Carly five behind with a round to

go in Arizona Silver Belle event

Carly Booth will start the final round of the Arizona Silver Belle girls' golf tournament in eighth place, five strokes behind American leader Kristen Park.
The 16-year-old Curtis Cup player from Comrie, Perthshire, where she is a pupil at Glenalmond School, matched the testing par of 72 (35-37) over the Arizona State University's Karsten course at Tempe for a 36-hole tally of one-over-par 145.
Carly, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, birdied the second, 13th, the long 14th and the long 17th but dropped shots at two short holes, the sixth and 16th, as well as the long 10th and par-4 11th.

Kristen Park, a 16-year-old from California, went four shots clear of the field with a brilliant outward half of four-under-par 31 but lost her momentum on an inward half which cost her 40 shots, three over the par.

Former Irish girls champion Stephanie Meadow, a pupil at the International Junior Golf Academy, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, is tied for ninth position after a 74 for 146. Stephanie birdied the short sixth and the long 17th (for the second day in a row) but she bogeyed the third, the eighth, 15th and the 18th (for the second day in a row) in halves of 36 and 38.

The second day's play was delayed half an hour because of frost but the temperature rose to a high of 68 degrees during the day.
The prestigious Arizona Silver Belle tournament is open to girls within the 13 to 23 years age bracket. There is a field of 112 players this year.

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD

Par 144 (2 x 72)

Players from US unless stated

140 Kristen Park 69 71.

141 Katrina Hegge 71 70.

142 Lee Lopez 72 70.

143 Cheyenne Woods 69 74, Jane Chin 70 73, Lindsey Weaver 73 70.

144 Erica Moston 72 72.

145 Carly Booth (Sco) 73 72.

146 Stephanie Meadow (Ire) 72 74, Ani Gulugiana 73 73, Victoriasungmin Park 71 75.

147 Emily Collins 77 70, Doris Y-N Chen 74 73, Kimberly Kim 73 74, Stephanie Sherlock 73 74.

148 Daphne Parker 76 72, Kaira Martin 75 73, Anna Jang 71 77.