Two Scots students in top 20 at West Virginia event

Thomson makes his Mark again

for Ohio Valley University

Monifieth's Mark Thomson, a freshman student at Ohio Valley University, West Virginia, has made it two third-place finishes in a row on the United States college golf circuit.
Thomson, pictured, a member of Grange Golf Club, came joint third in a field of 74 at the WVIAC Southern Regional championship at Pipestem Golf Club, Pipestem, West Virginia (on October 8-9).
He had rounds of 73 and 71 for a level par total of 144 over a 6,884yd course with a par of 72.
He finished only two shots behind the winner, Kyle Long (Concord University), who shot 70 and 72, and one behind the runner-up, Sean Stevens (Fairmont State University (70-73).
There were two other Scots in the field, Alasdair Forsythe (pictured below) and Robert McCleneghan, both from Glasgow and both students at Davis & Elkins College, West Viriginia.

Alasdair, a member at Caldwell Golf Club and a second-year sophomore student,. had rounds of 79 and 70 for 149, which earned him joint 18th place.

Freshman Robert had a pair of 78s for 156 and a share of 35th place.

Thomson's good effort helped Ohio Valley University win the team title by a single shot from Concord University in a field of 13 colleges.

Other Davis & Elkins College students from Britain taking part in the tournament were:

159 Daniel Richardson (from England) 77 82 (jt 44th).

160 Samuel Oliver (from Bedlington, England) 79 81 (jt 46th).

+Images of Mark Thomson and Alasdair Forsythe by courtesy of their college websites.

WOMEN'S COLLEGE NEWS

SARAH AND ELLIE DOWN THE FIELD

ON TAR HEEL INVITATIONAL DAY 1

Sarah Faller from Galway and Darlington's Ellie Givens, both students at Denver University, were well down the field of 93 after the first round of the Tar Heel Invitational women's college tournament at the Finley course, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Sarah had a round of five-over-par 77 at the 6,285yd course to be lying joint 59th.

Ellie had a 78 with birdies at the long sixth and short 14th but a triple bogey 7 at the 15th dragged her down to a share of 64th place.

Laura Kueny (Michigan State) is setting the pace with a three-under-par 69.

Golf Approved for 2016 Olympic Programme on Vote By
International Olympic Committee





Competition will be held in Rio de Janeiro, selected as site of 2016 Games

Copenhagen, Denmark (October 9, 2009) – After an absence of more than a century, golf will return as an Olympic sport in 2016 along with rugby sevens following their approval by the International Olympic Committee membership during the IOC’s 121st Session.
They will be part of the Olympic Programme in Rio de Janeiro, which last week was selected as the host city for 2016 Games by the IOC. Golf was last an Olympic sport at the 1904 Games in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, when the United States and Canada were the only two competing countries.
“We are elated that the IOC membership has accepted golf as an Olympic sport, and look forward to seeing the world’s best golfers compete for gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,” said Ty Votaw, Executive Director of the International Golf Federation Olympic Golf Committee, which has coordinated golf’s Olympic bid. “We thank the IOC for its support, and also congratulate rugby sevens for its inclusion in the 2016 Games.”
Votaw and Peter Dawson, chief executive of The R&A and joint secretary of the International Golf Federation, were accompanied by professionals Padraig Harrington of Ireland, Michelle Wie of the United States and Suzann Pettersen of Norway, as well as 16-year-old (British) Amateur Champion Matteo Manassero of Italy, for a final presentation to the IOC prior to the vote.
“We are extremely grateful that Padraig, Michelle, Suzann and Matteo were able to join us to help communicate the genuine interest world-class players of all ages share in golf becoming an Olympic sport,” Dawson said.
Golf and rugby sevens were recommended for the Olympic Programme by the IOC Executive Board in August following an extensive review process involving seven sports that were vying to be added to the 2016 Olympic Games. Although they emerged as the finalists, both sports still required final approval today by a majority of votes cast by the members of the IOC.
“In addition to those golfers who will have an opportunity to compete as Olympic athletes, we are excited for the national golf federations that will reap the benefits from today’s decision in terms of growth and support within their countries,” Dawson said. “This is a very significant day for golf.”
Leading up to today’s final vote, golf and rugby sevens emerged from a year-long evaluation that included formal presentations by the seven sports, the submission of a Detailed Questionnaire and responses to questions raised by both the IOC Programme Commission and the IOC Executive Board. The IOC Executive Board announced its recommendation of two sports following a meeting in Berlin, Germany on August 13.
“We strongly believed that golf deserved to be added to the Olympic Programme and felt that we presented a compelling case to the IOC,” Votaw said. “We have received unprecedented support from international golf organisations throughout this process, as well as from the world’s top-ranked men and women players, which was critical to our success. We also stressed the universal nature of golf, with 60 million people playing the sport in more than 120 countries.”
Based on player feedback, the IGF has proposed a format of 72-hole individual stroke play for both men and women. In case of a tie for either first, second or third place, a three-hole playoff is recommended to determine the medal winner(s).
The IGF also has recommended an Olympic field of 60 players for each of the men's and women's competition, using the Official World Golf Rankings as a method of determining eligibility. The top-15 world-ranked players would be eligible for the Olympics, regardless of the number of players from a given country. Beyond the top-15, players would be eligible based on the world rankings, with a maximum of two eligible players from each country that does not already have two or more players among the top-15.
Current world rankings from both the men’s and women’s games show that at least 30 countries would be represented in both the men’s and women’s competitions, from all continents, under this proposal.

Martha follows sister Stacy as US Women's

Mid-amateur championship winner

Martha Stacy Leach followed in the footsteps of her sister Hollis Stacy as a USGA title winner by winning the United States Women's Mid-Amateur championship on Thursday.
Martha beat former Georgia University team-mate Laura Coble 3 and 2 at Golden Hills Golf and Turf Club, Oscala in Florida.
The 47-year-old Leach, originally from Savannah, Georgia but now living in Hebron, Kentucky, and Stacy are only the second sisters to win USGA titles.
"It's special," said Leach, making her 22nd start in the tournament for players aged 25 and older. "It just means a lot. I love her, but I have a lot of other siblings I love, too. Hollis just happens to be a great golfer."
Stacy won six USGA titles, taking the US Girls' title in 1969-71 and the US Women's Open in 1977-78-84.
US Women's Amateur champions Harriot Curtis (1906) and Margaret Curtis (1907-11-12) are the only other sisters to win USGA titles.
"I'm so proud of my little sister," Stacy said. "She has a heart as big as the state of Georgia."
Leach made a 15ft birdie putt on the par-4 10th to take a one-hole lead and advanced that to three holes with winning pars on 12 and 14.
The 45-year-old Coble, from Augusta, Georgia, hit a wedge to inches for a birdie on the par-5 15th to cut her deficit to two holes, but Leach hit a 60yd wedge shot to 3½ feet on the par-5 16th and made the birdie putt to end the match.
"It was a great way to finish," Leach said. "I'm thinking in the 21 years I've played in this, an average 400 entries have been sent in, 8,400 women have played and there have only been 23 champions. And there have been a lot of double winners. What are your odds of winning this? This year I was either going to win the lottery or win the Women's Mid-Am. And I said, 'Damn, I won't be winning any money.' "
With the usual match-play concessions, Leach was even par for 16 holes and Coble was three over par.
"I was just a little bit off today with my swing, putting, and just couldn't get it all together," Coble said, "I'm disappointed that I didn't win, but I had a great week."

Coble v Leach for US women's mid-amateur title

FROM THE USGA WEBSITE
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Laura Coble and Martha Leach advanced to the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur final on Wednesday, beating past champions at Golden Hills Golf and Turf Club in the tournament for players 25 and older.
The 45-year-old Coble, from Augusta, Georgia, beat two-time champion Meghan Stasi of Oakland Park, Florida 5 and 4, and the 47-year-old Leach, from Hebron, Kentucky edged 1998 champion Virginia Derby Grimes of Meridian, Mississippi by one hole.
In the morning quarter-finals, Coble beat Christy Schultz of Rochester, N.Y., 3 and 1, and Leach topped Dawn Woodard of Greer, South Carolina by one hole..
Leach made a 36-foot par putt on the 18th green to beat Derby Grimes.
``I just willed that baby in,'' Leach said. ``I love the outcome. I didn't sleep at all last night because I don't know where the ball is going. I can't hit it in the fairway. From midnight until 6 this morning I wanted to get up and tinker with my swing.''
Coble led after the first hole, was six up at the 13th tee and closed out Stasi with a par on the par-3 14th.
``It's a surprising thing, but it's a wonderful thing,'' Coble said. ``Everything else is gravy.''

Perth & Kinross girls prizewinners

Pictured are the trophy winners for Perth & Kinross Ladies County Golf Association Junior Girls. The trophies were presented after the final meeting of the 2009 season at Alyth Golf Club.
The winners are: Eilidh Watson, Emily Aird, Rheanna Thom, Laura Aitken, Jennifer Saxton.
Image by courtesy of Lenore Kyle, soon to succeed Dawn Butchart as captain of P and K.

Tom Rennie from Deeside joint 16th at

Campobello, South Carolina

Deeside Golf Club member Tom Rennie, a second-year student at Brevard College, North Carolina achieved a top-20 finished in the SMC Invitational men's college golf tournament at Links O'Tryon, Campobello, South Carolina earlier this week.
Tom, pictured right, had rounds of 77 and 79 for a total of 156 over the par-72, 6877yd course.
He finished joint 16th in a field of 49 players behind the two-shot winner Chad Skinner (Mars Hill College) who had a pair of 72s for 144.

Stuart Ballingall makes top 20 at Notre Dame

Anglo-Scot Stuart Ballingall, whose family live at Norwich, is a freshman student at Missouri University. He finished joint 17th in a field of 84 players at the Fighting Irish Classic Notre Dame University's Warren course at South Bend, Indiana.
Notre Dame students' collective nickname is the Fighting Irish.
Ballingall had rounds of 74, 77 and 69 for a total of 220 over the 7,023yd course which has a tough-to-match par of 70.
The winner by three shots was host university player Josh Sandman (Notre Dame) with scores of 70, 68 and 74 for 212.



Gavin Hay down the field in Cougar Invitational
Gavin Hay from Glasgow, a student at Carson-Newman University, Tennessee, finished joint 88th in a field of 105 players for the Cougar Invitational college tournament at Green Island County Club, Columbus in Georgia.
Gavin had rounds of 78 and 75 for a total of 153 - 16 shots behiind the winner, Craig Gibson (Georgia Southwestern) who had rounds of 72 and 65 for 137.
Gavin's team-mate Liam Ashby from Dublin, a sophomore student at Carson-Newman, scored 71 and 72 for 143 and finished joint 16th.

Portuguese & Spanish dates, venues for early 2010

Leading events and venues for top-rank lady and girl amateurs early in 2010 are:

JANUARY 28-30
PORTUGUESE WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Venue: Oceanico O'Connor (one of the new courses opened by Oceanico at Amendoeira on Portugal's Algarve coast, to the west of Faro, Vilamoura and Albufeira). Faro is the nearest airport.

FEBRUARY 15-20
HACIENDA DEL ALAMO WINTER FESTIVAL
Venue: Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort, Murcia, Spain (Murcia is the nearest airport).
Events: Hacienda del Alamo Women's/Girls' Open over 36 holes (Monday-Tuesday).
Murcia Women's/Girls' Open over 54 holes (Thursday-Friday-Saturday)

MARCH 3-7
SPANISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Venue: Playa de Pals, Girona (North-east Spain, near Barcelona).

SCOT TIES FOR FOURTH PLACE

Sally Watson chasing U S victory has

a triple bogey 6 at second last hole

Sally Watson, a freshman student at Stanford University, California, finished joint fourth in the prestigious Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational women's college golf tournament at Sahalee Country Club, Washington State.
The teenage Curtis Cup player, pictured, whose family home is now at Elie in Fife, was challenging strongly for the lead in the final round when she crashed to a triple bogey 6 at the short 17th.
Watson finished with rounds of 77, 72 and 74 for a total of 223 over the testing par 72 course.
In her final round she birdied the sixth, 10th and 13th but bogeyed the eighth and ninth and had that triple at the 17th.
Over the 54 holes the Scot had nine birdies but she also had three triple bogeys in all - two of them in the first round at par 4 holes.
Had she been able to eliminate the double bogeys, she would have scored her first win on the US college circuit. As it was she was the leading Stanford team player in only her second event.
Katrina Delen Briones (San Jose State University) won the individual honours with scores of 73, 75 and 71 for a three-over-par total of 219.
Runner-up, beaten by a shot was English girl, Natasha Podmore, a senior student at San Francisco University, from Appleton and a member of Delamere Forest Golf Club.
Natasha, 22, had rounds of 72, 76 and 72. She birdied the fifth, eighth and 11th and bogeyed the third, fourth and 12th in her final round. Beaten by only one stroke in the end, Podmore will be rueing the double bogey 6 at the eighth in her second round.
Roseanne Niven from Crieff, a senior year student at the University of California Berkeley, found form in her final round helping the Bears to win the team event by 15 strokes from Stanford.
Roseanne finished tied for 24th place on 234 with scores of 80, 82 and 71. She birdied the first, 13th and 14th on the last day when she also bogeyed the third, 16th and 18th.
California (897) won the team event ahead of Stanford (912) with Pepperdine (917) third in the 13-team event.
LEADING TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) 6136yd
219 Katrina Delen Briones (San Jose State) 73 75 71.
220 Natasha Podmore (San Francisco) 72 76 72.
221 Emily Childs (California) 73 74 74.
223 Sally Watson (Stanford) 77 72 74, Joanne Lee (California) 75 74 74.
Selected score:
234 Roseanne Niven (California) 80 82 72 (jt 24th).
LEADING TEAMS
897 California. 912 Stanford. 917 Pepperdine. 921 San Francisco. 934 San Jose State.

13 teams took part.

FROM THE GOLF DIGEST WEBSITE
American Junior Golf Association essay award winner:

"Herba"
By Sam Bernstein of Riverdale, New York
Still sweaty from the tournament, I nudge open the back door to the beach house and drop my golf shoes next to my grandfather's old set of clubs. I smile, recollecting how eager he had been to show me the woods' revolutionary sleek design and silver heads, now speckled with rust and at least a decade outmoded.
I make my way through the house and peer quietly into my grandfather's bedroom. On a bulletin board, blanketed by family photos, a small Kodak print catches my eye: my first golf lesson. My grandfather, some seventy years old then, huddles over my two-year-old self. The moment springs to life in my memory ? his weathered hands helping me swing the tiny yellow club, the first of countless hours my grandfather spent teaching me to play golf.
As always, my grandfather sits in his chair, his head sloped in deep slumber. Although age has worn his face and body, I know his smile will fill the room with warmth when I wake him in a few moments. A lovely middle-aged woman now lives in his home as his caretaker. Unable to function without her, he spends most of his day anchored to that chair, reading, watching the television in the bookcase across from him, taking his meals on a tray on his lap, and gazing at the putting green outside.
Directly across from my grandfather, a long side table holds a statue of a young man finishing his swing in perfect form. A plaque at the base reads: "Sam Berstein-2008 Long Island Junior Golf Champion." I remember my final five-foot putt for victory on the 18th hole, wishing that my grandfather had been there to see it. Herba, as I have called him since I was a little boy, loves the game and he loves me unconditionally.
From my earliest years, Herba helped foster in me a passion for golf that has been a defining force in my life. Tom Friedman wrote in a recent column: "Golf is all about individual characterThis wonderful but cruel game never stops testing or teaching you."
Herba was a far better teacher than player. He gave me the best piece of golf advice I have ever received. I call it "Herba's Ten-Second Rule." Bad shots are part of the game. If you get too emotionally high or low, you will never succeed. I give myself ten seconds after each shot to feel good or bad. But after those ten seconds, I move on. I continue to play the game -- shot by shot.
I lower myself into the chair beside him. "Herba, it's me, Sam," I say as I kiss him gently on the cheek, and clasp his hand. He opens his eyes and nods slowly. "It's so good to see you Sammy," he says. "How was the tournament?"
"Do you want the recap shot by shot or hole by hole?" I ask him.
"The usual," he replies. "Shot by shot. Always, shot by shot."

From Colin Farquharson: I wish I could write like that! Brings a tear to the eye of this grandfather.

Thanks to McDonald Ellon tour pro Ross Cameron for drawing Kirkwoodgolf's attention to the following:

Spanish Hi5 Pro Tour to stage two ladies' events early December

The Spain-based Hi5 Pro Tour is pleased to announce its new Hi5 Pro Ladies Tour. The tour will feature two events leading into the 2009 European Ladies Qualifying School this December (12th to 22nd at La Manga) as well as several tournaments during the winter months.
The dates and venues for the women's events, which will also be open to amateurs, are:
December 2 to 5: Venue: Condado de Alhama.
December 7 to 10: Venue: El Valle Golf Resort.
The Hi5 Pro Tour contact telephone number in Spain is: 0034 6867 48249

Ross Cameron writes:
The site to find out more information is http://www.hi5protour.com/
I played in some of the men's Hi5 Pro Tour events last winter and they were run really well.
Maybe some interest to some of your viewers

US COLLEGE NEWS

Improving Gemma Hardie makes top

10 at Tulsa, Oklahoma

Gemma Hardie from Scunthorpe, a sophomore student at Central Arkansas University, finished joint ninth of 74 in the Oral Roberts University Shootout women's college tournament over three rounds at Meadowbrook Country Club, Tulsa in Oklahoma.
Over a par-72 course of 6,196yd, Gemma, pictured right, had improving rounds of 81, 77 and 75 for a total of 233. Had it been a four-round event, she might have made the top five!
Individual winner with a total of 224 was Angela Drane (University of Louisiana at Monroe) with scores of 76, 70 and 78.

Olivia makes top 20 at Bradenton, Florida

Channel Islander Olivia Higgins (Charleston Southern) finished joint 17th in a field of 87 for the Waterlefe Invitational women's college competition at Waterlefe Golf Club, Bradenton, Florida.
Olivia had rounds of 72, 78 and 77 for a total of 227 over a shortish par-72 course of 5,998yd.
Anna Carling, from Vale of Glamorgan and a freshman at Arkansas State University, came joint 28th on 231, made up of rounds of 77, 80 and 74.
Winner was Taylor Collins (Nova Southeastern University) with three steady rounds of 70, 69 and 71 for six-under-par 210.

JUNIORS OUT TO MASTER GLENEAGLES

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION
The future stars of Scottish golf will take to the fairways of Gleneagles this Sunday when the resort’s famous Queen’s Course hosts the final of the 2009 Dunfermline Building Society Junior Masters.
With more than 2,500 youngsters taking part this year, the Junior Masters is the country’s biggest participation golf event for boys and girls and over the last decade the event has seen young stars such as Lloyd Saltman and Carly Booth taking their first steps on the big stage.
Following four regional finals this summer, the leading fifty boys and thirty girls will line-up on Sunday, with representation from clubs as far afield as Moray in the Highlands to Kelso in the Borders. As the stableford points system is being used for the event’s format, players of all levels are able to take part with a handicap range from three to 36.
With Gleneagles hosting the 2014 Ryder Cup in just under five years time, the Dunfermline Building Society Junior Masters provides youngsters in Scotland with a fantastic opportunity to experience playing in a high profile event at one of the world’s most famous venues.
“The Junior Masters is a fantastic event as it allows boys and girls of all golfing abilities to play alongside each other. Any junior club member under the age of sixteen with a handicap can compete and we’ve seen some great young players make a name for themselves since this event began ten years ago.” explains the SGU’s Chief Executive Hamish Grey.
“Through clubgolf, Scotland’s national junior golf programme, the number of young golfers has grown significantly and more than 38,000 primary five children were introduced to golf at school this year. The Junior Masters is the first step on the competitive ladder for many of these youngsters and it’s great to stage the Final at Gleneagles, who do so much to support junior golf in Scotland.” he added.
The event is part of Dunfermline Building Society’s three-year sponsorship of amateur golf in Scotland in addition to the Junior Club of the Year Awards, won earlier this year by Ranfurly Castle. The Society’s Fairway Savers account has also raised significant funds for clubs across Scotland.
The action gets underway on the Queen’s Course at 8.30am on Sunday, with free admission for parents, families and spectators. To keep up-to-date with scoring from the Final, please visit http://www.scottishgolf.org/

PARTICIPANT LIST
BOYS
Allan, Liam (Torphins). handicap 9.0
Anderson, John (Glencorse) 20.0
Anderson, Kerr (Pumpherston) 10.0.
Brown, Callum (Gennburn) 14.0.
Brown, Marcus (Torphin Hills) 12.0
Brownlee, Gary (Tantallon) 14.0
Craik, Lewis (Duns) 18.0.
Creighton, Callum (Lochmaben) 28.0
Davie, Lewis (Scotscraig) 27.0.
Devine, Liam (Nairn Dunbar) 20.0.
Docherty, Steve (Cochrane Castle) 12.0.
Donaldson, Finn (North Berwick) 12.90.
Duncan, Scott (Stonehaven) 25.0
Edgar, Colin (Cochrane Castle) 12.0.
Forbes, Craig (Carnwath) 10.0.
Geals, Liam (Oldmeldrum) 16.0.
Goodfellow, Stewart (Glencorse) 18.0.
Graham, Scott (Sanquhar) 6.09.
Grant, Steven (Hopeman) 17.09.
Hudson, Charlie (Tain) 12.09.
Lacon, Robbie (Selkirk) 20.0.
Leitch, Kevin (Thornton) 8.0.
Leslie, Blair (Moray) 12.9.
Lowson, Matthew (Forfar) 11.
Maclean, Gregor (Dunblane New) 17.0.
McCraith, Andrew (Turnhouse) 16.0.
McLay, Craig (Bishopbriggs) 5.0.
McLeish, Steven (Ayr Belleisle) 14.0.
McLeod, Mark (Blairgowrie) 10.0.
McLeod, Scott (Kinross) 11.0
Middleton, Jorge (Greenburn) 16.0.
Millar, Ross (Whitekirk) 6.9.
Milton, Jay (Murcar Links) 9.0.
Moore, Elliott (Banchory) 10.0.
Murray, Scott (Stonehaven) 11.0.
Norris, David (Hilton Park) 15.0.
Peoples, Jonnie (North Berwick) 13.0.
Polson, John (Peterculter) 14.0.
Pomfret, Frazer (St Medan) 10.0.
Powell, Ross (Deeside) 20.0.
Pryde, Jamie (Deeside) 8.0.
Rorison, Kieran (Loch Ness) 18.0.
Roy, Josh (Auchterarder) 11.0.
Shepherd, Aaron (Kirkcudbright) 25.0.
Singer, Steven (Turriff) 20.0.
Smith, Peter (Kenmore) 13.0.
Sproat, Stuart (Kemnay) 23.0
Stewart, Grant (Pitlochry) 22.0.
Sutherland, Ben (Orkney) 17.0
Thorburn, Greg (Lochmaben) 19.0.
Wearing, Scott (Bishopbriggs) 3.0.
Wickenden, David (Nairn) 14.9.
Wilson, Grant (Alford) 9.0.

GIRLS
Aird, Emily (Strathmore) 9.0.
Alexander, Sophie (Deeside) 6.0
Brown, Annabell (Nairn) 18.0.
Brown, Fiona (Dunblane New) 21.0.
Dunlop, Sarah (Gullane) 29.0.
Edgar , Rebecca (Glen) 18.0.
Ferrie, Jorden (Kirkintilloch) 17.0.
Frostwick, Lara (Gullane) 25.9
Goodwin, Alison (Glenbervie) 10.0
Goodwin, Catherine (Glenbervie) 32.0.
Kerr, Danielle (Kelso) 15.0.
Laing, Heather (Glencorse) 26.0.
Love Gillian (Skelmorlie) 36.0
Love, Sophie (Skelmorlie) 36.0
MacCallum Kirsten (Newburgh on Ythan) 11.0
MacDonald, Gabrielle (Midlothian Co) 5.0.
Mackie, Grace (Troon Ladies) 21.0
McGarvie, Hazel (Ayrshire Ladies) 21.0
McGuire, Shannen (Canmore) 10.0
Polson, Rachel (Peterculter) 6.0
Robb, Hannah (Strathmore) 14.0
Robb, Kirsty (Alford) 26.0
Shanks, Lauren (Bothwell Castle) 32.0
Simpson, Kirsty (Midlothian Co) 16.0
Sinclair, Jennifer (Elie & Earlsferry) 9.0
Stevenson, Linsey (Elie & Earlsferry) 7.0
Tait, Alexandra (St Regulus) 14.0.
Thom, Rianna (Alyth) 29.0
Ward, Keren (North Bwrwick) 8.0
Whyte, Lauren (St Regulus) 9.0

US COLLEGE NEWS

Hannah tops NINE English players

at the same US college tournament

It might well have been a record - NINE English students at American colleges played in this week's Johnie Imes Invitational tournament over three rounds at The Club at Old Hawthorne, Columbia in Missouri.

Hannah Lovelock from Surrey, pictured right, a sophomore student at Missouri University, was the best of the bunch. She finished joint ninth on 227 with rounds of 79, 73 and 75 for 227 over a par-72, 6204yd course.

Hannah looked like to get seventh place until she had a double bogey 6 at the first hole, the last hole she played! Considering she had three double bogey 7s in the space of five holes in her first round, Hannah did very well indeed to get a top-10 finish behind the winner from Tulsa, Kristina Merkle with scores of 69, 74 and 79 for 222.

Stacey Rodger from Sussex, a senior student at Missouri State, finished joint 12th with scores of 75, 81 and 71 for 228, She was tied 36th at the start of the last round but six birdies in her sub-par round boosted her up the leaderboard. Stacey had a quadruple bogey 8 in her second round or she might have finished in the top 10.

Nicola Race (Missouri) from Essex has still to find the form that saw her transferred from Redlands Community College where she was having great success at a lower level. Nicola finished tied 43rd on 236 with scores of 82, 77 and 77.

Ami Storey from Ponteland Golf Club, Blythe in the North-east of England and a sophomore student at Kansas State, shared 53rd place on 238 with scores of 83, 74 and 81.

Lauren Blease from Surrey, a sophomore student at Florida International, shared 59th place with scores of 78, 82 and 80 for 240.

Freshman team-mate Nikki Dunn from Harrogate finished joint 63rd on 241 with scores of 79, 79 and 83. Also on the 241 mark was Kirsty Rands, a sophomore at Mississippi University, from Surrey. She had rounds of 78, 83 and 80.

Middle Tennessee State team-mates Steph Gough and Clara Leathers, both from Aylesbury, finished joint 73rd and 87th respectively in a field of 99 players. Steph scored 84, 81 and 82 for 247 while Clara had rounds of 84, 83 and 85 for 252.

US COLLEGE NEWS

Fraser McKenna's disappointing

finish in Squire Classic

Glasgow's Fraser McKenna, beaten at the 39th in the 2008 British boys final, finished joint 64th in a field of 84 players at the Squire Classic college golf tournament played on Monday and Tuesday this week at Squire Creek golf course, Choudrant in Louisiana.
McKenna (pictured right), a sophomore (second-year) student at Southeastern Louisiana, had disappointing rounds of 77, 78 and 75 for a total of 230 over the 7,105yd, par-71 course.
Fergal Rafferty from Carrickmore, Northern Ireland, a senior student at Sam Houston State University tied for ninth place with a total of 216 made up of creditable scores of 73, 73 and 70
He finished six shots behind Cedric Scotto (Southeastern Louisiana), the winner with rounds of 68, 70 and 72 for three-under 210.
Tom Robson (Jacksonville State), a freshman from Waterlooville, Hampshire, came 15th on 217 with scores of 77, 69 and 71.
Another Englishman, Jack Hiluta from Chelmsford, a student at South Alabama University, tied for 16th place on 218 with scores of 73, 70 and 75.

Tom Sherreard fourth in Rees Jones Intercollegiate

Tom Sherreard, from Maidstone, Kent, a senior year student at Georgia State University, tied for fourth place in a field of 60 players for the Rees Jones Intercolleagiate at Haig Point, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina this week.Tom had rounds of 76, 70 and 70 for a two-over-par total of 218.

The tournament was won by Paul Woodbury (South Carolina) who beat team-mate George Bryan IV at the second hole of a play-off after they had tied on 214. Woodbury socred 74, 68 and 72; Bryan 74, 71 and 69.

Gavin St John Frost from Berkshire, a junior student at Jacksonville University, Florida, finished joint 46th with scores of 78, 83 and 79.

Jamie Chapman a distant second at Bristol, Tennessee
Jamie Chapman, from Sussex, a freshman student at Lincoln Memorial University, Tennessee, finished second, beaten nine shots by the winner, Adam LaTulippe (Union College, Kentucky), in the Tornado Fall Invitational at The Country Club of Bristol, Bristol, Tennessee.
Chapman scored 73, 67 and 71 for 211 but was outgunned by the winner's rounds of 66, 66 and 70 over at par-71 shortish course measuring 6524yd.
There were 30 individual players in the field.
Consolation for Chapman was that Lincoln Memorial (871) won the team title by a shot from Milligan College with Union College, Kentucky (875) finished third.

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Sally Watson moves up to joint fifth in

Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational

Curtis Cup Scot Sally Watson, pictured right at Harlech in June by Cal Carson Golf Agency, has moved up to joint fifth in a field of 73 players with one round to go in the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational women's college golf tournament at Sahalee Country Club, Washington state.

Stanford University, California freshman Sally, from South Queensferry before the family home moved to Elie, has had rounds of 77 and 72 for a 36-hole tally of five-over-par over the 6,136yd, par-72 course.

In her second round she had birdies at the first, short fifth and short 17th, dropping shots at the fourth, 10th and 13th in halves of 35 and 37.

Another Scot in the field, last year's British open amateur stroke play champion Roseanne Niven from Crieff, a senior year student at California-Berkeley University, is in joint 39th position with scores of 80 and 82. In her second round, Roseanne had one triple bogey and two double bogeys. In her first round she also had two double bogeys.

Two of Niven's team-mates, German-born Pia Halbig and Emily Childs are in first and second places after two rounds. Halbig has shot 73 and 72 for two-over 146, one ahead of Childs' 73 and 74.

Natasha Podmore from Delamere Forest and San Francisco University is sharing third place on 148 after rounds of 72 and 76. Natasha had a birdie at the long sixth but bogeys at the fifth and seventh and a double bogey at the eighth in an outward half of 39 before she bogeyed the 10th.

Natasha steadied up after that and parred the last eight holes.

California (599) lead the 13-team event by 10 shots from Stanford with Pepperdine (613) third, San Francisco (614) fourth and San Jose State - Janice Moodie's old university - come next on 620.

US COLLEGE NEWS

Jodi finishes joint sixth in Windy

City Collegiate Championship

Jodi Ewart from Catterick, arguably the highest-ranked British player on the US college circuits - male or female - had to settle for a share of sixth place in the Windy City Collegiate Championship at The Glen Club, Glenview in Illinois today.
Over a par-72 course of some 6,286yd, the New Mexico University student, pictured right at Harlech in June by Cal Carson Golf Agency, couldn't get the birdie putts to drop in a final round of two-over-par 74.
She managed only one birdie, not enough to offset three bogeys.
She had four birdies in her second round, which also included a rare double bogey 6, at the eighth, and three birdies in her first round.
That double bogey cost Jodi fourth or fifth place in the final analysis behind the Canadian-born winner, Maude-Aimee LeBlanc (Purdue) who scored 68, 69 and 74 for five-under-par 211. She finished a shot ahead of Ashley Bauer (Michigan) (71-72-69).
Jodi Ewart had her problems but they were nothing compared with the sort of tournament fellow England international Ellis Keenan from Sunningdale, a freshman at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, had.
Ellis finished way down the field in 65th place with a total of 236, made up of seesaw rounds of 80, 72 and 84. She had an uncharacteristic five double bogeys over the three rounds, two of them over her last nine holes which required 43 strokes. She had no birdies over the final 18 holes after having six of them over the first two rounds.
Purdue (860) won the team title ahead of Tulane (874) with Arizona (885) third of 15 teams.
New Mexico (890) finished joint sixth.

Janice Moodie Open

Places still available for the rearranged Janice Moodie Open at Windyhill Golf Club on Wednesday 14th October. Tee off times available from 11.00 - 1.00.
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Irish LGU appoint Peter Lockley to

be High Performance Manager

NEWS RELEASE ISSUE BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
England’s Peter Lockley has been appointed High Performance Manager of the Irish Ladies Golf Union and will officially take up his position later this month.
Lockley, who has worked with the Belgium girls' squad, is currently the Head Professional at Newark Golf Club and since 2007 has been Lead County Coach for Nottinghamshire, working closely with elite golfers at all levels of the game.
He has a comprehensive knowledge of the key elements of High Performance and Development programmes and is held in high regard by fellow coaches and players. He has a proven track record in the area of High Performance and his strong work ethic and amicable personality has seen him achieve notable results with low amateur and professional players.
He currently runs his own Academy and has recently designed and delivered coaching schools for young children at the Lee Westwood Academy.
On confirmation of his appointment, Lockley commented “This is a very exciting opportunity and with the ILGU achieving European success at junior level recently I am looking forward to establishing systems to build on that success“
Chief Executive Sinead Heraty commented “We have high ambitions for our national teams and to achieve our goals, High Performance needs a dedicated Manager and I believe Peter’s Texperience will introduce programmes to ensure our coaches have a constant pipeline of talent at their disposal”.
Lockley will take up the High Performance reigns in late October and will firstly meet the players and District coaches to devise a Winter Coaching Programme ahead of next summer’s busy schedule of tournaments.

....................................JAMES WHITE .......................................................SUSAN JACKSON

JAMES WHITE AND SUSAN JACKSON TOP OF THE CLASS AT

LADYBANK STUDENTS' ORDER OF MERIT COMPETITION

James White, Andrew Wallace and Bobby Rushford provided a Stirling University 1-2-3 finish to the men's section while Susan Jackson (Edinburgh University) prevented another Stirling success in the women's category of the Scottish Universities Golf Order of Merit stroke-play event at Ladybank.
Former Scottish boys champion White, a member of Lundin Golf Club, Fife, had two classy rounds of 68 and 66 for an eight-under-par total of 134.
He won by five shots from Andrew Wallace (69-70) with Bobby Rushford (72-69) third on 141.
Susan Jackson, playing over her home Ladybank course, spreadeagled the women's field with a brilliant opening round of two-under-par 69. She cooled off a little with a second-round 77 for 146 but still won by six shots from Stirling University's Irish international player Rachel Cassidy (80-72) with Gemma Bradbury (St Andrews University), who helped Wales retain the women's home internationals title at Irvine last month, in third place with scores of 74 and 81 for 155.
Stirling A won the men's team title by 24 strokes. They were represented by James White, Andrew Wallace, Bobby Rushford and Colin Thomson.
Edinburgh won the women's title title by 10 shots. They were represented by Susan Jackson, Emma Fairnie and Isla Craigie.

LEADING MEN'S SCORES
Par 142 (2x71)
134 James White (Stirling) 68 66.
139 Andrew Wallace (Stirling) 69 70.
141 Bobby Rushford (Stirling) 72 69.
144 Ryan Campbell (Elmwood) 74 70, Alex Main (Edinburgh) 73 71.
146 Alex Culverwell (Stirling) 75 71, Colin Baird (Stirling) 74 71, Steven Scott (Abertay) 73 73, Graeme Robertson (Stirling) 73 73, Mik de Picciotto (St Andrews) 72 74, Patrick Spraggs (Stirling) 72 74.
147 Marc Smith (Elmwood) 76 71, Colin Thomson (Strling) 72 75.
148 Malcolm Pennycott (Heriot Watt) 79 69, Duncan Melville (St Andrews) 73 75, Michael Main (Dundee) 73 75.
149 Ryan Penny (UHI) 75 74, Ben Sloan (Heriot Watt) 74 75.
150 Steven Smith (Heriot Watt) 78 72, Gary Page (Elmwood) 77 73.
151 Fraser Moore (Edinburgh) 80 72, Mike Hunt (UHI) 79 73, Will Wrisdale (St Andrews) 78 74.
Women's scores:
Par 142 (2x71)
146 Susan Jackson (Edinburgh) 69 77.
152 Rachel Cassidy (Stirling) 80 72.
155 Gemma Bradbury (St Andrews) 74 81.
156 Emma Fairnie (Edinburgh) 78 78.
160 Rebecca Wilson (Stirling) 76 84.
163 Megan Jones (St Andrews) 85 78.
164 Ashley Smith (St Andrews) 83 81.
165 Jordana Graham (Stirling) 85 80.
167 Alisa Theunis (St Andrews) 83 84.
168 Eilidh Mackay (Stirling) 84 84.
172 Jennifer Linklater (St Andrews) 88 84.
177 Isla Craigie (Edinburgh) 92 85.
185 Nadia Green (St Andrews) 94 91.

LEADING TEAMS
Men
414 Stirling A: J White, A Wallace, B Rushford, C Thomson.
438 Stirling B: F Moore, G Robertson, C Baird, P Spraggs.
447 Heriot Watt: B Sloan, S Smith, M Pennycott, A Foley.

Other totals:

449 Elmwood.

455 Stirling C.

456 UHI.

457 St Andrews A.

460 St Andrews B.

462 Edinburgh.

467 Dundee.

472 Aberdeen

480 Glasgow Caledonian.

482 Abertay.

Women
302 Edinburgh: S Jackson, E Fairnie, I Craigie.
312 Stirling: R Wilson, R Cassidy, E Mackay.
316 St Andrews A: G Bradbury, M Jones, A Theunis.

US COLLEGE NEWS

Glasgow's Chris McManus comes 4th in Kansas

Chris McManus from Glasgow, a freshman student at Bethany College, Kansas, finished fourth (on Monday) in a field of 65 players at the Swede Fall Invitational over 36 holes at Salini Muni & Elks Club, Salina in Kansas.
McManus had rounds of 71 and 75 over the two courses used (par 70 & 71) for a total of five-over-par 146.
The event was won by a Bethany College team-mate, Jack Hiscock from Swindon with rounds of 68 and 70 for 138.
It was Bethany College's "home" event - their nickname is "The Swedes" - and they dominated the leaderboard, claiming the first four places.
A fifth Bethany College student, Adam Glover from Brentwood, Essex came eighth on 149 with a 68 and a 81. Adam's first round had him sharing the lead with Jack Hiscock.
Yet another Bethany College man, Ben Price from England - Saundersfoot? - tied for 19th position on 155 with scores of 77 and 78.
Obviously, Bethany College won the team event - by 23 shots from Hastings College in a field of eight teams.

Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart from Catterick, a student at New Mexico University, was lying joint fifth in a field of 81 players after the first round of the Windy City Collegiate women's championship at The Glen Club, Glenview in Illinois.
Over a par-72 course of 6,286yd, Jodi has had rounds of 72 and 71 so far for a tally of 143. Most unlike Jodie, she had a double bogey 6 at the eighth in her second round. But she does shoot a lot of birdies - seven so far over the first 36 holes.
England international Ellis Keenan from Sunningdale, a freshman student at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) is sharing 43rd place on 152 after scores of 80 and 72.
Canadian Maude-Aimee Le Blanc (Purdie) has had rounds of 68 and 69 for 137 and leads by four from team-mate Junthima Gulyanamitta with 71 and 70.

Curtis Cup Scot Sally Watson was tied for 14th place in a field of 73 players at the end of the first round of the Edean Ihladfeldt Invitational tournament at Sahalee Country Club, Washington State.
Sally had two double bogey 6s - at the seventh and 15th - but she did birdie the long 11th, short 17th and long 18th.
Another Scot, California's Roseanne Niven also had two double bogeys - a 7 at the lont 11th and a 5 at the short 17th in returning an 80 for a share of 33rd place.
Leading the field with a par-match 72 over the 6136yd course was England's Natasha Podmore from Delamere Forest.

Field for Sunday's SLGA Champion of Champions The field of 16 for Sunday's final event of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Assocaition season - the SLGA champion of champions' competition - has been completed. The following players will compete over one round of stroke play at Glasgow Golf Club's Gailes Links on Sunday. (In brackets are the championships won by the competitors) 11.30 Kylie Walker (Dunbartonshire & Argyll), Claire MacDonald (East of Scotland). 11.40 Lorna Bennett (Scottish veterans), Ailsa Summers (Angus). 11.50 Cara Gruber (Northern Counties), Ailsa Bain (Scottish girls), Louise Kenney (Fife). 12.00 Claire Hargan (Midlothian), Gillian Monteith (Galloway), Pamela Pretswell (West of Scotland). 12.10 Megan Briggs (Scottish championship & Renfrewshire), Sara Mathieson (Aberdeenshire), Jordana Graham (Dumfries-shire). 12.20 Lesley Hendry (Ayrshire), Carol Muir (Perth & Kinross), Lesley Atkins (Borders).

Carol Semple Thompson loses in first round

of US women's mid-am championship

Virginia Derby Grimes defeated Carol Semple Thompson, 4 and 3, in Monday's opening round of match play in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur championship at Golden Hills Golf & Turf Club, Ocala Florida.
Grimes and Thompson, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, are two of the most well-known names in women's amateur golf.
The last time the pair faced off was in at the 1993 Women’s Mid-Am, with Thompson winning by one hole.
Results from the first round of match play at the par-72, 6,193yd course:

Mina Hardin bt Tama Caldabaugh, 6 and 5
Marilyn Hardy bt Wendy Burton, 4 and 3
Carolyn Creekmore bt Sarah Phillips-Durst, 1 hole.
Lisa McGill bt Linda McMillan, 6 and 5
Virginia Grimes bt Carol S Thompson, 4 and 3
Kerry Postillion bt Mary Jane Hiestand, 3 and 1
Janet Moore bt Lisa Walker, 5 and 4
Leigh Klasse bt Rebecca Halpern, 1 hole.
Laura Ladden bt Reana Yun, 3 and 1
Robin Burke bt Daria Cummings, 2 holes
Dawn Woodard bt Desiree Ting, 4 and 2
Sherry Herman bt Katrin Wolfe, 3 and 2
Martha Leach bt Julie Carmichael, 6 and 5
Kim Briele bt Kathy Kurata, at 19th.
Lisa Schlesinger bt Kendra Vallone, 4 and 2
Sharon Park bt Leslie Folsom, 4 and 2
Jennifer Lucas bt Annette Gaiotti, 5 and 4
Christy Schultz bt Jill Hardy, 7 and 6
Noreen Mohler bt Anna Schultz, 2 and 1
Thuhashini Selvaratnam bt Kay Daniel, 3 and 2
Joan Higgins bt Lynette Duran, 3 and 2
Ellen Port bt Holly Bare, 2 and 1
Laura Coble bt Patti Hogeboom, 4 and 3
Kim Eaton bt Alexandra Frazier, 6 and 5
Meghan Stasi bt Maggie Weder, 5 and 3
Jane Fitzgerald bt Tara Joy-Connelly, 2 and 1
Kathy Hartwiger bt Lea Venable, 8 and 6
Lynne Cowan bt Marci Zweifel, 5 and 4
Wendi Golden bt Claudia Pilot, 1 hole.
Michelle Griffith bt Rheba Mabie, 4 and 3
Amber Marsh Elliott bt Corey Weworski, 5 and 4
Brenda Pictor bt Wallace Hamerton, at 19th.
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Aberdeen-born Katy Cardno onTCU golf roster

Another Scot is playing on the United States college golf circuit.
She's Aberdeen-born Katy Cardno, a freshman student at Texas Christian University (TCU for short).
Her mum and dad are Caroline and Derek Cardno from Milltimber, to the west of Aberdeen on the road to Culter.
Derek was an assistant professional with Doug Smart at Banchory Golf Club for a year then went into the oil industry and has never looked back.
They moved when the children were quite small to Houston, Texas. Derek's mum and dad, Dorothy and Graham Cardno, still live in Milltimber.
+Thanks to the new Banchory Golf Club secretary, Ann Smart, for the news and the details.

Ellie Robinson makes leading 30

in Eat a Peach college tourney

Ellie Robinson from Middlesbrough, a freshman student at Georgia State University, shaved six shots off her first-round effort with a two-over-par 74 on the second day of the Eat a Peach Collegiate women's tournament at Idle Hour Golf Club, Macon in Georgia today.

Ellie, pictured, who reached the last eight of the British girls championship at Monifieth last year and the last 32 of the British women's open amateur championship at Harlech in June, improved from tied 47th overnight to a final position of joint 26th in the field of nearly 70 players.

Another freshman, Sammy Vass from Tain - one of the new girls at the University of Central Florida - had rounds of 86 and 84 for 170 to tie for 61st place. Sammy kept a double bogey off her card on the first day but had a triple bogey 8 at the long 15th today when she looked to have a sporting chance of breaking 80 in her second round in which she had a birdie at the long fourth.

Sammy's scores did not count for the UCF team of five. The head coach is taking the Scot on trips to play as an individual and gain experience of American playing conditions.

Marta Silva Zamora (Georgia) won the tournament with a pair of 70s (6,181yd, par-72 course) for 140, two shots ahead of Stefanie Kenoyer (Forman) with two 71s.

Georgia (590) just pipped Florida State (600) for the team title. UCF (608) finished sixth of 12 teams.

Ailsa Summers wins with 69 over Carnoustie Burnside

By AILEEN HUNTER
Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) set a very high standard at the Angus junior autumn meeting with a fantastic scratch 69 over Carnoustie Burnside today.
Her net score of 65 also helped her win the aggregate trophy for the best net scores over the spring and autumn meetings. Results:

SCRATCH
69 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies).

HANDICAP
68 Louise Smith (Monifieth) (12).
70 Heather Munro (Monifieth) (11).
71 Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) (7).

ROYAL ALBERT QUAICH
(best net aggregate net spring and autumn meetings)
137 Ailsa Summers (8)
144 Louise Smith (24).

Prizewinners on parade (left to right): Rachel Hanlon, Kate McIntosh and Alison Goodwin. Gabrielle Macdonald is missing from the picture, which was provided by Mandy Easton.

Kate takes the top spot on the East of Scotland

Girls' Order of Merit Table

By MANDY EASTON
The leading East of Scotland Girls Golf Assocaition Order of Merit winners received their prizes yesterday at the East of Scotland Ladies’ Championship which was held at Mortonhall Golf Club, Edinburgh. Kate McIntosh of Broomieknowe, Midlothian was awarded the top spot after an excellent year of golf. Kate gained points from winning the scratch prizes in the East Girls' Spring and Autumn Meetings, from reaching the East Girls Championship final as well as taking the title of Midlothian County Junior Champion.
The East of Scotland Girls Champion, Rachel Hanlon, St Regulus, Fife took second spot with Gabrielle Macdonald of Craigielaw taking third and Alison Goodwin, Glenbervie taking fourth place.
The East of Scotland Girls have enjoyed a very rewarding season. After successfully defending the SLGA Girls Inter-Divisional matches at Ballumbie as a team many of the girls went on to individual successes at Club, County, District and National Level.
The Association also saw a large number of new girls join, with nearly each and every member reducing their handicap by a substantial amount.

Lucy McNulty top scores in Brevard College win over Montreat College

Lucy McNulty from Oban, now in her second year at Brevard College, North Carolina, was the lowest individual scorer in a women's stroke-play team contest against Montreat College over Brevard College's home course (par 72, 6038yd).

Brevard College women won with a total of 364 to Montreat's 387.
Lucy's round of 83 was the lowest in the field of 10 players.

Harriet makes top 30 at Penn State Invitational

Harriet Owers-Bradley from Nottingham, a student at Yale University, finished joint 26th in a field of 90 for the Nittany Lions' women's invitational college tournament at Penn State University's Blue Course, State College, Pennsylvania.

Harriet had ever deteriorating rounds of 73, 78 and 85 for a total of 236 - 18 shots behind the winner Emily Ransone (Penn State), playing over her home course and loving every minute of it, with scores of 71, 74 and 73 for two-over-par 218.
Joanna Coe (Rollins College) was second with 74, 70 and 76 for 220.
Former Welsh amateur champion Kirsty O'Connor (Ball State University) from Lancashire finished joint 42nd with scores of 80, 81 and 79 for 240.
Rollins College (909) won the team title with surprising ease from the hosts, Penn State (925) with Yale 8th of 16 teams with a total of 942.

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MICHAEL STEWART'S SUB-PAR TOTAL

EARNS HIM ONLY JT 22ND IN FLORIDA

Michael Stewart, last year's Scottish boys' match-play champion from Troon, finished joint 22nd in a field of 81 players at the past weekend's Gary Koch intercollegiate tournament at Old Memorial Golf Club, Tampa in Florida.

Stewart, pictured right, a sophomore (second year) student at East Tennessee State University, had rounds of 73, 69 and 72 for a total of two-under-par 214, good scoring over a long course of 7,389yd with a par of 72.

He finished l3 shots behind the winner, Kyle Kopsick (Auburn University) who followed up an opening 72 with brilliant rounds of 63 and 66 for a 15-under-par total of 201 and a two-stroke victory.
Welshman Rhys Enoch, a team-mate of Stewart's at East Tennessee State University, tied for 10th place with scores of 71, 72 and 68 for 211.
East Tennessee State finished 12th of 15 in the team event behind winners Florida State

KATY McNICOLL LIMBERING UP IN FLORIDA FOR

CRACK AT FUTURES AND LET Q SCHOOLS

North of Scotland women's amateur champion Katy McNicoll is set to follow brother Keir into the professional ranks. The 21-year-old is meantime back enjoying the guaranteed good golfing weather in Florida where she spent four years as a student at Lynn University , Boca Raton – as did Keir – with a view to becoming a tour pro on either side of the Atlantic . "I came back to Florida in September to work with Lynn University golf coach Bill Davis for the winter. I am assisting him on a part-time basis so that I can play and practise with the college women's team while I am over here," said Katy in an E-mail. "I have joined the Florida Suncoast Series Tour for women pros and amateurs so that I can keep playing competitively and stay sharp." She has entered the US Futures Tour qualifying school in the first week of November but she is giving herself as many options as possible. "I am also going to the Ladies European Tour Q School in early December. Ideally I would like to play in Europe but having spent the last four years in America it made sense for me to take advantage of the coaching and playing opportunities I have out here as well." Katy and Keir's father Dave McNicoll played professional football for Dunfermline Athletic until a knee injury ended his career. He owns and runs the Carnoustie Golf Shop. +Images of Katy McNicoll by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

US College Golfer of the Month award for Jodi Ewart

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
England international Jodi Ewart has been honoured for her fine performances in the first two events of this season’s US women’s college circuit.
Jodi, from Catterick in Yorkshire, has been named as the Mountain West Conference Women’s Golfer of the Month for September.
The University of New Mexico student was second in two tournaments during the month, and was a total of 18-under par. She set a new college record with her 11-under par score in the second event.
Jodi, who has been the Mountain West Conference player of the year on three occasions, is currently ranked eighth nationally in US college golf. This week she’s with her university team at the Windy City Collegiate Classic in the Chicago area.
Meanwhile, Carley Warrington – another Yorkshire player - was sixth in a field of 62 players in the Tusculum Fall Classic in Tennessee. Carley, from Sickleholme, helped Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, to win the team event by 13 shots.

Sammy has 86 in Eat a Peach Collegiate

Sammy Vass from Tain, a freshman student at the University of Central Florida, had a birdie-less first round of 86, 14 over par for the 6181yd course, in the quaintly-named Eat a Peach Collegiate women's tournament at the even more quaintly-named Idle Hour Club, Macon in Georgia.
Sammy, who had halves of 44 and 42 without any double bogeys, is again playing as an individual rather than a member of the UCF team of five.
Another freshman from Britain in the field of 66, Ellie Robinson from Middlesbrough, now at the University of Georgia State, had an 80 for joint 47th position. Ellie had a triple bogey 8 at the fifth in halves of 42 and 38. She did birdie the long 17th.
Marta Silva Zamora (Georgia) leads the field with an excellent two-under-par 70.
Florida State (288) lead the team event ahead of Coastal Carolina (297) and Georgia (298). UCF are in joint sixth place with a tally of 307.

Janice Moodie won $59,560 for joint fourth,

her first top-10 finish of LPGA season

Janice Moodie achieved her first top-10 finish of the 2009 LPGA Tour by finishing joint fourth in the Navistar LPGA Classic on Sunday.
The Glasgow-born player, who led the field with a 64 in the first round, finished with a 71 for 13-under-par 275, five shots behind the winner, Lorena Ochoa who signed off with a 70 for 18-under 270.
The Mexican won by four shots from Michelle Wie and Brittany Lang and earned $195,000 for her victory - compared with over $1,000,000 which Matt Kuchar collected for winning a play-off at the sixth extra hole in the US PGA Tour event this past weekend.
Janice Moodie's take-home pay was $59,560 and boosted her season's LPGA earnings to $195,492 which places her 56th in the money list, compared with Women's British Open champion Catriona Matthew's $433,291 and 26th place.
Moodie's peak years on the LPGA Tour were from 1999 to 2002 inclusive when she had her four most fruitful seasons - $447,903, $534,833, $595,463 and $424,238.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
270 Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 66 68 66 70
274 Michelle Wie 66 70 72 66, Brittany Lang 68 68 68 70
275 Yani Tseng (Tai) 71 63 71 70, Janice Moodie (Sco) 64 72 68 71
276 Beth Bader 70 69 70 67, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 69 68 68 71
277 Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 71 69 65 72, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 70 65 72 70, Allison Fouch 68 70 68 71
278 Vicky Hurst 72 69 70 67, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 69 65 72 72, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 67 72 70 69, Sandra Gal (Ger) 68 69 66 75, Pat Hurst 67 70 70 71, Hye Jung Choi (Kor) 68 68 72 70
279 Mindy Kim 75 68 66 70, Cristie Kerr 71 73 64 71
280 Young Kim (Kor) 74 70 66 70, Morgan Pressel 69 72 70 69, Sarah-jane Smith (Aus) 72 71 66 71, Kris Tamulis 71 72 67 70
281 Stacy Prammanasudh 70 69 71 71, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 69 70 72 70, Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor) 72 72 69 68, Katherine Hull (Aus) 67 75 70 69
282 Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 69 72 71 70, Paige Mackenzie 69 71 70 72, Alexis Thompson 65 69 74 74, Alena Sharp (Can) 67 71 73 71, Christina Kim 68 73 70 71
283 Heather Bowie young 71 68 75 69, Lisa Strom 67 72 71 73, Meaghan Francella 67 74 70 72, Julieta Granada (Par) 69 70 71 73, Nicole Castrale 68 71 73 71
284 Chella Choi (Kor) 69 71 70 74, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 71 70 70 73, Pornanong Phatlum (Tha) 67 75 72 70, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 69 70 71 74, In-Bee Park (Kor) 67 69 73 75, Laura Davies (Eng) 69 65 72 78, Candie Kung (Tai) 70 70 71 73
285 Taylor Leon 71 71 70 73, Jamie Hullett 69 72 72 72, Na Ri Kim (Kor) 72 69 67 77, Anna Rawson (Aus) 70 69 73 73, Karine Icher (Fra) 66 74 71 74, Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 72 70 72 71, Mikaela Parmlid (Swe) 69 75 69 72, Eunjung Yi (Kor) 67 70 75 73, Nicole Jeray 72 72 67 74, Eva Dahllof (Swe) 73 67 71 74, Allison Hanna-Williams 68 73 73 71, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 68 71 75 71, Danielle Downey 76 68 71 70
286 Reilley Rankin 73 68 71 74, Stacy Lewis 73 69 68 76
287 Karin Sjodin (Swe) 69 72 73 73, Hwa seon Lee (Kor) 72 72 68 75
288 Amy Yang 69 69 75 75, Diana D'Alessio 71 71 72 74, Mhairi McKay (Sco) 73 71 72 72, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 73 69 73 73
289 Jin Joo Hong (Kor) 69 72 72 76, Meena Lee (Kor) 70 71 76 72, Haeji Kang (Kor) 70 70 72 77, Brandi Jackson 70 69 74 76, Anna Grzebien 71 72 74 72, Charlotte Mayorkas 73 69 69 78, Natalie Gulbis 71 71 73 74, Laura Diaz 70 74 74 71, Moira Dunn 72 72 72 73
290 Wendy Doolan (Aus) 71 67 73 79, Sarah Lee 71 73 74 72
291 Sung Ah Yim (Kor) 67 71 80 73
292 Irene Cho 71 73 73 75, Teresa Lu (Tai) 71 73 72 76, Jill McGill 71 72 74 75, Jimin Jeong 74 68 75 75
293 Becky Morgan (Wal) 74 70 70 79
297 Meredith Duncan 73 71 79 74
299 Kim Hall 71 73 78 77

Winning Midlothian team at Mortonhall - Jane Turner Rachael Watton, Claire MacDonald and Claire Hargan (image by courtesy of Tracy Laughland).

CLAIRE MACDONALD WINS EAST OF

TITLE WITH STROKE OF GENIUS

Gullane's Claire MacDonald, who is also a member at Mortonhall, used her dual local knowledge to win the East of Scotland women's golf championship for the first time at Mortonhall Golf Club today.
On a bright, relatively calm but chilly day, Claire returned a one-under-par 72 (two below the CSS) to win by two strokes from two young Midlothian county team-mates, Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall). Rachael's better inward half earned her second scratch prize.
Claire MacDonald was out in two-over-par 39 but came back strongly in three-under-par 33 with birdies at the 11th, 12th and 14th.
Her birdie at the 11th came into the "believe-it-or-not" category as she drove wide of the fairway and had a terrible lie, awkward stance etc. Somehow or other she managed to get back ball back on to the fairways – and then holed her third shot with a new wedge she has just acquired.
Stroke of luck or stroke of genius? Whatever it was, it probably made the difference between victory and defeat because she looked to be facing a bogey at best at the 11th.
Rachael Hanlon from the St Regulus club, St Andrews won the leading handicap award with a net 71 off four. She had a shot to spare over Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) who was playing off 10. Carol Brown (Mortonhall) took third place with a net 73 off 10.
With Midlothian players finishing 1-2-3 in the scratch returns, hardly surprising that Midlothian won the team trophy ahead of Fife, Stirling & Clackmannan and East Lothian.
They totalled 221, thanks to the efforts of Claire MacDonald 72, Rachael Watton 74, Jane Turner 75 and Claire Hargan 75. Best three scores counted for the team total.
Scotland international Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), a previous winner of the title, had to withdraw because of a commitment to caddie in the Alfred Dunhill Links championship.
LEADING SCRATCH SCORES
Par 73. CSS 74.
72 Claire MacDonald (Gullane Ladies).
74 Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw), Rachael Watton (Mortonhall).
75 Claire Hargan (Mortonhall), Jane Turner (Craigielaw), Alison Davidson (Stirling), Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus)
77 Elaine Moffat (St Regulus).
79 Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe).
81 Karen Marshall (Baberton), Ashley Wilton (Ladybank), Kirsten Blackwood (Craigmillar Park).
82 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe).
83 Carol Brown (Mortonhall), Mhairi Hall (Bathgate).
84 Patricia Smith (Mortonhall).
85 Linda Allan (Falklirk Tryst), Karen Burns (Bathgate).
86 Dorothy Ford (Scotscraig), Linda Grieve (Musselburgh), Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie), Gilly Glen (Craigmillar Park), Lynn Cackett (Broomieknowe).
87 Elinor Blair (North Berwick), Dawn Young (North Berwick).
88 Sal Shepherd (Craigmillar Park), Louise MacGregor (Falkirk). Emma Bisset (Elie)..
89 Janette Murdie (Newbattle), Alice Archbold (Longniddry).
90 Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park), Monica Fleming (Mortonhall)..
91 Elizabeth Goodwin (Glenbervie), Janet Oswald (Mortonhall).
92 Clara Young (North Berwick).
93 Kate MacIntosh (Broomieknowe), Margaret McFarlane (Bathgate), Caroline McIntosh (Broomieknowe).
94 Hilary Forbes (Merchants of Edinburgh).
96 Catherine Small (Craigielaw), Louise Wells (Prestonfield).
SCRATCH PRIZEWINNERS
72 Claire MacDonald (Gullane).
74 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) better inward half, Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw).

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
71 Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) (4)
72 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) (10)
73 Carol Brown (Mortonhall) (10)

TEAM TROPHY
Three from four scores to count.
221 Midlothian (Claire MacDonald 72, Rachael Watton 74, Jane Turner 75, Claire Hargan 75).

233 Fife (Dorothy Ford, Rachel Hanlon, Elaine Moffat, Ashleigh Wilton).
246 Stirling & Clackmannan (Linda Allan, Alison Davidson, Alison Goodwin, Louise MacGregor).
260 East Lothian (Elinor Blair, Linda Grieve, Clara Young, Dawn Young)

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LEADIND THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
200 Lorena Ochoa (Mexico) 66 68 66.
203 Sandra Gal (Germany) 68 69 66.
204 Janice Moodie (Scotland) 64 72 68, Brittany Lang (US) 68 68 68.
Selected scores:
206 Laura Davies (England) 69 65 72 (jt 8th).
216 Mhairi McKay (Scotland) 73 71 72 (jt 71st).