented a good performance in a huge field of 33 teams.

Ivan Lendl's golfing daughters

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tie for first place in Florida

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Sisters Isabelle and Marika, daughters of the former tennis ace Ivan Lendl and both students at the University of Florida, tied for victory in the Cental District Invitational women's college tournament at River Wilderness Golf Club, Parrish, Florida.

The Lendl family's home is a Bradenton, Florida.

The University of Florida scored a double whammy because, not surprisingly after the Lendl girls' efforts, they won the team title - their first of the season.

The Gators finished the event 29 strokes ahead of second placed Texas Christian University with a seven-under-par total of 857 (290-281-286). Purdue finished third, followed by host Michigan State (895) in fourth in a field of 15 teams.

Isabelle (74-67-71), pictured left, and Marika (72-70-70), pictured right, both totalled four-under-par 212 for the 54 holes, finishing four shots clear of the field of 75 players.

Isabelle, a freshman student who will be 19 on July 19, was named the tournament winner after she narrowly defeated Marika, a sophomore student, in a scorecard play-off, whichever golfer had a lower score in their final nine holes. Even the scorecard play-off was a tight race.

After making a bogey on 14 followed by a birdie on 15, Marika birdied the 18th to be one under par for the final nine holes.

Isabelle had a rough start to her back nine holes, making two consecutive bogeys, but responded by making three-straight birdies on 13, 14 and 15. At one-over par heading into her final hole, Isabelle made an eagle 2 at the par-4 18th hole to have a splendied inward half of three under par.

Nicola Race from Essex, a student a Missouri University, finished joint 44th with a total of 230, made up of rounds of 80, 80 and 70. She obviously got the measure of the course in the final round.

Missouri team-mate, Hannah Lovelock from Surrey had a total of 239 with rounds of 77, 82 and 80 for joint 69th position.

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Sally Watson joint 10th after good first round

Joint 4th Jodi Ewart is leading

British/Irish player in Arizona

Yorkshire's Jodi Ewart, who will turn pro in a few months after completing four years at the University of New Mexico, finished the leading British/Irish student in this week's Arizona Wildcat Invitational women's college tournament over the Arizona National Golf Club course (par-71, 6166yd).

Jodi, pictured right, had two rounds of 72 to finish joint fourth on 144 behind the winner, Sweden's Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma Stte) who won by five shots with two great rounds of 70 and 66 for six-under-par 136.

Caroline finished runner-up to Anna Nordqvist in the Ladies British open amateur championship at North Berwick two years ago.

South Queensferry's Sally Watson, a freshman student at Stanford University, California and a member of the GB&I short leet for the June Curtis Cup match (Jodi withdrew a week or two ago), finished joint 10th after sharing fourth place with a first-round 71.

The Scot had a 75 in the second and last round for 146.

Ellie Givens (Denver University) from Darlington finished joint 17th on 149 with scores of 73 and 76.

Ellie's Irish team-mate, Sarah Faller, from Galway had scores of 79 and 73 for 152 and a share of 34th place.

Former Ladies British open amateur stroke play champion Roseanne Niven (California Berkeley University) from Crieff scored 80 and 79 for 159 and joint 63rd place in a quality field of 93 players.

Arizona State (570) won the team title ahead of Arizona (588) with Stanford (595) third and California-Berkeley (599) fifth. New Mexico (610) came sixth.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Individuals

Par 142 (2x71) 6166yd

136 Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) 70 66.

141 Juliana Murcia (Murcia State) 74 67, Alison Whitaker (Duke) 69 72.

Selected scores:

144 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 72 72 (jt 4th).

145 Carlota Ciganda (Arizona State) 71 74 (jt 7th).

146 Sally Watson (Stanford) 71 75 (jt 10th).

149 Ellie Givens (Denver) 73 76 (jt 17th).

152 Sarah Faller (Denver) 79 73 (jt 34th).

159 Roseanne Niven (California) 80 79 (jt 63rd).

Teams

570 Arizona State. 588 Arizona. 595 Stanford. 596 California. 599 Duke. 601 New Mexico. 602 Pepperdine. 605 Auburn. 607 Denver. 609 Oklahoma State. 616 Tennessee. A total of 16 teams took part.

Alyssa and Megan down the Texas field

Two freshmen English students at Newman University, Wichita in Kansas, Alyssa Balding from Northumberland and Megan Birdsey from Bedfordshire finished down the field in the Lady Rattler Round-up 18-hole college tournament at San Antonio, Texas.

Over a par-71 course of 5,810yd, Alyssa finished joint 43rd with a score of 87 while Megan tied for 50th place with a round of 90.

The event was jointly won by Melanie Thom (Tarleton State) and Whitney McAteer (Northeastern State) who both returned two-over-par 73s.

Jessica Schiele wins from Katie Mundy in Texas

English girls 1-2-4 and 10 in US college tournament

Jessica Schiele, a freshman Redlands Community College, Oklahoma student from Grimsby, finished first and Katie Mundy from Hampshire, a student at Western Texas College, finished first and second in yesterday's UMHB/Lady Cru Spring Invitational college tournament at Mill Creek golf course, Salado in Texas.
In all, there were four English-born students in the top 10 with Hollie Weatherburn (Western Texas), the Cumbrian champion, in fourth place and Kelly MacPhail (Redlands CC) from Manchester in 10th place in a field of 49 competitors.
Jess Schiele, a member at Kenwick Park Golf Club, Lincolnshire, lost to the eventual beaten finalist Elizabeth Mallett in last year's British girls championship at West Lancs Golf Club. She will be 19 on March 20.
To win her first US college tournament, Jess returned two scores of 76 for a total of 152 over the par-73, 5,873yd course (seems a high par for a shortish-course?).
Katie Mundy finished second for the second week in row with scores of 77 and 78 for 155. Team-mate Hollie Weatherburn came fourth with 80 and 81 for 161.
Kelly MacPhail scored 90 and 84 for 174.
Western Texas (654) won a team title for the second week in a row, thanks to the sterling efforts of Katie and Hollie.
Redlands CC (670) were runners-up in a field of nine teams.
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 146 (2x73). 5873yd.
152 Jessica Schiele (Redlands CC) 76 76.
155 Katie Mundy (Western Texas College) 77 78.
160 Sinae Montaya (Lubbock Christian Univ) 80 80.
161 Hollie Weatherburn (Wextern Texas College) 80 81.
Selected score:
174 Kelly MacPhail (Redlands CC) 80 84.
TEAM TOTALS
654 Western Texas College.
670 Redlands CC
Nine teams took part.

DUNDEE STUDENT WINS BRONCO
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INVITATIONAL GOLF IN NEW MEXICO

Jordan McColl from Dundee, a first-year student at New Mexico Junior College, won the Bronco Invitational college golf tournament at the New Mexico Military Institute Golf Club, Roswell, New Mexico today.
McColl, pictured right, had rounds of 68, 72 and 69 for a seven-under-par total of 209 over the par-72, 6,652yd course.
He won by one shot from team-mates Zach Fullerton (69-69-72) and Doug Quinones (68-75-67) at the head of a field of 31 players.
Not surprisingly, New Mexico Junior College won the team event by 18 strokes from New Mexico Military Institute in a field of five teams.

English students down the field on Hawaii

English students Matthew Tweddell - whose grandfather won the British amateur title in the late 1920s - and Matthew de Moraes are both students at Hawaii Pacific University. Matthew is 6ft 2in and is a freshman student from Birmingham. Matthew is a junior (third year) student at HPU and comes from Woodford Green, London. He's a good deal shorter than Tweddell, standing 5ft 7in.
Not much between them, however, in their disappointing scores at the John Burns Intercollegiate tournament at Leilehua Golf Club, Wahiawa on Hawaii a couple of days agao. Over a 6,917yd, par-72 course, they tied for 70th place in a field of 84 players.
Tweddell scored 72, 76 and 79 for 227, De Moraes 76, 75 and 76 for the same total.
Winner was Andrea Pavan (Texas A&M) with very good scores of 70, 69 and 65 for 12-under-par 204. He won by two shots from Derek Ernst (UNLV) who had rounds of 68, 69 and 69.
Texas A&M and UNLV tied for the team title with identical totals of 836. No word of a play-off so we presume they shared the title.
Brigham Young and California, both 848, tied for third place and Hawaii Pacific were 14th in a field of 15 teams with a total of 905.
Hawaii would be a great place to get a golf scholarship but it doesn't seem to do much for their student golf teams. Hawaii University finished 13th, HPU 14th and BYU-Hawaii last of 15.
Well, you can't have everything!

US COLLEGE NEWS

Katie second, Hollie joint fourth in Arizona

Katie Mundy from Dunwood Manor Golf Club, Hampshire finished runner-up in the SNU Arizona Intercollegiate women's tournament at Francisco Grande Golf Resort, Casa Grande in Arizona.
Katie, a first-year student at Western College, Texas, has rounds of 77 and 70 for a three-over-par total of 147 over the 5,953yd (par-72) course) to finish two shots behind the winner in a field of 44 players, Nikki Stewart (Savannah College of Art Design) with 71 and 74 for 145.
Katie's team-mate, freshman student Hollie Weatherburn, the Cumbrian ladies' champion from Furness Golf Club, finished joint fourth with scores of 74 and 78 for 152.
Another Western Texas University English student, Lauren Smith, a sophomore student from Northumberland, came 32nd with a total of 169 (83-86).
Thanks to the efforts of Katie, Hollie and Lauren, Western Texas (615) won the title by eight shots from Savannah College of Art Design (623) with Victori (625) third of eight teams.
Katie Mundy is pictured by courtesy of Leaderboard Photography.

US COLLEGE NEWS

James Byrne joint 42nd in

"Battle of the Beach"

Banchory's James Byrne (Arizona State University) tied for 42nd place with a three-round total of 219 (72-73-74) over a par-71 course of 6,945yd in the "Battle of the Beach" men's college tournament at Pelican Hill North, Newport Coast in California.
The scoring at the top of the leaderboard was so tight that four shots covered the leading 10 finishers.
Chris Williams (Washington) (69-65-71) tied with David Lingmerth (Arkansas) (70-71-64) for first place. There was no play-off.
They finished one shot ahead of Diego Velasquez (Oregon State) (66-72-68), Jamie Marshall (Arkansas) (71-70-65) and Pontus Widegren (UCLA) (70-72-64).
Darren Renwick (Tennessee University), a sophomore student from Woking, Surrey, tied for 40th place on 218 (73-68-77) and Tom Berry, a freshman student from Surrey at San Diego State, came joint 58th in a field of 86 players with scores of 71, 79 and 73 for 223.
It was also squeaky tight at the top of the team race with UCLA (1055) pipping joint runners-up Arkansas and Washington (1056) by a single shot with Oregon State (1060) a close fourth, San Diego State (1070) fifth and Arizona State (1074) sixth in a field of 13 teams.

Rafferty joint 37th at San Antonio, Texas

Fergal Rafferty, pictured above, from Carrickimore, Omagh in Northern Ireland, a senior student at Sam Houston State University, finished 37th in a field of 81 players for the Oak Hills Invitational at Oak Hills Country Club in San Antonio, Texas.
Over a par-71 course of 6,765yd, Fergal had rounds of 78, 72 and 74 for a total of 224.
Winner was Philipp Westerman (Southeastern Louisiana) with 71, 71 and 69 for 211. He finished a shot ahead of Dustin Garza (Wichita State) (72-70-70).
Texas Tech (875) won the team title ahead of Southeastern Louisiana (877) and joint third Tulsa and Baylor (878). Sam Houston State (891) finished ninth of 15 teams.

Adam Galbraith joint 10th at Valdosta, Georgia

Webber International University, Florida's contingent of English students were all in the field for the Thomas University Winter Invitational at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club, Valdosta in Georgia.
Over a par-72 course of 6,940yd, Adam Galbraith, a senior student from Haywards Hill, Sussex came joint 10th on 153 with scores of 78 and 75.
Team-mate Connor O'Dell, a freshman from Taunton, tied for 20th place with scores of 77 and 79 for 156
Tom Gamble, a Webber International sophomore student from Walton-on-Thames, scored 81 and 79 for 36th place on 160 - one shot ahead of another team-mate, senior student Craig Isabel from Stanford-Le-Hope with rounds of 83 and 78 for 161 and joint 37th place.
Arvid Bengstsson (Shorter College) won the individual title with scores of 69 and 75. He finished four shot shots ahead of Taylor Welborn (Darton Community College) with scores of 75 and 73.
Shorter College (611) won the team title ahead of Johnson & Wales, Florida (613) and Darton CC (617). Webber International (621) finished sixth of 10 teams.

Clark Nelson down the field at Lakeland, Florida

Glasgow's Clark Nelson, a sophomore (second year) student at Clayton State University, Atlanta, finished joint 72nd in a field of 75 players for the Matlock Collegiate Classic at Lone Palm Golf Club, Lakeland in Florida.
Clark scored 77, 85 and 82 for a total of 244 over a par-72, 7,065yd course.
Joe Young (Georgia College) won the title with scores of 71, 67 and 72 for six-under-par total of 210
Georgia College (863) won the team honours by a shot from Florida Southern in a field of 15 teams.

Olivia ties for fourth place at Miami Lakes, Florida

Channel Islander Olivia Higgins (Charleston Southern University) tied for fourth place in a field of 90 players at the Hurricane Invitational women's college tournament at Don Shula's Golf Course, Miami Lakes in Florida.
Over a par-72 course of 6,199yd, Olivia had rounds of 72, 75 and 75 for a total of 222 - five shots behind the three-stroke winner, Christine Wong (San Diego State) (69-74-74 for one-over-par 217).
Royal Liverpool Golf Club member Laura Jones, a student at Oklahoma City University, tied for 10th place on 224 with scores of 75, 72 and 77.
Ireland's Sinead O'Sullivan (East Tennessee State) from Galway finished joint 17th on 227 with scores of 75, 77 and 75.
Ellie Robinson from Middlesbrough, a freshman student at Georgia State University, finished joint 34th with scores of 73, 79 and 78 for 230. Ellie reached the last 32 of the Ladies British open amateur championship at Harlech last June.
Sammy Vass from Tain in the far north of Scotland, a freshman student at the University of Central Florida, had rounds of 78, 85 and 79 for a total of 241 and a share of 67th place in a field of 90 players.
Sammy was playing as an individual but she joined in her team-mates' celebrations after they won the team title by one shot with a total of 894 to Georgia State's 895 with third-placed East Tennessee State (896) only a shot behind in third place in a field of 17 teams.

Double whammy by Scots on US college circuit

Scott Crichton (Western New Mexico University) and Sally Watson (Stanford University)

Sally and Scott at their Sunday best

Two Scottish students scored victories on the United States college golf circuit on Sunday.
Curtis Cup team player Sally Watson, a first-year student at Stanford University, California and originally from South Queensferry, Edinburgh, finished joint first in the Peg Barnard Invitational over the Stanford course - Tiger Woods' old stamping ground - with Joanne Lee (California).
Sally had rounds of 73 and 71 for a two-over-par total of 144 over the 6,092 women's course (par 71). Joanne had scores of 74 and 70.
Watson had a double bogey 6 on her outward half of 37 but back-to-back birdies at the long 12th and par-4 13th put her back on track.
Former British women's stroke-play champion Roseanne Niven (California) from Crieff finished joint 22nd with scores of 75 and 80 for 155.

LEADING TOTALS

Par 142 (2x71)

144 Sally Watson (Stanford) 73 71, Joanne Lee (California) 74 70.

147 Rebecca Durham (Stanford) 77 70.

149 Anya Alvarez (Washington) 72 77.

Selected score:

155 Roseanne Niven (California) 75 80 (jt 22nd).
Watson's effort helped Stanford pip California by a single shot for the team title in a field of 11 teams. Placings:

1 Stanford (596), 2 California (597), 3 Oregon (607), 4 Washington (609), 5 UC Davis (615), 6 San Jose State (622). Eleven teams took part.
Scott Crichton, from Dalgety Bay, Fife, in his senior (final) year at Western New Mexico University, had a pair of 68s for a six-under-par total of 136 to win the Cactus Thaw college tournament at Silver City, New Mexico.
Crichton, runner-up for the Scottish youths title last year, won by a stroke from Branden Barron (South Mountain) who had rounds of 68 and 69.

The Scot is rated by his college golf coach to have made "tremendous improvement" over the past four years and is now one of the best, if not the best, male college golfers in New Mexico.
Another Western New Mexico Scottish student, Steven Maxwell, a junior (third year) student from Glasgow, finished sixth in a field of 52 with a pair of 71s for 142. Team-mate Edward Parker from Sandbach came fifth on 141 with scortes of 72 and 69.

And completing the Western New Mexico performances Chris Davis, a freshman from London, came joint 31st on 149 with scores of 72 and 77.
Western New Mexico won the team event by five shots from Scottsdale in a field of five teams.

In the Cactus Thaw women's college event over a par-72 course (5811hd) at the same venue, Jacqueiline Sneddon (Grand Canyon) from Meigle tied for 11th place with scores of 85 and 83 for 168.

Winner by six strokes was team-mate Jennifer Lutz with scores of 75 and 73 for 148.

Elsewhere, Tom Sherreard from Maidstone, Kent, a senior year student at Georgia State University, tied for 36th place in a field of 75 at the Sun Trust Gator Invitational over the Florida of University's Mark Bostick course at Gainesville.

Sherreard scored 75, 76 and 71 for 222 over the par-70, 6701yd course.

Cathal O'Malley (Alabama-Birmingham) from Westborn, Ireland tied for 67th place with scores of 78, 79 and 76 for 233.

Individual winner was Jonathan Randolph (Mississippin) with scores of 71, 72 and 67 for 210 - a shot ahead of Andrew Loupe (Louisiana State) with rounds of 71, 71 and 69.

Florida (841) won the title over their home course with Florida State (859) second and Chattanooga (869) third in the 14-team line-up.

Ellie Givens joint 12th in California

Ellie Givens, the 2007 English girls champion from Darlington, finished a creditable joint 12th in a quality field of 80 players for the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge women's college tournament at Palos Verdes Golf Club, California yesterday.

Ellie, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, a junior (third year) student at Denver University, had rounds of 72, 74 and 77 for a total of 223 over the par-71 course of 5,912yd.

Team-mate Sarah Faller, a sophomore student from Galway, finished tied 28th with no less a player than Spanish ace Carlota Ciganda (Arizona State) on the 228 mark. Sarah scored 74, 78 and 76, Carloa 78, 78 and 72.

Lisa McCloskey (Pepperdine) won by three shots with a two-under-par total of 211, made up of scores of 71, 67 and 73.

Pepperdine, who had another student, Taylore Karle, in joint second place with Jennifer Song (Southern California) on 214, finished second, beaten by three strokes, to Southern California in the team event.

Givens and Faller's efforts enabled Denver to finish joint sixth in a field of 15 teams.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS

Par 213 (3x71) 5,912yd

211 Lisa McCloskey (Pepperdine) 71 67 73.

214 Taylore Karle (Pepperdine) 69 72 73, Jennifer Song (Southern California) 67 75 72.

Selected scores:

223 Ellie Givens (Denver) 72 74 77 (jt 12th).

227 Carlota Ciganda (Arizona State) 78 78 72, Sarah Faller (Denver) 74 78 76.

LEADING TEAM TOTALS

876 Southern California.

879 Pepperdine.

897 Ohio State.

Selected score:

900 Denver (jt sixth of 15).

Alex Hogben makes top 10 in Utah

Alex Hogben from Manchester, a student at the University of Missouri Kansas City, tied for eighth place in a field of 70 players at the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invite college tournament at Sunbrook Golf Club, St George in Utah.

Alex scored 76 and 70 for a total of 146 over the par-72, 6,781yd course.

Harrison Moore (College of Charleston) was the individual winner by three strokes with scores of 70 and 68 for six-under 138.

College of Charleston (576) won the team title ahead of UMKC (585) and Western Illinois (587) in a field of 11 teams.

Michael Stewart (joint third) helps East Tennessee

State University win JU Invitational team title

Michael Stewart, the 2008 Scottish boys' match-play champion from the Troon Welbeck club, finished joint third in the JU Invitational college tournament at the Players Stadium course, Ponte Vedra, Florida on Tuesday.

Stewart's performance also helped East Tennessee State University win the team title .

Michael, pictured, had rounds of 73, 76 and 73 for a total of 222 over the 7,122yd, par-72 course. He finished four shots behind the winner, Brendan Gielow (Wake Forest) who shot 76, 69 and 73 for 218.

Starting at the ninth hole in his final round, Stewart birdied the 16th, first, seventh and eighth. His two late birdies pulled him up to a share of third place alongside Ben Martin (Clemson), three shots behind runner-up Kelvin Day (Charleston Southern).

Stewart's East Tennessee State team-mates, Seamus Power from Waterford, Rhys Enoch from Cornwall and Paul O'Kane from Castledawson, Northern Ireland finished joint fifth, joint 11th and joint 24th respectively.

Tom Sherreard (Georgia State), an England boy international, finished joint 19th.

Former Scottish schoolboys title-holder and junior champion of champions, Neil Henderson (Old Dominion) from North Berwick finished joint 46th on 240 with scores of 84, 78 and 78.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72). 7,122yd

Individuals

218 Brendan Gielow (Wake Forest) 76 69 73.

219 Kelvin Day (Charleston Southern) 73 75 71.

222 Michael Stewart (East Tennessee State) 73 76 73, Ben Martin (Clemson) 71 75 76.

Selected scores:

223 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 80 71 72 (jt 5th).
226 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) 76 71 79 (jt 11th).

229 Tom Sherreard (Georgia State) 80 74 75 (jt 19th).

232 Paul O'Kane (East Tennessee State) 81 76 75 (jt 24th).

240 Neil Henderson (Old Dominion) 84 78 78 (jt 46th).

Teams

893 East Tennessee State. 900 Wake Forest. 901 Clemson. 15 Teams took part.

Tom Berry makes to top 10 in California

Meanwhile, San Diego State University freshman Tomy Berry from Surrey finished joint ninth on 217 with rounds of 69, 71 and 77 in the USD Callaway Invitational at The Farms Golf Club, Rancho Sante Fe, California.

Competing over a par-72, 6,910yd course, Berry finished nine shots behind the winner, Bhavik Patel (Fresno State) who had rounds of 69, 70 and69 for an eight-under-par total of 208. He won by three shots from Alex Ching (San Diego) (70-72-69).

Tom Berry's effort helped San Diego State (862) win the team title ahead of Southern Methodist (86) and Fresno State (875) in a field of 12 teams.

Gavin Hay drops out of contention with

final round of 77 in Spring Invitational

Gavin Hay from Glasgow, a student at Carson-Newman College, Tennessee, dropped from joint second overnight to a final placing of joint 10th in the Golfweek Spring Division 2 Invitational at the Independence Course, Reunion in Florida.
Gavin's earlier rounds of 73 and 70 had him only three shots off the pace and with only one man ahead, Steven Brame (Lynn University). But Hay slumped to a final round of 77, five over par for the 6,982yd course. He had only one birdie, at the 16, and six bogeys for a total of four-over-par 220.
Brame did not win either. He had scores of 67, 73 and 73 for 213, finishing two shots behind the winner, Robert Nasalli-Rocca (Lander University) whose five-under-par total of 211 was made up of rounds of 71, 72 and 68.
Gavin Hay team-mate Liam Ashby, a sophomore student from Dublin dropped 22 places ovcer the last round to joint 62nd in the field of 90 with rounds of 76, 77 and 82 for 235.
A third Carson-Newman College student, Adam Holt from Liverpool finished joint 76th of 240 with scores of 83, 74 and 84.
Adam Bate from Birmingham, a student at Clayton State University, Atlanta, finished 86th with scores of 79, 85 and 82 for 246.
Nova Southeastern (878) won the team title ahead of Western Florida (880).

US college circuit news

Second-round leader Hannah Burke

finishes joint 2nd in Puerto Rico

Hannah Burke from Hertfordshire, in her final year as a student at Baylor University, Texas, lost her one-shot lead over the final round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic college tournament at the Trump International Golf Club, Coco Beach Resort in San Juan.

Hannah, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, led after two opening rounds of three-under-par 69 over the 6,219yd course but slipped back with a third and last-round 74 for a total of 212.

She was overtaken by Sweden's European individual champion Caroline Hedwall, a sophomore student at Oklahoma State. Caroline had rounds of 74, 64 and 70 for a seven-under-par total of 209.

Caroline, who will be 21 on May 13, had an undefeated record for the Continent of Europe in last summer's Vagliano Trophy victory over Great Britain & Ireland at Hamburg. She lost to Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) in the final of the Ladies' British open amateur championship at North Berwick in 2008.

Hannah finished joint second in a field of 86 players, being joined on the 212 mark by Spain's Marta Silva (Georgia) with rounds of 70 69 and 73.

Alabama University did not have an individual concerned in the top three finish but they won the team title by 11 shots with a total of 872. Purdue (883) were second and Oklahoma State (886) third. Baylor (907) finished joint sixth in a field of 16 teams.

Leading final totals:

Par 216 (3x72). 6,219yd.

Individuals

209 Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) 74 65 70.

212 Hannah Burke (Baylor) 69 69 74, Marta Silva (Georgia) 70 69 73.

Teams

872 Alabama. 883 Purdue. 886 Oklahoma State. 888 Georgia. 897 Kent State. 907 Baylor, Florida State & Northwestern. 16 Teams took part.

Belmont Abbey college team give tournament winner Melissa Siviter a "lift" for the team photograph. Click on the image to enlarge.

Melissa Siviter from Staffordshire wins on Kiawah Island

Melissa Siviter, a freshman student at Belmont Abbey College, Charlotte, North Carolina, has the honour of being the first British and Irish winner on the American college golf circuit in 2010.
Melissa, a member at Enville Golf Club, Staffordshire, had rounds of 75 and 70 for a total of 145 over the par-72 Cougar Point Golf Club course at the famous one-time Ryder Cup venue of Kiawah Island.
She was competing in the Tusculum/Kiawah Island Intercollegiate. Mitsuki Katahira (Daytona State College) matched Melissa's total with identical scores of 75 and 70.
Siviter was declared the individual winner by virtue of a scorecard play-off. Her birdie at the fifth hole in the final round was decisive.
Team-mate Carley Warrington from Bradwell finished joint 15th with rounds of 78 and 79 for 157.
Belmont Abbey College (616) finished fourth of 16 teams behind Daytona State (602), Rollins (608) and Florida Southern (609).
More info on Melissa Siviter (courtesy of her mum, Pam!)
Home is Coseley, West Midlands. Date of birth: July 15, 1990. Staffordshire county player (Enville ladies' club championship usually clashes with County Week but last year Melissa was the leading qualifier in the Staffs county championship, for which she won the Wedgewood Bowl, before losing in the semi-finals. Coached by Enville Golf Club professional Richard Copsey.
"Melissa seems to be a late developer. She's certainly loving her freshman year at college."

James Byrne explains what went

wrong for him on Hawaii

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
James Byrne's first two rounds (84 and 80) in the Hawaii college tournament at the end of last week were so far out of the ordinary for the Banchory student at Arizona State University, that I E-mailed him to see if there was any explanation.
A lot of golfers are very good at talking about their good rounds; not all of them want to speak about their "bad" rounds ... but James is a notable exception.
Here's his reply:

Colin,
This tournament was competed among 22 teams, far too many for a college event, and as a result we played shotgun starts for each of the three rounds.
With severe winds only picking up after about seven holes in the first round, certain players were punished much more so than others. I had to play my last six holes into the wind and played them in +10.
In the second round, I managed to rack up an 8 on a 120yd par 3, as did my team-mate Knut, amongst others. The hole played straight down a strong wind with water short and long and was more of a guessing game than a golf hole.
I played only marginally better in the third round for a two-under-par 70, than I did the first two.
I tied at +18 with Peter Uihlein, who is coming off a phenomenal 09 season and is 5th in WAGR, so I think that tells all.
However, I did not play to my best and will have to make vast improvements.
Cheers,
James Byrne

Left to right: Scott Crichton, Jordan McColl and Steven Maxwell.

Three Scots students in New Mexico top 15

Three Scots finished in the top 15 in Saturday's New Mexico Collegiate Cup golf tournament at Sierra de Rico Golf Club in the quaintly named town of Truth or Consequences on Saturday.
Scott Crichton from Dalgety Bay, Fife, a fourth-year student at Western New Mexico University, had rounds of 72 and 73 over the 7,012yd par-72 course for a total of 145 and a share of 10th place.
Dundee's Jordan MColl, a freshman student at New Mexico Junior College, was the first-round leader with a two-under-par 70 but a second-round 77 for 147 pushed him down to joint 12th position.
Steven Maxwell from Glasgow, a third-year student at Western New Mexico, scored 77 and 71 for 148 and a share of 15th place.

Edward Parker (Western New Mexico), a senior student from Sandbach, England, had rounds of 76 and 77 for 153 and a share of 25th place.
Chris Davis (Western New Mexico), a freshman student from London tied for 33rd place with scores of 77 and 80 for 157.

There was a play-off for the individual title between two New Mexico State Univesity students, Ryan Wood (72-69) and Will Holdridge (72-69), who tied at the head of a field of 39 players on 141. Wood won the play-off.

Jamie Chapman joint fifth at Panama City, Florida

Jamie Chapman from Sussex, a freshman student at Lincoln Memorial College, Tennessee, finished joint fifth in a field of 75 players at the Outback Steakhouse Intercollegiate tournament at Hombre Golf Club, Panama City, Florida earlier this week.
Jamie had rounds of 72 and 75 for a total of three-over-par 147 over the 6,541yd course.
He finished six shots behind the winner, Joel Dahlenburg (Flagler) who had scores of 72 and 69 for 141.
A Flagler student also finished second on 143 - Drew Pressentin with scores of 68 and 75.
Flagler College, not surprisingly, won the team title with a total of 580 - 20 shots ahead of runners-up North Greenville University.
Lincoln Memorial (630) came eighth.

James Byrne (70) gets under par on Hawaii last day

James Byrne finished his first US college tournament of the year on a high in Hawaii after being 20 over par for the first two rounds of the Amer Ari Invitational event.
On the last day, the Arizona State University third-year student from Banchory showed his true form with a two-under-par 70 over the 6,913yd Mauna Lani North course on the Kohala Coast.
James' first two rounds had been 84 and 80 so his final total of 234 was 18 over par.
He tied for 85th place with a notable such as Peter Uihlein (Oklahoma State), No 5 in the R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings, alongside him on that mark with rounds of 80, 75 and 79.
In his final round, Byrne, starting at the 13th, had birdies at the long 15th, the third, the long seventh and, to cap his "comeback" an eagle 3 at the 10th in halves of 35.
Bobby Hudson (Texas) was the individual winner with scores of 70, 73 and 66 for seven-under-par 209, one shot ahead of Brooks Koepka (Florida State).
Stanford (866) won the team title by three shots from joint runners-up Oregon and Washington.
Arizona State (889) finished joint 10th of 22 competing teams.
SCOREBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
Leading individual totals
209 Bobby Hudson (Texas) 70 73 66.
210 Brooks Koepka (Florida State)73 72 65.
212 Kevin Tway (Oklahoma State) 72 68 72.
213 Sihwan Kim (Stanford) 72 70 71, Nick Taylor (Washington) 70 71 72.
Selected scores:
218 Jesper Kennegard (Arizona State) 75 75 68 (jt 16th).
223 Sean Einhaus (Oklahoma State) 77 71 75 (jt 44th).
230 Pedro Figueiredo (UCLA) 73 82 75 (jt 68th).
234 James Byrne (Arizona State) 84 80 70, Peter Uihlein (Oklahoma State) 80 75 79 (jt 85th).
Leading team totals
866 Stanford.
869 Oregon, Washington.
870 Texas.
871 Oklahoma State.
877 Georgia Tech.
881 Texas Tech.
Selected score:
889 Arizona State (jt 10th of 22 teams)

James Byrne's nightmare on Hawaii

- 20 over par for 36 holes

It must be many moons since Scotland international golfer James Byrne from Banchory, a third-year student at Arizona State University, was 20 over par for 36 consecutive holes of competitive play.
Hard to believe but that's what Golfstat says on its scoreboard for the first two rounds of the Amer Ari Invitational college tournament over the North Course (par 72, 6913yd) at Mauna Lani Resort on Hawaii's Kohala Coast.
Byrne has had rounds of 84 and 80 for a tally of 164 and joint 105th place in a field of 120 players. He is 24 shots behind the leader Kevin Tway (Oklahoma State) who is a shot ahead of a quality field with rounds of 72 and 68 for four-under 140.
In his first round, James, playing the second nine first, required 47 shots to cover holes one to nine. He had a triple bogey 6 at a short hole, a double bogey 5 at a short hole and a double bogey 6 at a par-4 hole. He also had five bogeys ... and one birdie in an amazing nine holes for a player of his calibre.
In his second round, again starting at the ninth, Byrne ran up an 8 at the short 14th and took 42 shots for holes 10 to 18.
LEADERBOARD

Individuals

Par 144 (2x72)
140 Kevin Tway (Oklahoma State) 72 68.
141 Nick Taylor (Washington) 70 71.
142 Sihwan Kim (Stanford) 72 70.
143 Bobby Hudson (Texas) 70 73, Gregor Main (UCLA) 73 70.
Selected score:
164 James Byrne (Arizona State) 84 80 (jt 105th).
Teams

578 Washington.
580 Stanford
581 Oregon
584 Oklahoma State
589 Texas, UCLA.
Selected score:

611 Arizona State (15th of 22 teams)