Krystle Caithness placed joint 6th in individual standings

Scots finish joint 11th in

Espirito Santo Trophy

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scotland just failed to make their target of a top-10 finish in the women's world amateur team championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy at Grange Golf Club, Adelaide in Australia.
They had their best team effort on the fourth and final day - a 72 from Roseanne Niven, a 73 from Kylie Walker and a 75 from Krystle Caithness - but came joint 11th in the final standings, which is not a bad effort in a field of 48 teams.

Two years again in South Africa, when Scotland entered a tean first time since 1964, Heather MacRae, Jenna Wilson and Krystle Caithness finished 19th. Two years before that, when Great Britain & Ireland competed for the last time, they finished 25th.
Sweden, represented by Caroline Hedwall, Anna Nordqvist and Pernilla Lindberg - all students at American colleges, outclassed the field with a 19-under-par total of 561. Hedwall and Nordqvist finished first and second in the individual standings. Lindberg's scores did not count in any of the four rounds, yet she came 18th in the final placings.
The Swedish trio won the championship by 12 strokes from Spain with the United States, who started slowly but finished like a train, coming through to take third place on 575.
Canada, whose national coach is a Scot, Dean Spriddle from Fife, finished a creditable fourth on 583.
England came seventh on 586.
Wales were 23rd on 605 and Ireland 24th on 606.
Scotland can hold their heads up high on the world stage. Several bigger countries with much greater resources under-achieved, such as host nation Australia who finished a shot behind Scotland in 13th place.

France, joint 15th on 595, too must have been disappointed with their team effort.
Krystle Caithness was the star of the show for Scotland and one of the leading players in the star-studded field.
High-level competition on the American college circuit has raised the bar for her - and she is clearing it. Krystle came joint sixth with a level par aggregate of 290 in the overall standings.

FINAL TOTALS

(with individual fourth-round scores)
Par 570
1 - 561 SWEDEN (A Nordqvist 69, C Hedwall 70, P Lindberg 73).
2 - 573 SPAIN (A Munoz 70, B Mozo 70, C Ciganda 72).
3 - 575 UNITED STATES (A Blumenherst 68, T Joh 69, A Walshe 70).
4 - 583 CANADA.
5 - 584 JAPAN.
6 - 585 GERMANY.
7 - 586 ENGLAND (J Ewart 70, E Bennett 70, R Jennings 77).
8 - 587 DENMARK, NETHERLANDS.
10 - 588 SOUTH AFRICA.
11 - 592 SCOTLAND (R Niven 72, K Walker 73, K Caithness 75), SOUTH KOREA.

593 AUSTRIA.

594 COLOMBIA.

595 AUSTRIA, FRANCE.
596 ARGENTINA, SWITZERLAND.

599 PHILLIPPINES.

601 NORWAY.

603 NEW ZEALAND, THAILAND.

23 - 604 WALES (R Wyn Thomas 74, B Loucks 77, S Hassan 78).

24 - 606 IRELAND (T Delaney 73, D McVeigh 77, N Kitching 79).

607 FINLAND, BELGIUM, BRAZIL.

608 CZECH REP.

610 LATVIA

611 ITALY, MEXICO.

612 TAIPEI.

614 PUERTO RICO.

615 CHILE

620 CHINA

622 RUSSIA

623 MALAYSIA.

625 PORTUGAL

629 GUATEMALA

631 HONG KONG

637 ICELAND.

640 SINGAPORE.

641 BERMUDA.

646 TURKEY.

651 SLOVAKIA.

655 COOK ISLANDS.

671 GREECE

730 FIJI

LEADING INDIVIDUAL AGGREGATES

Par 290

1 - 280 C Hedwall (Swe) 67 70 73 70.
2 - 281 A Nordqvist (Swe) 70 68 74 69.

3 - 287 A Munoz (Spa) 71 72 74 70.

4 - 288 M-A LeBlanc (Can) 73 75 75 69.

5 - 289 C Boeljon (Net) 77 69 70 74.

6 - 280 K Caithness (Sco) 71 73 71 75, J Ewart (Eng) 73 72 75 70, C Masson (Ger) 75 74 71 70, M J Uribe (Col) 73 73 72 72, A Walshe (US) 78 73 69 70.

11- 291 A Blumenherst (US) 79 71 73 68, C Ciganda (Spa) 75 66 78 22, I Verwey (SAf) 75 67 76 73.

Other totals:

292 B Mozo (Spa) 74 72 76 70 (jt 14th).

293 P Lindberg (Swe) 72 72 76 73 (18th).

294 T Joh (US) 74 78 73 69 (jt 19th).

299 E Bennett (Eng) 79 75 75 70 (jt 27th).

302 T Delaney (Ire) 75 77 77 73, B Loucks (Wal) 75 73 77 77 (jt 40th).

304 D McVeigh (Ire) 74 77 76 77 (jt 49th).

305 K Walker (Sco) 76 81 75 73 (jt 51st).

306 S Hassan (Wal) 80 74 74 78 (jt 57th).

311 R Jennings (Eng) 76 79 79 77 (jt 84th).

314 R Niven (Sco) 78 81 83 72, R Wyn Thomas (Wal) 80 82 78 74 (jt 94th).

320 N Kitching (Ire) 82 78 81 79 (jt 111th).

SCOTS' LAST-DAY STATISTICS

ROSEANNE NIVEN 72 (one under par)

Birdies: 3 (eighth, ninth & 18th).

Bogeys: 3 (11th, 15th & 17th).

KYLIE WALKER 73 (level par)

Eagles: 1 (at first).

Birdies: 2 (second & fifth).

Double bogeys: 2 (16th & 18th).

Bogeys: 1 (fourth).

KRYSTLE CAITHNESS 75 (two over par)

Birdies: 2 (fourth & fifth).

Double bogeys: 1 (at sixth).

Bogeys: 3 (seventh, eighth & 12th).