Your chance to rent a villa for a week's golf in Murcia, Spain

Top picture shows the 18th hole at the five-star La Torre Golf Resort. Immediately above: An early morning cut for the 16th green on one of several Jack Nicklaus-designed courses in the area.

Editor's note: Rob Humphries is one of the fathers who supported the Under-16 girls' section of the recent 2nd Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival in Spain. With Rob's permission, I am publishing in full his follow-up note because it contains an excellent offer for any Kirkwoodgolf reader who wants to go on a golfing holiday to the Murcia region of Spain.

Cut-price offer from

HDA Festival

father Rob for his

villa at La Torre

Colin,
Hope you are well and resting after all that organising for the HDA Festival for Women. My daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed our trip over to Spain to enter the tournament, it was fantastic experience for her. Unfortunately not enough, in my opinion, is done for junior girl golfers so full credit to your efforts and organisation. It was great to play among some superb golfers and the weather helped.
I enjoyed it so much I would like to try and help female/junior girl golfers as best I can.

As you know we were based in our own villa during the Festival at the nearby Jack Nicklaus La Torre Golf Resort.

We have managed to negotiate a special discount of 20% off normal pricing for all of our readers/visitors to Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk for the rental of this beautiful detached villa (pictured above).

The Jack Nicklaus Golf resort is located in Murcia, an area of Spain which enjoys over 300 days of sunshine per year. The detached villa is located on La Torre golf course and is within 15 mins of many other top courses in an area which is fast becoming the home of golf in Europe.
Renters will benefit from discounted resident golf fees at the following courses, El Valle and Hacienda Requilme (both recently held European Tour Hi5ProTour events), La Torre and Mar Menor Golf Resort. Other nearby courses include Roda (home of PGA Europe), Peraleja (the new Seve Ballesteros course), Lo Romero and Mosa Trajectrum. While La Manga and Hacienda del Alamo (home of the HDA Women's Winter Festival of Golf) are just short 25 minutes drive away.
The superb resort is situated just 15 minutes from San Javier’s Murcia airport, or 50 mins from Alicante, so golf in the sun is nearer than you think.
The facilities at the La Torre resort include five different restaurants and three bars, along with a fully stocked supermarket if you fancy a quiet night in. If you’re not playing golf every day, there are 15 communal pools to cool off in, and tennis courts to perfect that serve. It also has a large golf practice area and putting green if your game needs working on!
The villa has two large bedrooms (twin or doubles), so therefore can easily sleep a group of four golfers, and two sets of golf clubs are available at the property to use free of charge.
This exclusive offer for golfers from Kirkwood golf, mean that prices start from as little as £200 per week (£50 per person based on a four-ball) so if you want to play some golf in beautiful sunshine throughout the year, don’t delay book now, please email villainthesun94@aol.com for availability, prices and any further information.

I would like to offer 20% discount to any female golfer who would be interested in renting my two bed-roomed villa (pictured above) on already extremely competitive prices, around £495 (£400, including discount) per week at peak time.

Therefore, if four shared, it would cost around £125 per person per week or approximately £100 each with discount.

It is an ideal base to play golf in the sunshine (26 degrees this weekend!).

They would also benefit from residents' green fees on four of the courses.
I would really like to try and assist lady and girl golfers. Wish I could do more in the UK.
Rob Humphries

+++If you are attracted by Rob's offer, please E-mail him direct at villainthesun94@aol.com

Paul Ferrier makes solid start

with 74 at Southern Highlands

Paul Ferrier, the Baberton player who won the Scottish boys' match-play title in 2007, has made a solid start to the Southern Highlands Collegiate tournament at Southern Highlands Golf Club, Las Vegas in Nevada.

In his first competitive outing of the second half of the 2008-2009 US college golf season, the 19-year-old freshman student at Charltotte University, North Carolina returned a two-over-par 74 over a very long course (7510yd) to be in joint 23rd position in a field of 80 players behind four joint leaders on 67 - Matthew Giles (Southern California), Ben Martin (Clemson), Colby Smith (UNLV) and Cameron Tringate (Georgia Tech).

Paul, pictured above, had bogeys at the fourth, 11th and 14th but birdied the 16th in halves of 37.

Gavin Reid (Southern California), from Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland, is in joint 63rd position after a 79.

Banchory's James Byrne (Arizona State) is still in a major form slump. He again failed to break 80, scoring an 81 for a share of 70th place. James had double bogeys at the first, 14th and short 17th in halves of 39 and 42. He did not have a single birdie on his card, which is just not Byrne's style at all.

Kristy struggling to find her form

on United States circuit

Surrey county player Kirsty Rands, a freshman student at the University of Mississippi, is getting her second tournament outing this week on the 2008-2009 US college golf circuit.

Kristy, pictured right, is obviously struggling to play anywhere near her best form. She had a nine-over-par 81 to be lying joint 93rd in a field of 96 for the Louisiana State University Classic at Baton Rouge.

She had a 9 at the par-4 fourth and a double bogey 6 at the 12th. Her only birdie came at the seventh.

In her first tournament, back in October, she averaged 81.3 strokes per round.

Leading the field over the par-72, 6425yd University Club course is Calle Nielson (Virginia University) with a five-under-par 67. She leads by one from Sweden's Jacqueline Hedwall (Louisiana State University) and Allie White (North Carolina).

The R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament 2009

MONDAY, APRIL 6 - TWO ROUNDS OVER EDEN COURSE, ST ANDREWS

(NO CUT: All 60 players will play a final round over the Old Course, on Tuesday, April 7).

8:00 am & 1:04 pm
Fraser Moore Stirling
Scott Stewart-Cation Elmwood
Alexander Main Edinburgh
8:08 & 1:12
Megan Briggs Strathclyde
Lucy Williams Birmingham
Christina Petersson Northumbria
8:16 & 1:20
Ross Crowe Northumbria
Rosanna Crepait Toulouse
Michael Daily Stirling
8:24 & 1:28
Jo Hodge Buckinghamshire New
Gordon Stevenson St Andrews
Paul Betty Stirling
8:32 & 1:36
Laura Murray Robert Gordon
Holly Calvert Stirling
Marianne Causin Ca'Foscari Venice
8:40 & 1:44
Sandy Kirton Exeter
Emma Fairnie Edinburgh
Ian Winstanley Leeds
8:48 & 1:52
Lucie Andre Toulouse
Colin Thomson Stirling
Mark Dickson Edinburgh
8:56 & 2:00
John Duff Aberdeen
Andrew Wallace Stirling
Laura Chemarin Toulouse
9:04 & 2:08
Chloe Dexter Birmingham
Ben Sloan Heriot-Watt
David Booth Stirling
9:12 & 2:16
Darren Timms Stirling
Kelan McDonagh Maynooth
Vincent Kabaso Elmwood
9:20 & 2:24
Bobby Rushford Stirling
Adam Best Teesside
Leonardo Motta Iulm Milan
9:28 & 2:32
Rachel Cassidy Stirling
Egert Poldma Myerscough
Jane Turner Robert Gordon
9:36 & 2:40
Gordon Yates Stirling
Alessandra de poli de Luigi Cattolica Milan
Michael Evans Bournemouth
9:44 am & 2:48
Kelsey MacDonald Stirling
James Patterson Queens
Andrew Shakespear Bournemouth
9:52 & 2:56
Joshua Clarke Abertay
Pamela Pretswell Glasgow
Jamie Mackay Kilmarnock College
10:00 & 3:04
Mike Gray St Andrews
Craig Cook Exeter
James White Stirling
10:08 & 3:12
Carwyn Hammond Northumbria
Sian James Birmingham
Stephanie Farrar Stirling
10:16 & 3:20
David Corben Exeter
Kevin Garwood Bournemouth
Andrew Palmer UCLAN
10:24 & 3:28
Andrew Smedley Birmingham
Torel Neider UCLAN
Niccolo Quintarelli Ca'Foscari Venice
10:32 & 3:36
Dave Corsby UCLAN
Lloyd Walton Bournemouth
Jonathan Watt Stirling

Scottish Universities Order of Merit event in Ayrshire

Repeat wins at Dundonald Links by James White

and Jane Turner (by 17 strokes!)

James White (Stirling University), the 2006 Scottish boys' champion, and Jane Turner (Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen), a Scottish girls' international, both won their second Scottish Universities Order of Merit stroke-play golf tournaments in a row at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire today (Thu).
Fifer White repeated his October win at Blairgowrie with an eight-over total of 224, leading throughout with scores of 77, 71 and 76. On a second day of wind and rain, White managed to hold his position for a three-stroke win from runner-up Cameron Gray (St Andrews University) (78-74-75).
Jane Turner, from Penicuik, also made all the running to follow up her Blairgowrie victory with scores of 76, 77 and 76 for a total of 229. Jane played well to maintain her consistency in today's testing conditions and won by the runaway margin of 17 shots from former Borders champion Emma Fairnie (Edinburgh University) who scored 81, 85 and 80.
Third was Jane's college team-mate Laura Murray, a full Scotland cap from Alford, with scores of 81, 85 and 82 for 248.
Surprisingly, Kelsey MacDonald (Stirling University), the Scottish Under-21 girls champion from Nairn Dunbar, finished only sixth with three rounds of 85 for 255.
Leading final totals:
MEN
Par 216 (3 x 72). SSS 222 (3 x 74)
224 J White (Stirling) 77 71 76.
227 C Gray (St Andrews) 78 74 75.
231 S Pointon (St Andrews) 78 77 76, J Wybar (Aberdeen) 78 77 76.
232 B Rushford (Stirling) 78 78 76, A Styles (Robert Gordon) 83 74 75.
234 M Dailly (Stirling) 80 79 75, J Corke (St Andrews) 84 78 77.
237 A Wallace (St Andrews 79 82 76.
239 P Okan (St Andrews) 83 78 78.
WOMEN
Par 216 (3 x 72). SSS 219 (3 x 73)
229 J Turner (Robert Gordon) 76 77 76
246 E Fairnie (Edinburgh) 81 85 80.
248 L Murray (Robert Gordon) 81 85 82.
251 A Smith (St Andrews) 87 84 80.
253 J Linklater (St Andrews) 89 85 79.
255 K MacDonald (Stirling) 85 85 85.
257 S Jackson (Edinburgh) 80 92 85.

SHEENA HONOURED BY ABERDEEN LADIES

Sheena Wood has been made an honorary life member of Aberdeen Ladies' Golf Club, in recognition of her contribution to women's golf at club, county and national level for over 25 years. Sheena, pictured right, joined Aberdeen Ladies in 1983 and has been club champion 13 times.
She has won the Aberdeenshire women's title four times including three in a row from 2000.

Tough for Scots Blake, McGregor

and Wilson on trip to California

Post University, Connecticutt's three Scots - Jamie Blake, a junior (third-year) student from Arbroath, freshmen David McGregor from Helensburgh and Gavin Wilson from Ladybank - all struggled over a man-sized Mission Viejo Country Club course of 7,143yd with a very demanding par of 71 in the 59th Southern California Intercollegiate tournament earlier this week.
The lowest-scoring Post University player was junior Lee Wanklyn from Berkshire. He tied for 31st place in a field of 75 players with scores of 83, 76 and 79 for 238.
Jamie Blake, pictured right, had rounds of 78, 83 and 80 for 241 and a share of 41st place while David McGregor and Gavin Wilson both totalled 251 and shared 62nd place. David scored 82, 82 and 87, Gavin 81 82 and 88.
Winner was Matt Ewald (Washburn) with a three-over-par total of 219, made up of scores of 74, 74 and 71. Three over par he might have been, but Matt still won by six strokes.
It was a reality check for the Post University team who have done well over the past year in mainly East of the country competitions.
This was a first trip to meet some of the big boys over at San Diego on the West Coast.

Final totals from Cactus Tour in Arizona

This week's final totals from Event No 6 on The Cactus Women's Pro Tour in Arizona:
SOUTHERN DUNES GOLF CLUB,
Maricopa, Arizona
Par 216 (3 x 72) 6450 yd
1 Cavener, Michaela 73-71-67--211 $2,400
2 Howland, Janell 72-66-75--213 $1,150
2 Newren-Harmon, Rachel 73-70-70--213 $1,150
4 Mackenzie, Paige 74-71-70--215 $1,000
5 Harigae, Mina 67-74-75--216 $900
6 Henderson, Selanee 72-74-73--219 $800
7 Lee, Jenny 71-76-73--220 $700
8 Acharya, Jasi 76-76-70--222 $575
8 Welch, Kim 78-67-77--222 $575
10 Ellis, Michelle 75-75-74--224 $250
10 Lecuyer, Christina 75-74-75--224 $250
12 White, Adrienne 76-72-77--225
13 Maffiuletti, Matia 71-78-77--226
14 Hayes, Britney 77-76-74--227
14 Houtsma, Erin 77-74-76--227
14 Saether, Lill 76-74-77--227
14 Thomson, Christin 76-71-80--227
18 Yu, Justina 77-77-74--228
18 Miyajima, Shayna 80-76-72--228
20 Bickford, Tina 78-74-77--229
21 Johnston, Brittany 77-80-73--230
21 Rodriguez, Nina 76-73-81--230
23 Gebhardt, Jessi 78-75-78--231
23 Gomes, Ashley 74-77-80--231
25 Williamson, Cathie 80-77-76--233
26 Smith, Ashley (am) 78-84-77--239
27 Saran, Raman 80-79-81--240
27 Castleman, Cassie 81-81-78--240
29 Quinlan, Alison (am) 83-82-79--244
30 Zuckerman, Alicia (am) 86-87-80--253

CARNIE MAKES TOP 20 IN TENNESSEE

Ellon's Grant Carnie, a student at Brevard College, North Carolina, finished joint 17th in a field of 81 players for this week's Tusculum Invitational men's college golf tournament at Link Hills Country Club, Greeneville in Tennessee.

Carnie, pictured right, had rounds of 72 and 73 for a one-over-par total of 145 - seven strokes behind the four-shot winner, Christopher Marsh (Coker College) who had a pair of 69s for 138.

Carnie fared best of the four Brevard College Scots in the field.

Craig Galloway from West Lothian tied for 29th place with 73 and 75 for 148; Aberdeen's Tom Rennie scored 75 and 77 for 152 and a share of 46th place while Myles Johnston (Bo'ness) shared 64th place with scores of 79 and 80 for 159.

Coker College (564) won the team title ahead of Limestone College (570) with Brevard College (594) seventh in a field of 14 teams.

Pat Shepherd (30 in a row) has been

Turriff ladies champion 33 times

Turriff Golf Club has confirmed that Pat Shepherd won its ladies' club champion 30 years in a row (from 1959 to 1988) before her record run was ended by Janice Florence.
Pat, the daughter of the late Turriff club professional David Shepherd, regain the title in 1990 and won it again in 1992.
Her last Turriff club championship triumph - the 33rd - was in the year 2000.
That means that Pat won her club title in SIX different decades - from the 1950s through to the 200s.
So that's the benchmark now (a) consecutive club titles, (b) total number of club titles, and (c) winning in different decades.
If you know of anyone who can top any of Pat Shepherd's records, E-mail the details to Colin@scottishgolfview.com
+We would like to display a picture of Pat but don't have one on our files. If Pat or one of her friends reads this and can help out in that direction, E-mail it to the above address. Thanks

Round-up of tournament news from US college circuit

Adam Lindsay wins in Kansas

Banchory's Adam Lindsay, a student at Iowa Wesleyan College, has won the Swede Spring Invitational men's college golf tournament over two courses at McPherson, Kansas this week.
Lindsay, pictured right, scored 71 and 68 over the Turkey Creek (par 71) and Salina Elks (par 70) lay-outs for a two-under-par total of 139. He won by a shot from team-mate Adam Moyes and Josh Manske (Grand View).
Graeme Molloy (Grand View) from Glasgow finished joint 11th in a field of 88 players on 153 with scores of 72 and 81
Iowa Wesleyan (594) also won the team event by two strokes from Bethany College in a field of 14 teams.

KEVIN DUNCAN JT 58th IN ALABAMA

Kevin Duncan (Clayton State University) from Ellon finished tied 58th in a field of 71 at the Samford Intercollegiate over the Limestone Springs course at Oneonta, Alabama.

Over a 6987yd course with a par of 72, Kevin had scores of 78, 75 an d84 for a total of 237.

Team-mate Neil McBride from Glasgow finished joint 61st with scores of 78, 75 and 86 for 239.

A third Clayton State University, Atlanta team member, Will Wilcox finished joint first on seven-under-par 209 with scores of 71, 67 and 71. He tied with Cameron Carrico (Murray State) (70-66-73).

Murray State (959) won the team event ahead of Kennesaw State (868) with Clayton State (892) tied fifth in a field of 13 teams.

FRASER McKENNA JUST MAKES TOP 50 IN LOUISIANA

Glasgow's Fraser McKenna (Southeastern Louisiana University) tied for 47th place in a field of 84 players for the 24th Annual Louisiana Classic at Oakbarne Country Club, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Fraser scored 74, 74 and 77 for a total of 225 over the par-72, 7141yd course.

Alex Hogben (Missouri-Kansas City) from Manchester scored 74, 74 and 72 for 220 and a shared of 26th place.

Graham Benson, a team-mate of McKenna's from Leighton Buzzard, finished joint 31st on 222 with scores of 70, 78 and 84.

Mark Trow (Memphis) from Oswestry finished joint 62nd with rounds of 76, 80 and 73 and a total of 229.

Adam Cornelson (New Orleans) and Cedric Scotto (Southeastern Louisiana) tied for first place on 210. Cornelson scored 73, 68 and 69; Scotto 68, 69 and 73.

New Orleans (858) won the team title by a shot from Louisiana-Lafayette, with Southern Methodist (863) third and Southeastern Louisiana tieing with Texas State on 872 for fourth place in a field of 15 teams.

PUERTO RICO TRIP FOR NEIL HENDERSON

Past Scottish schoolboys champion Neil Henderson (Old Dominion University) from North Berwick got a trip to Puerto Rico this past week for the Palmas Del Mar Intercollegiate at The Flamboyan Golf Club.

Over a par-72, 6931yd course, Neil scored 78, 71 and 76 for a total of 225 - 14 shots behind the winner, Will Bowman (UNC Greenboro) who scored 67, 71 and 73.

PETER LATIMER JT 15th AT PORT ST LUCIE

Peter Latimer from Markinch, a student at Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, finished joint 15th in a field of 33 players for a one-round event, trhe Minnesota State Spring Invitational at the PGA Village Golf Club, Port St Lucie, Florida.

Peter had a 79 (40-39) over a longish course (7037yd) with a par of 72.

Winner by three shots was Justin Hueber (Indianapolis) with a 68 (32-36).

DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR COACH COLETTE MURRAY

Harriet Owers-Bradley (Yale University) from Nottingham came joint 40th in a field of 81 players for the Eagle Landing Invitational women's college tournament at Eagle Landing Golf Club, Orange Park in Florida.

Harrier scored 78, 76 and 77 for a total of 231 over a 6282yd course with a par of 72.

The tournament provided a double whammy for Colette Murray, the Scots-born head coach of the Chattanooga-Tennessee women's team.

One of the players she brought to the university on a golf scholarship, Emma de Groot was the individual winner by four shots with scores of 72, 71 and 69 for four-under-par 212.

And Chattanooga-Tennessee (866) won the team event by 13 shots from East Carolina in a field of 15 teams.

Well done, Colette!

Lynn Kenny and Clare Queen are

Scotland's pair for Nations Cup

Lynn Kenny and Clare Queen will be Scotland's duo in the second Comunitat Valenciana European Nations Cup at La Sella Resort in Alicante, Spain, from April 23 to 26.
Beth Daniel and Meg Mallon have confirmed that they will represent the United States in the 20-nation tournament.
England, defending the title won last year by Rebecca Hudson & Trish Johnson, will be represented by Laura Davies and Lisa Hall.
Played over four days, the €325,000 stroke-play tournament will comprise two rounds of four-ball play and two days of a modified version of the greensomes format.
The winning team will take home €77,000, or €38,500 per player.
FIELD TODATE
Austria: Nicole Gergely and Eva Steinberger
Belgium: Ellen Smets and Lara Tadiotto
China: TBC
Denmark: Lisa Holm Sorensen and Iben Tinning
England: Laura Davies and Lisa Hall
Spain: Tania Elosegui and Paula Marti
Finland: Kaisa Ruuttila and Ursula Wikstrom
France: Gwladys Nocera and Anne-Lise Caudal
Germany: Martina Eberl and Denise Charlotte Becker
Ireland: Rebecca Coakley and Martina Gillen
Italy: Giulia Sergas and Veronica Zorzi
Netherlands: Christel Boeljon and Marjet Van der Graaff
Norway: Lill Kristin Saether and Marianne Skarpnord
Russia: Maria Verchenova and Anastasia Kostina
Scotland: Lynn Kenny and Clare Queen
Slovakia: Zuzana Kamasova and Veronika Falathova (Am)
Sweden: Lotta Wahlin and TBC
Switzerland: Florence Luscher and Frederique Seeholzer
USA: Beth Daniel and Meg Mallon
Wales: Becky Brewerton and Lydia Hall

Lizi keeps concentration in a slow




burn at Red River Collegiate


Leighton Buzzard's Lizi Sweetnam, pictured right, continued her successful start on the American college golf circuit with improvements for the third week running in the Red River Intercollegiate tournament at Winstar Golf and Country Club, Thackerville in Oklahoma.
She maintained her concentration in the heat through two marathon rounds, each lasting well over six hours, to post scores of 79 and 77 for a total of 156. She narrowly missed a third top ten finish by a single shot, tied in joint 14th spot, and just four strokes off a top-three finish in a field of 64.
Raelyn Smith (Angelo State) was the individual winner by eight strokes with a three-under-par total of 141, made up of rounds of 69 and 72. Carla Cooper (Tarleton State) was runner-up on 149 with scores of 74 and 75.
Lizi Sweetnam was the only Seminole State team player in the top 20 so not surprising that they finished ninth of 12 in the event won by Tarleton State (603) from West Texas A&M (621).

Fiona Farquharson has been

18 times champion of

King James VI club, Perth

FROM COLIN FARQUHARSON
Former SLGA staff person Pam Kerr suggested to me that SLGA tournament officer Fiona Farquharson had a formidable collection of club titles which was worth a mention in our series of multi-club champions.
I E-mailed Fiona (pictured right) for the details and here is her reply:
"I joined King James VI Golf Club, Perth in 1986. I won the King James VI ladies' championship from 1986 – 1995 (10 consecutive times), and again in 1997, 1999 - 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008. So far I have won it 18 times. In most of the unsuccessful years I was the beaten finalist.
"I started at the SLGA in January 2005 and I don’t play nearly as much golf nowadays! Perhaps that’s why I didn't win in 2005 and 2006!
"I also won quite a number of club championship titles at Camperdown with many of them consecutive but I don’t have the precise details.
"As there are many ladies already listed with far more consecutive wins than me, I am sure that I don’t need to bother to find out."

Thanks, Fiona. More grist to the mill!

Fern Grimshaw wins and top

20 places for Emma, Hannah

Fern Grimshaw from Dorset, a senior (fourth-year) student at Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach in Florida, has won the Don Benbow Invitational women's college tournament at Jacksonville Beach Golf Club in Jacksonville, Florida.

Fern, pictured right, had rounds of 72 and 71 for a three-over-par tally at the par-70, 5810yd course.
She won by one shot from Clare Cornelius (Butler University) (74-70).

Two other Bethune-Cookman College students from England, Emma Taylor, a senior year student from Devon, and junior (third year) student Hannah Bews from Dorset, finished joint eighth and 19th respectively.

Emma scored 75 and 79 for 154, Hannah 82 and 77 for 159 in a field of 62 players

Bethune Cookman College won the team title with a total of 607, 16 shots ahead of runners-up Detroit Mercy University in a field of 11 teams.

Carley tied 17th, Katy 33rd in Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational

Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll (Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida) had rounds of 78, 74 and 76 for a total of 238 and 33rd place in a field of 76 players for the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational women's college tournament at the quaintly-named Tuscawilla Country Club, Western Springs in Florida (par-72, 6089yd).

Derbyshire's Carley Warrington (Belmont Abbey College) tied for 17th place with scores of 74, 80 and 77 for 231

Winner by nine shots with a fine six-under-par total fo 210 was Sandra Changkija (Nova Southeastern) with scores of 71, 71 and 68.

Nova Southeastern (898) won the team event by a single shot from Rollins College with Florida Southern (900) third, Lynn (909) fourth and Belmont Abbey (944) fifth in a field of 14 teams.

East Anglian seniors team to play Cambridge University

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
A team of East Anglian seniors will represent the English Women’s Golf Association in the annual match against the Cambridge University ladies.The match takes place on Friday at Royal Worlington Golf Club in Suffolk. Since the fixture began in the mid-1990s, the seniors have lost only once.
The team, captained by Jan Stockham of Cambs & Hunts, is:
Jo Ashmore, Norfolk
Polly Brown, Cambs & Hunts
Lottie Edmunds, Suffolk
Elaine James, Bedfordshire
Sue Orwell, Cambs & Hunts
Jo Rumsey, Essex.

Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
Visit the EGWA website at www.englishwomensgolf.org

Hannah Lovelock in action (image by courtesy of Leaderboardphotography.com)

Hannah Lovelock improves by seven in Nevada

Hannah Lovelock (Missouri University) from Surrey improved by seven strokes in the second round of the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational at Boulder Creek Golf Club, Nevada - despite having a double bogey 7 at the long first hole (she started at the 10th).

Hannah had a triple bogey and a double bogey in a first-round 82 but her 75 included birdies at the fifth, 12th, 13th and 16th in halves of 40 and 35.

She is currently sharing 42nd place - an improvement of six places - on 157 behind three players sharing the pole position on level par 144 - Natalie Gleadall (Nebraska) (77-67), Marta Silva (Georgia) (70-74) and Ulrika Van Niekirk (Texas Tech) (74-70).

UNLV (595) lead the team event ahead of Texas Tech (597) and Georgia (604). Missouri (662) are lying 11th in a field of 18 teams.

James Byrne runs up a 10 in

79 at Fresno State Classic

Banchory's James Byrne, a 20-year-old second-year student at Arizona State University, ran up a 10 at the par-5 ninth hole during a final round of seven-over-par 79 in the Fresno State Classic men's college tournament at Belmont Country Club, Fresno State in California.

Having started at the 10th, it was the last hole Byrne, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, played and, following a pair of 76s, his disappointing total of 15-over-par 231 earned him a share of 73rd place in a field of 104 players.

Andrew Cooley (San Diego State) had rounds of 73, 72 and 73 for a creditable joint 14th place for the freshman from Surrey.

Ramie Sprinkling (UC-Davis) was the individual winner by twoshots with scores of 68, 75 and 69 for four-under-par 212.

Washington University (865) won the team title ahead of Fresno State (870) with Arizona State (911) trailing in 16th of the 20 teams.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3 x 72)

212 Ramie Sprinkling (UC Davis) 68 75 69.

214 Todd Angel (Fresno State) 69 73 72, Colin Featherstone (San Diego State) 75 71 69, Nick Taylor (Washington) 72 70 72.

Selected totals:

218 Andrew Cooley (San Diego State) 73 72 73 (jt 14th).

231 James Byrne (Arizona State) 76 76 79 (jt 73rd).

LEADING TEAM TOTALS

865 Washington. 870 Fresno State. 876 UC-Davis, UC-Irvine. 877 San Diego State.

Selected total:

911 Arizona State (16th of 20 teams)

Michele Wie to sign with IMG for "fresh start"

FROM THE GOLFWEEK.COM WEBSITE

By BETH ANN BALDRY

Senior Staff Writer

Michelle Wie is expected to sign with IMG, a source close to the situation has told Golfweek. IMG’s list of LPGA clients runs deep, including Paula Creamer, Annika Sorenstam, Natalie Gulbis, Morgan Pressel and Se Ri Pak.

The move follows the Sports Business Journal’s report on March 10 that Wie recently parted ways with William Morris Agency, the firm that has represented the teenage star since she turned professional in 2005.

Jill Smoller, whose client list includes superstars Kevin Garnett, Serena Williams, Sharon Stone and Queen Latifah, served as Wie’s lead agent for William Morris. She traveled with Wie as recently as last month for the SBS Open in Hawaii, where Wie finished second.

“Michelle enjoyed working with WMA, and has nothing but positive things to say about the company,” Wie’s father, B J, wrote in an e-mail. “But this is a fresh start for Michelle on the course and off.”

B J would not comment on his daughter’s future plans for management, but did confirm that her next LPGA appearance will be March 26-29 at the LPGA International tournament March 26-29 in Phoenix.

Charlene Reid joint runner-up

in North Carolina

Charlene Reid (Pfeiffer University) from Antrim tied for second place in a field of 40 for the Dana Rader Intercollegiate women's tournament at the Ballantyne Resort, Charlotte in North Carolina.

Over a par-72 course of 5810yd, Charlene, pictured right, had rounds of 76 and 77 for a total of 153, the same as Camilla Mallberg (Queens University), six shots behind the winner, Pfeiffer team-mate Brittany Beltran who had roounds of 72 and 75.

Pfeiffer (615) won the team title by an overwhelming margin from Queen's University, North Carolina (654) in a field of eight teams.

Europeans held at bay in UCF

Challenge at Red Tail Golf Club

The European "armada" of golfing talent was repelled in the UCF Challenge at Red Tail Golf Club.
The best that the Europeans could do in a top-class field of 95 was a share of sixth place by Sweden's Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State), beaten finalist in the "British" at North Berwick last June, and Spain's Belen Mozo (Southern California), past winner of the British girls and women's titles.
Winner was Stephanie Kono (UCLA) with 71, 71 and 66 for the very good total of eight-under-par 208. She won by a shot from Jessica Yadloczky (Florida) and by two from Jennie Lee (Duke).
Duke University, the top-ranked female college golf team, could finish only 13th of 18 and its star player, Curtis Cup ace Amanda Blumenherst, did no better than a tie for 23rd place. She did not break par in any of her three rounds.
UCLA (850) won the team title ahead of Arizona State (857) and Oklahoma State (861).
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
208 Stephanie Kono (UCLA) 71 71 66.
209 Jessica Yadloczky (Florida) 66 70 73.
210 Jennie Lee (Duke) 71 68 71.
European totals:
213 Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) 68 73 72, Belen Mozo (Southern California) 74 65 74 (jt 6th).
214 Azahara Munoz (Arizona State) 72 69 73 (jt 10th).
215 Carlota Ciganda (Arizona State) 71 72 72, Pernilla Lindberg (Okalhoma State) 69 73 73 (jt 14th).
216 Caroline Masson (Oklahoma State) 74 72 70, Giulia Molinaro (Arizona State) 77 69 71 (jt 19th).
217 Caroline Westrup (Florida State) 71 75 71 (jt 21st)
219 Jacqueline Hedwall (Louisiana State) 74 74 71, Maria Hernandez (Purdue) 72 72 75 (jt 28th).
Other total:
218 Amanda Blumenherst (Duke) 72 72 74 (jt 23rd of 95)
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
850 UCLA. 857 Arizona State. 861 Oklahoma State. 872 Southern California. 874 Auburn.
Other total: 884 Duke (13th of 18 teams).

Olivia joint fourth in Low

Country Intercollegiate

Channel Islander Olivia Jordan-Higgins, a junior (third-year) student at Charleston Southern University, South Carolina, finished joint fourth in a field of 60 players at the Low Country Intercollegiate women's tournament over the Moss Creek Plantation course (par 72, 5853yd) at Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Olivia, pictured, who was a pupil at Beaulieu Convent School, St Helier on the island of Jersey before she went to America, had rounds of 80 and 77 for a total of 157.

She had her 21st birthday on December 31.
The individual tournament was won by five shots by Blaire Minter (Western Carolina) with scores of 73 and 75 for 148.

Charleston Southern (643) finished third behind Western Carolina (633) in a field of 12 teams.

Independend Schools Golf Association Home International champions Millfield School (images by Gillian Kirkwood).

LORETTO BOYS PIPPED BY MILLFIELD

FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS' TITLE

England's Millfield School pipped Loretto School, Musselburgh, by a single stroke to win the Independent Schools Golf Association Home International golf championship today at Craigielaw.
Loretto led Millfield by six shots after the first round over the Renaisance course at Archerfield Links on Monday, but good scores from Millfield by Alex Quin (72), Ben Taylor (73), Luke Krupa (76) and Harrison Greenberry (76) turned the tables and allowed Millfield, with a total of 614 to win by one shot from their Scottish rivals.
Campbell College, Ireland took third place on 676 and Monmouth College, Wales scored 696.
Individual winners were decided by country with Ben Taylor (147), Lewis Gregory (148), pictured above, Patrick Thompson (160) and Liam McVeigh (165) taking the English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh trophies respectively.
Results:
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS GOLF ASSOCIATION - Home International Championship -
Individual Winners:
England: Ben Taylor 147
Scotland: Lewis Gregory 148
Ireland: Patrick Thompson 160
Wales: Liam McVeigh 165
TEAM TOTALS (Best four scores count each day)
614 Millfield 317 297 (Ben Taylor 74 73, Sam Parsons 82 78, Luke Krupa 84 76, Alex Quin 85 72, Harrison Greenberry 79 76, Lewis Casserley 82 85).
615 Loretto 311 304 (Philip Buckendorf 74 85, George Munsey 77 75, Lewis Gregory 76 72, Abishek Rua 84 78, Tom Scott 87 79, James Sharp 86 85).
676 Campbell College 363 313 (Aaron Darragh 95 74, James Rodgers 95 87, Patrick Thompson 85 75, Stuart Bleakley 92 85, Jamie West NR NR, Chris Best 91 79).
696 Monmouth 356 340 (Liam McNeigh 88 77, Brad Davis 91 90, Joe Park 91 87, Jon Denning 90 88, James Furnell 91 90, Alex Townshend 87 88).

Kingussie's cluster of long-reigning champions

Continuing our "series" about men and women who have been multi-winners of their club champions.
Here's an E-mail from Ian Chadburn, secretary of Kingussie Golf Club.

Colin
There are in fact three major champions here at Kingussie

Ladies - Maggie Lawson - Champion 16 times on the trot from 1987 - 2002 & again in 2006
Men - John Gunn - Champion - 1954; 1959 - 1961; then 17 times on the trot from 1963 - 1980; 1982 - 1985 & finally 1988 / 89
Norman MacWilliam - 1981; 1986 / 87; 1993; then 9 on the trot 1995 - 2003; and to date 2007. Norman also holds the par 67 course record of 60 gained in the Kingussie Open 2001

Regards
Ian Chadburn
Secretary
Kingussie Golf Club
sec@kingussie-golf.co.uk

PS from Colin Farquharson: Kingussie the village/town (I've not been there for a number of years and it is probably a lot bigger than I remember it) is, of course, a hotbed of shinty and I've heard it said that most shinty players who play golf, play it left-handed. Someone once told me that Kingussie Golf Club must have more left-handers in its membership that any other golf club in Scotland/anywhere. Perhaps Ian Chadburn can confirm this?
Quick reply from Ian Chadburn:
That information I do not have but as you note there are a good number and I would say all male.

Ian

UNITED STATES COLLEGE TOURNAMENTS ROUND-UP

Katy back in action at Tuscawila, Florida

Katy McNicoll (Lynn University, Florida) has been quickly back in action on the American women's college golf circuit following last week's unfortunate scorecard disqualification due to an error on the part of her marker.
Katy had rounds of 78 and 74 for 152 on the first day of the two-day Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational women's college tournament at Tuscawila Country Club, Winter Springs in Florida.
Sandra Chankija (Nova Southeastern leads by two with a 36-hole tally of 143 over the 6,089, par-72 lay-out.

HANNAH TRAILS IN NEVADA
Hannah Lovelock (Missouri) was sharing 48th place in a field of 96 after the first round of the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational at Boulder Creek Golf Club, Nevada. She had an 82 over the par-72, 6234 course.
Spaniard Marta Silva (Georgia) leads by four with a very good round of 70.

JAMES BYRNE HAS A 76 IN FRESNO STATE
Banchory's James Byrne had a score of four-over-par 76 over the 6,511yd couse at Belmont Country Club in the first round of the Fresno State Lexus Classic. James was tied 60th in the field of 104.
Englishman Andrew Cooley (San Diego State) was joint 13th with a 73.

Todd Angel (Fresno State) leads by one with a 69.

STEWART AND FINDLAY FINISH DOWN

THE FIELD AT MYRTLE BEACH

Scottish boys' match-play champion Michael Stewart from Troon and former British boys champion Jordan Findlay from Fraserburgh - both students at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City - finished joint 29th and joint 68th respectively in a field of 80 players for the General Hackler Collegiate championship at TPC of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina today
Freshman Stewart, pictured right by courtesy of Tom Ward Photography, had rounds of 76, 72 and 79 for a total of 11-over-par 227 over the par-72, 6950yd course. He had been sharing 13th place until his final round which was played in temperatures up in the 70s (a bit of a contrast to Ayrshire on a March day!)
Senior (final-year) student Findlay shows no sign of coming out of the form slump that has dogged him for months. He had scores of 78, 81 and 81 for 25-over-par 241.
Matt Hill (North Carolina State) was the individual winner with socres of 74, 70 and 69 for 213. He won by three shots from Zack Byrd (Coastal Carolina).

East Tennessee State (898) tied for fourth place behind team winners Wake Forest (881).
LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3 x 72) 6950yd

213 Matt Hill (North Carolina State) 74 70 69.

216 Zack Byrd (Coastal Carolina) 71 74 71.

Selected scores:

222 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 72 73 77 (jt 10th).

223 Paul O'Kane (East Tennessee State) 71 75 77 (jt 13th).

226 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) 74 74 78 (jt 24th).

227 Michael Stewart (East Tennessee State) 76 72 79 (jt 29th).

241 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 78 81 82 (jt 68).

Field of 80 players

TEAM TOTALS

881 Wake Forest.

891 North Carolina State.

893 Pepperdine.

898 Coastal Carolina, East Tennessee State.

14 teams took part.

Sorenstam challenges Tiger to

television charity showdown

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
By JIM GORANT
While she was playing, Annika Sorenstam let her sticks do the talking, but now that she's "stepped away" from the game, she's running her mouth, sort of. Appearing as a guest speaker at the SMU Athletic Forum in Dallas, Sorenstam challenged her buddy Tiger Woods to a one-on-one, handicap-adjusted, televised showdown.
"If it's for a good cause, a good charity and it's good for golf, then I'm in," she said. "I haven't been playing much and he's probably in peak shape, so I would need a couple of months to get ready. Then I'd love to play him."
But she didn't leave it at that, saying that Woods has dodged her challenges before, including one for a pull-up throwdown. So far, Woods has not responded, but since both players are represented by IMG's Mark Steinberg, if there's any real interest in a match, it should be easy to set up.
Other than that, Sorenstam's enjoying her retirement, although she hasn't totally got away from the game. "I'm surprised," she said, "at how much I've watched on TV."

LPGA get Torrey Pines for their

Samsung Championship in autumn

Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego in California will host an LPGA event for the first time in 27 years under an agreement to hold the Samsung World Championship on the South Course in September.
The Samsung World Championship, to be played from September 17 to 20, has only a 20-player field that includes the four major champions and top players from the money list.
Paula Creamer won the event last year at Half Moon Bay in San Francisco.
The public golf course along the Pacific cliffs will be nearly 1,000 yards shorter for the Samsung World Championship at just over 6,700 yards.
The LPGA last went to Torrey Pines for the 1983 Inamori Classic.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the South Course became available for the LPGA when two corporations cancelled outings during the week the LPGA wanted its tournament. Another corporate outing to be held on the Monday of tournament week will limit practice by the 20 players in the field, but that's a small price to pay for obtaining the use of such a high profile venue.
Jon Maddern, deputy director of golf operations for the city of San Diego, said the tournament organiser IMG, has agreed to reimburse the city for lost green fees on the South Course and for staff overtime during the tournament, a total bill which he estimated at $200,000.

Continuing search for record club champion sequence

Eileen Manson (below) and Laura McLardy (right)

Eileen Manson won Thurso ladies' title 24 years in a

row and again in 2005, 2007 and 2008

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Waiting for verification from Turriff and Oldmeldrum Golf Clubs about the club championship records of Pat Shepherd and Janice Florence respectively.

In the meantime, former Northern Counties LGA captain Mairi Orr has drawn my attention to the claims of Eileen Manson.

Eileen, herself, has E-mailed me to correct the original figures we had on this website. She says:

"I have won at Thurso 24 years consecutively, not 23, plus 2005, 2007 & 2008."

Eileen was Reay Golf Club ladies champion 16 years in a row from 1988 to 2003.

Laura McLardy, who came to the fore as a Duff House Royal and Northern Counties team member before she moved to Aberdeen, joined Murcar Links and switched to Aberdeenshire, has a pretty formidable record at the Banff club where she is still a member.

Laura, who is the Aberdeenshire county treasurer, tells me:

"Todate I've managed 16 consecutive (ladies title) wins at Duff House Royal and 18 in total. First won it in 1990, aged 13 (now we can work out how old Laura is!).

"Won it again in 1991 but then was pipped by Jackie Duncan in 1992. Since then I have won the DHR ladies title from 1993 to 2008. The Duff House Royal title has always been stroke-play and last year was the cloest I've experienced. There was only one shot in it, Ashley Clark being the runner-up.

"Currently it's the best three rounds from four. The format has changed a couple of times over the years. Have only managed one title at Murcar Links thus far."

Laura also adds the following information:

"I'm pretty sure that Pat Shepherd won the Turriff title on 30 consecutive occasions before being beaten in the late 1980s (or early 1990s) by Janice Florence. Pat was in the Guinnes Book of Records for her feat.

"Janice Florence, in turn, won 29 consecutive titles at Oldmeldrum, before Donna Pocock ended her run. I think both have won further titles.

"Not sure how many times people like Linda Smith at Buckpool or Meg Sivewright at Keith will have won their ladies club titles. Rose Anderson has a lot of titles at Huntly but broke an arm around 10 years ago and had to withdraw that year, so she won't have as many consecutive titles was would otherwise have been the case"

British Colleges title and Kittocks

course record for Holly Clyburn

England girl international Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) has won the first British Colleges open golf championship over the Kittocks course at Fairmont St Andrews (formerly St Andrews Bay).

Holly, who is a student at the Grimsby Institute, where she is studying Sport & Leisure, had rounds of 72 and 74 for 146 to finish 12 shots ahead of runner-up Jessica Schiele, also of Grimsby Insitute, with Sarah Davies (Runshaw College) third in the two-day event.

Holly's round of 72 is a women's record for the Kittocks course. She is pictured right, by Cal Carson Golf Agency, in action at the recent Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival in Spain.

"I was pleased with my golf in difficult conditions on both days and, apart from a couple of bad holes, I played very solidly," said Holly. who had her 18th birthday in early February.

The men's individual title was won by Ryan Campbell (Elmwood College, Cupar) with Daniel Russell (Easton College) runner-up and Ben Cotton (Myerscough College) third.

There does not seem to have been a women's team event - no result on the British Colleges Sport website - but Myerscough College won the men's team championship ahead of Chichester College with Elmwood College third.

Sorry, the organisers have not supplied all the scores (It's thanks to Holly Clyburn's mother that we know about the event at all!).

+If you know any of the scores that we are lacking, feel free to E-mail them to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

++You can read a later report, which has news of Ryan Campbell also setting a course record and also a picture of him with the trophy, by switching over to www.scottishgolfview.com

Jack Hiluta drifts out of top-20

finish at Dade City, Florida

England's Jack Hiluta, a student at South Alabama University, drifted out of the top 20 with a final round of 74 for joint 22nd place on one-over-par 217 in a field of 120 players for the Ron Smith USF Invitational men's college tournament at Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club, Dade City in Florida.

Hiluta, pictured right, had rounds of 69, 74 and 74 over the par-72, 7017yd course.

Compatriot Alan Glynn (Xavier University) scored 73, 75 and 77 for 225 and a share of 79th place.

Santiago Rivas (Texas Tech) (69-70-68) and Matt Stauch (Florida Southern College) (67-67-73) tied on 207. There was no indication of a play-off being held.

Texas Tech and Florida Southern College also tied for the team title on 858, three shots ahead of Middle Tennessee State with Louisville (862) a close-up fourth.

Last round triple bogey kills

Ami's hopes of top-20 finish

in Arizona

Ami Storey (Kansas State University) from Ponteland dropped out of the top 20 in a field of 102 players over the final round to finish joint 22nd in The Duramed Collegiate women's tournament over the Quail Run course at Rio Verde Golf Club, Arizona.
Ami, pictured above from the Kansas State University website, scored 77, 74 and 77 for 228 over a par 71 course of some 6,260yd. She had a triple bogey 7 at the seventh in her final round which killed her top-20 hopes.
Welsh champion Kirsty O'Connor scored 75, 79 and 85 to tie for 63rd place with a disappointing total of 239. In her final round she had a triple bogey 7 at the sixth, a double bogey 6 at the seventh and a double bogey 6 at the 13th. She had no birdies in halves of 42 and 43.
Stacey Rodger (Missouri State) tied for 69th place on 240 with scores of 81, 79 and 80. She had a double bogey 5 at the short fourth in her final round.
Meghan Gockel (Kansas) beat Sara Wikstrom (Arkansas-Little) at the first hole of a sudden death play-off after they had tied for victory on 218, Meghan with scores of 73, 72 and 73, Sara with rounds of 74, 73 and 71. In regulation play, Meghan bogeyed the 18th in her final round, Sara birdied the 18th.
Kansas (883) won the team title ahead of Arkansas-Little Rock (907) with Eastern Michigan (914) third in a field of 20 teams.

Kimberly Kim decides she's going

to Denver University

FROM THE GOLFWEEK.COM WEBSITE

By BETH ANN BALDRY, Senior Staff Writer

Kimberly Kim has made up her mind. The 2006 US Women’s Amateur champion called Denver (University) coach Sammie Chergo on March 5 and gave a verbal commitment.

“I really liked the team a lot,” said Kim, pictured above. “I liked all the courses we saw on the visit, too.”

Kim, 17, previously had committed to Oklahoma State, but changed her mind when head coach Laura Matthews left the programme.

Kim was set to join Jane Rah and Sue Kim in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this fall. Now both Sue and Kimberly will join the Pioneers.

Kim’s college decision was a hot topic on the Golfweek discussion boards, with more than 15,000 page views and 150 postings. With so many rumours flying around, Kim even got on the boards herself to try and set the record straight.

“I felt like I got insulted a lot over not being able to decide (on college),” Kim said. “Isn’t it a tough decision? I’m glad it’s over and I can look forward to (high school) graduation.”

MULTI-YEAR CLUB CHAMPIONS

The correspondence continues:

"I was reading your article about multi-year champions. Until 2008, when I was defeated in the semi-final, I was Lady Champion at Gourock Golf Club for 15 years consecutively.
"This could be a starting figure for your investigations!!"
Regards
MAUREEN WOODHEAD (formerly Skinner)

Any advance on 15 years, then?

British Women's Open Champion

Jiyai Shin clickety-clicks over

weekend for Singapore win

British Women's Open champion Jiyai Shin from South Korea covered the last 36 holes of the $2million HSBC Women's Champions Tournament in Singapore in 12-under-par with a pair of 66s.

Not surprisingly, she won the title and the $300,000 first prize by two shots with an 11-under-par total of 277. Runner-up was the third-round leader, Australian Katherine Hull.

It was the 21-year-ols Shin's fourth LPGA victory in eight months.

Last year, before becoming an LPGA member, Shin, pictured, won the Women’s British Open and added victories in the Mizuno Classic in Japan and season-ending ADT Championship. She also won seven times on the Korea LPGA and took a Japanese LPGA event.

Now fifth-ranked in the world, Shin birdied the first four holes to get into contention, then took advantage of Hull’s back-nine collapse. Hull, the former Pepperdine star who won the Canadian Women’s Open last summer, finished with a 74.

Angela Park (68), Paula Creamer (70) and SBS Open winner Angela Stanford (73) tied for third at eight under.

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa, the 2008 champion coming off her 25th LPGA Tour victory last week in Thailand, shot a 70 to tie for sixth with Jane Park (73) and Sun Young Yoo (73) at 7 under.

Hull had a four-stroke lead at 13 under par with nine holes left, but dropped four strokes on the next five holes to hand the lead to Shin.

The Australian’s bogey on the par-4 10th and Shin’s birdie on the par-3 11th cut Hull’s advantage to two strokes. Hull gave that away with a double bogey on the par-5 13th, then bogeyed the par-3 14th to fall a stroke behind.

Shin took a two-stroke lead with a birdie on the par-5 15th, and closed with three straight pars. She made 12 birdies in her bogey-free weekend 66s after opening with rounds of 72 and 73.
SCROLL DOWN FOR ALL THE FINAL TOTALS

LPGA Tour Scoreboard
HSBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS TOURNAMENT
Tanah Merah Country Club, Garden Course, Changi, Singapore
FINAL TOTALS
(Par 288: 4 x 72)
277 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 72 73 66 66
279 Katherine Hull (Aus) 70 69 66 74
280 Paula Creamer 67 71 72 70, Angela Stanford 69 72 66 73, Angela Park (Bra) 67 76 69 68
281 Jane Park 67 71 73 70, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 71 69 68 73, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 69 73 69 70
282 Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 71 68 70 73, Karrie Webb (Aus) 74 69 73 66
283 Ya-Ni Tseng (Kor) 72 71 69 71, Cristie Kerr 73 71 70 69
284 Se Ri Pak (Kor) 69 72 72 71
285 Meena Lee (Kor) 72 70 71 72, Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 69 73 70 73, Amy Yang 73 69 69 74, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 72 70 71 72
286 Jee Young Lee (Kor) 73 74 71 68, Seon Hwa Lee (Kor) 68 74 73 71, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 71 73 71 71, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 72 70 74 70
287 Jimin Kang (Kor) 72 73 70 72, Juli Inkster 72 70 69 76
288 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 72 69 72 75, Karen Stupples (Eng) 73 74 67 74
289 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 68 72 72 77, Anja Monke (Ger) 73 70 72 74, In Kyung Kim (Kor) 71 74 74 70, Laura Diaz 75 73 72 69, Michele Redman 70 72 74 73
290 Teresa Lu (Tai) 72 74 73 71, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 74 72 72 72, Alena Sharp (Can) 72 72 78 68, Kristy McPherson 72 71 72 75, Christina Kim 73 73 73 71, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 70 71 78 71, Hee Young Park (Kor) 72 72 73 73
291 Natalie Gulbis 70 73 76 72
292 H J Choi (Kor) 72 74 71 75, Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 71 75 75 71, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 77 71 68 76, Morgan Pressel 73 75 72 72, Ji-Hee Lee (Jpn) 73 72 72 75, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 69 74 76 73
293 Heather Young 70 76 72 75, Stacy Prammanasudh 73 76 71 73, Louise Friberg (Swe) 71 76 74 72, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 72 73 73 75, Katie Futcher 72 77 73 71
294 Pornanong Phatlum (Tha) 75 73 73 73, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 73 72 73 76, Wendy Ward 73 74 75 72, Janice Moodie (Sco) 74 74 73 73, Brittany Lang 71 74 74 75, Candie Kung (Tai) 74 77 67 76
295 Russy Gulyanamitta (Tha) 72 72 76 75, Il Mi Chung (Kor) 71 76 76 72, Carin Koch (Swe) 71 77 72 75, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 72 79 71 73, Sandra Gal (Ger) 73 76 71 75, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 77 73 69 76
296 Jin Joo Hong (Kor) 76 71 75 74
297 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 73 75 73 76, Nicole Castrale 77 78 71 71
298 Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 77 73 74 74, Young Kim (Kor) 76 74 74 74
299 Becky Morgan (Wal) 79 75 73 72
301 In-Bee Park (Kor) 74 77 74 76, Leta Lindley 73 80 73 75
302 Laura Davies (Eng) 81 77 72 72, Shiho Oyama (Jpn) 72 77 76 77
303 Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 80 71 72 80
304 Vicky Hurst 79 84 71 70, Diana D'Alessio 81 77 72 74, Pat Hurst 76 79 74 75
308 Allison Fouch 82 76 73 77
311 Jill McGill 82 72 77 80
321 Poh Joey (Sin) 78 83 76 84

Ami Storey now leading British

player at Rio Verde, Arizona

Ami Storey (Kansas State University) from Ponteland leapfrogged over Welsh women's champion Kristy O'Connor (Ball State) from Lancashire to be the leading British player with one round to to in The Duramed Collegiate women's tournament at Rio Verde, Arizona.

Ami scored 76 and 75 to improved to joint 15th place on 151. She has done it with consistent scoring, having had only one birdie - at the seventh in the second round - through the first 36 holes.

Kristy O'Connor dropped out of the to 10 to a share of 35th place with rounds of 75 and 79 for 154. She had eight bogeys and no birdies in her second round over the par-72, 6260yd course at Quail Run.

Stacey Rodgers (Missouri State), pictured above, from Sussex is sharing 64th place on 160 with scores of 81 and 79. She had a triple bogey at the second in her second round and two double bogeys in her first circuit.

Meghan Gockel (Kansas leads on 145 (73-72) by two shots from Boram Lee (Toledo) (76-71), Carly Werwie (Wisconsin) (75-72) and Sara Wikstrom (Arkansas-Littrle Rock) (74-73).

Kansas (589) lead by 10 from Toledo in the team event which features 20 colleges.

JACK HILUTA DROPS OUT OF TOP TEN

Jack Hiluta dropped from joint ninth to 21st in the Ron Smith USF Invitational at Lake Jovita Country Club, Dade City in Florida.

Over a par-72, longish course of 7017yd, Jack has scored 69 and 74 for 143 - nine shots behind the leader Matt Stauch (Florida Southern College) (67-67) who leads by five from Santiago Rivas (Texas Tech) (69-7)) and Mike Van Sickle (Marquette) (70-69).

Middle Tennessee lead the team event from Marquette in a field of 23 teams.

Disqualification blow for Katy

but Lynn Univ win team title

Despite the most unfortunate disqualification of Katy McNicoll's first-round score of 74, Lynn University’s women’s golf team earned its first victory of the season after claiming first place at the NIU Springlake Invitational at Sebring, Florida.

Katy's team-mate Megan Mangone earned medalist honours for the second time in her career while Maha Maddioui finished second.

Katy, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, from Carnoustie, had a 74 in the first round but her marker failed to put a score opposite one hole, although it would seem that she had put 74 in for a total.

Katy signed her card and handed it in to the Recorder without noticing the slip.

She had a 73 in the second round and her total of 147 would have been good enough to finish joint second - a reminder to Katy (and all players) that she should check EVERY scorecard carefully before signing it and handing it in.
Four of the Fighting Knights finished in the top-10 led by Mangone. The senior from Windham, N.H. is enjoying a career year in her final season with the Blue & White. Mangone has notched six consecutive top-10 finishes, including two tournament wins. She fired a second round 75 to pull out the one-stroke victory over Haddioui.
Lynn University (599) recorded its lowest 36-hole score of the season in recording a 297 team score. The Blue & White finished 18-strokes ahead of Florida Gulf Coast (617) while Methodist (641) took third.
The Knights return to action on Monday, March 9, at the Peggy Kirk Bell in Winter Park, Florida.
Team Results

1st Lynn University (302-297=599)
Individual Lynn University Results

1st Megan Mangone (71-75=146)

2nd Maha Haddioui (76-71=147)

Jt 8th Donia Scarello (78-78=156)

Jt 8th Thalia Baigorria (77-79=156)

Disqualified - Katy McNicoll (DQ-73=DQ)