LPGA Tour Scoreboard
GRAND CHINA AIR LPGA TOURNAMENT
Haikou West Golf Club, Hainan Island, China
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
134 Karen Stupples (Eng) 67 67
136 Laura Diaz 63 73
137 Louise Friberg (Swe) 68 69
138 Shi Hyun Ahn 70 68, Candie Kung (Tai) 69 69, Christina Kim 70 68
139 Young Kim 70 69, Juli Inkster 71 68, Ya-Ni Tseng 72 67, Ji-Young Oh 68 71, Seon Hwa Lee 66 73, Na Yeon Choi 71 68, Allison Fouch 70 69, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 70 69
140 Teresa Lu (Tai) 70 70, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 70 70
141 Nicole Castrale 72 69, Jeong Jang 71 70
142 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 73 69, Annika Sorenstam (Swe) 72 70, Diana D'Alessio 71 71, Brittany Lang 73 69, Katherine Hull (Aus) 73 69
143 Jane Park 73 70, Jill McGill 71 72, Angela Park (Braz) 75 68, Song-Hee Kim 72 71, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 70 73
144 Mi-Hyun Kim 74 70, Meena Lee 72 72, Hee-Won Han 73 71, Hye Jung Choi 67 77
145 Tao-li Yang (Chn) 69 76, In Kyung Kim 70 75, Eun Hee Ji 74 71, Kristy McPherson 76 69, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 72 73
146 Xiaolong Zhong (Chn) 74 72, Cristie Kerr 74 72, Hong mei Yang (Chn) 72 74, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 72 74, Leta Lindley 74 72
147 Stacy Prammanasudh 74 73, Jimin Kang 70 77, Se Ri Pak 74 73
148 Laura Davies (Eng) 74 74, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 75 73, Morgan Pressel 75 73, Hee Young Park 72 76
149 Ping Huang (Chn) 77 72, Linyan Shang (Chn) 75 74, Pat Hurst 74 75
150 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 75 75, Sun Young Yoo 77 73, Carin Koch (Swe) 78 72
151 Yanhua Shen (Chn) 76 75, Jin Joo Hong 76 75
152 Li Ying Ye (Chn) 80 72
153 Xin Wang (Chn) 79 74
154 Li Jiayun (Chn) 78 76
155 In-Bee Park 77 78, Si min Feng 78 77
162 Hu Xiangzhen (Chn) 84 78

Women's World Cup moved from
start to end of 2009 season

Officials from the Women’s World Cup of Golf, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and the Ladies European Tour (LET) have made a joint decision to pursue moving the date of the 2009 event to the end of the season instead of opening the season with it in January as has been tradition for the past three years.
While the exact date for the 2009 event has not yet been finalised, the event organisers and the Tours will look to stage the event towards the end of the season to create the best possible chance of attracting the world’s top players to South Africa.
Carolyn Bivens, Commissioner of the LPGA, said: “The LPGA is committed to making it as easy as possible for the top players to be available to participate and represent their countries at this prestigious event. The Women’s World Cup of Golf has a wonderful spirit along with a charitable component for the local community.
Alexandra Armas, Executive Director of the LET, said: “Playing in South Africa at the end of the season will provide a wonderful finale for both tours. The players love going to South Africa – the courses are world class and the players receive legendary hospitality.”
Tania Fourie, CEO of the Women’s World Cup of Golf, said: “This tournament gives us a wonderful opportunity to showcase the magnificence of South Africa as well as showcase some of the best golf in the world. The four-year-old tournament is gaining stature every year and becoming an indelible part of the global annual calendar.”

Kelsey MacDonald wins SLGA

girls' order of merit

title by big margin

Scottish Under-21 girls champion Kelsey MacDonald has won the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association girls’ order of Merit title for 2008 by just about as big a margin as Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) won the women’s merit table.
Kelsey lost to Carly Booth in the Scottish Under-18 girls’ match-play championship at Alyth, the week before her great win in the Under-21 stroke-play championship at Powfoot.
She also won the Scottish schoolgirls’ title for the first time at Inchmarlo Golf Centre, Banchory in June.
Kelsey’s family home could hardly be closer to the first tee of the Nairn Dunbar golf course. Her ambition is to play for Great Britain & Ireland in the 2012 Curtis Cup match which will be staged at Nairn Golf Club.

She is a full Scotland international team player and is pictured above, by Cal Carson Golf Agency, in action during this year's women's home internationals at Wrexham.
Kelsey, who turned 18 in early October, is now a student at Stirling University. She has a twin brother.

Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) was runner-up in the SLGA girls' order of merit and third place went to Lesley Atkins (Minto), this year's Scottish Under-14 girls' champion.

SLGA GIRLS’ ORDER OF MERIT FINAL POINTS TOTALS

1 K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 2725
2 R Watton (Mortonhall) 1500
3 L Atkins (Minto) 1475
4 J Meldrum (Dullatur) 1410
5 E Briggs (Kilmacolm) 1325
6 G Scanlan (Hamilton) 1260
7 S Vass (Tain) 1080
8 S Leslie (Murcar Links) 1030
9 R McQueen (Troon Ladies) 970
9 C Booth (Comrie) 970
11 J Graham (Southerness) 930
12 R Wilson (Monifieth) 900
13 E Muirhead (Pitlochry) 780
14 A Niven (Crieff) 755
15 A McKechin (Elderslie) 550
16 G Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 510
17 G MacDonald (Craigielaw) 490
18 C Easton (Dalmahoy) 410
19 A Smith (Monifieth) 350
20 L McGillivray (Banchory) 310
21 M Johnstone (Northern) 300
22 J Vass (Tain) 225
23 G Dryburgh 220
23 G Simpson 220
23 S Alexander 220
26 L Allan 210
27 F Fullerton 175
28 H McCook 173
28 E MacKay 173
30 R Polson 160
31 T Mactaggart 150
31 K Scott 150
31 A Bain 150
34 K McIntosh 123
35 N Taylor 100
35 M McKay 100
37 L MacGregor 60
38 N Qayum 50
38 A Summers 50
38 L Stevenson 50
38 I Craigie 50
38 S Cameron 50

LGU MEDAL WILL SOON BE THING OF THE PAST

FROM THE LADIES GOLF UNION WEBSITE
For more than 100 years, the LGU Medal has been a fundamental part of every ladies' golf club fixture list, but, with effect from February 1, 2009, responsiblity for the running of medal competitions will be passed to the National Organisations.
The LGU medal will essentially cease to exist, to be replaced by medals organised and named, as appropriate, by the English Women’s Golf Association, the Irish Ladies’ Golf Union, the Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association or the Golf Union of Wales.
The individual National Organisations will advise clubs of their medal arrangements and rules in due course but should you have any queries please direct these to the relevant National Orgnaisation.

Kirstie and Kelly

win Daily Mail
Foursomes' Grand Final at Dalmahoy

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Northamptonshire’s Kirstie Jennings and Kelly Hanwell – two key figures in English women’s golf – have won the Daily Mail Women's Foursomes Grand Final at Dalmahoy, near Edinburgh.
Kirstie is the compliance manager for the England Golf Partnership and the lead child protection officer for the English Women’s Golf Association. Kelly is a regional development officer for EWGA and the English Golf Union.
The pair, who play at Northamptonshire County, took the women’s title when they got the better of both the field and the wet and windy weather.
“It was the worst conditions I have played in,” said Kirstie. “It was raining, freezing cold and the wind was howling. We had our own personal squeegee operator for the final round!”
Because of the weather the title was decided for the first time on a Stableford format – and Kirstie and Kelly won through with a strong finish.
After 15 holes there was only one point separating the leading four women’s pairs but the Northamptonshire partnership pulled away from the field with a birdie-par-bogey finish. They amassed 32 points and were three clear of their closest rivals.
“We were really chuffed to win it after going through all that,” said Kirstie, who was a losing finalist in 2005.
Both Kirstie and Kelly are past winners of the Northamptonshire county championship and Kelly has also been the Midland ladies’ title-holder. They have played foursomes together for their county since 1999.
The Daily Mail men's foursomes title was also won by an English pairing - Great Torrington's Tony Gooch and Mark Hill.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
Note: The organisers have not released all the final totals so we cannot tell you how the Scottish qualifers fared in the Grand Final. If they want to tell us - E-mail the information to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Tee times for students' tournament
at Blairgowrie Monday-Tuesday

Tee times for the Monday-Tuesday Scottish Universities Order of Merit 36-hole stroke-play tournament at Blairgowrie this coming week:

Rosemount, Monday; Lansdowne, Tuesday.

WOMEN
10.00 & 10.00 Susan Jackson (Edinburgh), J Linklater (St Andrews), Jane Turner (Robert Gordon, Aberdeen).
10.07 & 10.07 Emma Fairnie (Edinburgh), M Macpherson (St Andrews), Laura Murray (Robert Gordon, Aberdeen).
10.14 & 10.14 Stephanie Crolla (Heriot Watt), M Jones (St Andrews), A Smith (St Andrews), M Diamond (Napier).

MEN
10.28 & 12.06 M Gray (St Andrews 1), D Booth (Stirling 1), G MacDougall (Strathclyde 1).
10.35 & 11.59 R Sebastian (guest: Elmwood), J Corke (St Andrews 2), C Thomson (Stirling 2).
10.42 & 11.52 G Yates (Stirling 1), J Thomson (Glasgow), F Pintor Smith (guest: Elmwood).
10.49 & 11.45 S Scott (Abertay Dundee 1), J White (Stirling 1), R Forgie (Edinburgh).
10.56 & 11.38 S Cation (Guest: Elmwood), J Clarke (Abertay Dundee 1), G Robertson (Stirling 3).

11.03 & 11.31 C Baird (Stirling 3), M Pennycott (Heriot Watt), W Wrisdale (St Andrews 1).
11.10 & 11.24 M Thomson (Guest: Elmwood), B Rushford (Stirling 2), B Sloan (Heriot Watt).
11.17 & 11.17 F Campbell (Strathclyde 1), G Stevenson (St Andrews 1), D Timms (Stirling 3).
11.24 & 11.10 J Ross (St Andrews 1), S Hendserson (Edinburgh), M Daily (Stirling 2).

11.31 & 11.03 F Moore (Stirling 3), C Gray (St Andrews 2), A Baillie (UHI 1).
11.38 & 10.56 S Borley (UHI 1), M Bookless (Stirling 2), A Foley (Heriot Watt).
11.45 & 10.49 J Fleming (Strathdclyde 2), S Pointon (St Andrews 2), P Betty (Stirling 1).
11.52 & 10.42 P Keeling (Stirling 45), P Robinson (Strathclyde 1), N Pirie (Abertay Dundee 1).
11.59 & 10.35 R Asher (Abertay Dundee 3), J Bailery (UHI 1), C McLaughlin (Strathcdlyde 1).

12.08 & 10.28 J Lockie (St Andrews 2), S Gordon (Napier), A Styles (Robert Gordon, Aberdeen).
12.13 & 10.21 C Cowie (Robert Gordon, Aberdeen), R Stirling (UHI 1), R Noon (Napier), A Tood (Abertay Dundee).

+RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THEM FROM THE ORGANISERS.

David Addison joint 34th

in Ohio tournament

Ayrshire exile David Addison from Stewarton, a senior-year student at the University of Akron, Ohio, finished tied 34th in the Xavier Invitational college tournament at the Oasis Club, Loveland in Ohio.

David, a former Scotland boy international and a member at Kilmarnock Barassie, had rounds of 70, 76 and 73 for a three-over-par total of 219 over the 6921yd, par-72 course.

The individual winner with phenomenal scoring was Mike Van Sickle (Marquette University) with a 17-under-par total of 199, made up of rounds of 64, 68 and 67.

Addison won the SGU Order of Merit 72-hole tournament, the Cameron Corbett Vase, at Haggs Castle during his summer holidays back home this year.

Calum Grant top scores for D&E
College in West Virginia

Calum Grant from Linlithgow, a freshman student at Davis & Elkins College, West Virginia, top-scored for his college team, despite a 29-over-par total of 245 in the WVIAC Championship at Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, West Virginia this week.
In what must have been rough weather conditions - the best second-round score by anyone was a six-over-par 78, Calum had rounds of 85, 82 and 78 to finish in joint 20th position.
This is one of Calum's first appearances on the US colllege golf circuit after the NCAA administration refused to give him clearance to play. The reasons are not clear on this side of the Atlantic.
Team-mate Alasdair Forsythe from Glasgow, also a freshman, finished joint 45th on 255 with scores of 86, 91 and 78.
Matt Glissy (Fairmont State University) was the individual winner with scores of 72, 78 and 72 for six-over 222. He won by seven strokes.
Davis & Elkins College finished 14th of 15 in the team event.
That's the last competitive event for Calum and Alasdair until the spring. The US college golf season has a winter hiatus, which seems to start rather early, i.e. before the end of October, and go on a bit long, i.e. no events until late March-early April.
But the Scots have something to look forward to before that. The golf squad have been promised a trip to Orlando, Florida.

Jordan Findlay's nightmare

in Tennessee - a 93 with

only three par figures

Former British boys champion Jordan Findlay from Fraserburgh, in his fourth and final year as a golf scholarship student at East Tennessee State University, was lying last in a field of 75 at the end of the first round of the Bank of Tennessee @ The Ridges college tournament at The Ridges Country Club, Jonesborough in Tennessee.

Findlay, 20, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had an embarrassingly-high score of 21-over-par 93 in which he had only three pars in halves of 45-48 against the scorecard of 36-36 over a 7,147yd course.

Jordan had one triple bogey, four double bogeys and 10 single bogeys.

Team-mate Rhys Enoch, a Welsh international from Cornwall, did rather better at the other end of the leaderboard. He had a one-under-par 71 to share second place with eight other players, one behind leader Matt Hill (North Carolina State).

Chris Paisley (Tennessee University) from Newcastle was in joint 10th place with a par-matching 72.

Scottish boys' match-play champion Michael Stewart from Troon, a freshman student at East Tennessee State and team-mate Seamus Power from Waterford both scored 73 to be joint 20th.

Stewart had birdies at the fifth, 10th and 14th but cancelled them out with four bogeys.

Welshman Jason Shufflebotham from Prestatyn, a sophomore student at Alabama-Birmingham, was back in joint 31st place after a 74.

LPGA Tour Scoreboard
GRAND CHINA AIR LPGA TOURNAMENT
Haikou West Golf Club, Hainan Island, China
FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 72
63 Laura Diaz
66 Seon Hwa Lee
67 Karen Stupples (Eng), Hye Jung Choi
68 Ji-Young Oh, Louise Friberg (Swe)
69 Tao-li Yang (Chn), Candie Kung (Tai)
70 Shi Hyun Ahn, Young Kim, In Kyung Kim, Catriona Matthew (Sco), Christina Kim, Jimin Kang, Teresa Lu (Tai), Allison Fouch, Shanshan Feng (Chn), Helen Alfredsson (Swe)
71 Na Yeon Choi, Jill McGill, Juli Inkster, Diana D'Alessio, Jeong Jang
72 Annika Sorenstam (Swe), Meena Lee, Song-Hee Kim, Suzann Pettersen (Nor), Ya-Ni Tseng, Sophie Gustafson (Swe), Hong mei Yang (Chn), Nicole Castrale, Hee Young Park
73 Lindsey Wright (Aus), Jane Park, Hee-Won Han, Brittany Lang, Katherine Hull (Aus)
74 Laura Davies (Eng), Stacy Prammanasudh, Eun Hee Ji, Cristie Kerr, Pat Hurst, Leta Lindley, Xiaolong Zhong (Chn), Mi-Hyun Kim, Se Ri Pak
75 Minea Blomqvist (Fin), Giulia Sergas (Ita), Morgan Pressel, Angela Park (Bra), Linyan Shang (Chn)
76 Yanhua Shen (Chn), Jin Joo Hong, Kristy McPherson
77 Ping Huang (Chn), Sun Young Yoo, In-Bee Park
78 Carin Koch (Swe), Li Jiayun (Chn), Si min Feng
79 Xin Wang (Chn)
80 Li Ying Ye (Chn)
84 Hu Xiangzhen (Chn)

KRYSTLE CAITHNESS SHOCK
She's coming home from USA and

will enter LET Q School in January

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Curtis Cup Scot Krystle Caithness, the star player of the University of Georgia women's golf team, has stunned the Bulldogs' coaching staff and fellow players by quitting college halfway through her sophomore (second) year.
The 19-year-old from Cellardyke, Fife - the family have moved home to Cupar this year - is returning to Scotland immediately. She intends to enter the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School at La Manga in January.
Caithness, who played very well for Scotland in the recent women's world amateur team championship in Australia earlier this month, said that homesickness was the reason for her out-of-the-blue decision.
In a written statement released by the University of Georgia, Caithness aid:
"I really do miss home at this time and don't feel like I can carry on in any way that will help my team to move forward.
"I will miss everyone. I was extremely grateful for the opportunity I received here are Georgia. At this time I have to do what's best for me."
Georgia women's head coach Kelley Hester commented: "Krystle has been a valuable member of our team and we will certainly mniss her. We wish hwer the best as she returns home to pursue a professional golf career."

Krystle was 23rd in the most recent Golfweek nationwide women's college rankings. Georgia University are ranked fourth.

Kylie Walker wins SLGA Order

of Merit by more than 1,000

points from Roseanne Niven

Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) has won the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association's Order of Merit for the 2008 season.

Highlights of a season in which Kylie produced a clutch of high finishes would have to be victory in the St Rule Trophy and being beaten in a play-off by Roseanne Niven for the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Malone GC, near Belfast.

Kylie finished with 3250 points, more than 1,000 ahead of her "British" conqueror, Roseanne Niven (Crieff).

Considering she missed the early-season events because she is a student at the University of California-Berkeley, Roseanne did very well indeed to amass 2187pt. Her highlights were the aforementioned triumph in the British stroke-play and being the only British or Irish player to reach the semi-finals of the British women's open amateur championship at North Berwick, having earlier beaten Spain's Azahara Munoz, winner of the American women's college circuit's NCAA championship.

Aberdeen student Laura Murray from Alford came third with 2030pt.

ALL THE FINAL TOTALS

1 K Walker 3250
2 R Niven 2187
3 L Murray 2030
4 L Kenney 1905
5 M Briggs 1477
6 M Thomson 1460
7 P Pretswell 1269
8 J Turner 1203
9 K MacDonald 1155
10 L Hendry 1107
11 C-M Carlton 1075
12 C Gruber 998
13 A Ramsay 955
14 K Caithness 885
15 C Booth 829
16 C MacDonald 820
17 C Hargan 816
18 J Carthew 670
19 A Wilton 600
20 K McNicoll 595
21 R Livingstone 581
22 M Pow 510
23 A Bushby 493
24 E Fairnie 470
25 M Tough 380
26 Sheena Wood 375
27 S Vass 340
28 Susan Wood 317
29 E Ogilvy 275
30 E Moffat 270
31 E Briggs 260
32 L Fraser 260
33 M MacPherson 240
34 S Jackson 225
35 S Bishop 220
36 L Atkins 215
37 J Grubb 213
38 A Niven 200
39 J Brown 200
40 J Webster 200
41 A Ingram 198
42 R Rankin 180
43 L Walker 178
44 L Caine 175
45 A McKechin 175
46 A Laing 175
47 D Jackson 173
48 A Davidson 171
49 A Devine 160
50 J Meldrum 155

ROUND-UP OF SCOTS ON US COLLEGE CIRCUITS

Adam Lindsay lying sixth in
Midwest Championship ...
and he has a long wait
for the final two rounds

Banchory's Adam Lindsay, pictured on right, a student at Iowa Wesleyan University, will start the final two rounds of the Midwest Collegiate Conference championship in sixth place - in the spring!
It must be a unique tournament that has its first two rounds in October and its last two rounds several months later, but that's the format.
Adam had a pair of 73s for two-over-par 146 over the 6987yd, par-72 course at Finkbine Golf Club, Iowa City.The leader is Adam White (St Ambrose) with 68 and 71 for 139.

JAMIE BLAKE'S 71 OVER PGA NATIONAL
Jamie Blake from Arbroath, a student at Post University, New York State, finished in a share of 44th place in the Nova Shark Invitational college tournament over the PGA National course at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
The event was abbreviated by rain to two rounds and Jamie just wasn't himself with a first-round 84 but his second round of one-under-par 71 was the second lowest return of the day. To score that low over such a famous course (6,806yd from the tees they were using) was a fine achievement.
Another Post University Scot, David McGregor from Helensburgh, scored 83 and 81 for 164 and a share of 66th place.
Winner was Chris Carlin (Barry University) with 70 and 72 for 142.

JACQUELINE TOP SCORES FOR GRAND CANYON
Jacqueline Sneddon from Meigle, a student at Grand Canyon University, Arizona, top scored for her college team with scores of 78 and 80 for 158 and joint seventh place in the Sonoma State Women's Invitational tournament at Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club, Santa Rosa in California.
It was a tough women's course, measuring "only" 5816yd but with a par of 73.
Jacqueline finished six shots behind the winner, Chelsea Helget (Sonoma State) who shot 75 and 77 for 152.
Grand Canyon University finished third in the team event, their third top-three finish of the autumn college golf season.

ROSS LEEDS MAKES TOP 20 IN TEXAS
Ross Leeds from Glenfarg, a student at Odessa College, Texas finished 18th in the Odessa College Inviational over a long course of some 7,338yd with a par of 72.
Ross shot 78, 72 and 73 for a creditable seven-over-par 223 total.
Team-mate Mark Penny took the individual honours with rounds of 69, 72 and 70 for five-under-par 211.
Odessa finished second to Midland College in the team event.

Perth & Kinross leading prizewinners in 2008 season

Perth and Kinross Ladies County Golf Association held their AGM and Prizegiving at Craigiehill Golf Club last night. Thanks to county captain Dawn Butchart for E-mailing the group picture to Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk
Front row (left to right): County champion Laura Walker, Dawn Butchart, handicap champion Ailie Burnett. Back row (left to right): Emily Ogilvy, Liz Fertacz, Alex Bushby, Eve Muirhead, Jane Yellowlees and Erin Millar

+If you would like your agm prizewinners' group displayed on this website, all you have to do is E-mail the image to Colin@scottishgolfview.com Remember to provide a caption with the names.

Another good effort by

freshman Nicky

Maddison in Alabama

Newcastle's Nicky Maddison, a freshman student at Hutchinson Community College, Kansas, gave another sound performance in the 2008 NJCAA National Preview tournament at Hampton Cove, Huntsville in Alabama.

Over the course where the 2009 NJCAA divisional championship will be played next May, Nicky scored 73, 72 and 72 for a one-over-par total of 217, which earned him a share of sixth place in a field of 90 behind the winner, Matt Law (Western Texas) with 69, 69 and 72 for six-under-210.

Nicky did not get much support from his team-mates because, despite his noble effort, Hutchinson finished 13th of 18 in the team event, some 39 shots behind the winners.

Fourth place finish by Olivia

Jordan-Higgins at Daytona

Channel Islander Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Charleston Southern University) finished fourth in a field of 78 at the recent LPGA International Xavier Invite women's college tournament at Daytona, Florida.

Olivia, pictured above, had rounds of 75, 71 and 74 for a total of 221 over the par-72, 6065yd course. She finished six shots behind the winneer, Therese Nilsson (Lamark) who had scores of 72, 72 and 71 in winning by three shots.

The three English students at Bethune-Cookman College which is based at Daytona - did reasonably well.

Fern Grimshaw from Dorset came joint 12th with 75, 75 and 77 for a share of 12th place on 226.

A shot behind came Emma Taylor from Devon with 78, 75 and 74 for a share of 16th place.

Hannah Bews from Dorset finished joint 32nd on 234 with scores of 80, 81 and 73.

Nottingham's Harriet Owers-Bradley, a student at Yale University, was a member of the winning team but she herself finished in 38th position with scores of 78,79 and 79 for 236.

Yale (902) won the team title by a single shot from Florida Atlantic with Eastern Michigan (905) third of 15 teams. Bethune-Cookman (916) came fifth and Charleston Southern (932) 10th.

Troon Ladies are the West of Scotland Greenlees Champions

The Greenlees Trophy Winners (From L to R) Anne Robinson (Ranfurly Castle ) - Runners Up Division 1, Marion Mason (Milngavie - Winners Division 2) , Rosemary Donaldson (Troon - Division 1 Winners) and Jinty Roger (Williamwood - Winners Division 3) - Click to enlarge

The West of Scotland 2008 Greenlees Lunch & Trophy Presentation was hosted yesterday by Ranfurly Castle. Captain Mary Hardie extended a warm welcome to the 55 ladies attending and Fiona Roger the Greenlees Divisional Secretary hosted the Lunch. Willeen McCallum retired Greenlees Secretary was given a present from the clubs in recognition of the good job she had done in her 19 years as secretary.

The 2008 Greenlees Final Results
1st Division:
Troon 47.5
Ranfurly Castle 42.5
Cathkin Braes 40.5
Kilmacolm 40
Hilton Park 36.5
Prestwick St Nicholas 36
Kilmarnock Barassie 29.5
Douglas Park 27.5
Cochrane Castle 24
Douglas Park and Cochrane Castle are relegated to Division 2

2nd Division:
Milngavie 46.5
West Kilbride 45
Whitecraigs 42.5
Bothwell Castle 36.5
Cardross 35
Erskine 33.5
Old Ranfurly 33
Lanark 28
Cowglen 24
Milngavie and West Kilbride are promoted to Division 1 and Lanark and Cowglen are relegated to Division 3

Division 3:
Williamwood 52.5 --- 1st
Eastwood 52.5 ---- 2nd
Largs 46.5
Haggs Castle 45
Greenock 39.5
Cawder 37.5
East Renfrewshire 36.5
Lenzie 35
Turnberry 32
Cathcart Castle 28
Williamwood and Eastwood are promoted to Division 2

For all the season's results click on the following link: 2008 Greenlees Results

TO READ THE FULL REPORT AND SEE SOME PHOTOS GO TO WEST OF SCOTLAND WEBSITE

Holly Clyburn and Solheim Cup captain Alison Nicholas after their match at Woodhall Spa.

Rising star Holly Clyburn joins Mary

McKenna among early entries

for February's Spanish Festival

Holly Clyburn, one of the brightest young talents on the English amateur scene, has joined Curtis Cup captain Mary McKenna among the early entries for the 2009 Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival at the five-star resort in the south-east Spanish region of Murcia.

Four events make up a busy programme at Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort from Thursday, Febuary 12 to Tuesday, February 17.

Holly, who lives at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire and is a member of Woodhall Spa Golf Club, has entered the 36-hole Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open on the closing Monday and Tuesday of the 2009 Festival.

She will have her 18th birthday during the week before the Festival starts and she will be hoping to produce a performance to impress the Great Britain & Ireland selection committee who will be monitoring scores from far and near in the early months of 2009 as they work their way towards a team of nine for the Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe in Hamburg, to be named after the British women's open amateur championship in June.

The Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival is one of the few opportunities for prospective selection candidates to put some competitive results on the board - and sharpen up their game at the resort's five-star practice facilities - early in 2009.

Holly Clyburn helped England to win the girls' home internationls title at Panmure Golf Club, near Carnoustie this past summer and she was also in the England team which beat Wales and Scotland in the 2008 schoolgirls international matches.

Holly also played in a top-level exhibition match which launched the Single Figure Golfer Challenge Cup over her home course at Woodhall Spa.

In a Ryder Cup-style format, the "Single Figure Golfers" played "The Pros," a team consisting of former Ryder Cup, Walker Cup and Solheim Cup players, including Paul Way, Gordon Brand junior, Steve Richardson, Alison Nicholas, Roger Champman, Jim Payne, Ricky Willson, Philip Walton, John McHenry and Gary Wolstenholme.

Holly showed her class in partnering Richard Latham to victory against current Solheim Cup captain Alison Nicholas and Gary Wolstenholme, now a professional but arguably the most successful English male amateur over the past two decades.

In a match of high quality, Holly staged a grandstand finish to birdie the 17th and 18th for victory in the opening day's four-balls.

In the Day 2 foursomes, Holly partnered Liam Hannan to an 8 and 7 win over the very experienced pairing of Paul Way and Roger Chapman.

In the afternoon singles, Holly was drawn against Alison Nicholas and their tie went all the way to the 18th green before Alison won.

For the record, the Pro Challenge team won by 14.5 to 5.5.

Just a reminder of the 2009 Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival programme (every competitor is guaranteed a free practice round over the Dave Thomas-designed course which Ryder Cup player Miguel Angel Jimenez represents on the European Tour).

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 & 13

MURCIA LADIES OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP over 36 holes

Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14

HACIENDA DEL ALAMO ST VALENTINE'S DAY PRO-AM over 18 holes

Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.

+Entries from male amateurs, either as individuals or teams of three accepted for this event.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15

COSTA CALIDA PAIRS TOURNAMENT over 18 holes

First nine holes alternate shot; second nine holes foursomes.

Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.

+Teams can be two professionals or amateur-professional or amateur-amateur.

Entries from male amateurs, either as individuals or as a team or two, accepted for this event.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 & 17

HACIENDA DEL ALAMO LADIES OPEN over 36 holes.

Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.

NO ENTRY FEES TO BE PAID UNTIL YOU CHECK IN WITH TOURNAMENT CONTROLLER COLIN FARQUHARSON IN THE HACIENDA DEL ALAMO GOLF RESORT CLUBHOUSE

Gemma Webster puts her name down
for US Futures Tour Q School

Former Scotland international Gemma Webster from Glasgow, currently a student at Ohio State University, and Alison Walshe, the Irish-born girl who played in the winning United States Curtis Cup team at St Andrews this year, are among a capacity entry list of 258 for the United States Futures Tour Qualifying School, to be held over three courses at Lakeland, Florida from November 4 to 7.
Other entries include Natasha Morgan from Monmouthshire, who played in the inaugural Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival in February, Dublin amateur Louise Harris and Belfast's Brenda McLarnon who has played on the Futures Tour since her US college days.
The Q School is over four rounds. There will be a cut after everyone has played each of the qualifying courses.
The courses to be used are Cleveland Heights and Huntington Hill at Lakeland and Imperial Lakes at neighbouring Mulberry, Florida.
So many entries have been received that a waiting list has been opened.

Hannah Burke and Hannah Lovelock make top 20 in

New Mexico tournament

England's Hannah Burke (Baylor University, Texas) and Hannah Lovelock (Missouri University) finished joint eighth and 15th respectively in a field of 90 players for the Price's Give Em Five Intercollegiate women's tournament at the New Mexico State University course at Las Cruces.

Hannah Burke, picture right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, was in contention for a top five place after opening rounds of 72 and 74 but she fell away to a closing round of 79 and a total of 225 over the par-72, 6319yd course.

By contrast, Hannah Lovelock started slowly with an 81 but improved to a second-round 75 and then closed with a one-under-par 71, one of the better last-day rounds. She finished joint 15th on 227.

Individual winner by four shots was Jane Chin (UC Irvine) with 70, 74 and 68 for 212.

UC Irvine (881) won the team event ahead of Baylor (899) with Oklahoma (903) third, Oral Roberts (906) fourth and Missouri (908) fifth in a field of 17 squads.

Meanwhile, Glasgow's Gemma Webster (Ohio State) finished joint 50th in a field of 82 at the Lady Northern college tournament over the Kampen course at West Lafayette, Indiana.

Over a par-72, 6297yd course, the former Scotland international scored 79, 79 and 84 for 242.

Winner was Spanish girl Maria Hernandez (Purdue) with 75, 71 and 71 for one-over-par 217.

She won by four shots from Laura Kueny (Michigan State) and French-Canadian Maude Aimee Leblanc (Purdue) who both totalled 221. Laura scored 77-72-72 and Maude Aimee 74-71-76.

Purdue (895) won the team event from Michigan State (912) and Notre Dame (913) with Ohio State (938) finishing sixth of 14 teams.

FULL LIST OF NICK FALDO SERIES GRAND FINALISTS

For the full list of competitors in the Nick Faldo Series Grand Final, to be held in Brazil from October 25 to 31, switch over to www.scottishgolfview.com

Runner-up Carley Warrington

helps Belmont Abbey win

team event in North Carolina

Carley Warrington from Bradwell, Derbyshire, a student at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, finished joint second and Belmont Abbey College won the team event at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational women's college tournament at the Country Club of Salisbury, North Carolina.

Carley (pictured right) scored 78 and 74 for a total of 152 over the par-72, 5,983yd course. She finished six shots behind the winner, Franziska Blum (Newberry), who had a pair of 73s for 146.

Charlene Reid (Pfeiffer) from Northern Ireland came ninth equal with 76 and 80 for 156 in a field of 61 players.

Belmont Abbey (616) won the team event ahead of Pfeiffer (635) and Newberry (641) in a field of 11 teams.

Shirley Harvey joint 13th in America

Shirley Harvey from Ballyclare, Antrim in Northern Ireland, a student at South Alabama University, finished joint 13th in the LDR Investments Intercollegiate women's tournament at The Bridges Golf Resort, Mississippi this week.
She had rounds of 75 and 79 for a total of 154 over the 6,147yd, par-72 course.
Triple joint winners on 147 were Lacy McKinley (McNeese State) (78-68), Maggie Welsh (McNeese State) (73-73) and Sara Hunt (Samford) (75-71).
McNeese State (597) won the team event from Sam Houston State (607), Samford (611) and South Alabama (621) in a field of 10.

Katy McNicoll finishes jt 7th
in Saint Leo Invitational

Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll, a student at Lynn University, Boca Raton in Florida, finished joint seventh in a field of 61 players for the Saint Leo Invitational women's college tournament at Tampa Palms Country Club, Tampa in Florida this week.
Katy, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had rounds of 80 and 73 for a total of 153 over the par-72, 5,881yd course. She finished 11 shots behind the winner, Heather Burgner (Florida State University) who scored 74 and 68 for a four-shot victory from team-mate Marianne Anderson (75-71).
Lynn University finished runners-up to Florida Southern in a field of 12 for the team event.

Oklahoma victory No 2 for

Laura Jones from Cheshire

Laura Jones from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, picture right by courtesy of leaderboardphotography.com, a second-year student at Oklahoma City University, has won for the second time on the American women's college circuit.

A winner in her rookie year in the States, 19-year-old Laura, a member at Royal Liverpool Golf Club and winner of the Formby Leveret tournament last summer, has captured her own college's open tournament, the Oklahoma City Star Classic, over the 6,137yd, par-73 Lincoln Park course.

A former Cheshire girls champion, Laura headed a field of 45 players with steady rounds of 73 and 72 for a one-under-par total of 145 - three shots ahead of team-mate Sydney Cos (73-75) and Meghann Stevens (Northwood-Texas) (75-73).

Not surprisingly, Oklahoma City won the eight-team event by a big margin from runners-up Southern Nazarene University.

Great Scott! Anna makes good

comeback from elbow injury

Anna Scott, pictured right, from Consett, Co Durham, a final-year student at Georgia State University, has made an excellent comeback from an elbow injury which ruled her out of the first two tournaments of the new American college season.

After finishing fifth in the Starmount Classic at Greensboro, North Carolina, Anna's joint 12th performance in a field of 102 players for the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate tournament at Greenville Country Club, North Carolina, this week helped Georgia State (862) win the team event by the resounding margin of 37 strokes from East Carolina with Miami a distant third on 913 in a field of 20 teams.

Anna's opening rounds of 76 and 77 over the 5,939yd, par-71 course left her in joint 20th position with one day to go. Then a good effort of 73 for a total of 226 moved her up eighth places in the final standings behind South African team-mate Iliska Verwey who shot 75, 678 and 73 for 216.

Sinead O'Sullivan (East Tennessee State) from Galway came joint 40th with 78, 77 and 78 for 234, two shots ahead of team-mate and twice former Welsh girls champion Lucy Gould from Bargoed. Lucy scored 81, 76 and 79 to finished joint 51st.

Laura Holmes from Co Mayo, Ireland shared 84th place with 86, 84 and 78 for 248.

East Tennessee State (927) finished ninth in the team event.

Last week, Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) from Catterick, Yorkshire hit form late in the Stanford Intercollegiate tournament in California with a two-under-par 69 over the 6,092yd course, over which Tiger Woods used to play when he was a Stanford student.

Jodi finished on 215, rocketing up through the field from joint 41st after rounds of 70 and 76 to a final placing of joint 14th in a good-class field of 90 players, including runner-up Caroline Masson (Oklahoma State), German-born winner of the Spanish women's open amateur title earlier this year, and third-placed Belen Mozo (Southern California), the Spaniard who won both the British girls' and women's open amateur titles at Northern Ireland venues in 2006.

Lizette Salas (Southern California) won the Stanford Intercollegiate individual honours with 66, 72 and 68 for 206, two shots ahead of Masson and three clear of Mozo.

Roseanne Niven (California), playing as an individual, finished joint 74th with scores of 81, 74 and 75 for 230.

UCLA (844) won the team event from Southern California (847) with Stanford (857) third.

Brazil stages Nick Faldo Series
Grand Final this weekend

PRESS RELEASE
English woman’s champion Hannah Barwood and EWGA squad player Abbey Gittings are heading for Brazil this weekend to play in the grand final of the Faldo Series.
They’re among 80 finalists from over 30 Faldo Series tournaments in the UK, Europe and South America who have been invited to the Costa do Sauipe Golf Resort on the northern coast of Brazil.
Hannah, 18, plays at Knowle in Gloucestershire. She’s an England international and is a member of the English Women’s Golf Association’s Performance squad.
Abbey, 18, is the Warwickshire ladies’ and girls’ champion and plays at Walmley. She is a member of EWGA’s Select Midlands squad.
Other girls who qualified through the UK regional finals are: Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham), Miranda Brain (Gog Magog), Megan Burgess (Cavendish), Raffi Dyer (Hayling), Tiffany Hewetson (East Brighton), Gillian Monteith (Dunskey).
Nick Faldo will host the grand final and the six-times Major winner commented: “This is our biggest grand final to date, with more competitors from more countries throughout the world than ever before and I’m thrilled to be offering these young golfers a tournament of truly global proportions.”
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

GRANT CARNIE JOINT RUNNER-UP
BEFORE WINTER BREAK IN USA

Grant Carnie from Ellon maintained his very good form in the first half of the American 2008-2009 college golf season by finishing joint second in a field of 73 players at the Lincoln Memorial University Fall Invitational college golf tournament at Tazewell, Tennessee this week.
Carnie is a golf scholarship student at Brevard College, North Carolina as are fellow Scots Craig Galloway from East Calder, West Lothian and Aberdeen's Tom Rennie, a member of Deeside Golf Club.
Carnie had rounds of 71 and 70 for a three-under-par total of 141 over the 6,771yd, par-72 course. He finished six shots behind the runaway winner, Kent George (Lenoir-Rhyne University) who had rounds of 67 and 68 for nine-under-par 135.
Galloway gained a creditable top-20 finish with scores of 74 and 75 for 149, which saw him earn a sahe of 18th place.
Rennie, a first-year student, scored 83 and 80 for 163 and was placed 59th.
Brevard College finished a very close third in the team event, contested by 14 college squads.. They totalled 595, one shot more than hosts Lincoln Memorial University and Tusculum College who both totalled 594. Lincoln Memorial won the play-off.
For Carnie, Galloway and Rennie, the competitive golf season shuts down now for the winter break. Their next tournament for Brevard College is at Salisbury, North Carolina on March 2.

Rebecca Watson Named

Lady Vol Athlete Of

The Week

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WEBSITE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After a spectacular weekend in which she carded career-bests and led the Tennessee women’s golf team to its best finish of the season at its home tournament, sophomore Rebecca Watson was named the Lady Vol Athlete of the Week.
The Edinburgh, Scotland, native recorded her best round (72), tournament total (219) and finish (t15th) of her collegiate career, while leading the Lady Vols to an eighth-place finish at the 2008 Mercedes-Benz Women’s Collegiate Championships this weekend at Fox Den Country Club in Knoxville.
Watson opened the 12th annual home tournament by firing an even-par 72 as UT grabbed a surprise six-shot lead on day one of the tournament. She wrapped up the championships with a three-day total of 72-73-74=219 (+3), seven strokes better than her previous best set at the 2007 Las Vegas Showdown, where she also had recorded her previous top round (73).

For the first time in her career, Watson was the top Lady Vol finisher, tying for 15th, as the Orange and White carded 890, its best this season by over 20 strokes.
Overall, Watson carded three of her top five rounds as a collegian and made seven birdies on the 6,058-yard course.
Making Watson’s performance even more remarkable, her three rounds at the tournament were her first rounds to count for the team score this season. At the Cougar Classic from Sept. 14-16 she posted 82-79-85=246 (+30) as UT’s fifth player and from Sept. 26-28 she recorded 81-79-83=243 (+27) as Tennessee’s individual representative at the Mason Rudolph tournament.
Watson, however, was able to provide a breakthrough tournament just when the Lady Vols needed it. With UT’s top finisher at the Mason Randolph, junior Diana Cantu, competing for Mexico at the World Amateur Team Championships, Watson stepped up with three steady rounds to lead the Orange and White to its best finish and best score of the season.

Katie Thomson is Kings

Links Golf Centre's

first female pro

PRESS RELEASE
The Kings Links Golf Centre has added a new dimension to its team of professionals with the appointment of its first female professional golfer.
Katie Thomson (23) will join fellow professionals Paul Girvan, Scott Henderson, Graeme Lornie, Steve Craig, Gary Lochhead and Howard Ferguson at the North-east’s leading golf driving range and Scotland’s largest independent golf retail outlet.
Inverurie-born Miss Thomson is delighted to be working alongside Girvan who was one of her instructors when she was just staring out at 13 years of age.
Before turning professional in 2006, Miss Thomson was playing off a five handicap and notched up a series of major championship successes including two times under-21 Girls County Champion, three times Kintore Golf Club Ladies Champion and the Aberdeenshire Ladies County Champion.
Commenting on her appointment, Miss Thomson, said: “I am really pleased to be joining Kings Links which has a great reputation and a fantastic team of professionals whom I have long admired.”
Paul Girvan, director of golf at The Kings Links Golf Centre, added: “Katie is a great golfer and an excellent coach. Ladies golf is rapidly increasing in the North-east and we already have a large female clientele. However there are women who prefer to be coached by another woman and Katie will help us expand this growing part of our customer base.
“Katie will also head up our Ladies Masters Golf programme, a six week group training course for women which is unique to Kinks Links.”
The Kings Links Golf Centre, situated on Golf Road, Aberdeen is the largest independent golf retail centre in Scotland and boasts a 56 bay floodlit driving range on two tiers with carpeted bays and the finest quality mats and range balls.
The award-winning 3000 sq ft superstore, stocks everything for the beginner to the seasoned golfer. Kings Links is operated by Craig Group Leisure, a division of global shipping and energy services firm, Craig Group.

Vikki Laing wins $15,000 as runner-up
in season-sending Futures Tour event

Last week’s Duramed Futures Tour's final season-ending tournament, the inaugural $150,000 Duramed Invitational, came down to a “Battle of the Vickies.”
Vikki Laing from Musselburgh held a two-stroke lead after 11 holes in the final round over Vicky Hurst from Florida but in the end, Hurst, the rookie, prevailed by one shot at 211 (-2) at Chateau Elan’s par-71 Chateau Course.
“It’s the last tournament of the season, so it’s special,” said Hurst, 18, who carded rounds of 71-69-71 for an unofficial payday of $21,000. “It’s not for rankings or anything like that. It’s just my last chance to see the other players and staff members and it’s pretty special to walk away with a win.”
Hurst and Laing each matched identical rounds of three birdies and three bogeys on Sunday, but Laing, who was a tournament winner in 2007, made her three birdies on the first 10 holes. She struggled with her putting on the back nine.
“Just coming down the stretch, I didn’t hole anything and you need one or two of them,” said Laing, who finished second at 1-under-par 212 to earn $15,000 as runner-up.
The turning point in the final round came on the par-three 16th hole, where both players had to scramble for par. Laing chipped 13 feet past the hole and didn’t get up and down, while Hurst drained a 20-footer to save par. On what she called “probably the toughest hole all year,” Hurst hit her 9-iron approach to seven feet on the 338-yard uphill 17th hole, and then converted for birdie. Hurst gave a shot back on the 18th when her approach landed 18 feet above the hole, but her first putt rolled six feet past the cup, rendering a three-putt finish. Still, Hurst was safe by one shot.
“She has a great golf swing and she rolls the ball well on the green,” said Laing of Hurst. “She’s doing all the right things. She’s going to do just fine at the next level.”

Vikki runner up to Vicky in Duramed Invitational

From the Duramed Futures Tour website

Vicky Hurst Collects Fifth Tour Victory, Player Of The Year Honors In Braselton

BRASELTON, Ga., Oct. 19, 2008 - Rookie Vicky Hurst of Melbourne, Fla., carded an even-par 71 to win her fifth tournament and close out the 2008 Duramed FUTURES Tour season at the inaugural $150,000 Duramed Invitational.

Hurst held off a final-round charge from 2007 Tour winner Vikki Laing (71) of Musselburgh, Scotland, to finish with a three-day total of 211 (-2). Laing ended one stroke back with a three-round score of 212 (-1).

Hurst claimed the top $21,000 paycheck and received respective trophies for Tour Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honors. She was awarded an additional $5,000 from Duramed for her season accomplishments. It counts as another official win for Hurst, but monies earned at the Duramed Invitational were unofficial.

"I wanted to play a great tournament and I just tried to stay focused all week," Hurst said. "This was my chance to prove to myself that I've worked hard all season."

It was anything but a flashy final round for the five-time Tour winner, as she mixed in three birdies and three bogeys, but the timing couldn't have been better as it became a "Battle of the Vickies" down the stretch.

Hurst broke a late tie at 2-under par with Laing on the 16th hole, holing a 20-foot par putt that proved pivotal as the last three holes unfolded. She would follow with a seven-foot birdie putt on the potentially hazardous 17th hole to take a two-shot lead and seal her fifth win.

"When I made the (20 foot) putt (for par) on No. 16, I felt like I was going to win," Hurst said. "After I made that putt, I felt like I was ready for the LPGA Tour. The 17th hole is probably the toughest hole we've had to play all year."

Laing gave Hurst all she could handle in Sunday's final round, taking a two-shot lead on No. 11 after a birdie on the 10th hole. Hurst made up the deficit after Laing made bogey on No. 14 and 16.

"Coming down the stretch I didn't hole anything and you need one or two of those," said Laing, winner of the 2007 Gettysburg Championship. "She (Vicky) has a great golf swing and rolls the ball well on the green. She's doing all the right things."

Added Hurst, "She (Vikki) played really well and drained some tough putts while making great shots all day."

It was a year to be chronicled for the 18-year-old Hurst, who won tournaments in McAllen, Texas, Decatur, Ill., Hammond, Ind., Bloomfield, Conn., and Braselton, Ga. She shattered the Tour's single-season earnings mark previously held by Tour alum and LPGA Tour member Beth Bauer and officially recorded nine top-10 finishes in 13 events, and a total of 10 top-10 finishes in all 14 events she entered.

The Duramed FUTURES Tour is saying goodbye to one of its most accomplished players in its 28-year history, but the memories are forever etched in Hurst's mind as she prepares to move on to the LPGA Tour in 2009.

"For it to be my last Duramed FUTURES Tour event and see the staff members and the players for the last time, it was pretty special to get a win," Hurst said. "The journey isn't over for me. I want to stay focused on the future and not look back in the past."

The special on-course chemistry with her mother and caddie, Koko, continued to the very end as Vicky thanked her best friend at the awards ceremony.

"Mom and I are a great team," Vicky said. "I didn't do it -- we did it."

For complete scores and more information, visit www.duramedfuturestour.com.

Leading Final round scores and money Sunday in the Duramed FUTURES Tour's $150,000 Duramed Invitational at the 6406-yard, par 36-35 - 71 Chateau Elan Golf Club, Braselton, Ga. (a-denotes amateur):

1 Vicky Hurst (Melbourne, Fla.) 71-69-71 - 211 $21,000

2 Vikki Laing (Musselburgh, Scotland) 70-71-71 - 212 $15,000

3 Taya Battistella (Portland, Ore.) 76-67-71 - 214 $10,688

T4 Mindy Kim (Diamond Bar, Calif.) 71-71-73 - 215 $6,938
Sarah Lynn Sargent (St. Charles, Ill.) 74-67-74 - 215 $6,938

6 Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 71-72-73 - 216 $4,763

T7 Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 73-75-69 - 217 $3,128
Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia)74-73-70 - 217 $3,128
Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 78-69-70 - 217 $3,128
Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 73-69-75 - 217 $3,128
Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 76-66-75 - 217 $3,128

Angus Adult-Junior Foursomes

Report from Aileen Hunter

A successful competition featuring County squad members and juniors from 4 counties (Angus, Stirling & Clackmannanshire, Fife and Perth & Kinross) was held today at Edzell Golf Club. 24 parings took part in all.

Angus County pairings fared well this year.

The winners were Fiona Gilbert and Claire Borthwick with 40 stableford points on the better inward half from Shonagh Raitt and Katie Reid. Frances Millar and Louise Smith were 3rd, also with 40 points, losing out on the last 6 holes.

The prize for the best 1st nine holes went to Ann Hay and Gail Wilson from Angus, and the best 2nd 9 went to Lorna Fury and Kym Honeyman from Fife.

Thanks once again to all who participated.

I was so busy praying for the rain to stay off that I forgot my camera! Sorry.

Aileen

Scotland win the Eisenhower Trophy

SGU Press Release

Scots Take Over The World

Scotland soared to victory at the World Amateur Team Championships in Australia today (19 October) with another dominant performance to leave the field trailing.

Going into the final round with a four shot lead the three man Scottish team of Callum Macaulay (Tulliallan), Wallace Booth (Comrie) and Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) had all the pressure on them in their bid to lift the famous Eisenhower Trophy, yet they battled through a severe wind to cruise to a nine stroke victory.

It was a measure of the difficulty that an ecstatic George Crawford, who now bows out as team captain in spectacular style after a four year stint in the job, felt unable to relax until the penultimate hole.
“I somewhat felt we were in a strong position after 14, but ultimately I wasn’t sure until the 17th where Gavin chipped in for an eagle and Callum made birdie,” he said.
“It’s history in the making for our small nation, which is also the Home of Golf. The way golf has developed on the continent means it’s much more difficult to compete at this level. It’s a historic occasion…it’s tremendous!”

In what were the most challenging conditions of the week at the Royal Adelaide Golf Club Callum Macaulay’s one-under par round of 72 represented a magnificent performance under pressure.

That birdie at the 17th was one of six he produced on the day, including a blistering burst of four in succession from the second to help ease any nerves the team might have had early in the round.
“We set out to try to win but to go out and do it is unbelievable,” said an overjoyed Macaulay.

While Bidwells Scottish Amateur Strokeplay champion Wallace Booth failed to break par for the first time in the week that only served to underline the quality of the team effort as they dove-tailed perfectly throughout. With two scores counting each day Gavin Dear matched Macaulay in producing three counting scores and he felt the conditions on the last day played into Scotland’s hands.

“It helps because we are all good wind players,” said Dear, who has produced his very best golf when representing his country this season.
“It was good to have it blowing a near gale and we know that par is a good score in such conditions.”

Scotland’s win is all the more astonishing because it is only eight years since the Home of Golf first entered this event as a separate nation. Previously Scotland’s involvement was as part of Great Britain & Ireland teams who won the title just four times in the 50 year history of the event. Now Scotland dominates the world as it proudly boasts the world titles at both amateur and professional level.

Of the other three home nations Wales produced the best performance tying for 11th place, while England came in 14th and Ireland - winners of the European Team Championship and the Home Internationals this season - finished a deeply disappointing 22nd among the 65 competing sides.
Half a century after the inception of the event there was a delightful symmetry to the outcome since, when it was held for the first time in 1958, it was won by Australia at the Old Course.

This time the Eisenhower Trophy now heads back to the Scottish Golf Union’s base in St Andrews where it will be on display for the next two years.

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Vikki still in second spot

Four-Time Tour Winner Hurst Slides Into Lead After Second Round in Georgia

from the Duramed Futures Tour website

BRASELTON, Ga., Oct. 18, 2008 - Rookie and four-time Tour winner Vicky Hurst of Melbourne, Fla., moved into the lead of the inaugural $150,000 Duramed Invitational after posting a 2-under-par 69 in today's second round.

Hurst's two-day total of 140 (-2) gives her a one-shot lead over LPGA Tour member Sarah Lynn Sargent (67) of St. Charles, Ill., and Vikki Laing (71) of Musselburgh, Scotland, both tied at 1-under-par 141 through two rounds.

Five players trail by two strokes at even-par 142 in a tie for fourth.

Clear and partly sunny skies welcomed the 72-player field at Chateau Elan Golf Club after first-round play was plagued by rain and temperatures that dipped into the low 60s.

After Laing and first-round leader Jenna Pearson of Wheaton, Ill., were the only players to finish under par on Friday, 12 players found red numbers in Saturday's sunny second round.

The 18-year-old Hurst rebounded from a bogey on her second hole to convert a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 6. She was left with a tap-in for birdie on the ninth hole and added birdies on holes 11 and 15.

"I tried to get in a rhythm early on and was able to finish well," Hurst said. "I'm really excited to be in the lead now because I want to finish the season strong before I go home."

Hurst admitted fatigue became a factor yesterday as first-round play dragged on through windy and rainy conditions. She made bogeys on No. 16 and 17 coming in to finish with an even-par 71 on Friday.

"It was two completely different conditions," Hurst said of the two rounds. "It was really important to get my first round solid because I was getting a little sleepy in the cold and it became tough to keep my focus."

This week is a "welcome home" of sorts for Hurst, who starred on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) circuit and was the 2007 Rolex Player of the Year. She won the 2006 Mizuno Junior at Chateau Elan, home of this week's Tour event.

"It's a tough course to walk, but I like the distances," said Hurst, of the 6,406-yard layout at Chateau Elan's Chateau Course. "I had to push her (mother and caddie Koko) up some of the hills."

Sargent emerged from a 16th-place tie and stormed through second-round play with four birdies on the front nine. She recovered from a double-bogey on her second hole.

"I really like this no-cut format because I like to go out there and be aggressive," said Sargent, who is making more than a one-hour commute from her home in Williamston, S.C. "I didn't do anything stupid today and I was able to hit more than seven greens."

Final-round play begins Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. off the first tee. The leading group of Hurst, Sargent and Laing, tee off at 12:20 p.m. The Duramed Invitational does not feature a 36-hole cut.

For real-time scoring and more information, visit www.duramedfuturestour.com.

Leading Second-round scores Saturday in the Duramed FUTURES Tour's $150,000 Duramed Invitational at the 6406-yard, par 36-35 - 71 Chateau Elan Golf Club, Braselton, Ga. (a-denotes amateur):

140 Vicky Hurst (Melbourne, Fla.) 71-69
141 Sarah Lynn Sargent (St. Charles, Ill.) 74-67, Vikki Laing (Musselburgh, Scotland) 70-71
142 Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 76-66, Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 73-69, Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 73-69, Haeji Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 71-71, Mindy Kim (Diamond Bar, Calif.) 71-71
143 Taya Battistella (Portland, Ore.) 76-67, Danah Ford (Indianapolis, Ind.) 73-70, Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 71-72
144 Jenna Pearson (Wheaton, Ill.) 69-75