LPGA Tour Scoreboard
HANA BANK KOLON CHAMPIONSHIP
Sky 72 Golf Club, Ocean course
Incehon, South Korea
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
139 In-Kyung Kim 70 69.
140 Hee-Won Han 71 69, Karen Stupples 70 70.
141 Hee Kyung Seo 71 70, Candie Kung 70 71, Jeong Jang 70 71, Christina Kim 70 71, Amy Yang 68 73.
142 Sophie Gustafson 72 70, Katherine Hull 66 76.
143 Jee Young Lee 74 69, So yeon Ryu 72 71, Mi-Hyun Kim 70 73, Jimin Kang 72 71, Se Ri Pak 71 72, Morgan Pressel (USA) 72 71, Brittany Lang (USA) 74 69
144 Paula Creamer (USA) 75 69, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 73 71, Carin Koch (Swe) 72 72, Ji-na Lim 70 74, Ha-neul Kim 73 71, Kristy McPherson (USA) 73 71
145 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 71 74, Ji-Yai Shin 70 75, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 74 71
146 Sun Young Yoo 72 74, Jill McGill (USA) 73 73, Jin Joo Hong 76 70, Bo kyung Kim 75 71, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 77 69, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 76 70, Hee Young Park 72 74
147 Jane Park (USA) 73 74, Yong hye Choi 75 72, Allison Fouch (USA) 71 76, Mi Jung Hur 75 72, Seul-a Yoon 74 73, Hye Jung Choi 73 74
148 Chae young Yoon 69 79, Jin joo Kim 71 77, Jae-eun Chung 72 76, Sun Ju Ahn 74 74, Teresa Lu (Tai) 71 77, Katie Futcher (USA) 77 71, Leta Lindley (USA) 73 75
149 Ji-Young Oh 75 74, Na Yeon Choi 74 75, Song-Hee Kim 73 76, In-Bee Park 71 78, Kim Hall (USA) 72 77
150 Louise Friberg (Swe) 76 74, Angela Park (Bra) 79 71, Janice Moodie (Sco) 77 73, Anna Rawson (Aus) 75 75, Hwa seon Lee 74 76, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 71 79, Karine Icher (Fra) 73 77
151 Young Kim 75 76
152 Meena Lee 76 76
153 Nicole Castrale (USA) 76 77
154 Ran Hong 78 76, Hye youn Kim 77 77, Diana D'Alessio (USA) 79 75
155 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 80 75
156 Becky Morgan (Wal) 78 78
158 Mi Hyun Cho 79 79.

Where are all the great

young American

women golfers?

Asks DAVE ANDREWS
An insight into the state of play in American female golf
There is not one teenage girl who plays golf at my home course on even a semi-regular basis… not one! How many teenage girls do you see playing at your course?
It is time for a wake up call for executives and coaches in women’s golf here in the United States. If they do not develop more young American players to compete with players emerging from other countries, women’s professional golf in the United States could be in serious trouble.
The make-up of the LPGA is becoming more international every year. The question that many in the golf world are now asking is whether that trend will threaten the economic viability of the tour here in the United States.
The United States has always been the economic base of the LPGA. The great majority of the tour’s events are played in this country. Most of corporate sponsors of those events are American companies. Most of the spectators and pro-am participants who support those events are Americans.
The LPGA is going to have to determine if it can continue to attract American support of its events if the number of American players on the tour continues to erode. Are Americans going to continue to follow a sport that is increasingly being dominated by foreign players?
Consider these facts…
In 2000, there were 117 American players in the top 150 on the LPGA money list.
Today there are only 59.
In 2000, 33 of the top-50 money winners on the tour were Americans.
This year there are only 13.
37 of the top-50 players on the tour come from other countries.
South Korea is now the growing dominant force on the LPGA. It is an amazing phenomenon that has developed in less than a decade. It is even more amazing when you consider that the population of South Korea is only 50 million people, compared to 315 million here in the U.S.
Eight years ago there were only 6 South Korean players in the top 150 on the LPGA’s money list. This year there are 38 South Korean players and just 59 Americans. In just eight seasons the number of South Koreans has increased more than six-fold. The number of Americans has been cut in half. If those two trends continue at or near the current pace, South Korean players could come close to outnumbering Americans on the tour in a few more seasons.
The South Korean phenomenon is even more dramatic when you look at the top 50 on the money list. The players in the top 50 are customarily the winners and the contenders in the individual events over the course of a season. They are the players whose names are listed on the leaderboards and who receive the most coverage on television, and in newspapers and magazines. This season there are 17 South Koreans in the top 50. There are only 13 Americans. The other 20 players in the top 50 come from eleven other countries… Sweden (5), Australia (3), Norway (2), Taiwan (2), Japan (2), England (1), China (1), Mexico (1), Brazil (1), Scotland (1), and Italy (1).
Increasingly, players from other countries are qualifying to play on the LPGA as teenagers. With Paula Creamer, Morgan Pressel, and Vicky Hurst as notable exceptions, American players generally spend four years in college programs before they attempt to turn professional.
Why are college women’s golf programs here in the U.S. unable to develop players capable of competing with the young teenage stars coming from much smaller countries like South Korea?
Many golf fans will argue that the LPGA has long been the home of the best women golfers in the world. That is a fact. They will also argue that there have always been many players from several different countries on the tour. That is also a fact. However, it is also a fact that the LPGA itself is concerned about maintaining its sponsor and fan base here in the United States. Its attempt to impose a policy mandating that all tour players learn minimal English language skills is evidence of that. That proposed policy generated a swirl of controversy with charges of xenophobia and discrimination leveled at the tour by many in the media and the public. However, if the LPGA loses the support of sponsors and fans in this country it will be a serious financial blow to the tour and to all of the players on it, regardless of what country they come from.
Developing more great young women golfers here in the United States is one solution to the problem with which nobody can argue. The only concrete answer to protecting the future of the LPGA in this country is for American players to become better golfers. That won’t happen until we begin seeing more young teenage girls teeing it up at courses all over the country.
Next article: How can South Korea, a country with only 50 million people and fewer than 250 golf courses, dominate the United States in women’s professional golf?

A FEW NOTES ON THE AUTHOR
Dave Andrews (pictured above) is a Harvard-educated former television news reporter. He's also an avid golfer who has become a fan of the Duramed Futures Tour. His home course in Concord, New Hampshire, is annually the site of one of the tour's events.
The inspiration for Dave's 2007 novel, "Pops and Sunshine," came from meeting many of the young aspiring women golfers on that tour. Each of them has a passion, dedication and determination that he finds remarkable.
His novel is a fictionaliSation of the dream that these young women share. To order Dave's book, visit http://popsandsunshine.com.

Lynn Kenny cruises into third

round in China at one-over-par

Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links) survived the 36-hole cut comfortably in the inaugural Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open at Suzhou Taihu International Golf Club in China today.

Lynn, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, has so far scored 73 and 72 to be lying joint 27th on one-over-par 145 - 12 shots behind the five-stroke leader from China, Li Ying Ye, 65 and 68 for the hot pace of 11-under-par 133.

Only those with two-round totals of 149 or better made it past the second round.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

Par 144 (2 x 72)

133 Li Ying Ye (China) 65 68.

138 Han Min-Jee (South Korea) 6969.

139 Karen Lunn (Australia) 72 67, Pornanong Phatlum (Thailand) 70 69, Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) 69 70.

140 Stefanie Michl (Austria) 68 72, Yan Pan Pan (China) 69 71, Russamee Gulyanamiha (Thailand) 70 70.

141 Eun kyoung Lee (Kor) 71 70, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 70 71
142 Zuzana Kamasova (Svk) 69 73, Yanhua Shen 70 72, Porani Chutichai (Tha) 72 70, Amanda Moltke-Leth (Den) 68 74, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 72 70, Eva Steinberger (Aut) 72 70, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 72 70
143 Onnarin Sattayabanphot (Tha) 67 76, Nathalie David-Mila (Fra) 74 69, Nontaya Srisawang (Tha) 70 73, Hong mei Yang 68 75, Pimpadsorn Sangkagaro (Tha) 72 71, Lim Bing (Mal) 69 74
144 Anna Rossi (Ita) 77 67, Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 68 76, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 73 71, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 72 72
145 Yang Tao-li 75 70, Lynn Kenny 73 72, Joo mi Ri (Kor) 75 70, Nicole Montgomery (Aus) 71 74, Wei xiao Rong 71 74, Sarah Oh (Kor) 73 72, Kaisa Ruuttila (Fin) 71 74
146 Frances Bondad (Aus) 77 69, Ellen Smets (Bel) 77 69, Kirsty S Taylor 73 73, Danielle Montgomery 71 75, Wu hong Lian 74 72, Xiaolong Zhong 74 72, Hei ji Kim (Kor) 75 71, Tiranun Yoopan (Tha) 72 74, He hong Ling 71 75, Lu kwan Chih (Tpe) 72 74, Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 71 75
147 Sophie Walker 72 75, Natascha Fink (Aut) 74 73
148 Chang chin Yun (Tpe) 75 73, Joanne Morley 74 74, Kate Combes (Aus) 73 75, Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 73 75, Rungthiwa Pangian (Tha) 74 74, Wang Xin 75 73, Hiro Kamata (Jpn) 75 73, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Aus) 72 76, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 74 74, Si min Feng (USA) 70 78, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 77 71
149 Cherie Byrnes (Aus) 74 75, Vittoria Valvassori (Ita) 75 74, Hu Ling 75 74, Zhang hai Ying 79 70, Florence Luscher (Swi) 76 73, Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor) 75 74
MISSED THE CUT
150 Tiffany Tavee 78 72
151 Hazel Kavanagh 74 77, Wang ying Hua 74 77, Ana Larraneta (Spa) 77 74, Guo cai Zhu 75 76
152 Lu yue Xia 75 77, Zhou Qin 74 78, Yan Jing 72 80, Wang yan Hua 77 75
153 Honey Kamata (Jpn) 78 75
154 Chu yu An (Tpe) 70 84, Zhong Liu mei 78 76, Zhang Jing 81 73, Tan ling Ling 78 76
155 Lee chiou Yann (Tpe) 78 77, Li wen Lin (Tpe) 77 78
156 Yang jin Fang 77 79
157 Liang wen Ping 77 80, Gu guo Yan 79 78
158 Liu Juan 79 79, Chen xiao Hong 81 77, Chen wan Zhen (Chn) 80 78, Anna Yu (Hkg) 82 76
159 Liu yu Chun (Tpe) 82 77
160 Heidi Chua (Phi) 81 79, Qu Fei 76 84
161 Li yuan Yuan 84 77
164 Liu xiao Yan (Sin) 82 82
166 Betty Ng (Hkg) 83 83, Seiko Miyata (Jpn) 81 85
168 Li xiang Li 84 84
170 Yuen chi Wan (Hkg) 83 87

LPGA Tour Scoreboard
HANA BANK KOLON CHAMPIONSHIP
Sky 72 Golf Club, Ocean Course, Incheon, South Korea.
FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72, 6490yd.
1 Katherine Hull (Aus)66
2. Amy Yang 68
3. Chae Young Yoon 69
4. Ji-Na Lim 70
4. Christina Kim 70
4. Karen Stupples (Eng) 70
4. Jeong Jang 70
4. In-Kyung Kim 70
4. Mi Hyun Kim 70
4. Candie Kung 70
4. Ji-Yai Shin 70
12. Teresa Lu 71
12. Allison Fouch 71
12. Jin Joo Kim 71
12. Minea Blomqvist 71
12. Inbee Park 71
12. Hee Kyung Seo 71
12. Helen Alfredsson 71
12. Hee-Won Han 71
12. Se Ri Pak 71
21. Jimin Kang 72
21. Jae-Eun Chung 72
21. So Yeon Ryu 72
21. Kim Hall 72
21. Hee Young Park 72
21. Sun Young Yoo 72
21. Carin Koch 72
21. Sophie Gustafson 72
21. Morgan Pressel 72
30. Giulia Sergas 73
30. H.J. Choi 73
30. Kristy McPherson 73
30. Ha-Neul Kim 73
30. Jill McGill 73
30. Karine Icher 73
30. Jane Park 73
30. Song-Hee Kim 73
30. Leta Lindley 73
39. Sun-Ju Ahn 74
39. Brittany Lang 74
39. Seul-A Yoon 74
39. Jee Young Lee 74
39. Catriona Matthew 74
39. Seon Hwa Lee 74
39. Na Yeon Choi 74
46. Bo Kyung Kim 75
46. Hye Yong Choi 75
46. M.J. Hur 75
46. Anna Rawson 75
46. Ji Young Oh 75
46. Young Kim 75
46. Paula Creamer 75
53. Shanshan Feng 76
53. Louise Friberg 76
53. Meena Lee 76
53. Jin Joo Hong 76
53. Nicole Castrale 76
58. Katie Futcher 77
58. Janice Moodie 77
58. Hye Youn Kim 77
58. Suzann Pettersen 77
62. Ran Hong 78
62. Becky Morgan 78
64. Diana D'Alessio 79
64. Mi Hyun Cho 79
64. Angela Park 79
67. Lindsey Wright 80
DQ. Eun-Hee Ji
DQ. Joo Mi Kim

WHY TWO PLAYERS WERE DISQUALIFIED FOR
ACCEPTING A LIFT BETWEEN 18th AND 1st holes

Eun-Hee Ji and Joo Mi Kim were disqualified because Kim's caddie and Ji accepted transportation between the 18th green and first hole when making the turn (a two-tee start was in operation).
Because the violation was not discovered until after their round had been completed and scorecards signed, the two were disqualified.
Angela Park and Ji Young Oh were assessed two-stroke penalties for the same infraction. However, rules officials were notified of the situation when Park and Oh were on the third hole and the issue was resolved prior to them signing their scorecards, thus the two-stroke penalty.
It was specified in Rule 4 of this week's Supplementary Rules of Play, which were given to all players in the field, that players could accept transportation between the first green and second tee; sixth green and seventh tee; ninth green and 10th tee; and 16th green and 17th tee.
It is prohibited for players to accept transportation at any other time during their round of competition.

Jodi Ewart joint fifth behind record-
setting winner on Hawaii

English stroke-play champion Jodi Ewart (New Mexico University) from Yorkshire finished joint fifth behind record-setting winner Jane Chin (UC Irvine) in the Kent Youel Invitational women's college tournament over the Kapolei course, Honolulu on Hawaii.
Jodi shot scores of 71, 71 and 74 for a par total of 216 over the 6316yd, par-72 course but finished some 13 shots behind Jane Chin, a California girl who won by nine strokes with a tournament record low aggregate of 13-under-par 203 (68-66-69). It was Chin's third individual win in a row.
Freshman Natasha Podmore from Appleton, Cheshire finished joint 7th on 217 (70-69-78) but gained consolation for dropping out of contention for second place on the final day by helping San Francisco University win the team event from a field of 15 squads. New Mexico finished fifth.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Individuals
Par 216 (3 x 72)
203 Jane Chin (UC Irvine) 68 66 69.
212 Christina Stockton (San Francisco) 68 69 75.
213 Erica Moston (San Jose State) 71 72 70.
215 Malin Enarsson (San Diego State) 74 72 69.
216 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 71 71 74, Mari Chun (Stanford) 71 75 70.
217 Natasha Podmore (San Francisco) 70 69 78 (jt 7th).
Teams
867 San Francisco.
878 San Jose State, UC Irvine.
879 Oregon.
887 New Mexico.
15 Teams too part.

Steven Brown from Chobham, Surrey, receives his trophy from Nick Faldo.

Hannah Barwood

wins Faldo girls'

title in Brazil

English women's champion Hannah Barwood (Knowle), pictured right, won the Under-18 girls' title at the Nick Faldo Series Grand Final 2008 at the Costa Do Sauipe Resort course in Bahia, Brazil.
Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) finished seventh.
Scores follow at the end of the following Press Release

Andrew Wallace finishes joint runner-up

to Steven Brown in Faldo Final

England’s Steven Brown shot a level-par 72 in the final round to win the Faldo Series Grand Final 2008 at the Costa Do Sauipe Resort in Brazil.
Following rounds of 72 and 69, 21 year-old Brown’s final-round 72 in windy conditions gave him a three-under-par total of 213, four shots ahead of Scotland’s Andrew Wallace, who carded a 73, and overnight leader James Watts from England who struggled to a 79.
Having followed the final group over the closing holes, Nick Faldo presented Brown with the Under 21 trophy and the Harold Riley Prize for the Faldo Series champion, a title previously won by European Tour players Nick Dougherty and Oliver Fisher. Brown receives an invite to the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final at Mission Hills in China and an amateur invite to the European Tour’s 2009 INTECO Russian Open.
After his win, Brown of Chobham in Surrey commented: “It’s been a really good week and I’ve enjoyed the whole trip. The hardest shot today was the first tee shot with the cameras there and Nick watching but after that I just blocked everything out and didn’t put any pressure on myself. I’m really pleased to win.

"When I see the names on the trophy like Nick Dougherty and Oliver Fisher, it feels special and I just hope I can follow in their footsteps.
“Having Nick here is amazing. All the little things he says make such a difference because he’s been there and done it. All of us would love to achieve what he has achieved.
“Now I’ll start preparing for the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final in China. After that, hopefully this week’s R&A World Ranking points will help me get into some top amateur events next season. Also, playing in a European Tour event will be a great experience.”
With 10 nations represented this week, players from outside the UK emerged at the top of the leader-board in their age categories: the Boys Under 18 division was won by India’s Rahul Bakshi with a total of 218; Brazil’s Rafael Becker claimed first place in the Boys U17 on 219; and Spain’s Adrian Otaegui finished on 225 for a win in the Boys U17.
The Boys U15 was won by England’s Thomas Clements with a score of 224 while Hannah Barwood, the current Ladies English Amateur Champion, finished top of the Girls U18 category by two shots on 230.
Six-time Major winner Faldo said: “I’ve been absolutely delighted with this year’s Faldo Series Grand Final. It’s our first final in a new continent and we’ve received a great welcome and some very generous support. Steven played some excellent golf today in tough conditions and kept a cool head. He’s a worthy winner of this year’s Faldo Series.
“I’m also pleased to see so many international players leading the way in their age categories. The Faldo Series is about helping as many young golfers in as many countries as possible so I feel we’re well on the way to achieving that goal.”
Following Faldo Series tournaments in more than 15 countries worldwide, 80 young golfers competed in Brazil this week. Supported by The R&A, the Faldo Series Grand Final 2008 was hosted by Costa Do Sauipe Golf Resort in Brazil’s Bahia region. Competitors aged 12 to 21 from countries as far afield as Iceland, Turkey, Russia and India joined this year’s UK qualifiers for three rounds of tournament golf.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
UNDER-21
213 Steven Brown (Wentworth) 72 69 72.
217 Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) 67 77 73, James Watts (East Herts) 73 65 79.219 Andrew Palmer (Chorley) 72 72 75.
220 Rhys Black (Sherwood Forest) 77 71 72.
222 Andy Shakespear (Five Lakes) 74 71 77.

226 Charlie Beavers (St Anne's Old Links) 80 72 74.

229 Valdis Jonsdottir (Iceland) 80 76 73, Nejla Gercek (Turkey) 80 76 73, Luke Burrows (Poulton Park) 79 74 76.

242 Elizabeta Nikulina (Russia) 82 82 78.

246 Aaron Taylor (City of Derry) 83 87 76.

247 Ken Villanger (South America) 86 83 77.

247 Dmitry Zakharov (Russia) 82 80 85.

BOYS' UNDER-18
218 Rahul Bakshi (India) 73 69 76.
232 Barry Anderson (Sligo, Ireland) 73 78 81.
233 Luke Maguire (Howley Hall) 78 76 79, Alasdair Dalgleish (Haywards Heath) 72 81 80, Sam Whitehead (Woburn) 76 77 80.

234 Axel Boasson (Iceland) 82 72 80.
238 Stuart Ballingall (Dunston Hall) 83 74 81 (jt 7th), Elliot Groves (Dunwood Manor) 79 81 78.

239 Thomas Rees (Creigiau) (Dunston Hall) 80 78 81.

242 Giordano Junqueira (Brazil) 87 75 80.

245 Liam Bell (Cleethorpes) 76 84 85.

247 Robert Tredgett (Channel Islands) 84 85 75.
BOYS' UNDER-17
219 Rafael Becker (South America) 76 70 73.
226 Reeve Whitson (Mourne, Ireland) 78 74 74.
228 Ben Stow (Hampworth) 82 71 75.
233 Tyrrell Hatton (Harleyford) 84 73 76.

234 Lewis Cooper (Headingley) 79 82 73, Michael Howard (Royal Birkdale) 80 79 75, Ben Woolford (Woburn) 81 79 74.

235 Rashid Khan (India) 79 81 75.
239 Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) 85 76 78.

243 Iliya Grazhoiyany (Russia) 86 80 77.

247 Rhodri Harston (Felixstowe Ferry) 85 82 80.

No Return: Adam Chester (Morecambe) 90 NR -
BOYS' UNDER-16
225 Adrian Otaegui (San Sebastian, Spain) 76 72 77, Koray Varli (Turkey) 76 71 78 (Otaegui won tie-breaker).
230 Gareth Johnson (Howley Hall) 78 75 77.
232 Oliver Lewis (Ludlow) 83 74 75.

234 Ben Herbert (Clacton on Sea) 79 78 77.

235 Jordan Smith (Bowood) 80 82 73.

238 Matthew Capps (Ballards Gore) 79 80 79, Stephen Barry (Laytown & Bettystown) 78 79 81.

242 Thiago Masini (Brazil) 82 86 74.

248 Adam Cryer (Hebden Bridge) 84 83 81, Dominic Moon (Rotherham) 81 82 85.

251 Nathan Chilcott (St Mary's) 84 83 84.
BOYS' UNDER-15
224 Thomas Clements (Royal Norwich) 75 73 76.
225 Rhys Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan) 73 73 79.
230 Dermot McElroy (Ballymena) 76 75 79.

233 Uri Bogoslavsky (Russia) 81 77 75.

234 James Bolton (Formby) 80 80 74, Guray Zazici (Turkey) 80 80 74.

235 Harry Casey (Enfield) 76 78 81.

237 Nick Newbold (Kedleston Park) 79 81 77.
240 Calum Stewart (Brora) 80 81 79.

245 Jack Colegate (Rochester & Cobham) 91 70 84.

257 Louis Gaughan (Bathgate) 81 91 85.
GIRLS UNDER-18
230 Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 78 74 78.
232 Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham) 79 77 76.
234 Eloin Ulu (Turkey) 77 81 76.
237 Eyglo Myrra (Iceland) 79 81 77.
242 Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) 82 78 82.
243 Abbey Gittings (Walmley) 80 80 83
244 Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 86 81 77.
245 Raffi Dyer (Hayland Island) 82 81 82.
247 Miranda Brain (Gog Magog) 81 83 83.
253 Tiffany Hewetson (East Brighton) 84 81 88.
255 Megan Burgess (Cavendish) 87 85 83.

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Neil Henderson joint sixth at
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Former Scottish schoolboys champion Neil Henderson, a freshman student at Old Dominion University, is settling well on the American college circuit. He has just had another good performance - joint sixth in a field of 77 for the ODU Seascape men's college tournament at Seascape Links, Kitty Hawk in North Carolina.
Neil from North Berwick scored 73 and 71 for a level par total of 144.
He finished four shots behind the joint winners, Jim Bea (St Joseph's) (68-72) and Tobias Pettersson (Liberty) (69-71).
Old Dominion (579) won the team event from Campbell University (586) with James Madison University) third on 589 in a field of 15 teams.

DAVID ADDISON DOWN THE FIELD IN NEW MEXICO
Kilmarnock Barassie member David Addison, in his final year as a student at the University of Akron, Ohio, had scores of 74, 77 and 73 for a total of 224 and joint 57th place in the Herb Wimberley Intercollegiate tournament at the NMSU course at Las Cruces, New Mexico.
The course was a long 7074 with a demanding par of 71.
Travis Reid (New Mexico State) took the individual honours with very good scores of 72, 70 and 66 for a total of 208 and a one-shot win.
New Mexico State won the team event by eight shots from Kansas State in a field of 18 teams.

Welsh champion Kirsty struggles
in Pat Bradley Invitational

Welsh champion Kirsty O'Connor (Ball State University, Indiana) finished tied 48th in a field of 70 for the Pat Bradley Invitational women's college tournament at Pelican Preserve Golf Club, Fort Myers in Florida.
Over a par-72, 6118yd course, Kirsty from Lancashire had disappointing scores of 83, 76 and 80 for a total of 239 - some 27 shots behind the winner, Belen Buendia (Florida International), who had rounds of 74, 70 and 68 for four-under-par 212.
Florida International also provided the runner-up, Paula Hurtado with 67, 70 and 77 for 214. They also won the team event by 10 shots from Florida Southern in a field of 13 teams.

Jo Carthew enters Ladies Euro

Tour Qualifying School

FROM SANDY SMITH'S LADYBANK GOLF CLUB NEWSLETTER

Jo Carthew has taken the plunge and entered the Ladies’ European Tour Qualifying School in January.

Jo has had many highs this season, including breaking her own course record at Ladybank (now 68), getting down into plus handicap figures, playing a prominent role in helping the Fife ladies win the Scottish team championship and, not least, her excellent runner-up finish at the Scottish Amateur at Moray earlier in the season.

I’m sure everyone will wish Jo all the very best on this exciting venture at La Manga, in Spain.

Sandy Smith, Ladybank GC professional

Dates note:

The LET Qualifying School pre-qualifier over 72 holes starts at La Manga on January 5. The qualifiers go forward to join those exempt from the first stage at the Final Qualifying Tournament, also at La Manga, also over four rounds, from January 12 to 15.

The field will be cut to the leading 50 and ties after 54 holes. The leading 30 and ties at the end of four rounds will gain Category 8a membership.

Busy September week in Ayrshire next year

Next year's The Duke of York Young Champions' tournament at Dundonald Links will be played from September 8 to 10.
Also in Ayrshire that week, the women's home international matches will be played at Irvine Golf Club from September 9 to 11.

Hannah Lovelock plays in
US women's college golf
history-making event

Hannah Lovelock from Surrey, a freshman student at the University of Missouri, can dine out for years to come, having this week been a competitor in the lowest-scoring tournament in the history of women's college golf in the United States.
It was the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at Boulder Creek Golf Club, Boulder City.
Maybe a golf ball flies longer and straighter in the state of Nevada. How else can you explain that Pepperdine University from Malibu, California set an all-time women's college record of 41 under par in winning the team event ... the top 10 teams all had sub-par totals for the 54-hole event ... Lisa McCloskey (Pepperdine), the individual winner, was 17 under par, and won it by only one shot from Therese Koelbaek (UNLV) and Cindy LaCrosse (Louisville) ... and the top 29 individuals all finished under par.
Lisa McCloskey became the first player ever to break 200 in a 54-hole tournament on the US women's college circuit.
Former Surrey champion Hannah Lovelock, pictured above, totalled four-over-par 220 with scores of 73, 72 and 75, which is not bad scoring at all under "normal" circumstances. But these were not normal circumstances and Hannah finished "only" joint 51st in a good-class field of 92 players.
The course measured 6,238yd, which is more than a "pitch-and-putt" lay-out, with a par of 72.
LEADING FINAL INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
199 Lisa McCloskey (Pepperdine) 67 65 67.
200 Therese Koelbaek (UNLV) 68 66 66, Cindy LaCrosse (Louisville) 67 68 65.
Selected European scores:
205 Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State & Sweden) 71 69 65 (5th).
210 Pernilla Lindberg (Oklahoma State & Sweden) 67 74 69 (jt 9th).
213 Karin Kinnerud (Oklahoma State & Sweden) 72 74 67 (jt 20th).
217 Valentine Derrey (Texas Christian & France) 73 72 72 (jt 35th).
220 Hannah Lovelock (Missouri & Surrey, England) 73 72 75 (jt 51st).
LEADING FINAL TEAM TOTALS
Team Par 864 (3 x 288)
823 Pepperdine.
835 Oklahoma State.
18 teams took part.

Sinead O'Sullivan ties for

third place on Kiawah

Island, one shot off pace

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Laura Cutler second,

Portia Abbot third in

Alabama Invite

Jacksonville State University, Alabama first-year student Laura Culter from Essex finished second and team-mate Portia Abbot from Wiltshire came joint third in the Troy University Women's Invite college tournament at Arrowhead Country Club, Montgomery in Alabama.

Sofia Jornsson (Nicholls State) was the winner with 73 and 74 for 147.

Laura Culter, pictured above from the JSU website, held a two-shot lead at the end of the first round with a 70, required 79 shots for the second circuit and totalled 149 which dropped her to second place in a field of 70 players.

She finished a shot ahead of three players who hit the 150 mark over the 5,916yd, par-72 course - Portia Abbot (Jacksonville State), Belfast's Shirley Harvey (South Alabama) and Lorie Warren (Belmont). Each of them scored 77 and 73.

Laura and Portia's fine efforts helped Jacksonville State University to win the team event by seven shots from South Alabama in a field of 13 teams.

Wallace loses lead on Day 2 of
Faldo Final in Brazil

Glenbervie's Andrew Wallace dropped out of the lead on the second day of the Nick Faldo Series Grand Final at the Costa do Sauipe Resort, Bahia in Brazil today.
After a great opening round of five-under-par 67, Wallace slumped to a 77 for level par 144 and is joint third, six shots behind the new leader by three shots, England's James Watts from East Herts.
Watts added a 65 to his first-day 73.
Chris Robb from Inchmarlo is lying in eighth place in the Boys' Under-17 section. He has scored 85 and 76 for 161 - 15 shots behind category leader Rafael Becker from South America.
Brora's Calum Stewart is 15 shots adrift of the le3ader, Rhys Pugh from the Vale of Glamorgan in the Boys' Under-15 section. Stewart has scored 80 and 81 for 161 and a share of ninth place.
Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) has scored 86 and 81 in the Under-18 Girls' category. Her 36-hole tally of 167 is 15 shots behind the leader, English women's champion Hannah Barwood (Knowle) who has scored 78 and 74 for a four-shot lead with 18 holes to go.

LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
Under-21s
138 James Watts (East Herts) 73 65.
141 Steven Brown (Wentworth) 72 69.
144 Andrew Palmer (Chorley) 72 72, Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) 67 77.
Boys' Under-18
142 Rahul Bakshi (India) 73 69.
151 Barry Anderson (Sligo) 73 78.
158 Sam Whitehead (Woburn) 76 77, Alasdair Dalgleish (Haywards Heath) 72 81.
Selected score:
157 Stuart Ballingall (Dunston Hall) 83 74 (7th).
Boys' Under-17
146 Rafael Becker (South America) 76 70.
152 Reeve Whitson (Mourne, Ireland) 78 74.
153 Ben Stow (Hampworth) 82 71.
Selected score:
161 Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) 85 76 (8th).
Boys' Under-16
147 Koray Varli (Turkey) 71 71.
148 Adrian Jauregui (Spain) 76 72.
153 Gareth Johnson (Howley Hall) 78 75.
Boys' Under-15
146 Rhys Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan) 73 73.
148 Thomas Clements (Royal Norwich) 75 73.
151 Dermot McElroy (Ballymena) 76 75.
Selected score:
161 Calum Stewart (Brora) 80 81 (jt 9th).
Girls' Under-18
152 Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 78 74.
156 Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham) 79 77.
158 Eloin Ulu (Turkey) 77 81.
160 Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) 83 78, Abbey Gittings (Walmley) 80 80, Eyglo Oskarsdottir (Iceland) 78 81.
163 Raffi Dwyer (Hayling Island) 82 81.
164 Miranda Brain (Gog Magog) 81 83.
165 Tiffany Hewetson (East Brighton) 84 81.
167 Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 86 81.
169 Polina Vorobyeva (Moscow) 89 80.
172 Megan Burgess (Cavendish) 87 85.
174 Hatice Kocoglu (Turkey) 89 85.
178 Karina Palmberg (South America) 94 84.

CARNOUSTIE'S KATY FIFTH IN BIG
FIELD FOR FLORIDA TOURNAMENT

Katy McNicoll from Carnoustie, a student at Lynn University, Boca Raton in Florida, finished fifth in a field of 96 players for the Flagler Fall Slam women's college golf tournament at the World Golf Village, St Augie, Florida this week.
Katy, 20, had rounds of 74 and 75 for a total of five-over-par 149 over the 6,039yd, par-72 course.
She finished five shots behind the winner, Tara Allen (Embry Riddle University) who scored 71 and 73 for 144.
Katy's effort helped Lynn University finish runners-up to Barry University in the team championship, contested by 20 college squads.

2009 US Futures Tour will start
with new Central Florida event
from March 20 to 22

The Duramed Futures Tour announced today the addition of a new tournament site in Central Florida to kick off the 2009 season. The Tour will now open its competitive schedule in Winter Haven, Florida.
The inaugural Florida's Natural Growers® Charity Classic will be held March 20-22, 2009.
The 54-hole tournament will feature a purse of $100,000 and will be the first of two events staged in Central Florida - the second being in Daytona Beach, April 3-5, 2009.
The new Winter Haven tournament will be staged at Lake Region Yacht & Country Club, a par-72 David Wallace design, opened in 1950. The course sits on 290 acres nestled on the shores of Lake Hamilton in Winter Haven, the former spring training home of the Cleveland Indians.
The top 10 money winners at the end of the 2009 Futures Tour season will automatically "graduate" to the LPGA Tour.

Michele Thomson makes

debut on North-east

Alliance men's circuit

Curtis Cup player and Scottish women’s champion Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) made her debut on the North-east Golfers' Alliance circuit at Edzell Golf Club today.

The only female player in a field of 104, Michele, pictured in action at this year's women's home internationals by Cal Carson Golf Agency, playing off the men's back tees, a course of 6,427yd, had a creditable round of five-over-par 76.

She had birdies at the fourth and 17th but a bogey 6 at the long 18th.

The last female player on the NE Alliance circuit was Elaine Wilson, who was an assistant professional at Banchory and later Blairgowrie. Before that Sarah MacLennan, Julie Forbes and one or two others, whose names cannot be recalled, also played for a season or so on the autumn-winter-spring nominally men's circuit in and around the North-east.

"We are delighted to have the reigning Scottish women's amateur champion, and a Curtis Cup player to boot, in Michele Thomson joining us on the North-east Alliance circuit," said secretary Ron Menzies.

"I gave Michele the option of playing off the LGU tees but she chose to play off the men's tees. I adjusted her handicap from +1 to 1 for the net scores, taking into account the yardage difference."
In an interview with Elspeth Burnside in the new issue of "Bunkered" magazine, Michele says she is going to enter the Ladies European Tour School at La Manga in January. What better way to keep her game in good nick than to play on the North-east Alliance circuit until then - and maybe after January?

+Log on to www.scottishgolfview.com to see the report and leading scores at today's North-east Alliance competition at Edzell.

Hannah Coles a winner
this time in Lady Herd
Fall Classic

Warwickshire’s Hannah Coles has claimed her first outright victory on the US women’s college circuit.
Hannah, from Maxstoke Park, Birmingham pictured by courtesy of Willis Glasgow, WG Sports, came from two shots behind to win the individual title at the 2008 Lady Herd Fall Classic in Huntington, West Virginia.
She had five birdies in her second round, which included holing out from 100 yards for an eagle 2 at the par 4 11th at Sleepy Hollow golf course.
She was four-over-par 148 for the two rounds with scores of 75, 73 and she won by a shot.
Earlier in this autumn college season, Hannah tied for first place in the Charleston Southern Invitational – only to lose the title in an all-English play-off with Olivia Jordan-Higgins of Royal Jersey.
Hannah is a student at Radford University, Virginia, and is the first girl from her college to win a tournament since 2001. She has recently been voted Big South Co-Women’s Golfer of the Week.

Nicky Maddison almost wins

again - beaten in play-off at

Twin Rivers, Texas

Nicky Maddison from Newcastle, a freshman student at Hutchinson Community College, Kansas, was once again the star of the show for his college team in the 7th annual Coca Cola/MCC Invitational tournament at Twin Rivers Golf Club, Waco in Texas.

Over a very long course - 7,478yd, par 72 - Nicky shot rounds of 76 and 73 for 149 to tie with Greg Snow (Odessa). Unfortunately, Maddison lost the play-off but he has still had a phenomenal first few months to his new "career" on the US college circuit.

Three times Nicky, pictured above, has either been outright first or tied for first place. He's earned the break which he will now have from competitive golf until everything starts up again after the winter, in March or so.

Dale Middleton from Coventry, also a freshman student at Hutchinson CC, had scores of 81 and 82 for 163 and a share of 40th place.
Hutchinson (623) finished third behind Odessa (607) and McLennan (619) in a field of nine teams.

Hannah only one over par

.. but she needs to improve

to make top 20 in Las

Vegas Showdown

England girl international and past Surrey champion Hannah Lovelock, now a student at Missouri University, needs a good final round to make the top 20 in the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown over 54 holes at Boulder Creek Golf Club, Boulder City in the state of Nevada.

Hannah, picture by courtesy of Leaderboard Photography, has had rounds of 73 and 72 for a 36-hole tally of 145, not bad scoring over a 6,236yd course with a par of 72.

But so high is the standard of scoring in most US women's college events - and this one is no exception - that one-over-par leaves her sharing 29th place in a field of 92!

Up front, Lisa McCloskey (Pepperdine) is setting a phenomenal pace at 12-under-par 132 with rounds of 67 and 65. She leads by two.

Quite a few of the Continental top-notchers are playing in this event, including Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State), the Swedish player who was beaten finalist in the British women's open amateur championship at North Berwick last June and then was the leading individual as Sweden won the women's world amateur team championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy at Adelaide, Australia recently.

LEADING 36-HOLE TOTALS

Par 144 (2 x 72) 6236yd

132 Lisa McCloskey (Pepperdine) 67 65.

European scores:

140 Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State & Sweden) 71 69 (jt 11th).

141 Pernilla Lindberg (Oklahoma State & Sweden) 67 74 (jt 14th).

143 Caroline Masson (Oklahoma State & Germany) 71 72 (jt 18th).

145 Valentine Derrey (Texas Christian & France) 73 72, Hannah Lovelock (Missouri & England)) 73 72 (jt 29th).

146 Karen Kinnerud (Oklahoma State & Sweden) 72 74 (jt 39th).

Field of 92 players.

SCOT LEADS FALDO FIELD IN BRAZIL

Scot Andrew Wallace leads at the end of the first round of the Nick Faldo Series' Grand Final in Brazil. Switch over to http://www.scottishgolfview.com/ for a full report.

EDITOR'S NOTE:

Better late (very late), than never ... the results from the Donald Ross Invitational girls' section, played at Royal Dornoch during the school holidays:

DONALD ROSS INVITATIONAL

GIRLS’ SCOREBOARD

LEADING 36-HOLE SCRATCH TOTALS
165 Sammy Vass (Tain) (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency).
170 Tara MacTaggart (Minto), Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw).
177 Linsey Stevenson (Glasgow).
178 Eline Askeland (Sweden), Kristin Scott (Milngavie).

ALL THE GIRLS' 36-HOLE NET TOTALS
146 Tara MacTaggart (Minto) (12) 70 68.
147 Alexis Hutton (Falkirk Tryst) (17) 74 73.
148 Permille Echberg (Sweden) (19/22).
149 Jordan Ferrie (Kirkintilloch) (23) 74 75.
156 Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) (7).
157 Tegan Seivwright (Peterculter) (16)
159 Emily Aird (Strathmore) (13) (bih), Sammy Vass (Tain) (3).
160 Kristin Scott (Milngavie) (9).
161 Linsey Stevenson (Glasgow) (8) (bih), Louisa Pelosi (Hilton Park) (16).
162 Jennifer Innes (Keith) (15).
164 Nicola Robertson (Dunblane) (16) (bih), Eline Askeland (Sweden) (7).
166 Donna MacKinnon (Durness) (12).
169 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) (12).
170 Karen Mackay (Durness) (15).
172Ashley Milne (Turriff) (19).
173 Nicole Underhill (Falkirk Tryst) (22) (bih), Christine Echberg (Sweden) (13).
174 Fiona Brown (Dunblane New) (20)
178 Kirsen MacCallum (McDonald Ellon) (11).
179 Fiona Fullerton (Huntly) (11).
181 Hannah McCook (Abernethy) (5).
Disqualified: Julie Vass (Tain) (8).
No Returns: Rachel Polson (Peterculter) (10), Nicola McLuchie (Wishaw) (10).

+The Donald Ross Invitational boys' results are available on www.scottishgolfview.com

Adam Lindsay joint 13th in Illinois

Banchory's Adam Lindsay, a student at Ohio Wesleyan University, seems to be playing tournament golf every week.
Up he pops again with a joint 13th place face in the NAIA Preview tournament at TPC @ Deere Run, Silvis in the state of Illinois.
Adam scored 78 and 79 for 157 - eight shots behind the joint winners, Sam Cyr (Point Loma Nazarene) and Samuel Del Val (Berry College). Cyr scored 73 and 76, Del Val 76 and 73.
There were 78 players in the field.

WINTRY WEATHER KOs CONCLUSION
OF STUDENTS' GOLF AT BLAIRGOWRIE

A combination of snow and frost forced the cancellation of the second day's play in the Scottish Universities Order of Merit stroke-play golf tournament at Blairgowrie today.
First round leaders John Corke (St Andrews) with a six-under-par 66 over the Rosemount course in the men's event and Jane Turner (Robert Gordon University), who led with a 76 in the women's section, were declared the winners.
The next competition is over the Dundonald Links in March.
+We'll have all the scores on display when we get them from organiser Dr Rob Macpherson.

Sally Hamilton and Gale Macpherson (Loudoun Gowf) with their prizes at the conclusion of the Daily Mail Women's Foursomes Grand Final at Dalmahoy (Thanks to Sally for providing the picture).

Daily Mail Women's Foursomes

Grand Final at Dalmahoy

Sally Hamilton (Loudoun Gowf) reports:

Due to the terrible weather over the weekend of the finals the format was changed on the first day to one Stableford round with the top four teams from 16 progressing to the semi-finals.

Loudoun Gowf (Sally Hamilton and Gale Macpherson) were lucky enough to be in the top four.
Again, due to the weather on day two, the format was changed from match-play to Stableford stroke-play and, unfortunately, we played the last four holes poorly.

Many thanks to Janet Thomson (partner of Nicola Gemmell as Anstruther's pairing) for E-mailing me the result sheet, which I had been unable to get from the organisers.

Here it is:

WINNERS

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY (Kelly Hanwell & Kirstie Jennings) 32pt.

RUNNERS-UP

WILLESLEY PARK (Joanne Morris & Tracy Bourne) 29pt.

SEMI-FINALISTS

SHANDON PARK (Jacqui Young & Jenny Young) 28pt.

LOUDOUN (Sally Hamilton & Gale Macpherson) 27pt).

QUARTER-FINALISTS

ANSTRUTHER (Nicola Gemmell & Janet Thomson) 37pt.

CAMBERLEY HEATH (Lesley Silver & Susan Evans) 34pt.

CARNOUSTIE CALEDONIA (Sheila Brunton & Ros Fletcher) 33pt (better back 9).

PENMAENMAWR (Carolyn O'Leary & Alison Hughes) 33pt.

LAST SIXTEEN

MANCHESTER (Elaine Clark & Karen Clayton) 30pt (better back 9).

OAKDALE (Karen Leake & Julie Hewson) 30pt.

MORRISTON (Nicola Torrington & Jayne Davies) 29pt.

STRATHMORE (Alexandra Bushby & Sandy Bushby) 27pt.

THE MILLBROOK (Sandra Gardner & Nikki Jackson) 23pt (best back 9).

STOKE BY NAYLAND (Margaret Bentley & Sybil Paton) 23pt (better back 9).

PRINCE'S (Elizabeth Carlotti & Pamela McGuirk) 23pt.

FINGLE GLEN (Sandra Townsley & Ann Short) 15pt.

Lewis Kirton improves to finish

jt 30th in North Carolina

Newmachar's Lewis Kirton (Louisville-Kentucky University) improved 15 places on his overnight position to finish joint 30th in a field of 75 players 40th in a field of 75 players for the UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate men's tournament at Forest Oaks Country Club, Greensboro in North Carolina.

Kirton, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, from Oldmeldrum, had rounds of 77, 74 and 73 for a total of 224 over the long par-72 course of 7,197yd.

He had a triple bogey 6 at the short fourth in his first round in which he also notched three birdies. He managed only three more birdies over the combined second and third rounds but he kept destructive double bogeys off his cards.

On the same 151 mark as Kirton with one round to go, former England boys international Jack Hiluta (South Alabama) from Chelmsford went in the opposite direction from the Scot with a closing round of 80 after earlier rounds of 78 and 73. Hiluta finished on 231 in a tie for 54th place.

Two players finished at the head of the field on 213 - Payne Gniewek (Michigan State) with rounds of 69, 70 and 74, and Max Scodro (Notre Dame with 70, 72 and 71.

Meanwhile in the Charleston Southern Fall Invitational, Banchory's Scott Larkin, a student at the host university, never really got going with rounds of 84, 80 and 81 for a total of 245 and a position of 46th in a field of 50 players at Crowfield Plantation Golf Club, Charleston in South Carolina.

Thomas Todd (Presbyterian College) won with a total of 215 over the par-72, 7026yd course, despite starting the tournament with an 80. He followed that up with sub-par scores of 69 and 66.

Holly Clyburn leads girls’

scoring against the boys

Junior international Holly Clyburn (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency) led the England Under-18 girls’ scoring in their annual match against the England Under-16 boys at Woodhall Spa.
Holly, 17, was playing on her home course and was unbeaten, contributing 1½ points to the scoreline. But her efforts were unable to prevent a comprehensive boys’ victory of 10-5.
However, Linda Bayman, performance director of the English Women’s Golf Association, was undismayed. “This was a very useful training match for a new, young team and it has provided us with plenty of information,” she said.

The girls made a slow start in the morning foursomes when they struggled around the greens. They managed only a half-point from five matches, courtesy of Holly and fellow girl international Heidi Baek.
However, they provided the boys with a much stronger challenge in the afternoon with some good, attacking play.
Holly, who was playing top, secured her singles point when she defeated Matthew Chapman on the final green. English schools’ champion Jamie-Leigh Voss beat James Carney – despite his albatross 2 on the sixth hole.

Other points for the girls were scored by Rachael Goodall, the Northern girls’ champion, and Hayley Davis, the South-west ladies’ scratch champion. Helen Searle, who played impressively for Yorkshire during the County Finals, halved her game.
RESULTS
Foursomes (1/2-4 1/2)

Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry) and Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) halved with E Peters and M Chapman.

Rachael Goodall (Heswall) and Ellie Robinson (Middlesborough) lost to L Johnson and J Carney 2 holes.

Sian Evans (Faversham) and Helen Searle (West End) lost to L Harper and T Tree 2 holes.

Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison) and Jamie-Leigh Voss (Kirby Muxloe) lost to O Carr and S Nixon 2 and 1.

Hayley Davis (Ferndown) and Lauren Taylor (Woburn) lost to W Chambers and C Walsh 4 and 3.
Singles (4 1/2-5 1/2)

Clyburn bt Chapman 1 hole.

Robinson lost to Peters 2 and 1.

Goodall bt Johnson 1 hole.

Baek lost to Harper 3 and 1.

Voss bt Carney 3 and 1.

Davis bt Chambers 3 and 2.

Taylor lost to Tree 4 and 3.

Turland lost to Walsh 4 and 3.

Searle halved with Carr.

Evans lost to Nixon 3 and 2.
Lyndsey Hewison

Press & PR Officer

English Women's Golf Association

Footnote from Colin Farquharson, Tournament Controller, 2009 Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Golf Festival:

Holly Clyburn is one of the early entries for the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Golf Festival at the five-star resort in Murcia, Spain - four tournaments over six days from February 12 to 17. Take your pick .. or play in them all.

The Hacienda Winter Golf Festival is on the list of recommended tournaments for players to bring themselves to the notice of the GB&I Selection Committee for the 2009 Vagliano Trophy match.

CORKING ROUND OF 66 FROM
ST ANDREWS STUDENT JOHN

John Corke (St Andrews) shot a sparkling six-under-par 66 over Blairgowrie's Rosemount course in the first round of the Scottish Universities Order of Merit stroke-play golf tournament today (Monday).
Corke made the most of perfect, sunny autumn conditions to open up a two-stroke lead from Graeme Robertson (Stirling) iu the men's event.
With Scottish Under-21 girls' champion Kelsey MacDonald (Stirling), winner of the first order of merit event, otherwise engaged and Scotland international team-mate Laura Murray (Robert Gordon University) unable to play because of a bad back, Jane Turner (Robert Gordon University) stepped into the limelight.
The former Scotland girl international from Edinburgh, pictured, led the women's event with a 76 - two over the women's standard scratch for Rosemount - and carries a two-stroke lead over Ladybank's Susan Jackson (Edinburgh) into the second and final round, over the Lansdowne course, on Tuesday.
SCOREBOARD
Blairgowrie Rosemount
First round
Men (par 72)
66 J Corke (St Andrews).
68 G Robertson (Stirling).
70 F Campbell (Strathclyde).
72 G Yates (Stirling), F Moore (Stirling).
Women (par 74)
76 J Turner (Robert Gordon).
78 S Jackson (Edinburgh).
80 E Fairnie (Edinburgh).

ends

Royal Aberdeen & Irvine swop LGU events in 2009 because of clash of dates with oil exhibition

A clash of dates with the 2009 North Sea Oil Exhibition has forced the Ladies Golf Union to cancel plans to stage next year's women's home international matches at Balgownie in September. Instead, Royal Aberdeen Golf Club will host the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship over 72 holes from August 19 to 21.
Irvine Golf Club, which was due to stage the stroke-play event, will now take over the women's home internationals from September 9 to 11.
The clubs agreed to the Ladies Golf Union suggestion of a swop when it was realised that the biennial North Sea Oil Exhibition & Conference, would be held at the Aberdeen Conference Centre, quite close to Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, during the planned September week of the home internationals.
Traditionally, every hotel in Aberdeen is booked out well in advance for the week of the North Sea Oil Exhibition and there was the added factor of traffic congestion at the access road to the Royal Aberdeen clubhouse, which might have delayed the international golf teams going to or coming from the course from their hotel, had they been able to find accommodation somewhere out of the city.
Susan Simpson, the Ladies Golf Union Head of Golf Operations at its St Andrews headquarters, commented:
"This very unusual situation came to light when we tried to book accommodation for the 2009 Home International Matches. There was not a bed to be had in Aberdeen that September week. We were left with no option but to seek an alternative venue.
"Both Royal Aberdeen and Irvine Golf Clubs were delighted to assist and facilitated a straight swap of fixtures."
So the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship will go on at Royal Aberdeen GC from August 19 to 21 while the women's home international matches will be played at Irvine Golf Club from September 9 to 11.
Other flagship events of the Ladies Golf Union 2009 tournament schedule will see the RICOH Women's British Open being played at Royal Lytham & St Annes, Lancashire from July 30 to August 2.
And the British women's open amateur championship will be hosted by Royal St David's Golf Club, Harlech in North Wales.
2009 LADIES GOLF UNION TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
June 9-13: British women's open amateur championship (Royal St David's GC, Harlech).
July 24-25: Vagliano Trophy: Continent of Europe v GB&I (Hamburger Golf Club, Germany).
July 30-August 2: RICOH Women's British Open (Royal Lytham & St Annes GC, Lancashire).

August 4-6: Girls' home internationals (Fairhaven GC, Lancashire)
August 10-14: British girls' open amateur championship (West Lancashire GC).
August 19-21: British women's open amateur stroke-play championship (Royal Aberdeen GC).

September 9-11: Women's home internationals (Irvine GC, Ayrshire).
September 15-17: British senior women's open amateur championship (Pyle & Kenfig, South Wales).
September 29-October 1: Senior women's home internationals (Newport GC, Wales).

Gemma just outside top
20 at Wilmington,
North Carolina

Glasgow's Gemma Webster (Ohio State University) tied for 22nd place in a field of 60 players for the Women's Landfall Tradition college tournament at Country Club of Landfall, Wilmington in North Carolina.
Former Scotland cap Gemma, pictured on right, who has also represented her country at hockey and athletics, had rounds of 81, 75 and 76 for a total of 232.
Dolores White (Wake Forest) was the individual winner with 75, 73 and 70 for 218.
Wake Forest (880) won the team title from second-placed Ohio State (908) in a field of 12 teams.
Alan Glynn (Zavier University) from Middlesex improved from a tie for 31st place to a final position of joint 19th in a field of 60 players for the Men's Landfall Tradition tournament at the same venue as the women.
Alan scored 77, 80 and 71 for a 12-over-par total of 228. Rafael Compes (Virginia Commonwealth) won the individual honours with scores of 75, 71 and 71 for 217.



ANNA NORDQVIST KEEPS WINNING
British women's open amateur champion Anna Nordqvist from Sweden, a student at Arizona State University, won the Derby Invitational women's college event over the Auburn University golf course in Alabama.
Anna scored 70, 67 and 70 for a nine-under-par total of 207. She won by four shots from Arizona State team-mate and former British girls champion, Spain's Azahara Munoz, and Whitney Neuhauser (Virginia). Azahara scored 72, 70 and 69, Whitney 69, 71 and 71. There was a field of 90 players.

Michael Stewart's best

yet in America - joint

sixth in Tennessee

Scottish boys' match-play title-holder Michael Stewart from Irvine finished joint sixth in the Bank of Tennessee @ The Ridges men's college tournament at The Ridges Golf & Country Club, Jonesborough, Tennessee (on Sunday).

It was the 18-year-old's highest finish on the US college golf circuit since he started a four-year golf scholarship at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City at the end of August.

Stewart had rounds of 73, 69 and 74 for a level par tally of 216 over the par-72, 7146yd course.

He had seven birdies over rounds one and two but could conjure up only one on the final day which saw him slip from a share of fourth place at the start of the round.

Stewart bogeyed the seventh, ninth and 18th after his birdie at the fourth in his last round.

The Scot was not the highest-placed finisher from the East Tennesssee State squad of five. Welsh cap Rhys Enoch from Cortnall fied for second place on 215 - one shot behind winner Darren Blair (North Carolina State) - with rounds of 71, 73 and 71.

But former British boys champion Jordan Findlay from Fraserburgh, in his final year as a student at East Tennessee State, had a tournament he will want to forget very quickly.

Findlay, 20, had scores of 93, 83 and 78 for a total of 254, 38 over par. He finished last of the 75 players although he was not a member of the East Tennessee State team for this event. He was playing as an individual.

Stewart's great effort enabled East Tennessee State to make a bold bid for the team title. They finished just one shot behind winners Coast Carolina in a field of 14 teams.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS

Par 288 (4 x 72)

210 Darren Blair (North Carolina State) 71 69 70.

215 Zack Byrd (Coastal Carolina) 71 70 74, Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) 71 73 71, Dustrin Groves (Wake Forest) 72 72 71, Zack Sucher (Alabama-Birmingham) 71 72 72.

Other British/Irish students' totals:

216 Michael Stewart (East Tennessee State) 73 69 74 (jt 6th).

218 Chris Paisley (Tennessee) 72 70 76 (jt 14th).

220 Paul O'Kane (East Tennessee State) 72 74 74, Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 73 74 73 (jt 18th).

227 Garrick Porteous (Tennessee) 82 74 71, Jason Shufflebotham (Alabama-Birmingham) 74 77 76.

254 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 93 83 78 (75th).

LEADING TEAM TOTALS

869 Coastal Carolina. 870 East Tennessee State. 871 Wake Forest. 875 North Carolina State. 14 teams took part.

Stephanie Meadow

wins again in

United States

Stephanie Meadow, the US-based Irish girls champion of 2006, scored her second big junior tournament in America within a matter of weeks at the weekend.

The 16-year-old from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, a resident student at the International Junior Golf Academy, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, led throughout to win the prestigious Golfweek Invitational girls' championship over three rounds at Little River Golf Club, Carthage in North Carolinia. She is pictured above with the girls' championship trophy

Stephanie had rounds of 67, 70 and 74 for a five-under-par total of 211 over the 5888yd, par-72 course. She had 14 birdies over the 54 holes, including title-clinching efforts at the short 16th and long 17th in the final round when she was coming under pressure from the American Junior Ryder Cup player, 16-year-old Sarah Brown, the New Jersey women's champion.

Sarah finished with rounds of 70, 72 and 71 (including birdies at the 12th, 16th and 18th in her last round) for 213, two shots short of catching Stephanie who also won on the International Junior Golf Tour in Florida at the end of September.

Stephanie's ambition is to gain a full cap for the Ireland women's international team - she is already a girls international - and also to play for Great Britain & Ireland in the Curtis Cup.

The way she is going, Miss Meadow is a certainty for an Ireland cap ... and who knows for the 2010 Curtis Cup at Essex, Massachusetts or, more likely, the 2012 Curtis Cup staging at Nairn Golf Club?

She moved to South Carolina with her parents at the end of 2006 so that she could have ideal conditions, summer and winter, to improve her golf. The move is paying off.

GOLFWEEK INVITATIONAL

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3 x 72) 5888yd

211 Stephanie Meadow 67 70 74.

213 Sarah Brown 70 72 71.

215 Haley Stephens 69 75 70.

215 Marisa Kamelgarn 70 72 73.

220 Marika Liu 71 75 74.

221 Suzie Lee 72 77 72.

Field of 32 players.

Stupples stumbles, Alfredsson swoops
to win LPGA event in China

Helen Alfredsson fired a seven-under-par 65 in the final round to capture the Grand China Air LPGA tournament by three shots on Hainan Island, southern China.
Alfredsson, 43 and scoring her second win of the season, finished at 12-under-par 204 to beat Yani Tseng of Taiwan, who fired a closing 68 and wound up at 207.
The Swede started the day five shots behind second-round leader Karen Stupples but took a one-shot advantage after playing the first 11 holes in six under. She added birdies on numbers 14 and 17 to more than offset a bogey on 18.
Tseng, a rising star who won the LPGA Championship earlier this season, finished with five birdies and a bogey in her final round.
First-round leader Laura Diaz finished in third place at eight under after an even-par round of 72.
Stupples, who was aiming for her first title since 2004, stumbled to a three-over 75 and finished fourth. Stupples birdied the third and fourth holes but had only one other birdie against six bogeys the rest of the way.
Rainy conditions played a role at the US$1.8 million event - the first official LPGA tournament in China - but the weather started to co-operate as play was not stopped during the final round.
Alfredsson had six birdies on the first 10 holes. The final one in that surge gave her the outright lead, moving her to 11-under and a stroke clear of Stupples. Birdies on 14 and 17 moved the Swede to 13-under. Playing three groups ahead of the final threesome, she left the door slightly ajar with a poor chip and a bogey on 18.
"I was certain at that point," Alfredsson said. "I was four shots ahead and I didn't have huge pressure on me for the chip shot. But it was not a great shot. But it's great to be on 18 and have a four-shot lead."
Alfredsson said she is likely to play only another year or two on tour. She gets pleasure beating players who are decades younger.
"They don't want to get beat by us because we are so old, and we still want to beat them because they are so young," said Alfredsson, who captained Europe's 2007 Solheim Cup team.
Alfredsson won the Evian Masters earlier in the season in a three-way playoff. This victory, worth $270,000, pushed her career earnings to over $5 million.
Conditions at the West Coast Golf Club were sultry, lessened only by a light breeze blowing over China's southern island of Hainan -- sandwiched between the Gulf of Tonkin and the South China Sea.
This inaugural event is on the schedule again for next season, although the venue has not been announced.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72) 6,422yd
204 Helen Alfredsson 70 69 65 ($270,00).
207 Yani Tseng 72 67 68 ($171,913).
208 Laura Diaz 63 72 72 ($124,711).
209 Karen Stupples 67 67 75 ($96,475).
Selected scores:
213 Suzann Pettersen 72 73 68, Lindsey Wright 73 69 71 (jt 9th) ($32,698 each).
214 Annika Sorenstam 72 70 72 (jt 17th) ($22,150).
216 Sophie Gustafson 72 74 70, Catriona Matthew 70 70 76 (jt 28th) ($14,511 each).

Latimer finishes joint fifth in Georgia

Peter Latimer from Markinch, Fife, a third-year student at Guilford College, North Carolina, finished joint fifth in the Oglethorpe Fall Invitational college tournament at Royal Lakes Country Club, Oakwood in Georgia.
Latimer had a pair of 72s over the 6600yd, par-72 course to finish four shots behind the winner, Matt Rebitch (Oglethorpe) who had scores of 72 and 68 for four-under-par 140.
Oglethorpe pipped Guilford by a single shot to win the team title from a field of 12 squads.

Stephanie Meadow leads

by five in North Carolina

Stephanie Meadow, the South Carolina-based Irish girls champion of 2006 and beaten finalist in 2007, is heading for a second big win on the American junior circuit in a matter of weeks.

She leads the girls' section of the Golfweek Junior Invitational tournament by five shots with one round to go in the 54-hole event at Little River Golf Club, Carthage in North Carolina.

Stephanie, a former pupil of Belfast High School, crammed 11 birdies into the first two rounds of 67 (33-34) and 70 (36-34) over the 5888yd, par-72 course.

At seven-under-par 137, the 16-year-old redhead from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland has a five-shot advantage over her closest rivals, Americans Marisa Kamelgarn (70-72) and Sarah Brown (70-72) in the field of 32.

Stephanie won an International Junior Golf Tour event in Florida near the end of September.

Home for Stephanie and her parents is now Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. They moved there in in 20o6 so that she could become a resident pupil at the International Junior Golf Academy.

A five-hour school day ends at lunchtime, leaving her plenty of time for golf practice, coaching and fitness work in the gymnasium.

"Northern Ireland is a wonderful place to live but it's not exactly a sun trap in the winter," says Stephanie.

"At home, the only chance I had to practise in the winter was in the morning before I went to school. And in the wet and the cold my hands would often turn blue. Here, in South Carolina, it's a lot warmer and much more enjoyable."

Her ambitions are to become a full Ireland international team member - she has already played for the Irish girls' team - and also play for Great Britain & Ireland in the Curtis Cup before she turns professional, presumably after four years playing on the US women's college circuit as a student at one of the top colleges.

Gemma improves to joint 25th
in Women's Landfall Tradition

Gemma Webster (Ohio State) from Glasgow improved to joint 25th place in a field of 60 with a second-round 75 for a 36-hole tally of 156 in the Women's Landfall Tradition college tournament at the Country Club of Landfall, Wilmington, North Carolina.
With one round to go, Gemma is 10 shots behind the leader, Wake Forest's Cheynne Woods who has scored 75 and 71 for two-over-par 146.
Gemma birdied the sixth and seventh but the inward half saw her drop shots at the 12th, 13th and 14th before running up a double bogey 6 at the 18th. She had a double bogey 7 in her first-round 81.
In the Men's Landfall Tradition tournament at the same venue, Alan Glynn (Xavier University) from Middlesex was in joint 31st place in a field of 60 with scores of 77 and 80 for 157, 11 shots behind the triple joint leaders.