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Thursday, March 08, 2007


ELLON’S CARNIE GETS TRIP TO
CALIFORNIA FOR DEBUT
ON US COLLEGE CIRCUIT


Grant Carnie from Ellon finished joint 57th in a field of 90 players in the Point Loma Invitational college golf tournament at Steele Canyon Golf Club, Jamul in California.
Carnie (pictured right), who enrolled at Brevard College, North Carolina earlier this year, had rounds of 80, 84 and 74 for 238.
Team-mate Myles Johnston, a sophomore student from Bo’ness, finished in joint 52nd place with 78, 71 and 86 for 236.
Individual winner was Eric Justesen (CSU Stanislau) with 69 70 and 74 for a level par total of 231.
Brevard College finished 13th of the 17 colleges participating in the team event.

ENGLISH STUDENTS HELP TENNESSEE
FINISH THIRD IN QUALITY FIELD

Two students from England helped the University of Tennessee to finish a highly creditable third among 15 highly-ranked college golf teams in the USC Collegiate Invitational at North Ranch Country Club, Westlake in California.
Charles Ford, a junior student from Leicester, shared 28th place on 219 with scores of 73, 71 and 75 while Chris Paisley, a sophomore from Newcastle, had rounds of 74, 77 and 74 to earn a share of 47th place in a field of 84 on 225.
Rory Hie (Southern California) won the individual title with 69, 68 and 71 for five-under-par 208 over the 6,742yd par-71 course.
Stanford (848) won the team title from Southern California (853) with Tennessee third on 868. UCLA (870) and Brigham Young (873) were fourth and fifth.