US COLLEGE NEWS
Jordan McColl just outside top 10 at Midland, Texas
Dundee's Jordan McColl, a freshman student at New Mexico Junior College, followed up a joint third place finish last week with a tied 11th in a field of 67 for the Midland Community College Invitational tournament this week (played Sunday-Monday).
McColl had rounds of 69 and 75 for a total of 144 over a par-70 course of 6,560yd at Ranchland Hills Golf Club, Midland, Texas.
He finished seven shots behind the winner, Brian Price (Western Texas College) who scored 69 and 68 for three-under-par 137.
Natasha Podmore takes lead in Challenge at Onion Creek
Elsewhere, bad light forced a suspension of play before the second round could be completed in the 54-hole Challenge at Onion Creek women's college tournament at Onion Creek Golf Club, Austin, Texas.
Over a par-70, 5,938yd course, Natasha Podmore, a senior-year student at San Francisco University from Appleton, Warrington and a member at Delamere Forest GC, continued her fine recent run of form with a first-round 65 to be one stroke behind her Icelandic team-mate, Tinna Johannsdottir, at the top of the leaderboard in a field of 108 players.
Tinna had completed 15 holes and Natasha 17 holes of Round 2 when it became too dark to continue.
Natasha, who finished second in the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in October, birdied the first, third, fifth, seventh, 15th and 16th in her first round and the second, third and 17th on her second circuit.
Hannah Burke (Baylor University, Texas) from Hertfordshire had double bogeys at the short second and par-4 and four single bogeys but birdies at the third, ninth, 16th and 17th repaired some of the damage.
In the second round, Hannah, has three holes to play and is one under par for the round with two birdies and one bogey.
Hannah Lovelock (Missouri University) from Surrey had a first-round 73 and had three holes still to play when she was called in off the course.
Missouri's second English-born player on their women's roster, Nicola Race, is still searching for the form that made her a stand-out at junior college and persuaded Missouri to engineer her transfer to the "big league" for this season. Essex girl Nicola had a first-round 79, clearly nowhere near her true form or potential.
LATER NEWS OF SECOND ROUND: NATASHA PODMORE TAKES LEAD
With only a handful of players to complete their second round - the third and final round will also be played today - Natasha Podmore has taken over the lead at four-under-par 136. She birdied the short 17th - her third birdie of Round 2 - for a 71 while overnight leader and team-mate Tinna Jonsdittir slipped back to a 73 and 137, sharing second place with Julia Boland (Texas A&M) with rounds of 67 and 70.
Both Missouri University English players Hannah Lovelock and Nicola Race made significant improvement to be lying joint 10th (from jt 39th) and jt 47th (from jt 95th) after two rounds.
Hannah shot a second-round 68, thanks to four birdies, for 141.
Nicola had a second-round 67, an improvement of eight strokes, with birdies at the second, 10th, 11th and 18th, for 146.
Hannah Burke (Baylor University) from Herts is sharing 37th place afteer a second-round 71 which included four birdies. Hannah had two double bogeys in her first-round 74.
Thanks to Natasha Podmore's efforts, San Francisco (553) are leading the team event by eight strokes from Texas A&M.
Dundee's Jordan McColl, a freshman student at New Mexico Junior College, followed up a joint third place finish last week with a tied 11th in a field of 67 for the Midland Community College Invitational tournament this week (played Sunday-Monday).
McColl had rounds of 69 and 75 for a total of 144 over a par-70 course of 6,560yd at Ranchland Hills Golf Club, Midland, Texas.
He finished seven shots behind the winner, Brian Price (Western Texas College) who scored 69 and 68 for three-under-par 137.
Natasha Podmore takes lead in Challenge at Onion Creek
Elsewhere, bad light forced a suspension of play before the second round could be completed in the 54-hole Challenge at Onion Creek women's college tournament at Onion Creek Golf Club, Austin, Texas.
Over a par-70, 5,938yd course, Natasha Podmore, a senior-year student at San Francisco University from Appleton, Warrington and a member at Delamere Forest GC, continued her fine recent run of form with a first-round 65 to be one stroke behind her Icelandic team-mate, Tinna Johannsdottir, at the top of the leaderboard in a field of 108 players.
Tinna had completed 15 holes and Natasha 17 holes of Round 2 when it became too dark to continue.
Natasha, who finished second in the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in October, birdied the first, third, fifth, seventh, 15th and 16th in her first round and the second, third and 17th on her second circuit.
Hannah Burke (Baylor University, Texas) from Hertfordshire had double bogeys at the short second and par-4 and four single bogeys but birdies at the third, ninth, 16th and 17th repaired some of the damage.
In the second round, Hannah, has three holes to play and is one under par for the round with two birdies and one bogey.
Hannah Lovelock (Missouri University) from Surrey had a first-round 73 and had three holes still to play when she was called in off the course.
Missouri's second English-born player on their women's roster, Nicola Race, is still searching for the form that made her a stand-out at junior college and persuaded Missouri to engineer her transfer to the "big league" for this season. Essex girl Nicola had a first-round 79, clearly nowhere near her true form or potential.
LATER NEWS OF SECOND ROUND: NATASHA PODMORE TAKES LEAD
With only a handful of players to complete their second round - the third and final round will also be played today - Natasha Podmore has taken over the lead at four-under-par 136. She birdied the short 17th - her third birdie of Round 2 - for a 71 while overnight leader and team-mate Tinna Jonsdittir slipped back to a 73 and 137, sharing second place with Julia Boland (Texas A&M) with rounds of 67 and 70.
Both Missouri University English players Hannah Lovelock and Nicola Race made significant improvement to be lying joint 10th (from jt 39th) and jt 47th (from jt 95th) after two rounds.
Hannah shot a second-round 68, thanks to four birdies, for 141.
Nicola had a second-round 67, an improvement of eight strokes, with birdies at the second, 10th, 11th and 18th, for 146.
Hannah Burke (Baylor University) from Herts is sharing 37th place afteer a second-round 71 which included four birdies. Hannah had two double bogeys in her first-round 74.
Thanks to Natasha Podmore's efforts, San Francisco (553) are leading the team event by eight strokes from Texas A&M.
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