Laura Cutler second,

Portia Abbot third in

Alabama Invite

Jacksonville State University, Alabama first-year student Laura Culter from Essex finished second and team-mate Portia Abbot from Wiltshire came joint third in the Troy University Women's Invite college tournament at Arrowhead Country Club, Montgomery in Alabama.

Sofia Jornsson (Nicholls State) was the winner with 73 and 74 for 147.

Laura Culter, pictured above from the JSU website, held a two-shot lead at the end of the first round with a 70, required 79 shots for the second circuit and totalled 149 which dropped her to second place in a field of 70 players.

She finished a shot ahead of three players who hit the 150 mark over the 5,916yd, par-72 course - Portia Abbot (Jacksonville State), Belfast's Shirley Harvey (South Alabama) and Lorie Warren (Belmont). Each of them scored 77 and 73.

Laura and Portia's fine efforts helped Jacksonville State University to win the team event by seven shots from South Alabama in a field of 13 teams.