Fraser McKenna just outside top

20 at Springfield, Louisiana

Balmore Golf Club member Fraser McKenna, 18, a freshman student at Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond in Louisiana, finished joint 21st in a field of 63 players at this week's Carter Plantation Intercollegiate tournament at Springfield, Louisiana.
McKenna, beaten at the 39th hole in the final of last year's British boys' championship, had rounds of 77, 73 and 79 for a total of 229 over a long course (7104yd) with a tough par of 72.
McKenna, pictured above, finished 21 shots behind the winner, Jeff Gerlich (Texas State) whose brilliant scores of 69, 67 and 72 for eight-under-par 208 saw him win by 10 shots, so the Scot was only 11 shots behind the runner-up, South African team-mate Matthew Carvill with 72, 76 and 70 for 218.
Other Southeastern Louisiana University players, Graham Benson from Leighton Buzzard and Aaron O'Callaghan from Cork finished 10th and joint 26th respectively.

Benson scored 75, 80 and 70 for 225; O'Callaghan 73, 83 and 74 for 230.

Southeastern Louisiana (892) finished third of 12 in the team event won by Texas State (881) ahead of Louisana-Lafayette (885).
LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Individual

Par 216 (3 x 72) 7,104yd

208 Jeff Gerlich (Texas State) 69 67 72.

218 Matthew Carvill (SE Louisiana) 72 76 70.

Selected scores:

225 Graham Benson (SE Louisiana) 75 80 70 (10th).

229 Fraser McKenna (SE Louisiana) 77 73 79 (jt 21st).

230 Aaron O'Callaghan (SE Louisiana) 73 83 74 (jt 26th).

Field of 63 players.

Teams

881 Texas State.

885 Louisiana-Lafayette.

892 Southeastern Louisiana.

Field of 12 teams.