Carly's Arizona Silver Belle hopes

fade on final outward half

Carly Booth's hopes of winning the Arizona Silver Belle golf tournament at Tempe today disappeared over the first nine holes of the third and final round.
The 16-year-old Curtis Cup player from Comrie, Perthshire started the day five shots off the pace, needing a bagful of birdies if she were to mount a late challenge at the Arizona State University's Karsten course.
Instead Carly had a birdie-less outward half and bogeyed the seventh and ninth to drop to three over par for the tournament.
That put her in joint 12th position behind new leader, 18-year-old Lee Lopez from California, who reached the turn in three-under-par 32 to take a one-shot lead at five-under-par from the overnight leader, compatriot Kristen Park, who took 35 to the turn.
Former Irish girls champion Stephanie Meadow, a 16-year-old pupil at the International Junior Golf Academy at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, moved up to eighth place with an outward 34 to be one over par overall.
The tournament's age eligibility is between 13 and 23 years.

HOW THEY STOOD WITH NINE HOLES TO PLAY
Par 179 (72x2 + 35).
Players from US unless stated
174 Lee Lopez 72 70 32.
175 Kristen Park 69 71 35.
176 Jane Chin 70 73 33.
177 Erica Moston 72 72 33, Katrina Hegge 71 70 36.
178 Cheyenne Woods 69 74 35.
179 Lindsey Weaver 73 70 36.
180 Stephanie Meadow (Ire) 72 74 35.
Selected score:
182 Carly Booth (Sco) 73 72 37 (jt 12th).