LAURA MURRAY TIES FOR SECOND PLACE
IN BRITISH UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIP

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen student Laura Murray was let down by her putter in the final round as she finished joint runner-up in the British women’s universities stroke-play golf championship at Slaley Hall Golf Club, Hexham in Northumbria today.
Laura and Stirling student Claire-Marie Carlton were joint leaders with Chloe Rogers (Bucks Chilterns University) overnight but Chloe outputted the Scots to win the title with a final round of 80, which included only 30 putts, for a total of 238.
Miss Rogers looked to have ruined her title chance when she ran up a quadruple bogey at the seventh but she did not let her spirits drop and was rewarded with five birdies.
Laura, who had 37 putts, finished with an 81 and tied with Lucinda Davies (Birmingham University) for second place on 239.
Claire-Marie Carlton finished joint fourth with fellow Scot Emma Fairnie (Edinburgh) on 243.
It was another bad day for good scoring - showers, a strong wind and a rain-soaked course with absolutely no run on the fairways.
The next time most of these competitors will meet on a golf course will be the British University Sports Association home internationals in August.
FINAL TOTALS
238 Chloe Rogers (Bucks Chilterns) 83 75 80.
239 Laura Murray (Robert Gordon) 82 76 81, Lucinda Davies (Birmingham) 79 81 79.
243 Claire-Marie Carlton (Stirling) 81 77 85, Emma Fairnie (Edinburgh) 85 76 82.
247 Louise Coffey (Ulster) 69 78 80.
248 Rachel Cassidy (Stirling) 80 84 84.
252 Nikki Hunter (Northumbria) 86 78 88.
254 Melanie Temple (Exeter) 81 83 90.