CHESHIRE'S LAURA JONES
WINS US COLLEGE EVENT
ONLY TWO MONTHS AFTER
JOINING OKLAHOMA CITY
UNIVERSITY
Cheshire’s Laura Jones (pictured left) has scored her first win on the US women’s college circuit – just two months after joining Oklahoma City University.
The 18-year-old from Royal Liverpool shot four-under par 136 two win the the 36-hole Oklahoma Intercollegiate for Women by four strokes from a field of 70 players at the Territory Golf Club.
Laura shot 70 and 66 for a career-best performance and led a whitewash by the Oklahoma Stars who filled the first three places on the leaderboard. They also scored their fourth team win out of four starts this season.
Laura, whose home club is Royal Liverpool, has come through the lottery-funded training programme of the English Ladies’ Golf Association. She’s a past member of an ELGA birdie squad and of the regional Select North squad.
Her latest success ends her 2007 season as it began – with a win. Laura, a two-handicapper, also took the honours at The Leveret at Formby Ladies.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 70, 5,853y
136 Laura Jones (Oklahoma City) 70 66.
140 Sydney Cox (Oklahoma City) 68 72.
141 Ashley Sholer (Oklahoma City) 72 69.
TEAM TOTALS
563 Oklahoma City University.
601 Drury University.
603 Redlands Community College.
621 Midland Community College, West Texas A&M.
12 Teams took part.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
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