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Wednesday, October 07, 2009

US COLLEGE NEWS

Fraser McKenna's disappointing

finish in Squire Classic

Glasgow's Fraser McKenna, beaten at the 39th in the 2008 British boys final, finished joint 64th in a field of 84 players at the Squire Classic college golf tournament played on Monday and Tuesday this week at Squire Creek golf course, Choudrant in Louisiana.
McKenna (pictured right), a sophomore (second-year) student at Southeastern Louisiana, had disappointing rounds of 77, 78 and 75 for a total of 230 over the 7,105yd, par-71 course.
Fergal Rafferty from Carrickmore, Northern Ireland, a senior student at Sam Houston State University tied for ninth place with a total of 216 made up of creditable scores of 73, 73 and 70
He finished six shots behind Cedric Scotto (Southeastern Louisiana), the winner with rounds of 68, 70 and 72 for three-under 210.
Tom Robson (Jacksonville State), a freshman from Waterlooville, Hampshire, came 15th on 217 with scores of 77, 69 and 71.
Another Englishman, Jack Hiluta from Chelmsford, a student at South Alabama University, tied for 16th place on 218 with scores of 73, 70 and 75.

Tom Sherreard fourth in Rees Jones Intercollegiate

Tom Sherreard, from Maidstone, Kent, a senior year student at Georgia State University, tied for fourth place in a field of 60 players for the Rees Jones Intercolleagiate at Haig Point, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina this week.Tom had rounds of 76, 70 and 70 for a two-over-par total of 218.

The tournament was won by Paul Woodbury (South Carolina) who beat team-mate George Bryan IV at the second hole of a play-off after they had tied on 214. Woodbury socred 74, 68 and 72; Bryan 74, 71 and 69.

Gavin St John Frost from Berkshire, a junior student at Jacksonville University, Florida, finished joint 46th with scores of 78, 83 and 79.

Jamie Chapman a distant second at Bristol, Tennessee
Jamie Chapman, from Sussex, a freshman student at Lincoln Memorial University, Tennessee, finished second, beaten nine shots by the winner, Adam LaTulippe (Union College, Kentucky), in the Tornado Fall Invitational at The Country Club of Bristol, Bristol, Tennessee.
Chapman scored 73, 67 and 71 for 211 but was outgunned by the winner's rounds of 66, 66 and 70 over at par-71 shortish course measuring 6524yd.
There were 30 individual players in the field.
Consolation for Chapman was that Lincoln Memorial (871) won the team title by a shot from Milligan College with Union College, Kentucky (875) finished third.

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