Leona Maguire in quarter-finals

but Lisa and Rachel go down

There was mixed lucky for the Maguire twins from Ireland in today's first day of the match-play stages in the French lady junior championships at St Cloud, Paris.

Lisa Maguire, the No 5 seed, beat Alessandra De Luigi (Italy), the No 28 qualifier, by 5 and 3 in the first round but lost by 2 and 1 in the second round to the No 21 seed, Sophia Popov (Germany).

Meanwhile her sister Leona, the No 6 seed, cleared the first hurdle with a 5 and 4 win over Fanny Vuignier (Switzerland), the No 27 qualifier) and won again in the afternoon. Leona had a good 4 and 2 win over the French player Rosanna Crepiat who has figured prominently in both the Portuguese and Spanish women's open amateurs already this year.

Leona, pictured above, now plays Karianne Hillaas (Norway), the No 14 seed, in Sunday's quarter-finals.

Denmark's Daisy Nielsen, last of the 32 qualifiers, pulled off a shock win over the top seed, Mireia Prat (Spain) in the first round, beating her at the 19th.

Daisy showed that was no fluke by reaching the last eight with a 4 and 3 win over the No 17 seed, Manon Molle (France).

Defending champion Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton) tumbled out in the first round. She lost at the 19th to France's Laura Chemarin.

England girl international Holly Clyburn swept into the quarter finals of the No 2 tournament, the Cartier Trophy.

The 18-year-old from Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, played excellent golf to defeat Spain’s Camilla Hedberg Bertrand by 7 and 6.

Now, Holly meets Mandy Goyos, whose mother, Angela, comes from Lancashire. The Cartier Trophy is contested by the top 16 girls, aged 18 and under, who missed out on a place in the championship match-play draw for the Esmond Trophy.

Full details (if you have the skill to navigate the French Federation website) are available on: www.ffgolf.org

Fife champion Fiona toppled at 19th by Diane Watson

Fiona Hastie, pictured right, the defending champion in the Fife women's county golf championship, was knocked out in today's quarter-finals of this year's championship at Kirkcaldy Golf Club.
St Regulus club, St Andrews member Fiona, a member of the Scottish Golf Union staff and a past Scottish champion, looked set for a place in the semi-finals when she was two up with two to play against the No 10 qualifier, Diane Watson (Lundin Ladies).
But Fiona, the No 2 seed, lost both the 17 and 18th and also the 19th. Diane plays Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) in Sunday's semi-finals.
The other penultimate tie will feature Scotland international Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) against youngster Ashleigh Wilton (Ladybank).

QUALIFIERS FOR MATCH-PLAY
Par 72. SSS 74. CSS 77.
76 L Kenney (Pitreavie).
79 F Hastie (St Regulus).
80 K Sharp (Kirkcaldy).
81 E Moffat (St Regulus).
82 A Wilton (Ladybank), D Ford (Scotscraig), L Rolland (Dunfermline).
85 K Webster (Ladybank), L Dyball (Pitreavie), D Watson (Lundin Ladies), L Bennett (Ladybank).
86 J Peden (Dunfermline), E Wilson (Elie & Earlsferry).
87 C Steedman (Pitreavie), R Hanlon (St Regulus).
88 K Honeyman (Thornton).
MATCH-PLAY
First round – Kenney bt Honeyman 8 and 7, Dyball bt Webster at 19th, Wilson bt Peden 5 and 4, Moffat bt Wilson 3 and 1, Sharp bt Steedman 4 and 2, Bennett bt Ford 4 and 3, Watson bt Rolland 2 and 1, Hastie bt Hanlon 1 hole.
Quarter-finals – Kenney bt Dyball 7 and 6, Wilson bt Moffat at 19th, Bennett bt Sharp 4 and 3, Watson bt Hastie 1 hole.

French lady junior championship at St Cloud

Title-holder Rachel is only

English qualifier

If England's youngsters had a joy day in the Scottish Under-16 girls' open at Craigielaw, their elders did not do so well in the second qualifying round of the French lady junior championship at Paris St Cloud Golf Club.

Defending champion Rachel Jennings, pictured by courtesy of Tom Ward Photography, made her way comfortably into the leading 32 who qualifyied for the match-play stages. She had rounds of 75 and level par 71 - her second round including an eagle and two birdies - for a total of 146.
That was six shots behind the top seed Mireia Prat from France with 73 and 67 for 140.

Her first round opponent is Laura Chemarin of France, who qualified in 23rd place.

Rachel, 20, from Izaak Walton Golf Club in Staffordshire, is England’s sole survivor in the championship match-play for the Esmond Trophy.

The cut-off mark was seven-over-par 149 or better.

Lincolnshire’s Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) was 45th overall with scores of 78 and 74 for 152.

That put her into the knock-out stages of the Cartier Trophy, contested by the top 16 players, aged 18 and under, who failed to qualify for the Esmond Trophy.

Holly will play Camilla Hedberg Bertrand of Spain in the first round.

There was disappointment for the other four members of the English Women’s Golf Association squad who failed to qualify for the match-play events.

British girls championship finalist at Monifieth last summer, Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) slumped from a good first round of 73 to an 80 today and failed to make the grade with 155.

So too did Alex Peters (Notts Ladies) with 79 and 76 for 155.

English women's champion Hannah Barwood totalled 156 with 77 and 79 while Rachel Connor (Manchester) had scores of 79 and 84 for 163.

The Irish wonder twins, Lisa and Leona Maguire did very well indeed to qualify in fifth and sixth places in the championship flight. Lisa scopred 74 and 70 for 144, the same total as Leona who did it the other way round, 70 followed by a 74.

QUALIFYING SCOREBOARD

32 players with totals of 149 or better made the top match-play flight.

Par 142 (2 x 71)

140 Mireia Prat (Spa) 73 67.

141 Marieke Nivard (Net) 69 72.

143 Lucie Andre (Fra) 71 72.

144 Ana Fernandez de Mesa (Spa)74 70, Lisa Maguire (Ire) 74 70, Leona Maguire (Ire) 70 74.
145 Johanna Tillstrom (Swe) v74 71, Elia Folch (Spa) 74 71, Klara Spilkova (Cze) 73 72,

146 Rachel Jennings (Eng) 75 71, Rosanna Crepiat (Fra) 74 72, Marion Kaddouche (Fra) 73 73, Nicola Rossler (Ger) 73 73, Karianne Hillaas (Nor) 71 75, Rocio Sanchez Lobato (Spa) 70 76.

147 Celine Boutier (Fra) 77 70, Manon Mille (Fra) 76 71, Emma Nilsson (Swe) 75 72, Julie Maisongrosse (Fra) 73 74, Jennifer Weise (Ger) 71 76.

148 Sophia Popov (Ger) 78 70, Lauren Van Gerven (Bel) 78 70, Laura Chemarin (Fra) 77 71, Emilie Alonso (Fra) 74 74, Friederika Reuter (Ger) 72 76.

149 Emilie Piquot (Fra) 79 70, Laura Gonzalez Escallon (Bel) 79 70, Fanny Vuignier (Swi) 79 70, Alessandra De Luigi (Ita) 77 72, Perrine Delacour (Fra) 76 73, Anna Arrese (Spa) 76 73, Marion Duvernay (Fra) 75 74, Laura Castelain (Fra) 75 74, Daisy Nielsen (Den) 74 75.

MISSED THE CUT

Selected scores:

152 Holly Clyburn (Eng) 78 74.

153 Kelly Tidy (Eng) 73 80.

155 Aedin Murphy (Ire) 82 73.

155 Alexandra Peters (Eng) 79 76.

156 Hannah Barwood (Eng) 77 79.

159 Louise Mernagh (Ire) 81 78.

163 Rachel Connor (Eng) 79 84.

Individual, team and leading handicap prizes go over the Border

Nicola Haynes (Gosforth Park Ladies), winner of the leading handicap trophy
in the Scottish Under-16 girls' open championship at Craigielaw Golf Club today
(image by Gillian Kirkwood).

England's winning team at Craigielaw.
Left to right: Bronte Law, Jamie-Leigh Voss, Hannah Turland
(image by Gillian Kirkwood).

Hayley Davis (Ferndown), winner of the Scottish Under-16 girls' open championship
(image by Gillian Kirkwood).

Images of other prizewinners can be found at
http://picasaweb.google.com/kirkwoodgolf/U16sAtCraigielaw2009#

It's a triple whammy for the English

at Scottish Under-16 girls' event

England dominated the Scottish Under-16 girls' open stroke-play golf championship to such an extent that only Lesley Atkins (Minto) and Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) of the host country finished in the top 20 at the 36-hole event at Craigielaw Links, near Edinburgh.,
Lesley, the Scottish Under-14 girls' champion from last year, had rounds of 78 and 73 for a nine-over-par total of 151.
She finished fourth in a field of over 100, eight shots behind the winner, Hayley Davis from the Ferndon club, Dorset. Hayley, undoubtedly a Curtis Cup star in the making, had scores of 73 and one-under-par 70 for one-over 143 to win by three shots from Wiltshire's Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison) with Ashley Cramond (Warwickshire) completing an England 1-2-3 on 149.
Hayley Davis showed her class by coming home in her second round in two-under-par 34, despite a double bogey 6 at the 12th. She had five birdies in all, at the sixth, 10th, 11th, 13th and 15th after a slow start in which she bogeyed the first and third.
Atkins will be rueing a double-bogey 7 at the 18th in the first round. She birdied the same hole in the second round.
Eilidh Briggs had scores of 82 and 78 for 160 and a share of 17th place.
Julie Vass (Tain) was the leading player from the North and North-east. She finished joint 22nd with a pair of 81s for 162.
As to be expected, England's two squads finished first and second with totals of 298 and 299 in the team event, despite having a leading player, Heidi Baek, disqualified for not signing her first-round scorecard, and another, English schoolgirls champion Jamie-Leigh Voss, unfit to continue after only nine holes on Thursday. Baek's second-round score of 72 was allowed to count towards the team total.
Scotland 1 (Lesley Atkins, Eilidh Briggs and Hannah McCook) finished third on 311, a shot ahead of Wales' Chloe Williams, Katy Bradbury and Amy Boulden.
Individual and team winners, England completed a triple whammy when Nicola Haynes (Gosforth Park Ladies) won the leading handicap award with net scores of 68 and 69 off a handicap of 11 for a total of 137.
That was two shots ahead of Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) (handicap 14) who edged out Nicole Underhill (Falkirk Tryst) (handicap 22) on the better net second round.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 142 (2 x 71) CSS 72 72
143 Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 73 70.
146 Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison) 74 72.
149 Ashley Cramond (Warwickshire) 76 73.
151 Lesley Atkins (Minto) 78 73.
152 Bronte Law (Bramhall) 76 76.
154 Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies) 82 72.
156 Lauren Taylor (Woburn) 84 72, Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) 81 75, Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 80 76, Katie Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 80 76, Chloe Williams (Wrexham) 80 76, Olivia Winning (Rotherham) 78 78.
157 Amy Bouden (Llandudno) 80 77.
158 Ellie Goodall (Selby) 81 77.
159 Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham) 79 80, Nicola Haynes (Gosforth Park Ladies) 79 80..
160 Amelia Covell (Huddersfield Fixby) 82 78, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 82 78. Gemma Clements (Studley Wood) 79 81, Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 79 81.
161 Emily Cheshire (Notts Ladies) 86 75.
162 Jasmine Johnson (Gosfield Lake) 84 78, Julie Vass (Tain) 81 81.
163 Hannah-Rachel Edmunds (Woodhall Spa) 82 81, Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 81 82, Lucy Evans (Lilleshall Hall) 80 83, Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 79 84, Abigail Laker (Burford) 84 79.
165 Lianna Bailey (Notts Ladies) 81 84.
166 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 88 78, Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 86 80, Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 84 82, Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth) 81 85, Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) 84 82, Emily Aird (Strathmore) 86 80.
167 Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 89 78, Amy Marper (Hillsborough) 82 85.
168 Charlotte Hindmoor (Blackwell Grange) 86 82, Jessica Boal (Larne) 81 87.
169 Katie McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 87 82, Emily Chan (South Herts 87 82.
170 Sophie Alexander (Deeside) 86 84, Myriam Hassan (Southerndown) 84 86
171 Sophie Myles (Ilkley) 89 82, Paula Grant (Lisburn) 88 83, Steph Hall (Lindrick) 87 81, Nicola Taylor 87 84.
172 Laura Jane Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor) 89 83, Lydia Johnston (Harleyford) 88 84, Hollie Vizard (Pleasington) 92 80, Francesca Young (Ferndown) 91 81.
173 Kyra Horlock (Broadstone) 88 85, Kirsten MacCallum (Newburgh-on-Ythan) 87 86.
174 Florence King (Forest Hill) 88 86, Emma Murphy (Wexford) 85 89, Louise McGillivray (Banchory) 92 82.
175 Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 87 88, Clara Young (North Berwick) 90 85, Gail Wilson (Monifieth) 83 92, Megan Clyne (Deeside) 93 82.
176 Eodain Cronin (Bantry Bay) 91 85, Linsey Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry) 82 84, Poppy Finlay (Vicars Cross) 88 88, Emily-mae Hall (Coxmoor) 91 85.
177 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk) 93 84, Megan Aird (Strathmore) 87 90.
178 India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 91 87, Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 86 92.
179 Tara MacTaggart (Minto) 85 94, Alexandra Tait (St Regulus) 91 88, Amy Chambers (Dunfanaghy) 91 88, Samantha Munro (Aberdour) 90 89, Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 88 91.
181 Rachel Walker (Crichton) 90 91, Kelly McNulty (Whitley Bay) 91 90, Jenny Hennessy (Ennis) 93 88.
182 Grace Anderson (Morpeth) 92 90, Harriet Wilson (Lincoln) 97 85, Courtney Milburn (Heysham) 96 86, Erin Millar (Pitlochry) 96 86, Rebecca Horner (Woodham) 96 86.
183 Nicole Underhill (Falkirk Tryst) 91 92, Annabel Bailey (Notts Ladies) 95 88, Amy Taylor (Kirriemuir) 99 84.
184 Shannen McGuire (Canmore) 96 88.
185 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 98 87, Emma Hale (Troon Bentinck ) 97 88.
186 Chloe Beckwith (Blyth) 96 90, Keren Ward (Glen) 95 91.
187 Heather Munro (Monifieth) 95 92.
189 Rachel Bruce (Ponteland) 96 93, Alexandra Tait (St Regulus) 91 98.
190 Alexis Hutton (Falkirk Tryst) 96 94.
192 Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links) 97 95.
194 Katie McCracken (Powfoot) 104 90, Emma Caddow (Colville Park) 96 98.
197 Charlotte Ann Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor) 98 99.
201 Rachel Irvine (Largs) 100 101, Rosie Everett (Kilspindie) 108 93.
Retired: Jamie-Leigh Voss (Kirkby Muxloe) during first round.
Disqualified: Heidi Baek (in first round) - 72.

INTERNATIONAL TEAM EVENT
(Best two from three scores counted in each round)
298 England 2 (Hannah Turland 74 72, Bronte Law 76 76, Jamie-Leigh Voss ret).
299 England 1 (Hayley Davis 73 70, Heidi Baek disq 72, Lauren Taylor 84 72).
311 Scotland (Lesley Atkins 78 73, Eilidh Briggs 82 78, Hannah McCook 86 80).
312 Wales (Chloe Williams 80 76, Katie Bradbury 80 76, Amy Boulden 80 77).

HANDICAP PRIZES
137 Nicola Haynes (Gosforth Park Ladies) (11) 68 69.
139 Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) (14) 70 69 (better second round), Nicole Underhill (Falkirk Tryst) (22) 69 70.

SVLGA (Midland) –Spring Meeting

Glenisla – 22nd April 2009.

9.30am F. de Vries, J. French, G. Wallace
9.37 J. Flannigan, N. Fleming, A. Houston
9.45 S. Bushby, A. Chisholm, E. Wilson
9.52 I. Murray, L. Childs, P. Drysdale
10.00 L. Kyle, I. Collins, I. Morrison
10.07 A. McGregor, D. Peterson, R. Rickard
10.15 L. Bennett, K. Duncan, M. Hope
10.22 A. Wilson, S. Travers, K. Keir
10.30 B. Brown, S. Copland, L. Cunningham
10.37 E. Arkley, M. Watson, E. Milligan
10.45 A. Moffat, H. Gibson, L. McGraw
10.52 S. Erskine, C. Malcolm, H. Dalgleish
11.00 P. Kelly, A. Crossland, M. Muncey
11.07 E. Wallace, S. Mitchell, R. Graham
11.15 M. McLeod, J. Pringle, C. Reekie
11.22 A. Hood, K. Carruthers, H. Brown
11.30 C. Irving, J. Bald, J. Blyth
11.37 M. Begbie, M. McPherson, D. Dunn
11.45 G. Haines, K. McKellar, R. Fraser
11.52 M. McRae, A. Sinclair, W. McCallum
12.noon L. Fertacz, A. More, I. Harvey
12.07 A. McBay, G. Jenkins, S. Christie
12.15 M. Fairbairn, J. Mulgrew, S. Cooper
12.22 N. Gray, M. Forbes, A. Taggart
12.30 M. Forsyth, J. Lawson, E. Perry
12.37 J. Beaton, K. McKay, L. Crozier,
12.45 D. Reid, P. Cockshoot, L. Graham

Michele Thomson's first pro win comes in Florida:

This might be start of something big ...

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Rookie tour professional Michele Thomson from Ellon was so excited after scoring her first win in the paid ranks - in a SunCoast Ladies Tour event in Florida - on Thursday that she completely forgot about taking her golf clubs away with her from the Country Club of Mount Dora venue.
Michele had to make a 30-mile return journey to be reunited again but nothing could upset her on one of the happiest days of her golfing career.
A $2,000 first prize is will undoubtedly be one of the smallest financial rewards the Aberdeenshire girl earns in the years to come but a first win as a professional is a symbolic moment, one to be remembered and treasured.
Leader by three shots after the first round, played in the 30 to 40mph gusts, the strongest winds seen in that area of Florida for several years, Michele had slipped back a bit into a triple tie for the top spot after 36 holes.
But, on the last day, she responded to the pressure and rose to the occasion in a manner that augurs well for her forthcoming debut on the Ladies European Tour, expected to be the Swiss Ladies Open in mid-May. As she did not quite gain full membership of the LET at the Qualifying School in Spain, Michele has to wait to see if the exempt players take up all the places available in the Swiss field.
The 21-year-old Curtis Cup player and Scottish women's amateur champion at Lossiemouth last year, signed off with two-under-par 70 in Florida after earlier rounds of 76 and 74 for a two-over-par total of 220 to win the $2,000 first prize by a single shot.
New York State amateur Kristina Wong, who had a 71 for 221, finished second with Germany's Miriam Nagl from Berlin coming third with a 72 for 222.It was not the first cash prize Michele has won in her first month or two as a pro ... she earned Ł25 for reaching the semi-finals of the North-east Alliance foursomes tournament at Murcar Links last month!
It was her experience of playing in the normally windy wintry conditions at the Alliance that helped her build such a big lead on the first day.
Michele flies from Florida to Houston on Saturday to stay with her oil executive father Graham who was transferred to Texas two or three months ago.
"There is no SunCoast Ladies Pro Tour event next week so we thought it best that Michele should come up to Houston and stay with me before going back to Florida a week on Sunday for the next two tournaments," said Graham Watson.
"Basically, Michele wanted to use the SunCoast Series as a warm-up to get in some competitive golf before the LET tees off and she was pleasantly surprised thet there were 2008 LPGA, current LeT and 2009 Futures Tour players in the field in Florida.
"She feels that hard winter work in the gym and ont he range with her coach, Neil Marr, and the support from fewllow McDonald Ellon tour pro Ross Cameron has been very worthwhile over the past few months."
Michele was also surprised that the Florida galleries seemed to be rooting for her.
"Lots of them told me that they had been on golfing holidays to Scotland and loved everything to do with Scotland - so they were giving me a cheer for that. They followed my group through the second and third rounds, which was really encouraging considering I was a stranger to them," said Michele.
The Aberdeenshire player is hoping that the Florida win might help her in the uphill fight to gain some sponsorship to play on the Ladies European Tour.
"It has been a struggle. Golf sponsorship seems to have been hit really hard by the downturn in the economy but there is some glimmer of hope on the horizon. I have had two individuals who have contacted me recently and want to speak to me on the subject of sponsorship when I get back to Scotland," said Michele who thinks that may be the way ahead for her, i.e. no one big sponsor but several smaller ones.
"If anybody is interested in helping me in my first season on the LET, they should get in touch with me through McDonald Ellon Golf Club.
"Both Titleist and Wilson Staff had stepped up recently and been very supportive. I am really grateful to them. The Paul Lawrie Golf Foundation has also given me a lot of backing. Paul sends me regular text messages of support."
Could Michele Thomson follow in the footsteps of namesake and fellow North-east golfer Muriel Thomson who became a regular winner on the forerunner of the Ladies European Tour after gaining Curtis Cup honours as an amateur?
Muriel eventually retired as a tour pro in 1989 and very soon after she became the fledgling Portlethen Golf Club's first club professional. She is still there yet and plays very little golf but still follows the female golf scene from afar.

"For Michele to win anywhere is great at this stage of her pro career. To win in a foreign country is fantastic and it must work wonders for her confidence," said Muriel who won nine times in Britain and Europe as a professional.

"My only advice to Michele would be to play where she is happy and where she is comfortable in playing, not where she thinks people expect her to play. I felt I came under a lot of pressure to go to America at a certain stage when I didn't really want to go. Looking back, it was a turning point in my career. I was never as good again as I had been.

"But Michele's young, she has all these things to find out for herself. I wish her luck. It's important that she is happy on and off the course."

SUNCOAST LADIES PRO TOUR
Mount Dora, Florida
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
220 Michele Thomson (Scotland) 76 74 70 ($2000).
221 Kristina Wong (amateur) 81 69 71.
222 Miriam Nagl (Germany) 80 70 72 ($1000).
223 Margaret Shirley 79 73 71 ($900).
225 Briana Vega 79 73 73 ($800).
226 Noriko Nakazaki (Japan) 80 76 70, Ulrika Ljungman-Smith (Sweden) 80 73 73 ($650 each).227 Laura Bavaird 79 74 74 ($550).
228 Erin Thorne (Canada) 79 72 77.
229 Kathryn O'Rourke (amateur) 84 77 68.
230 Susan Choi 80 74 76.
232 Jutta Degerman (Finland) 82 75 75.
234 Rebecca Samuelsson (Sweden) 80 77 79, Maggie Steciuk (Canada) 85 71 80.
237 Brittainy Klein 83 80 74, Shasta Averyhardt 84 80 73, Caroline Park (South Korea) 84 77 76.

Cathy Panton-Lewis wins pro

title at French seniors

Cathy Panton-Lewis, a part-time tour professional these days - she is secretary at Sunningdale Ladies Golf Club, won the professional section of the French senior ladies open championship at Chantaco Golf Club on the Basque Coast near Biarritz in southwest France last week.

Cathy, pictured right, had scores of 78, 74 and 71 for a 54-hole total of 223 - two shots ahead of American Corinne Reybroek who scored 75 74 and 76.

The amateur title was won by France's dominating senior in recent seasons, Virginie Burrus of the St Cloud club with scores of 74, 70 and 78 for a total of 222.

She won by a shot from the evergreen Cecilia Mourgue d'Algue who scored 72, 79 and 72.

Lancashire-based Scot Dr Maureen Richmond finished seventh in the amateur ladies section with scores of 74, 75 and 81 for 230.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

PROFESSIONALS

223 Cathy Panton-Lewis (Sco) 78 74 71.

225 Corinne Reybroeck (US) 75 74 76.

228 Rose Nalakia (Kenya) 80 74 74, Anne-Marie Palli (Spa) 73 77 78.

233 Nathalie Jeansson (Fra) 80 77 76, Helen Reid (Eng) 77 76 80.

234 Jane Forrest (Eng) 75 81 78, Rica Comstock (US) 78 75 81.

253 Ana Montfort (Spa) 82 80 91.

AMATEURS

222 Virginie Burrus (Fra) 74 70 78.

223 Cecilia Mourgue d'Algue (Fra) 72 79 72.

224 Jane Rees (Wal) 75 77 72.

225 Vicky Pertierra (Spa) 76 72 77.

226 Khadija Boutahchicht (Fra) 75 76 75.

229 Petra Muller (Swe) 75 77 77.

230 Maureen Richmond (Sco) 74 75 81.

Selected totals:

237 Susan Glen (Sco) 81 76 80 (jt 13th).

240 Janet Doleman (Wal) 77 83 80 (jt 20th).

243 Denise Parker (Ire) 86 79 78, Hilary Smith (Eng) 84 81 78 (jt 23rd).

244 Ruth Lindley (Eng) 84 83 77 (27th).

246 Sara Reston (Eng) 83 80 83 (31st).

248 Julie Ballard (Eng)87 79 86 (jt 34th).

249 Pat Bennett (Eng) 82 86 81, Janice Paterson (Sco) 84 82 83 (jt 37th).

252 Susan Pidgeon (Eng) 85 85 82 (jt 43rd).

253 Lynn Griffiths (Eng) 82 86 85 (jt 46th).

MISSED THE CUT

172 Vivien Saunders (Eng) 85 87.

173 Barbara Biggart (Sco) 87 86.

186 Helen Heggarty (Eng) 98 88.

French junior lady championship qualifying rounds

A Tidy performance by Kelly

is England's best at St Cloud

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Lancashire’s Kelly Tidy was England’s leading scorer on the first day of the French lady junior championship at St Cloud Golf Club, near Paris.
The 17-year-old from Royal Birkdale, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, shot a two-over par 73 in the first round of stroke-play qualifying and is currently in ninth place.
Kelly, who represented Europe in last year’s junior Ryder Cup after reaching the final of the British girls open championship at Monifieth, had three consecutive birdies in her round from the 14th.
Defending champion Rachel Jennings is two shots behind after opening her campaign with a four-over 75, which included just one birdie. She is lying 25th. After 36 holes of stroke-play the leading 32 players will qualify for the match-play stages of the championship. That means the other four members of the English Women’s Golf Association squad need to improve their positions in the second round to keep their title hopes alive.
FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 71
69 Marieke Nivard (Netherlands).
70 Leona Maguire (Ireland), Rocio Sanchez Lobito (Spain).
71 Karianne Hillaas (Norway), Jennifer Weise (Germany), Lucie Andre (France).
72 Friederke Reuter (Germany).
73 Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), Klara Spilkova (Czech Republic), Julie Maisongrosse (France), Marion Kaddouchie (France), Miereia Prat (Spain), Nicola Rossler (Germany).
74 Rosanna Crepiat (France), Daisy Nielsen (Denmark), Elia Folch (Spain), Audrey Goumard (France), Joana Yanes (Spain), Lisa Maguire (Ireland), Emilie Alonso (France), Ana Fernandez Mesa (Spain), Eugenia Ferrego (Italy), Johanna Tillstrom (Sweden).
Selected scores:
75 Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton)
77 Hannah Barwood (Knowle).
78 Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa).
79 Rachel Connor (Manchester), Alex Peters (Notts Ladies).
81 Louise Marnagh (Ireland).
82 Aedin Murphy (Ireland).

Full details: http://www.ffgolf.org/


Lyndsey Hewison

Press Officer

English Women's Golf Association

Lesley Atkins leading Scot as

English have ups & downs

There was good and bad news for followers of England's fortunes on the first day of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association Under-16 girls' 36-hole open stroke-play championship at windy Craigielaw Links, near Edinburgh.

The good news? Hayley Davis (Ferndown), winner of two Under-16 girls' events at the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival in Spain in February, is continuing in excellent form.

She has set the first-round clubhouse target of 73, two-over-par and only one over the eventual CSS on a quite windy day which began with heavy rain. Hayley birdied the first, the long 11th and par-4 14th but dropped shots at the third, seventh, ninth, 13th and 18th in halves of 37 (two over par) and 36 (level).

Her golfing buddy, Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison) chased her up with a 74 which included a double-bogey 7 at the fourth.

Although she also bogeyed the fifth, ninth and 16th, Hannah did produce birdies at the short 10th and the 15th for halves of 39 (four over par) and 35 (one under).

The bad news? Jamie-Leigh Voss, the current English schoolgirls champion from Kirkby Muxloe, was taken ill on the course and retired after slumping to eight over par for only nine holes (she played the second nine first) and had to ferried to the nearest doctor by referee Gillian Kirkwood.

And later Haedi Beck (Felixstowe Ferry), one of the leading English players, was disqualified for failing to sign her scorecard which had added up to 81 with a triple bogey 8 at the fourth and a double bogey 6 at the 12th.
Scottish Under-14 girls champion Lesley Atkins (Minto), pictured above, is the big home hope, despite a four-putt green on her way to a 78, five shots off the pace but in a creditable joint fifth position.
Lesley birdied the long second and also the ninth but sandwiched three bogeys, at the third, fifth, and eighth between them in an outward half of one-over-par 36.

She had no birdies to compensate for a rash of bogeys after the turn, at the 11th, 12th, 16th and 17th, before she finished on a low note with a double bogey 7 at the long last hole for 42 home.
One behind Atkins is home-course player Gabrielle MacDonald with halves of 42 and 37 for 79.
Scotland could claim the best, most accurate shot of the day - Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) had a hole in one at the third (132yd) on her way to an 81 (37-44).

SCOTTISH UNDER-16 GIRLS’ OPEN STROKE-PLAY

CHAMPIONSHIP SCOREBOARD
Craigielaw Links, nr Edinburgh

FIRST ROUND
Par 71. CSS 72
73 Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 37-37.
74 Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison) 39-35.
76 Ashley Cramond (Warwickshire) 39-37, Bronte Law (Bramhall) 37-39.
78 Olivia Winning (Rotherham) 37-41, Lesley Atkins (Minto) 36-42.
79 Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 42-37, Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 41-38, Gemma Clements (Sutdley Wood) 40-39, Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham)39-40, Nicola Haynes (Gosforth Park) 37-42.
80 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 41-39, Amy Boulden (Llandudno) 41-39, Katie Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 38-42, Chloe Williams (Wrexham) 37-43, Lucy Evans (Lilleshall Hall) 36-40.
81 Ellie Goodall (Selby) 43-88, Lianna Bailey (Notts Ladies) 43-38, Jessica Boal (Larne) 41-40, Julie Vass (Tain) 41-40, Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) 40-41, Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth) 38-43, Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 37-44.
82 Amelia Covell (Huddersfield Fixby) 43-39, Hannah-Rachel Edmunds (Woodhall Spa) 42-40, Amy Marper (Hillsborough) 41-41, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 41-41, Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies) 39-43.
83 Gail Wilson (Monifieth) 42-41.
84 Lauren Taylor (Woburn) 45-39, Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 44-40, Jasmine Johnson (Gosfield Lake) 43-41, Myriam Hassan (Southerndown) 4-2-42, Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) 42-42, Abigail Laker (Burford) 41-43.
85 Tara MacTaggart (Minto) 43-42), Emma Murphy (Wexford) 41-44.
86 Jennifer Hide (Royal Norwich) 43-43, Charlotte Hindmoore (Blackwell Grange) 43-43, Sophie Alexander (Deeside) 43-43, Emily Cheshire (Notts Ladies) 41-45, Emily Aird (Strathmore) 41-45, Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 41-45, Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 39-47.
87 Emily Chan (South Herts) 44-43, Megan Aird (Strathmore) 43-044, Kirsten MacCallum (Newburgh on Ythan) 43-44, Nicola Taylor (Dunnikier) 42-45, Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 41-46, Steph Hall (Lindrick) 40-47, Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 39-48.
88 Poppy Finlay (Vicars Cross) 41-47, Paula Grant (Lisburn) 44-44, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 43-45, Florence King (Forest Hill) 43-45, Lydia Johnston (Harleyford) 43-45, Kyra Horlock (Broadstone) 40-48.
89 Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 42-47, Sophie Myles (Ilkley) 47-42, Laura Jane Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor) 42-47, Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 40-49.
90 Rachel Walker (Crichton) 40-50, Clara Young (North Berwick) 45-45, Samantha Munro (Aberdour) 42-48.
91 India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 48-43, Francesca Young (Ferndown) 46-45, Emily-mae Hall (Coxmoor) 44-47, Alexandra Tait (St Regulus) 44-47, Amy Chambers (Dunfanaghy) 44-47, Nicole Underhill (Falkirk Tryst) 430-48, Kelly McNulty (Whitley Bay) 42-49, Eodain Cronin (Bantry Bay) 41-50.
92 Hollie Vizard (Pleasington) 48-44, Louise McGillivray (Banchory) 47-45, Grace Anderson (Morpeth) 47-45, Linsey Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry) 42-50.
93 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk) 51-42, Jenny Hennesset (Ennis) 48-45, Megan Clyne (Deeside) 46-47, Emma Caddow (Colville Park) 40-53.
95 Annabel Bailey (Notts Ladies) 52-43,Heather Munro (Monifieth) 50-45,Keren Ward (Glen) 42-53.
96 Erin Millar (Pitlochry) 43-53, Courtney Milburn (Heysham) 47-49, Shannen McGuire (Canmore) 46-50, Alexis Hutton (Falkirk Tryst) 50-46, Rebecca Horner (Woodham) 44-52, Rachel Bruce (Ponteland) 42-54.
97 Harriet Wilson (Lincoln) 51-46, Chloe Beckwith (Blyth) 49-48, Emma Hale (Troon Bentinck) 47-50, Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links) 45-52.
98 Charlotte Ann Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor) 49-49, Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 47-51.
99 Amy Taylor (Kirriemuir) 51-48.
100 Rachel Irvine (Largs) 43-57.
104 Katie McCracken (Powfoot) 49-55.
108 Rosie Everett (Kilspindie) 52-56.
Retired: Jamie-Leigh Voss (Kirkby Muxloe).
Disqualified: Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry).

+Championship is over 36 holes with the second and final round on Friday.

Wind drops and now Michele is in

triple tie for Florida lead

Michele Thomson, the rookie Ladies European Tour professional from Ellon, will start the third and final round of the SunCoast Ladies Tour tournament in Florida in a three-way tie for the lead at Country Club of Mount Dora.
The wind dropped for the second day's play at this elevated course well above sea level, robbing the 21-year-old Curtis Cup player of her big advantage over the field which had seen her go three shots clear, even with a four-over-par round of 76 on Tuesday.
In the calmer conditions, she posted a second-round 74 for a 36-hole tally of 150 and was joined on the six-over-par mark by New York State amateur Kristina Wong, who returned an excellent 69, 12 shots better than she managed in the wind, and Germany's Miriam Nagle who lopped 10 strokes off her first round score with a 70.
Michele is hoping to play several events on this Florida ladies' satellite tour so that she can put an edge on her game before she makes her debut on the Ladies European Tour in the Swiss Open in the middle of May.
LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72)
Players from United States unless stated
150 Michele Thomson (Sco) 76 74, Kristina Wong (am) 81 69, Miriam Nagl (Ger)80 70.
151 Erin Thorne (Can) 79 72.
152 Margaret Shirley 79 73, Briana Vega 79 73.
153 Ulrika Ljungman-Smith (Swe) 80 73, Laura Vavard 79 74.

Whittington Trophy 2009

Lucky for someone

It will be lucky for someone when the 13th Whittington Ladies Trophy tees off at Whittington Heath Golf Club, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire on Tuesday 14th April.
Whittington, founded in 1886, is one of the oldest clubs in the Midlands and its fresh-faced 36-hole strokeplay title is building up a tradition of its own. Previous winners include Melissa Reid, a young Englishwoman now making a name for herself as a professional with the backing of Sir Clive Woodward of Rugby World Cup winning fame and Claire Dowling, a veteran Irishwoman who ended up playing for Warwickshire and was a member of three winning Curtis Cup teams. Sian James, of Bristol and Clifden, is the defending champion and Corisande Lee, an up and coming Lancastrian who recently won the Formby Leveret, is worth keeping an eye on.
There is a strong contingent from Wales, the home international champions, because this is a Welsh Order of Merit event.

SLGA U16 Scottish teams

The two Scottish teams entered for the Nations Cup in the SLGA Under16 Championship
at Craigielaw relax before the competitors meeting tonight.
L to R round the table, Eilidh Briggs, Kilmacolm, Kevin Craggs (SLGA National coach),
Louise McGillivray (Banchory), Hannah McCook (Abernethy), Lesley Atkins (Minto),
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies)
and Claire Hargan (Team Captain).
The SLGA Under16 Championship is over 2 rounds on Thursday and Friday.
Each country can nominate up to two teams of two or three players
and their best two scores each day are aggregated.
Eilidh, Hannah and Lesley are in Scotland Team 1 and
Louise, Alyson and Ailsa are in Scotland Team 2.
Good Luck girls!
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Stephanie Meadow


commits to Alabama


University in 2010

NEWS RELEASE ISSUE BY HANK HANEY INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR GOLF ACADEMY
Stephanie Meadow of Northern Ireland, a junior (third year) student at Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina has verbally committed to attend the University of Alabama in the fall of 2010.
She was heavily recruited by top-ranked colleges around the country.
Stephanie won the Irish girls championship in 2006 and reached the final again in 2007 but was beaten.
Hank Haney, Tiger Woods' coach, says that Stephanie is “a role model at the Academy, has a strong work ethic, is very poised and at ease in any situation and will be a great addition to the Crimson Tide (University of Alabama) team.”
The Meadow family made one of the biggest decisions in their lives after a very successful 2006 season during which Stephanie captured the Irish girls championship and the Nick Faldo European girls' series. They moved temporarily to the States to allow Stephanie to train at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy on Hilton Head Island.
She is currently ranked in the top 15 juniors in the world in the two junior golf rating systems for the class of 2010. Meadow is ranked 12th in both the Golfweek rankings and those of Junior Golf Scoreboard junior rankings.
Since arriving in America, Stephanie has continued to build on her impressive resume. She has notched seven wins on the International Junior Golf Tour (IJGT), is the 2008 Golfweek Junior Invitational Champion, finished second at the 2008 Optimist Tournament of Champions and more recently was third at the Verizon Junior Heritage and fourth at the Kathy Whitworth Junior Invitational.
Meadow has had to deal with adversity both on and off the course, including her father suffering heart failure while she was competing in the Nick Faldo Junior Series World Finals in China.
“Choosing a university was a very difficult decision”, says Stephanie. “Many coaches from colleges around the country wanted to recruit me and with the help of my parents, I narrowed the list to four or five colleges that I seriously considered.”
“Alabama is a fantastic place. As soon as I arrived I knew it was very special. I was immediately impressed by the style and class of the campus. The girls on the team are great. They are motivated; they work hard and most importantly have fun doing it. Coach Mic Potter has a lot to do with this. He is an outstanding coach and has a huge amount of experience. I know that he can help me bring my game to the next level. I am 100% sure that Alabama will help me reach all my goals both on and off the golf course.”
Meadow’s parents, Robert and Louise had nothing but praise for the University of Alabama. “It’s a great combination of academics and athletics and we are really excited for Steph. She wants to obtain a first class education, majoring in Business/Finance and go on to win on the LPGA Tour.
"While we visited several great schools and met with very talented coaches, Alabama excelled in so many areas and Coach Potter will no doubt develop Stephanie’s talent”.
Meadow attends Heritage Academy, the academic partner of Hank Haney IJGA, and her GPA is 4.60.
Stephanie hails from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. She had her 17th birthday in January 20.

ROSIE DAVIES SIGNS FOR LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

Today is National Letter of Intent day for college signings in the United States.
Two Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy post-graduate students from England officially signed today----Rosie Davies of London, who accepted a scholarship to attend Lehigh University, which is based at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and James Currie of Worcester who signed a letter of intent to attend California University of Pennsylvania.

East Vets CSS 71 for everyone

The results of the East Vets Spring Meeting held on Gullane No3 on Monday were announced with the CSS as 72 for Home players and 71 for Away players.
It's been pointed out that under Clause 2.3 of Appendix B, Competition Scratch Score Procedure in the CONGU Handbook (Page 53) that if the Competition Scratch Score for 'Home' players is higher than that calculated for 'Away' players the CSS calculation should default to a single CSS calculation calculated for the whole field.
The CSS for the whole field went up +2 to 71 on the day.
As it was me who did the calculations in the first place I must give my abject apologies to those Gullane members who thought they were in their buffer and and are now not!
Gillian K.

West Kilbride to stage new girls'

open tournament on August 6

NEWS FROM KEITH HOWIE

Secretary, West Kilbride Golf Club Junior Support Group
West Kilbride Golf Club's girls' section has grown from two at the time our support group took over in 2004 to 36 after this year's intake.

In recognition of this the club have given permission for a new girls' open tournament to be held on Thursday, August 6.
Nancy Chisholm, past president of Scottish Ladies Golfing Association, has agreed to present us with a trophy in her name for the scratch award.

June Kerr, Ayrshire county girls convenor, will put up a trophy for the pre-handicap section and local bakery business Kandy Bar will provide sponsorship and a handicap trophy.
"We are arranging a variety of attractions on the day and aim to make our event a fixture in girl golfers' diaries for years to come," said Keith who is also heavily involved in the Scottish Seniors Golfing Society.

Entries to:

The Secretary
The West Kilbride Golf Club
33-35 Fullerton Drive

Seamill

West Kilbride

Ayrshire KA23 9HT

Scratch/handicap entry Ł6.00 (non-refundable after closing date for entries)
Pre-handicap entry Ł4.00 payable on the day of competition

PLEASE NOTE: Stamped self-addressed envelope to accompany each entry
Entries Close Monday 27th July

Peter Latimer scores third win


on US college circuit

Peter Latimer from Markinch, a junior (third-year) student at Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, scored his first win of the 2008-2009 United States college golf season - and his third overall in the States - in this week's West Region Invitational tournament at the Terravista Golf Club, Austin in Texas.
Latimer, two ahead overnight after a pair of par-matching 72s, shot a 74 in Tuesday's final round and finished with a three-round total of 218, one stroke better than Mitchell Fedorka of the University of La Verne and Davis Dewald of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
The Scot, pictured above, made 10 birdies over 54 holes for his third US college title. His birdie on the par-5 16th hole proved the difference as Fedorka and Dewald played the final three holes at even-par while Latimer was one under.
Guilford College (917) finished fourth in the team event behind winners La Verne University (897) with Redlands University (904) second and Texas & Tyler (912) third in a field of 14 teams.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
218 Peter Latimer (Guilford College) 72 72 74.
219 Davis Dwarld (Mary Hardin-Baylor) 74 74 71, Mitchell Fedorka (La Verne) 73 74 72.

Wind-tamer Michele Thomson


leads Florida field with a 76

Rookie professional Michele Thomson from Ellon used all her experience of playing in windy conditions to establish a three-stroke lead after the first round of this week's SunCoast Ladies Series developmental pro tour at Country Club of Mount Dora in Florida.
The 21-year-old Curtis Cup player and Scottish women's amateur champion at Lossiemouth last May was one of only four players in a field of 29 to break 80.
Michele, pictured recently by Cal Carson Golf Agency, waiting to make her Ladies European Tour debut in the Swiss Ladies Open in mid-May, shot a four-over-par 76, thanks to an inward half of 35 - three shots better than anyone else could manage in the high winds sweeping across this par-72, 6250yd course which has water in play at 16 of the holes and elevated greens in the style of the late Dr Alastair Mackenzie who designed Augusta National, Aberdeen's municipal Hazlehead and Banff's Duff House Royal courses, to name but three.
Over the tough outward half, Michele had bogeys at the foufrth, fifht, sixth, eighth and ninth, to reach the turn in five-over-par 41 - but that was one of the better first-nine totals as the winds howled over this course, built on one of the highest points in the Florida peninsula.
On the way home, Miss Thomson perhaps benefited from her experience gained in playing in North-east Alliance's men's winter events on exposed links courses. She was able to come home in one-under par with eight pars and a birdie at the par-5 13th.
Tournaments are over three rounds on the Florida-based SunCoast Ladies Series tour. First plce usually earns a player in the region of $4,000. The events are not cheap to play in. Registering to play on the tour costs $175 and the entry fee per tournament is $450.
+Michele Thomson was recently named Aberdeenshire Sports Person for 2008 for winning the Scottish women's amateur title and also gaining selection for the Curtis Cup match against the Americans over the Old Course, St Andrews.

FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 72
Players from US unless stated
76 Michele Thomson (Sco) 41-35.
79 Margaret Shirley 38-41, Briana Vega 41-38, Laura Bavaird 39-40, Erin Thorne (Can) 41-38.
80 Noriko Nakazaki 41-39, Susan Choi 41-39, Miriam Nagl (Ger) 39-41, Rebecca Samuelsson (Swe) 40-40, Ulrika Ljungman-Smith (Swe) 40-40.
81 Kristina Wong (amateur) 42-39.
82 Justa Degerman (Fin) 42-40, Jessica Schneider 42-40.
83 Jill Hardy (Can) (amateur) 42-41, Brittainy Klein 41-42.
84 Caroline Park (SKor) 42-42, Kathryn O'Rourke (amateur) 42-42-, Tatiana Gammiechia (Russ) 39-45, Shasta Averyhardt 40-44.
85 Maggie Steciuk (Can) 43-42.
87 Corina Cetateanu (amateur) 44-43.
90 Elin Andersson (Swe) 50-40, Rebecca Green (Aus) 46-44.
91 Raquel Riley 47-44.
94 Carlie Yadloczky (amateur) 47-47, Daria Cummings (amateur) 43-51.
95 Anna Green 52-43.
101 Jackie Gonzalez (Venez) 54-47, Mayura Skowronski (Thai) (amateur) 52-49.

Charlene Reid finishes second in North Carolina


Charlene Reid from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland continued her good final year at Pfeiffer University with a second place finish in the Ralph Hargett Invitational at Olde Sycamore Golf Club, Charlotte in North Carolina.
Charlene, an Ireland international team player, had rounds of 77 and 72 for a total of 149 - five behind the winner, Maria Luz Bezio (Newberry) from Argentina, with scores of 74 and 70 for 144.
Charlene's good effort helped Pfeiffer with the team event by 13 shots from Newberry College in a field of 12 teams.
Charlene is a member of Royal Portrush Golf Club.

Runner-up Charlene Reid

helps Pfeiffer win team title


Charlene Reid from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland continued her good final year at Pfeiffer University with a second place finish in the Ralph Hargett Invitational at Olde Sycamore Golf Club, Charlotte in North Carolina.
Charlene, an Ireland international team player, had rounds of 77 and 72 for a total of 149 - five behind the winner, Maria Luz Bezio (Newberry) from Argentina, with scores of 74 and 70 for 144.
Charlene's good effort helped Pfeiffer with the team event by 13 shots from Newberry College in a field of 12 teams.
Charlene, pictured above, is a member of Royal Portrush Golf Club.

R&A Foundation Scholars' Tournament

Sian James on the 18th tee at the Old Course in her final round of the R&A Scholars' tournament today.

TOP OF THE CLASS - Sian James and Paul Betty at St Andrews today.

Paul Betty keeps men's title in Scotland: Sian

James takes women's crown to Birmingham

The men's title stayed in Scotland thanks to a splendid effort from Paul Betty, the women's championship went over the Border to Birmingham with Sian James at the end of the R&A Foundation Scholars' tournament, of which the first two rounds were played over the Eden Course, St Andrews on Monday and the third and final round over the Old Course today.
Stirling University student Paul Betty, a member of the Hayston Golf Club, Glasgow, came from a shot off the pace to finish two shots clear of the international field with a splendid round of 68 over the Old Course. He had scored 73 and 68 at the Eden and had started the final day, trailing Leonard Motta from Milan, overnight leader with scores of 69 and 71 over the Eden course.
Betty, who had finished 12th at the weekend in the Scottish Champion of Champions' 72-hole tournament at Leven Links, showed not the slightest sign of tiredness during his seventh competitive round of links golf in four days on the trot as he made five birdies and only one bogey over the Old Course.
Betty maintains the fine record of Stirling students in the R&A Bursars' tournament. The 2007, 2008 and now 2009 men's title-winners have all been from Stirling University.
Leonard Motta closed with a 71 - a good score over the Old Course at any time - but it left the door open for the challenging Betty ... and he seized the opportunity.
The Milan student's total of 211 gave him second place, two behind Betty and three ahead of third-placed Elmwood student, Scott Stewart-Cation who had rounds of 71 and 72 over the Eden course and a 71 at the Old Course.

Like Betty, Stewart-Cation played all four rounds of the Scottish Champion of Champions tournament on Saturday and Sunday, finishing 25th at Leven.

“The wind was quite strong today,” said Betty, now in his fourth year as an R&A Scholar. “On the way out it was helping, so I just tried to make the most of it on the par-5s and the shorter holes because I knew it would be tough coming back.

“The R&A’s money and support has made a big difference to me,” he added. “It’s really good to get invited to play in this, obviously, but it’s quite expensive to play amateur golf with all the travelling. The money’s really helpful in covering those costs and giving you the chance to play in events that you otherwise can’t play.”

Betty's victory, the best of his career so far, earns him automatic selection to the eight-man European team who will contest the Palmer Cup students' international match against the United States at Cherry Hills Country Club, Colorado later this year.

“It’s going to be brilliant. Gordon Yates and Scott Borrowman [winners of the Scholars Tournament in 2008 and 2009 respectively], with whom I play a lot of golf at Stirling, have played in the Palmer Cup match in the last two years and really enjoyed it, so I’m looking forward to it already!”

University of Birmingham student Sian James from Gloucester and a member of the Bristol & Clifton Golf Club, competing in the R&A Scholars Tournament for the first time, kept hold of her overnight lead to win the women’s title ahead of two French students, Laura Chemarin and Lucie Andre, both from Toulouse.
Sian's brilliant Monday second round of six-under-par 67 at the Eden course, stood her in good stead down the home straight as she came under increasing pressure from the two-pronged French challenge.
A final round of 77, which included an excellent up-and-down from behind the Road Hole bunker on the Old Course's 17th, was to prove vital in the final analysis. It helped the English student finish with a three-under-par, 54-hole total of 219.
Chemarin followed a pair of 73s on the Eden course with a 74 on the Old Course, finishing just one shot behind the winner.

“It was pretty tough; I was struggling a little bit off the tee so I knew I had to be level-par because I know that others would make birdies round this course,” said a delighted Sian James, whose victory has earned her a place in the the field at a Ladies European Tour event.

“I’m ecstatic about that. It was an ambition to win this week and try to get some Ladies European Tour experience, because that's where I want to be eventually. Now I’ve got the chance to try and compete with the European Tour ladies!”

Pamela Pretswell (Glasgow University) finished fourth on 224 with scores of 72 and 75 at the Eden and a closing 77 over the Old Course.
There were three Toulouse University players in the top five with Rosanna Crepiat, winner of the Portuguese women's open amateur title and beaten finalist in the Spanish women's open amateur, finishing fifth with a closing 74 for 225.
Defending champion Laura Murray (Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen) from Alford came sixth on 228 after a closing round of 80 on the Old Course. Last week Laura won the Scottish women's universities title at Lossiemouth.

R&A FOUNDATION SCHOLARS TOURNAMENT
First two rounds over Eden course, third round over Old Course, St Andrews.
FINAL TOTALS
MEN
209 Paul Betty (Stirling) 73 69 68.
211 Leonard Motta (Milan) 69 71 71.
214 Scott Stewart-Cation (Elmwood) 71 72 71.
216 James White (Stirling) 72 70 74.
217 Ian Winstanley (Leeds) 74 71 72.
218 James Patterson (Queens) 71 71 76.
219 Dave Corsby (UCLAN) 77 72 70, Gordon Stevenson (St Andrews) 73 71 75.
220 Bobby Rushford (Stirling) 71 75 74.
221 Daniel Sommerville (Dundee) 71 75 75.
222 David Booth (Stirling) 72 75 75.
223 Jamie Mackay (Kilmarnock College) 77 71 75, Andrew Smedley (Birmingham) 70 76 77.
224 Alexander Main (Edinburgh) 75 75 74, Michael Daily (Stirliong) 74 73 77, Colin Thomson (Stirling) 71 72 81.
225 Jonathan Watt (Stirling) 73 76 76.
226 Niccolo Quintarelli (Venice) 79 73 74, Mike Gray (St Andrews) 76 67 83.
227 Andrew Wallace (Stirling) 73 77 77.
228 Kevin Garwood (Bournemouth) 73 78 77.
229 Darren Timms (Stirlinig) 73 81 75, Adam Best (Teesside) 75 79 75, Fraser Moore (Stirling) 77 72 80, Andrew Shakespear (Bournemouth) 75 74 80, Ross Creowe (Northumbria) 72 75 82.
230 Joshua Clarke (Abertay) 79 76 75, Kelan McDonagh (Maynooth) 77 77 76, Egert Poldma (Myerscough) 74 76 80.
232 Gordon Yates (Stirling) 73 77 82, Ben Sloan (Heriot Watt) 73 77 82.
234 Andrew Palmer (UCLAN) 77 79 78, Craig Cook (Exeteer) 78 76 80, David Corben (Exeter) 77 76 81.
235 Michael Evans (Bournemouth) 77 79 79.
236 John Duff (Aberdeen) 81 76 79, Sandy Kirton (Exeter) 78 78 80.
243 Tonel Neider (UCLAN) 80 77 86.
244 Vincent Kabaso (Elmwood) 84 80 80, Keith Shanks (Aberdeen) 83 74 87.
246 Lloyd Walton (Bournemouth) 85 76 85.
WOMEN
219 Sian James (Birmingham) 75 67 77.
220 Laura Chemarin (Toulouse) 73 73 74.
221 Lucie Andre (Toulouse) 69 78 74.
224 Pamela Pretswell (Glasgow) 72 75 77.
225 Rosanna Crepiat (Tourlouse) 73 78 74.
228 Laura Murray (Robert Gordon) 73 75 80.
229 Marianne Cuasin (Venice) 71 78 80.
231 Rachel Cassidy (Stirling)( 74 73 84.
232 Alessandra de poli de Luigi (Milan) 79 76 77.
233 Lucy Williams (Birmiongham) 75 79 79.
234 Jane Turner (Robert Gordon) 79 73 82, Megan Briggs (Strathclyde) 77 73 84.
238 Kelsey MacDonald (Stirling) 74 79 85.
240 Emma Fairnie (Edinburgh) 76 77 87.
251 Lucy Padley (Exeter) 85 83 83.
254 Chloe Dexter (Birmingham) 85 79 90.
256 Stephanie Farrar (Stirling) 85 87 84.
258 Jo Hodge (Buckinghamshire New) 88 87 83.

Angus girls' championship last four (left to right): Louise Smith, Ailsa Summers, Ashley Alston and Jemma Chalmers (image by courtesy of Aileen Hunter).

Ailsa Summers wins Angus girls'

championship for first time

Ailsa Summers, whose mother is a multi-winner of the Angus women's county golf championship, looks like being a chip off the old block. Ailsa today won the Angus junior ladies' championship at Ballumbie Castle golf course for the first time.
Ailsa, a five-handicap junior member of Carnoustie Ladies Golf Club, beat Ashley Alston (Royal Montrose) by 3 and 2 in the final. Ashley also lost in the final last year.
In the semi-finals Ailsa Summers beat Louise Smith 5 and 4 and Ashley Alston beat Monifieth clubmate Jemma Chalmers 2 and 1.
Later this week Ailsa Summers is a member of the Scotland 2 team in the SLGA Under-16 girls' open championship at Craigielaw.
Ailsa's mother, as Mary Mackie, also reached the final of the British girls' open championship at Edzell Golf Club in 1982.

Duke of York's leading girl

gets Women's Open incentive

Marieke Nivard, the 18?year?old Dutch golfer who won the girls’ section of the 2008 Duke of York Young Champions' Trophy tournament, has received a special exemption into Final Qualifying for the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes this summer.
Final Qualifying takes place on Monday, July 27 at Fairhaven Golf Club, with the championship proper beginning on the Thursday of that week.
If successful at Fairhaven, Nivard would find herself teeing up at Lytham alongside players of the calibre of Lorena Ochoa, Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie, Laura Davies and last year’s winner, Jiyai Shin.
"I can’t believe my luck," said Nivard, who has a +3 handicap. "To have this chance of playing in my first British Open and competing against the best women golfers in the world was my biggest dream."
Only ten years ago, golf was at the bottom of Nivard’s list of sports.
"I hated it because you can’t run around and go crazy," she said. Luckily, the talent scouts had already picked her out. They gave her a place on a junior squad and, before too long, she could not put her clubs down.
"Today," she says, "playing golf is the only thing I want to do."
Ricoh’s move in awarding a Final Qualifying place to Nivard reflects the high standing of The Duke of York Young Champions Trophy tournament which was started in 2001 by the Duke himself and John Simpson, who used to manage Bernhard Langer and Nick Faldo.
Oliver Fisher, who was still a teenager when he lost out in a play?off in the European Tour’s 2008 Open de Andalucia, won the event in 2005, while such gifted European Tour winners as Pablo Martin and Rory McIlroy were both runners?up.
"I am delighted for Marieke," said the Duke of York. "The invitation from Ricoh to the leading girl in my Duke of York Young Champions Trophy is another wonderful development for the successful players in my tournament. When we set up the Young Champions Trophy, nearly 10 years ago now, we hardly dared hope for the success it is having, not only for the event, but also for the young players themselves. Marieke is going to have another great experience when she plays in Final Qualifying. We all wish her the best of success."
Javier?Diez Aguirre, Corporate Communications Director at Ricoh Europe PLC, said he was delighted to be giving the talented Nivard this opportunity. "Ricoh’s way of doing business is customer?driven and focuses on moving ideas forward. What better way to combine this approach than by enabling the talent of the future to tee off with the professionals of the day at the Ricoh Women’s British Open. Good luck to Marieke."

Ulster favourites for five titles in

a row at Woodenbridge

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
Ulster look to capture their fifth successive Under-18 Inter-provincial title when the three- day tournament tees-off at Woodenbridge Golf Club, Co. Wicklow on Wednesday, April 15.
The Northern team once again looks the strongest of the four sides as they field the talents of Lisa and Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) as well as fellow Irish girls’ international Sarah Louise Winter (Carnalea).
Newcomers to the squad include rising young stars Paula Grant (Lisburn) and Erin Connolly (Armagh).
The Leinster team retains four of its players from last year’s matches and will be looking to girls’ international Patrice Delaney (Birr) to lead their title charge. The experienced Carla Reynolds (Seapoint), Ciara Sharkey (Enniscorthy) and Niamh O’Connor (Naas) are also sure to feature in the winners' enclosure.
Connacht will look to Sarah Helly (Enniscrone) and Julie O’Gara (Roscommon) to inspire a victory last captured in 2004 at Westport. Daryl Conroy (Castlebar), Aisling Hill (Roscommon) and Holly Robinson (Co. Sligo) are also expected to impress.
Munster is well represented by the in-form Emma O’Driscoll (Ballybunion), the Coyne twins from Youghal, and Laura McCarthy (Muskerry) who finished third in a class field at Cork last weekend. The southerners look like the strongest side to upset Ulster’s aspirations of five in-a-row.
The altered format for this year’s event sees an increase in the number of matches in the round robin series. Each Province will be represented by eight players instead of six while three foursomes instead of two will precede the familiar six singles in the afternoon each day.
The tournament takes place over the par 72 Woodenbridge parkland course, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, and measures 5,915 yards.
Fixtures:
Wednesday, 15th April
08.30 & 13.00 LEINSTER v MUNSTER
09.00 & 14.00 ULSTER v CONNACHT
Thursday, 16th April
08.30 & 13.00 CONNACHT v MUNSTER
09.00 & 14.00 ULSTER v LEINSTER
Friday, 17th April
08.30 & 13.00 MUNSTER v ULSTER
09.00 & 14.00 LEINSTER v CONNACHT

TEAMS
CONNACHT
Kitty McHugh (Capt), Regina Kerr (Mgr).
Shauna Brady (Co. Sligo), Daryl Conroy (Castlebar), Amy Gaynor (Co Sligo), Sarah Helly (Enniscrone), Aishling Hill (Roscommon), Aoife McHale (Castlebar), Julie O’Gara (Roscommon), Holly Robinson (Co Sligo)
Reserves: Megan O'Hara (Co Sligo), Michelle Burke (Mountbellew)
LEINSTER
Anita Langstone (Capt), Irene Poynton (Mgr).
Terri Byrne (Coollattin), Anna Courtney (St Anne’s), Patrice Delaney (Birr), Amy Farrell (Moate), Lauren Murray (Delgany), Sarah Murray (Co Louth), Niamh O'Connor (Naas), Carla Reynolds (Seapoint).
Reserves: Emily McGuinness (Greenore), Chloe Fitzpatrick (The Heath).
MUNSTER
Tricia Mangan (Capt), Eileen Farrell (Mgr).
Edel Coyne (Youghal), Julie Coyne (Youghal), Eadaoin Cronin (Bantry Bay), Jenny Hennessy (Ennis), Laura McCarthy (Muskerry), Michelle McCarthy (Clonmel), Emma O’Driscoll (Ballybunion), Sinead Sexton (Spanish Point)
Reserves: Jean O’Driscoll (Muskerry), Aoife Barry (Muskerry)
ULSTER
Brenda Strain (Capt), Denise Henry (Mgr).
Kelsey Coey (Clandeboye), Erin Connolly (Armagh), Paula Grant (Lisburn), Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint), Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell), Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell), Megan Thompson (Ballyclare), Sarah Louise Winter (Carnalea)

Michael Stewart finishes joint

third after best yet in USA

Troon's Michael Stewart, winner of the Scottish boys' championship 12 months ago this week, produced his best score yet in his freshman year at East Tennessee State University, to finish joint third in the Larry Nelson Collegiate Invitational over the Chateau Elan Resort's Woodland course at Braselton, Georgia.
Stewart, pictured right, had a great opening round of four-under-par 67 over the 6735yd course - his lowest since he went to Johnson City on a four-year golf scholarship last autumn. That score put him in the pole position in a field of 73 players but later scores of 72 and 76 for a total of 215 relegated him to a creditable joint third finish.
One of Stewart's team-mates, Seamus Power, a second-year student from Waterford, Ireland, scored 70, 69 and 74 for level par 213, to tie with Thomas Parker (Stetson) (73-67-73). There was no play-off because of lack of time and bad weather coming in to the venue.
Former British boys champion Jordan Findlay, in his final year at East Tennessee State University, finished joint 41st on 228 with rounds of 76, 74 and 78.
Stephen Keane from Glasgow, a student at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, finished joint 54th with scores of 78, 77 and 75 for 230.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3 x 71) 6735y

213 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 70 69 74, Thomas Parker (Stetson) 73 67 73.

215 Michael Stewart (East Tennessee State) 67 72 76, Sam Ryder (Stetson) 71 69 75.

Selected totals:

222 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) 76 68 77 (jt 12th).

226 Paul O'Kane (East Tennessee State) 75 75 76 (jt 34th).

228 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 76 74 78 (jt 41st).

230 Stephen Keane (Belmont Abbey) 78 77 75 (jt 54th).

237 Chris Carvill (Belmont Abbey) 84 75 78 (jt 65th).

Field of 73 players.

LEADING TEAM TOTALS

870 Stetson University.

874 East Tennessee State, Murray State.

Field of 14 teams.

Carley Warrington scores first

win in America

Carley Warrington, a junior (third year) student at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, has scored her first win on the US college circuit.

Carley, who will be 21 in July, hit peak form with scores of 75, 71 and 74 for a four-over-par total of 220 which earned her victory by six shots in the Larry Nelson Invitational women's college tournament over the Chateau Elan women's course (par-72, 5974yd) at Braselton near Atlanta, Georgia.

The Sickleholme Golf Club member, who hails from Bradwell, Derbyshire, had 12 birdies over the three rounds.

Although Carley was by far the best player in the field of 49 players, she did not get enough support from her Belmont Abbey College team-mates. They finished third with a total of 951 behind Gardner-Webb University (939) and Samford University (941) in the team event contested by nine squads.

LEADING INDIVIDUALS

220 Carley Warrington (Belmont Abbey College) 75 71 74.

226 Sara Hunt (Samford) 75 74 77.

228 Megan Bradford (Tennessee Tech) 79 75 74.

49 players took part.

LEADING TEAMS

939 Gardner-Webb University.

941 Samford University.

951 Belmont Abbey College.

11 teams took part.

Big entry for English seniors’ championship

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
A bumper entry of 116 women golfers will contest the English senior women's championship at Hunstanton in Norfolk from April 21-24.
Between them the players represent 29 counties and there are 11 competitors from Norfolk, including five members of the host club.
Hunstanton’s classic links will set a fine test for the field and the event promises to be a superb curtain-raiser to the English Women’s Golf Association championship season.
The handicaps start at scratch and the competitive field boasts a host of senior internationals. They include the defending champion, Sue Dye of Delamere Forest, Cheshire, and senior stroke-play champion Janet Melville (formerly Collingham) from Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. Playing alongside them will be the other five members of the 2008 England senior team: Carolyn Kirk of Ganton, Yorkshire; Barbara Laird of Sandiway, Cheshire; Chris Quinn of Hockley, Hampshire; Chris Stirling of Meon Valley, Hampshire; and Christine Watson of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
Among the "new"seniors who will make their debut this year is Caroline Marron of Bromborough, Cheshire, who was the 2001 English stroke-play champion.
The Norfolk challenge will be led by Sue Meadows of Hunstanton, who plays off three, and former county champion Jo Ashmore (Barnham Broom) who made a promising start in seniors’ golf last year and is a four-handicapper.
County colleagues include the current Norfolk captain, Nickie Clarke (Royal Norwich), and county second-team player Eppie Zandvoort (Eaton). The other Hunstanton players are Jean Johnson, Angela Allsopp, Rosemary Beeson and Cheryl Sanders.
The field is divided into two flights: players with handicaps up to six will contest Division A, while those with handicaps between seven and 15 are in Division B.
All competitors will play 36 holes of strokeplay qualifying over the first two days of the championship.
The top 16 players in each division will qualify for the match-play knock-out. The final of each division will be played on the afternoon of Friday, April 24.
The course measures 6,015 yards, has a par of 75 and a USGA course rating of 76.
Visit the English Women’s Golf Association website www.englishwomensgolf.org for full details of all competitors and for online scoring during the championship.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
English Women's Golf Association

Adam Lindsay wins again

on US college circuit

Banchory's Adam Lindsay, in his fourth and final year as a golf scholarship student at the University of Iowa Wesleyan, has scored his sixth win on the American college circuit.
Adam had rounds of 74 and 69 for a one-under-par total of 143 to head a field of 70 players by five shots in the William Woods Spring Invitation tournament at Tanglewood Golf Club, Fulton, Missouri.

Clarke Fry (Rockhurst), with scores of 72 and 76 for 148, finished second.
It was Lindsay's third win of the 2008-2009 college golf season, his sixth top-three finish and his ninth top-10 placing.
Iowa Wesleyan (615) finished runners-up to Grand View College (609) in the team event contested by 11 college squads.

Alison Goodwin and Kate McIntosh win East Girls Spring Meeting

Spring Meeting winners
Left to right :- Kate McIntosh, Rosie Everett, Alison Goodwin,
Shannen McGuire & Rachael Watton

East of Scotland Girls Spring Meeting
Grangemouth Golf Club (SSS72, CSS 72)
The East of Scotland Girls Spring meeting was held today (Monday 6th April) at Grangemouth Golf Club. 18 girls played in mainly calm but chilly conditions.
The Overall winner (handicap) was Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) with an excellent net 65 against the SSS of 72. Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) won the scratch prize with a 79.

Prize winners
Overall Handicap Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) 81-16-65
1st Scratch Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 79
Under 18 Handicap Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 81-3-78
Under 16 Handicap Shannen McGuire (Canmore) 87-14-73
Under 14 Handicap Rosie Everett (Kilspindie) 95-18-73

All the competitors

The R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament 2009

EDEN COURSE, ST ANDREWS SCORES

FIRST TWO ROUNDS ON MONDAY (Final round over Old Course on Tuesday)

MEN
Par 140 (2 x 70)
SSS 71. CSS 73
140 Leonardo Motta Milan 69 71
141 Paul Betty Stirling 73 68
142 James White Stirling 72 70, James Patterson Queens 71 71.
143 Scott Stewart-Cation Elmwood 71 72, Mike Gray St Andrews 76 67, Colin Thomson Stirling 71 72.
144 Gordon Stevenson St Andrews 73 71.
145 Ian Winstanley Leeds 74 71.
146 Andrew Smedley Birmingham 70 76, Bobby Rushford Stirling 71 75, Daniel Sommerville Dundee 71 75.
147 Michael Daily Stirling 74 73, Ross Crowe Northumbria 72 75, David Booth Stirling 72 75.
148 Jamie Mackay Kilmarnock College 77 71.
149 Dave Corsby UCLAN 77 72, Jonathan Watt Stirling 73 76, Fraser Moore Stirling 77 72, Andrew Shakespear Bournemouth 75 74.
150 Andrew Wallace Stirling 73 77, Gordon Yates Stirling 73 77, Alexander Main Edinburgh 75 75, Ben Sloan Heriot-Watt 73 77, Egert Poldma Myerscough 74 76.
151 Kevin Garwood Bournemouth 73 78.
152 Niccolo Quintarelli Venice 79 73.
153 David Corben Exeter 77 76.
154 Craig Cook Exeter 78 76, Kelan McDonagh Maynooth 77 77, Darren Timms Stirling 73 81, Adam Best Teesside 75 79.
155 Joshua Clarke Abertay 79 76.
156 Michael Evans Bournemouth 77 79, Sandy Kirton Exeter 78 78, Andrew Palmer UCLAN 77 79.
157 Keith Shanks Aberdeen 83 74, John Duff Aberdeen 81 76, Torel Neider UCLAN 80 77.
161 Lloyd Walton Bournemouth 85 76.
164 Vincent Kabaso Elmwood 84 80
Scratched: Mark Dickson Edinburgh

WOMEN
Par 146 (2 x 73) SSS 72. CSS 73
142 Sian James Birmingham 75 67
146 Laura Chemarin Toulouse 73 73.
147 Pamela Pretswell Glasgow 72 75, Rachel Cassidy Stirling 74 73, Lucie Andre Toulouse 69 78.
148 Laura Murray Robert Gordon 73 75.
149 Marianne Causin Venice 71 78.
150 Megan Briggs Strathclyde 77 73.
151 Rosanna Crepiat Toulouse 73 78.
152 Jane Turner Robert Gordon 79 73.
153 Emma Fairnie Edinburgh 76 77, Kelsey MacDonald Stirling 74 79.
154 Lucy Williams Birmingham 75 79.
155 Alessandra de poli de Luigi Milan 79 76.
164 Chloe Dexter Birmingham 85 79.
168 Lucy Padley Exeter 85 83
172 Stephanie Farrar Stirling 85 87
175 Jo Hodge Buckinghamshire New 88 87

R&A Scholars tournament at St Andrews

Sian James leads after 67 over Eden

Course in wind and rain

FROM THE R&A WEBSITE

Birmingham University student Sian James from Gloucestershire leads the women’s side of the R&A Foundation Scholars 54-hole tournament after carding a six under-par second-round 67 over the Eden Course at St Andrews today.

The 20-year-old Bristol & Clifton Golf Club member made five birdies to come back in 31 to complete what was a near faultless performance. Added to her first-round score of 75, James heads the female field with a 36-hole total of 142. The tournament ends with a Tuesday round over the Old Course.

“I just managed to keep it together on the front-nine and then I started putting my irons a bit closer and just couldn’t really miss with the putter. My ambition is to get on the Ladies European Tour so to win the Scholars event and win the prize of a place in the field for an LET event would be brilliant.”

James, who has just started at the University of Birmingham, is in her first year as an R&A Scholar and is already using the grant to play as much competitive golf as possible.

“The funding has been very beneficial in enabling me to play more tournaments. I went to Spain earlier in the year for the Spanish Amateur and without the funding I wouldn’t have been able to play in that. On that occasion I was pipped by one of the French girls who is here, Rosanna Crepiat. Hopefully I might be able to pip her tomorrow but we’ll see.”

On the men’s side of the draw, Milan student Leonardo Motta heads the field by one after two outstanding rounds of golf in testing conditions over 36-holes at the Eden course. Motta produced consistent rounds of 69 and 71 to take the overnight lead on a total of 140.

Three back on 143 is the University of St Andrews’ Mike Gray who posted the lowest men’s round with a three under-par 67. Gray overcame wet and windy conditions in registering four birdies and only one bogey during his second eighteen holes.

“Conditions were hard but fair,” explained the final-year student. “It was windy, but it was fairly consistent through the day until it died a bit late in the second round. It was tough but it wasn’t too bad.”

+Image above of Sian James is by courtesy of leaderboardphotography.com

Caroline Kinnaird wins East Vets Spring Meeting

Caroline Kinnaird from Glencorse won the East Veteran Ladies Golf Association Spring Meeting over Gullane No3 today. Conditions were cold and windy, and her net 64 off a handicap of 11 against the Standard Scratch of 69 was four shots better than Barbara Halliday and Liz Simpson (both Murrayfield) who had net 68s. Overall, scores were high and many people found the putting difficult.
Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) won the scratch with a 74.
The CSS went up +2 (to 71) for Home and Away players.

Leading scores (SSS 69, CSS 71 (Home and Away))
Silver
64 Caroline Kinnaird (Glencorse) 75-11
68 Barbara Halliday (Murrayfield) 81-13
68 Liz Simpson (Murrayffield) 78-10
69 Dulcie Barnes (Gullane Ladies) 81-12
Bronze
69 Sylvia Cunningham (Murrayfield) 92-23
71 Patricia Rose (Broomieknowe) 92-21

Full scores will be up on the East Vets website www.eastvets.blogspot.com as soon as possible.

Ailsa Summers top qualifier in Angus

Junior Ladies Championship

Ailsa Summers from Panmure led the qualifiers for the Angus Junior Ladies County Championship at Ballumbie Castle today with a scratch score of 78. The three other qualifiers were Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth) 87, Ashley Alston (Royal Montrose) 89 and Louise Smith (Monifieth) 89.
Heather Munro (Monifieth) also had an 89 but missed out on qualification on the inward half, but her net 75 was the best handicap score, offering her some consolation.
The draw for Tuesday's semi-finals, also at Ballumbie Castle, is:

Ailsa Summers v Louise Smith
Ashley Alston v Jemma Chalmers

Semi-finals start at 9.04 am with the final at 1.28pm

Another award for Peter Latimer

Guilford College junior student Peter Latimer has again won the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's (ODAC) Golfer of the Week award. Latimer also received the Guilford College Student-Athlete of the Week Award presented by the school's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Latimer won the ODAC prize for the second time in three weeks and for the seventh time in his career. He paced the Quakers at the Marine Federal Credit Union (MFCU) Intercollegiate Mar. 27-29 with an 11th-place individual finish.
Latimer opened the tournament Friday with the Quakers' low round of the season (67) on the way to an even-par score of 214, tops among the 40 ODAC competitors at the event. The performance marked his fourth top-11 finish of the season and lowered his stroke average to a team-best 74.58 in 19 rounds.
Guilford placed seventh at the 32-team MFCU Intercollegiate with a three-day total of 869, tops among eight ODAC schools in the field.

Aedin Murphy wins Cork

Scratch Cup on countback

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
Current Irish international Aedin Murphy (Carlow) fired an impressive 74 to capture her first Scratch Cup in breezy but dry conditions at Cork Golf Club on Saturday.
Having trailed leaders Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co. Down Ladies) and Laura McCarthy (Muskerry) by four shots at the halfway point, Murphy, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency in last year's home internationals at Wrexham, hit the birdie trail in the afternoon to sign for a level par 74 to win on countback from the early leaders.
Seasoned International McVeigh played solidly in the afternoon round to return 78, a score matched by up-and-coming teenager Laura McCarthy who continues to impress at this level.
Local favourite Gillian O’Leary (Cork) matched Murphy’s 74 in the afternoon to finish fourth ahead of Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) and Sarah Cunningham (Ennis). Laura Dempsey (Enniscorthy) won the best nett from Rhona Brennan (Bandon) and Lucy Simpson (Massereene) in the star-studded field who used Saturday’s 36 holes as an ideal warm up for the Munster Women’s Championships starting in Shannon on Tuesday.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 148 (2 x 74). CSS 76 74
153 Aedin Murphy (Carlow) 79 74, Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down Ladies) 75 78, Laura McCarthy (Muskerry) 75 78 (Murphy won with better second round).
156 Gillian O'Leary (Cork) 82 74, Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) 81 75, Sarah Cunningham (Ennis) 79 77.
157 Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) 81 76, Maria Dunne (Skerries) 78 79.
158 Lucy Simpson (Massareene) 83 75.
159 Emma O Driscoll (Ballybunion) 83 76, Catherine Tucker (Limerick) 82 77.
161 Sarah Crowe (Tipperary) 78 83.
162 Ciara Butler (Newlands) 81 81.
163 Valerie Hassett (Ennis) 82 81, Aoife Lowry (Tipperary) 80 83, Rhona Brennan (Bandon) 78 85.
164 Patrice Delaney (Birr) 88 76, Ann McCormack (Roscommon) 82 82.
166 Lynda Maher (Charleville) 84 82, Shauna O’Brien (Clonmel) 81 85.
167 Fiona Howard (Muswell Hill) 86 81.
168 Laura Dempsey (Enniscorthy) 84 84.
170 Jennifer King (Enniscorthy) 87 83, Naoimh McMahon (Shannon) 87 83.
171 Olivia Conroy (Co Longford) 89 82, Doireann Carney (Galway) 88 83, Lillian Harrington (East Cork) 83 88, Karen O'Neill (Douglas) 82 89, Michelle McCarthy (Clonmel) 80 91172 Catherine Kavanagh (Mitchelstown) 88 84.
173 Mary Geaney (Killarney) 90 83, Marian Finn (Thurlas) 87 86, Margaret McCauliffe (Newcastle West) 87 86, Miriam Abernethy (Cork) 86 87, Carmel Kearney (Mallow) 84 89.
174 Deirdre Bradshaw (Donabate 87 87.
175 Cath Morrissey (Cahir Park) 92 83, Orla Barry (Galway) 90 85, Mary Scriven (Bandon) 87 88.
177 Nora O'Connor (Mallow) 85 92.
178 Margaret Mooney (Enniscorthy) 95 83, Bernie Swords Cox (Carlow) 88 90, Linda Twomey (Limerick) 88 90, Siobhan O'Herlihy (Muskerry) 87 91.
179 Madeline Brennan (Carlow) 89 90, Amanda Welch (Cork) 88 91.
180 Holli Snelling (Killarney) 89 91, Joan Scanlon (Newcastle West) 89 91, Clare Keating (Charleville) 87 93.
181 Val Shannon (Douglas) 87 94, Mary Lowney (Dunmore) 85 96.
184 Anne Cowley (Cork) 91 93.
185 Noreen Granard (Portarlington) 94 91, Marian Sweeney (Youghal) 93 92, Mary Kavanagh (New Ross) 92 93, Connie Doyle (Enniscorthy) 85 100.
187 Eileen Caplice (Mallow) 92 95, Catriona Hogan (Enniscorthy) 90 97.
194 Emily Chambers (Lahinch) 97 97.
Disqualified: Mary Dowling (Ballybunion) DQ 77
Best Net
150 Laura Dempsey (Enniscorthy) 75 75.
151 Rhona Brennan (Bandon) 72 79.
152 Lucy Simpson (Massereene) 80 72

Ellis Keenan is youngest ever

winner of Surrey county title

Ellis Keenan (Sunningdale GC ) beat Kate Shepherd (Guildford Ladies) 2 and 1 in the final of the 2009 Surrey Ladies Championship at St George's Hill Golf Club.
Ellis, pictured right with the trophy, is currently the junior county champion and at 18 years old is the youngest ever winner of the Surrey Ladies Championship
Ellis will be off to University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA later in the year.


+Ellis Keenan was a competitor at the 2nd Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival at the five-star Spanish resort in February.

Medal magic from India Clyburn

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION.
Twelve-year-old India Clyburn (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency) got her season off to a flying start with her best score to date in her first EWGA medal at Woodhall Spa.

She went round the Bracken course in three-over par 75 – helped by five birdies – and her net score of 62 won the competition by 10 shots.

The CSS was 74 and India’s handicap was cut from 13 to 10. India is a member of the English Women’s Golf Association Super Birdies Midlands Squad. Her sister, Holly, is an England girl international.

+India and her big sister Holly both played at the 2nd Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Golf Festival in Spain in February.

Connie Jaffrey wins Ayrshire Girls Medal

Ayrshire girls after their prizegiving
Standing from left to right: Sophie Love, Gillian Love, Rachel Irvine,
Katie McGarva, Emma Hale
Kneeling left to right: Grace Mackie, Hazel McGarvie, Connie Jaffrey

Ayrshire Girls Medal at Annanhill on 5th April

8 girls competed in the first medal of the season played over Annanhill in East Ayrshire. The bright sunshine made up for the strong wind, making conditions overhead very pleasant. There were a few wet patches on the course and greens a touch on the bumpy side, but despite that the scoring was very good for the start of the season. Results are as follows:-

Silver
1st Connie Jaffrey (West Kilbride) 89 (18) 71
2nd Emma Hale (Troon Bentinck) 93 (14) 79

Bronze
1st Rachel Irvine (Largs Kelburn) 96 (21) 75
2nd Hazel McGarvie (Troon Bentinck) 102 (26) 76
3rd Grace Mackie (Troon Ladies) 101 (24) 77

Thanks to June Kerr for this report and image.

England name Barwood, Connor

for "Helen Holm" team event

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Internationals Hannah Barwood and Rachel Connor, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, will represent England in the Nations Cup event at the Helen Holm Scottish open stroke-play championship at Troon from April 24-26.
Hannah Barwood, 18, is a member at Knowle in Gloucestershire. She is the English women’s champion, the Welsh Under-21 stroke-play champion, the Faldo Series girls’ champion and, most recently, the winner of the Under-21 girls’ title at the Faldo Series Asia final.
Rachel Connor, 18, plays at Manchester. Like Hannah, she made her debut in England’s 2008 ladies’ Home International team after helping to win the girls’ international matches and the silver medal at the European girls’ team championships.
Rachel won the Formby Leveret last year and the Royal Birkdale Scratch Trophy the previous season.
The Nations Cup reserve is Holly Clyburn, 18, of Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. She is an England girl international and won the 2009 British Colleges open golf championship
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
Visit the EGWA website at http://www.englishwomensgolf.org/

Inchmarlo joins Banchory drive to get girls started

Inchmarlo Golf Centre professionals Ryan Fitzgerald (left) and Craig Dempster with Active Schools Co-ordinator Katie Robertson with the Banchory area girls who have been introduced to golf through their primary schools. Picture by Rob Eyton-Jones.

Futures Tour report from Daytona Beach

Tournament No 19 is lucky for Misun Cho

By LISA D MICKEY
In 18 events on the Duramed Futures Tour over the last two years, Misun Cho had never cracked a top-10 finish. Until Sunday at Daytona Beach, Florida - and then, she won.
The petite South Korean, whose English is laced with an Australian accent, tied for the lead of the $100,000 iMPACT Invitational on her third hole and never trailed for the rest of the final round. Cho carded rounds of 71-69-70 to win her first Duramed Futures Tour title by four shots at 210 (-6).
"I worked hard for this and I feel like I deserved it," said Cho, 21, a second-year professional of Cheongju, South Korea, who jumped from 32nd on the Tour's 2009 season money list to No. 2. "Knowing that I'm on the right track makes me feel confident and comfortable that I've improved my game."
Rookie Mina Harigae (71) of Monterey, Calif., finished in solo second at 214 (-2), followed by veteran Nicole Jeray (69) of Berwyn, Ill., and first-round leader Paola Moreno (75) of Cali, Colombia, who tied for third at 215 (-1).
Second-round leader Christi Cano of San Antonio never got on track on the final day, enabling Cho to draw even with a bogey on the third hole, and then surge ahead when the Texan took bogey over the next three consecutive holes. Cano carded an uncharacteristically rocky final round of 79 on a day that produced eight bogeys and a single birdie. She dropped into a tie for seventh at one-over 217.
But the Legends Course at LPGA International played tough all week. On Friday, the wind blew and scoring soared on the 6,464-yard course that also serves as the site for the annual LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.
Still, Cho, who spent four months in the off-season working with Orlando-based teaching legend Phil Ritson at Orange County National, played under par each day. She stayed steady and waited for opportunities on the course that demands precision shot making. Last year on this course, she drove home from the Daytona tournament with a tie for 40th at seven-over-par 223. Today, with a completely rebuilt swing, Cho was a different player.
"She has made a lot of progress, but she's only 60 percent where she can be," said Ritson, who also revamped the game of Cho's Australian friend, Sarah-Jane (Kenyon) Smith, who earned her 2009 LPGA Tour card through the Duramed Futures Tour last season.
The two women knew each other in Australia and Cho watched her friend's remarkable transformation into a more powerful and effective player last year. So as soon as the 2008 Duramed Futures Tour season was over, Cho went knocking at Ritson's door. Ritson had never heard of Misun Cho, but her friendship with Kenyon opened the door, and when the veteran swing coach took one look at Cho's stroke on the practice tee, he knew he was getting ready to embark on his next swing overhaul with a young professional who would benefit from change.
"I saw real athletic movement in her swing and I thought, this girl can be a star," said Ritson, who has coached the PGA's K.J. Choi and LPGA players Mi Hyun Kim, Gloria Kim and U.S. Women's Open champion Birdie Kim.
At just under 5ft 3in, and tipping the scales at 125lbs, Cho came to Ritson hitting her drives a mere 220 yards. In four months, she has added between 28-35 yards off the tee and transformed her swing into a more predictable stroke. Her fitness level also improved, making the small-framed player a pro with giant potential.
In Sunday's final round, she drained a birdie putt on the second hole from three feet and rolled in a 15-footer for birdie on the fourth hole. After that, the rest of the field could only chase Cho as she built a four-shot lead with nine holes to play.
Cho gave back a shot to the field with a bogey on the 13th, but rolled in a two-footer for birdie on the 16th. At that point, only Harigae and Irish-born US Curtis Cup player at St Andrews last year, Alison Walshe (73) of Westford, Mass., had time to chase, but Walshe gave up two bogeys on her last six holes to tie Sophia Sheridan (72) of Guadalajara, Mexico for fifth at even-par 216. Conversely, Harigae, playing with Walshe, birdied two of her last six holes to grab sole possession of second.
"I was so worried about making mistakes on the front nine and I was playing really tentatively, so on the back nine, I told myself to just let go and let my game take over," said Harigae, a rookie who left Duke University after a half season to turn pro. "It helped me to relax playing with Alison because I played on the [U.S.] Curtis Cup team with her."
But nobody was able to catch Cho. She hit 13 greens and 13 fairways in regulation and used 29 putts in today's final round. For most of the day, the field was playing for second place.
"No, I didn't win today with a [history of a] lot of top 10s," said Cho, who played collegiately for one year at Pepperdine University. "I didn't have a swing that could handle it under pressure."
But after many hours on the range with Ritson and a small mountain of practice balls - hoping to repeat what her Australian pal did last year -- now, she does.
Weather: Sunny with temperatures in mid-80s with only a slight breeze.
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US Futures Tour Scoreboard
IMPACT INVITATIONAL
LPGA International, Daytona Beach, Florida.
Par 216 (3 x 72). 6464yd
1 Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 71-69-70 - 210 $14,000
2 Mina Harigae (Monterey, Calif.) 72-71-71 - 214 $10,000
T3 Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 76-70-69 - 215 $6,134
T3 Paola Moreno (Cali, Colombia) 67-73-75 - 215 $6,134
T5 Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 72-72-72 - 216 $3,668
T5 Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 72-71-73 - 216 $3,668
T7 Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 71-74-72 - 217 $2,359
T7 Brandi Jackson (Greenville, S.C.) 73-72-72 - 217 $2,359
T7 Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 70-68-79 - 217 $2,359
T10 Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 71-80-67 - 218 $1,593
T10 Danah Ford (Indianapolis, Ind.) 70-76-72 - 218 $1,593
T10 Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 72-74-72 - 218 $1,593
T10 Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia) 70-75-73 - 218 $1,593
T14 Marci Turner (Tompkinsville, Ky.) 73-77-69 - 219 $1,224
T14 Haeji Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 74-75-70 - 219 $1,224
T14 Tzu-Chi Lin (Beaumont, Calif.) 75-71-73 - 219 $1,224
T17 Andrea VanderLende (Longwood, Fla.) 75-74-71 - 220 $1,018
T17 Sue Ginter (Appleton, Wis.) 76-72-72 - 220 $1,018
T17 Lindsey Bergeon (Sarasota, Fla.) 75-72-73 - 220 $1,018
T17 Victoria Kiser (Orlando, Fla.) (amateur) 71-76-73 - 220
T21 Jean Reynolds (Newnan, Ga.) 74-77-70 - 221 $878
T21 Onnarin Sattayabanphot (Bangkok, Thailand) 77-74-70 - 221 $878
T21 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 76-74-71 - 221 $878
T21 Janice Olivencia (Caguas, Puerto Rico) 75-74-72 - 221 $878
T21 Song Yi Choi (Seoul, South Korea) 71-78-72 - 221 $878
T21 Taylor Leon (Dallas, Texas) 76-72-73 - 221 $878
T21 Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 73-73-75 - 221 $878
T21 Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 72-73-76 - 221 $878
T21 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 70-74-77 - 221 $878
T30 Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 77-74-71 - 222 $787
T30 Stephanie Oukeo (Paris, France) 75-75-72 - 222 $787
T30 Kim Welch (Sacramento, Calif.) 78-72-72 - 222 $787
T30 Stephanie Otteson (Wilson, N.C.) 74-75-73 - 222 $787
T30 Kristie Smith (Perth, Australia) 81-68-73 - 222 $787
T30 Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 74-74-74 - 222 $787
T30 Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 73-75-74 - 222 $787
T30 Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 74-74-74 - 222 $787
T30 Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 72-75-75 - 222 $787
T30 Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 72-74-76 - 222 $787
T40 Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherlands) 76-75-72 - 223 $731
T40 Kim Augusta (Rumford, Rhode Island) 76-74-73 - 223 $731
T40 Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 70-79-74 - 223 $731
T40 Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas) 76-73-74 - 223 $731
T40 Stella Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 78-71-74 - 223 $731
T40 Yeo-Jae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 71-77-75 - 223 $731
T40 Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 78-70-75 - 223 $731
T40 Angela Jerman (Columbus, Ga.) 70-74-79 - 223 $731
T48 Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 76-75-73 - 224 $692
T48 Amanda Mathis (Opelousas, La.) 80-71-73 - 224 $692
T48 Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Virginia) 71-79-74 - 224 $692
T48 Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 73-77-74 - 224 $692
T48 Lee Ann Walker-Cooper (Southport, N.C.) 75-74-75 - 224 $692
T48 Erina Yamato (Yamagata, Japan) 72-77-75 - 224 $692
T48 Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 70-77-77 - 224 $692
T48 Maru Martinez (Maracaibo, Venezuela) 75-71-78 - 224 $692
T56 Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 75-76-74 - 225 $668
T56 Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 74-77-74 - 225 $668
T56 Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 73-77-75 - 225 $668
T59 Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 75-76-75 - 226 $652
T59 Lisa Meldrum (Montreal, Quebec) 75-76-75 - 226 $652
T59 Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 75-75-76 - 226 $652
T59 Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 73-77-76 - 226 $652
T59 Alejandra Shaw (Vina Del Mar, Chile) 73-75-78 - 226 $652
T59 Kira Meixner (Richmond, British Columbia) (amateur) 70-74-82 - 226
65 Whitney Myers (York. Pa.) 72-74-81 - 227 $640
66 Sarah Beth Jacobs (Nashville, Tenn.) 77-74-77 - 228 $637
67 Nicola Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 77-70-83 - 230 $634
T68 Rebecka Heinmert (Hassleholm, Sweden) 74-75-82 - 231 $629
T68 Ashley Grier (Hagerstown, Maryland) 74-75-82 - 231 $629
70 Jill Frantz (Iowa City, Iowa) 80-71-82 - 233 $625
MISSED THE CUT
Melissa Eaton, Jessica Shepley, Taya Battistella, Chris Brady, Vicki Goetze-Ackerman, Hwanhee Lee, Sin Ah Ham, Lehua Wise, Sohi Moon, Carmen Bandea, Ashley Prange, Tracy Hanson, Yeon Joo Lee, Devan Andersen, Nicole Hage, Moon Su, Lori Atsedes, Amanda Costner, Perry Swenson, Briana Vega, Gerina Mendoza, Libby Smith, Stephanie George, Violeta Retamoza, Garrett Phillips, Anastasia Kostina, Lorraine Ballerano, Bridget Dwyer, Becky Lucidi, Sam White, Stacey Tate, Lili Alvarez, Jenna Pearson, Aimee Cho, Sarah Lynn Sargent, Liz Janangelo.
Benedikte Grotvedt, Rak Kyung Oh, Meghan Little, Naree Song, Jennifer Ackerson, Stephanie Kim (a), Kristina Tucker, Jessica Carafiello, Moah Chang, Susan Nam, Mary J. Kim, Christine Cho, Cindy Lee-Pridgen, Sara Brown, Noon Huachai, Tiffany Prats, Maggie Simons, Kelly Froelich, Hannah Yun (a), Madeleine Holmblad, Sarah Olsen, Christina Jones, Kimberly Goedecke, Jasi Acharya, Su A Kim, Malinda Johnson, Kelly Schaub, Carol Robertson, Jieun Oh, Mary Moan, Bing Lim, Renee Skidmore, Kylene Pulley, Lilly Kobayashi.
Withdrew: Angela Oh, Sofie Andersson, Brenda McLarnon, Y. J. Jin.
No show: Emily Bastel