Samantha and Amelia star in
US Kids' Golf in East Lothian
FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
A British girl and a boy from America produced the two outstanding performances on the second day of the US Kids Golf European Championships in East Lothian.
Playing in the girls' Under-9 years event, over the back nine at Kilspindie, Samantha Fuller shot a superb 29, an effort which, combined with an opening 38, gave her a ten-shot lead going into the final day.
Over at Luffness New, Frank Olav Garber, from Washington State, conjured up a 67 – 10 shots better than his first round – to open up a 10-shot lead in the boys' Under-13 years section.
Calum Hill from North Berwick was lying ninth in that event after a second-round 77 – four shots fewer than his opening effort. Still in the Under-13 group, Callum Cochrane was seven shots behind Hill on 165, with Duncan McLean a further three shots adrift.
English competitor Amelia Taylor, pictured above, looked to have the girls' Under-14 title in the bag, a second consecutive 82 over Gullane No 2 earning her a 10-shot lead with a round to go.
By contrast, the race for the boys' Under-14 title is a lot closer. Navjosh Dhallu, also from the England, leads by one from Jake Shearpoint, with first-round leader Aaron Rai a further shot back.
Reflecting the cosmopolitan entry, players from Thailand, Guatemala, Italy and the Phillipines were leading some of the other categories.
US Kids' Golf in East Lothian
FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
A British girl and a boy from America produced the two outstanding performances on the second day of the US Kids Golf European Championships in East Lothian.
Playing in the girls' Under-9 years event, over the back nine at Kilspindie, Samantha Fuller shot a superb 29, an effort which, combined with an opening 38, gave her a ten-shot lead going into the final day.
Over at Luffness New, Frank Olav Garber, from Washington State, conjured up a 67 – 10 shots better than his first round – to open up a 10-shot lead in the boys' Under-13 years section.
Calum Hill from North Berwick was lying ninth in that event after a second-round 77 – four shots fewer than his opening effort. Still in the Under-13 group, Callum Cochrane was seven shots behind Hill on 165, with Duncan McLean a further three shots adrift.
English competitor Amelia Taylor, pictured above, looked to have the girls' Under-14 title in the bag, a second consecutive 82 over Gullane No 2 earning her a 10-shot lead with a round to go.
By contrast, the race for the boys' Under-14 title is a lot closer. Navjosh Dhallu, also from the England, leads by one from Jake Shearpoint, with first-round leader Aaron Rai a further shot back.
Reflecting the cosmopolitan entry, players from Thailand, Guatemala, Italy and the Phillipines were leading some of the other categories.
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