WOMEN’S BIG 10 CHAMPIONSHIP NEWS
There are no British players in the field for the Women’s Big 10 Conference Championship over the Finkbine course in Iowa City but just in case someone out there is considering accepting a golf scholarship in the United States and wants to know which are the best teams in the Big 10 area, here are the scores after two rounds:
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
145 Karen Dennison (Indiana) 70 75.
146 Laura Olin (Michigan) 73 73.
148 Alison Hanna (Ohio State) 70 78, Malinda Johnson (Wisconsin) 76 72.
149 Lindsay Knowlton (Ohio State) 78 71.
150 Katie Fulcher (Penn State) 78 72, Terra Pefsinger (Minnesota) 75 75.
TEAM LEADERS
605 Ohio State 302 303.
620 Indiana 311 309, Michigan 313 307, Wisconsin 309 311.
SPANISH INTERNATIONAL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP
Spain has the best crop of under-18 girls’ players in Europe and it shows in the scores after two rounds of the Spanish international girls’ open championship at Club de Campo Villa in Madrid.
The top eight players are all Spanish even though the field includes competitors from almost every Continental country with the exception of Great Britain & Ireland.
LEADING SCORES
144 Lucia Mar Ruiperez 73 71, Maria Hernandez Munoz 73 71.
145 Tatiana Morato Beltran 70 75, Elisa Serramia Neundorf 69 76.
146 Diana Vasquez Paredes 75 71, Azahara Munoz Guijarro 72 74.
149 Ines Tusquets Gonzalez 75 74, Ana Sanso Rubert Gonzalez 72 77.
ROYAL & ANCIENT GOLF CLUB
PRESS RELEASE
WALKER CUP TICKET PRICES
Tickets for the this year’s Walker Cup match at Ganton Golf Club, Yorkshire on September 6 and 7 go on sale to the general public on Thursday, May 1. The R&A expects all 8,000 tickets for each of the two days to quickly sell out.
An adult ticket costs £20.00 per day with juvenile tickets (under 16 years) available at £5.00 per day. Entry on practice days and to the Opening Ceremony on the evening of Friday, September 5 is free. Throughout the week there will be no charge for car parking.
GB&I have won the two previous matches, at Nairn in 1999 and two years ago at Sea Island, Georgia, and now they have the opportunity to enter the record books with a third consecutive win.
In aiming for this third win, the GB&I elite training squad and captain, Garth McGimpsey spent several days at Ganton earlier this month familiarising themselves with the course where the team of 10 players will return once the selection has been finalised at the end of July.
Tickets may be purchased from The Royal and Ancient Golf Club Ticket Office by telephone on 01334 460000; in writing to the Ticket Office, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9JD or via the website, www.randa.org
There are no British players in the field for the Women’s Big 10 Conference Championship over the Finkbine course in Iowa City but just in case someone out there is considering accepting a golf scholarship in the United States and wants to know which are the best teams in the Big 10 area, here are the scores after two rounds:
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
145 Karen Dennison (Indiana) 70 75.
146 Laura Olin (Michigan) 73 73.
148 Alison Hanna (Ohio State) 70 78, Malinda Johnson (Wisconsin) 76 72.
149 Lindsay Knowlton (Ohio State) 78 71.
150 Katie Fulcher (Penn State) 78 72, Terra Pefsinger (Minnesota) 75 75.
TEAM LEADERS
605 Ohio State 302 303.
620 Indiana 311 309, Michigan 313 307, Wisconsin 309 311.
SPANISH INTERNATIONAL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP
Spain has the best crop of under-18 girls’ players in Europe and it shows in the scores after two rounds of the Spanish international girls’ open championship at Club de Campo Villa in Madrid.
The top eight players are all Spanish even though the field includes competitors from almost every Continental country with the exception of Great Britain & Ireland.
LEADING SCORES
144 Lucia Mar Ruiperez 73 71, Maria Hernandez Munoz 73 71.
145 Tatiana Morato Beltran 70 75, Elisa Serramia Neundorf 69 76.
146 Diana Vasquez Paredes 75 71, Azahara Munoz Guijarro 72 74.
149 Ines Tusquets Gonzalez 75 74, Ana Sanso Rubert Gonzalez 72 77.
ROYAL & ANCIENT GOLF CLUB
PRESS RELEASE
WALKER CUP TICKET PRICES
Tickets for the this year’s Walker Cup match at Ganton Golf Club, Yorkshire on September 6 and 7 go on sale to the general public on Thursday, May 1. The R&A expects all 8,000 tickets for each of the two days to quickly sell out.
An adult ticket costs £20.00 per day with juvenile tickets (under 16 years) available at £5.00 per day. Entry on practice days and to the Opening Ceremony on the evening of Friday, September 5 is free. Throughout the week there will be no charge for car parking.
GB&I have won the two previous matches, at Nairn in 1999 and two years ago at Sea Island, Georgia, and now they have the opportunity to enter the record books with a third consecutive win.
In aiming for this third win, the GB&I elite training squad and captain, Garth McGimpsey spent several days at Ganton earlier this month familiarising themselves with the course where the team of 10 players will return once the selection has been finalised at the end of July.
Tickets may be purchased from The Royal and Ancient Golf Club Ticket Office by telephone on 01334 460000; in writing to the Ticket Office, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9JD or via the website, www.randa.org
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