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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

JODI FINISHES 15th BUT GEMMA
FADES TO 27th IN FLORIDA


Yorkshire girl Jodi Ewart (New Mexico University) finished joint 15th and Glasgow's Gemma Webster (Ohio State University) came joint 27th in a field of 73 players for the UCF Challenge women's college tournament at Grand Cypress Golf Club, Orlando in Florida.
Jodi scored 76, 75 and 74 for a total of 225. Her final round was made up of 15 pars, a birdie at the second, a double bogey (her third of the tournament) at the third and a single bogey at the sixth.
Gemma scored 76, 74 and 78 for 228. She had three birdies in her final round at the eighth, 14th and 18th but had a double-bogey 6 at the 15th and dropped single shots at seven other holes.
US Curtis Cup player Amanda Blumenherst (Duke) outclassed the field with an 11-under-par 205 performance, made up of three sub-par rounds round the 6,223yd, par 72 course, of 70, 65 and 70. Amanda won by a staggering 12 shots while her university won the team event by a yawning 26 shots from Georgia.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
205 Amanda Blumenherst (Duke) 70 65 70.
217 Jacqui Concolino (Vanderbilt) 72 75 70.
218 Alina Lee (Georgia) 73 72 73.
Other totals:
225 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 76 75 74 (jt 15th).
228 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) 76 74 78 (jt 27th).
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
860 Duke. 886 Georgia. 898 Pepperdine, Vanderbilt, 907 Florida. Also: 922 New Mexico (8th). 937 Ohio State (11th).