KRYSTLE FINISHES AHEAD OF CURTIS CUP RIVAL TARA IN
LADY PUERTO RICO CLASSIC
Krystle Caithness, pictured right, from Cellardyke, Fife finished ahead of another GB&I Curtis Cup team contender, Ireland's Tara Delaney, in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic women's college tournament at Coco Beach Golf Club.
Georgia University freshman student Krystle, playing her first tournament after the mid-winter break, had rounds of 72, 78 and 72 for a share of 15th place on 222.
Tara Delaney (Kent State) had scores of 74, 73 and 79 for 226 and a tie for 34th place.
A second Scot in the field, Tennessee freshman Rebecca Watson, tied for 86th place on 242 with scores of 82, 80 and 80.
The prestigious event was won by United States Curtis Cup team selection, Stacy Lewis (Arkansas) with excellent rounds of 68, 70 and 70 for 208.
She won by four shots from Canadian Maude Aimee Leblanc (Purdue) (70-74-68: 212) and Belgium's Benedicte Toumpsin (South Carolina) wih 74, 68 and 72 for 214.
France's Valentine Derrey (Texas Christian) finished fifth on 216 with 71, 71 and 74 while Sweden's Caroline Westrup (Florida State) came sixth with 70, 71 and 76 for 217.
Alabama (880) won the team event ahead of Louisiana State (883) with Kent State and Texas Christian tieing for third place on 887, one shot ahead of joint fifth Arkansas and Purdue.
Krystle's effort helped Georgia to gain a creditable seventh place tie with South Carolina on 890 in a top quality field of 18 teams.
+The GB&I Curtis Cup team for St Andrews at the end of May will be announced at noon on Thursday, March 6.
Krystle Caithness, pictured right, from Cellardyke, Fife finished ahead of another GB&I Curtis Cup team contender, Ireland's Tara Delaney, in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic women's college tournament at Coco Beach Golf Club.
Georgia University freshman student Krystle, playing her first tournament after the mid-winter break, had rounds of 72, 78 and 72 for a share of 15th place on 222.
Tara Delaney (Kent State) had scores of 74, 73 and 79 for 226 and a tie for 34th place.
A second Scot in the field, Tennessee freshman Rebecca Watson, tied for 86th place on 242 with scores of 82, 80 and 80.
The prestigious event was won by United States Curtis Cup team selection, Stacy Lewis (Arkansas) with excellent rounds of 68, 70 and 70 for 208.
She won by four shots from Canadian Maude Aimee Leblanc (Purdue) (70-74-68: 212) and Belgium's Benedicte Toumpsin (South Carolina) wih 74, 68 and 72 for 214.
France's Valentine Derrey (Texas Christian) finished fifth on 216 with 71, 71 and 74 while Sweden's Caroline Westrup (Florida State) came sixth with 70, 71 and 76 for 217.
Alabama (880) won the team event ahead of Louisiana State (883) with Kent State and Texas Christian tieing for third place on 887, one shot ahead of joint fifth Arkansas and Purdue.
Krystle's effort helped Georgia to gain a creditable seventh place tie with South Carolina on 890 in a top quality field of 18 teams.
+The GB&I Curtis Cup team for St Andrews at the end of May will be announced at noon on Thursday, March 6.
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