United States win The Spirit title: Good last

day for Scots women but men disappoint

Despite a great last-day, four-under-par better-ball round of 68 by Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) and Pitreavie's Louise Kenney, Scotland's combined team - Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) and Paul Shields (Kirkhill) were the male half of the quartet - finished 18th of the 20 countries competing in the biennial The Spirit International better-ball team tournament at Whispering Pines, Trinity near San Antonio, Texas
The Scots girls saved their best performance for the last day after earlier better-ball rounds of 72, 73 and 70. Their 284 aggregate was four-under-par.
In contrast, Bookless and Shields finished with a one-over-par better-ball total of 289, made up of rounds of 70, 75, 72 and 72.
Walker and Kenney finished joint ninth in the women's team standings.
Bookless and Shields came last of 20 in the men's team table.
Italy, with British amateur champion Matteo Manassero and Andrea Pavan, combined for a brilliant 27-under-par total of 261 (64-64-67-66), topped the men's standings and United States (14-year-old Alexis Thompson and Jennifer Johnson) led women's table with a 24-under-par total of 264 (66-64-66-68).
But it was the United States (Jordan Spieth and Ben Martin completed their team) who had the best combined men's and women's team aggregate with a staggering 45-under-par 531 - but only two shots ahead of South Korea.
England (Matt Haines, Stiggy Hodgson, Holly Clyburn and Rachel Jennings) came fifth overall with a total of 545 after a disappointing last round total of 140, their worst of the four days.
Medals were also awarded for individual totals of birdies and eagles.
Alexis Thompson finished up with four golds - US team, US women and women's individual. She has 17 birdies over the four rounds. England's Rachel Jennings tied for sixth with a bag of 12 birdies; Kylie Walker finished joint 16th with eight; Holly Clyburn had seven and Louise Kenney four.
Bum-Geun Chae (South Korea) had the most birdies (20) in the men's category. Matthew Haines (England) finished joint seventh with 14 and Stiggy Hodgson joint 18th with 11. Paul Shileds had six for joint 36th position and Mark Bookless had three birdies.

HOW THEY FINISHED
COMBINED TEAM TOTALS
Par 576
531 United States 134 129 131 137.
535 South Korea 137 136 133 129.
543 Denmark 134 138 133 138.
544 Chinese Taipei 130 136 144 134.
545 England 136 135 134 140.
552 Germany.
553 Italy.
555 Sweden, Canada.
556 Colombia.
559 France.
560 South Africa, Australia.
562 Belgium.
563 Argentina.
564 Norway.
570 Philippines.
572 Scotland 142 148 142 140.
574 Czech Republic.
589 Mexico.
MEN'S TEAM TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
261 Italy 64 64 67 66.
264 South Korea
265 Chinese Taipei
266 Denmark, Canada.
267 Sweden, United States.
268 England 71 64 66 67.
269 Germany
270 Australia.
273 South Africa.
278 Belgium.
279 Norway.
281 Colombia, Czech Republic.
2892 France.
284 Argentina.
287 Philippines.
288 Mexico.
289 Scotland 70 75 72 72.

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL BIRDIES
20 Bum-Geun Chae (SKor).
Selected:
14 Matthew Haines (England) (jt 7th).
11 Stiggy Hodgson (England) (jt 18th).
6 Paul Shields (Scotland) (jt 36th).
3 Mark Bookless (Scotland) (38th).

WOMEN'S TEAM TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
264 United States 66 64 66 68.
271 South Korea.
275 Colombia.
277 Denmark, England, France.
279 Argentina, Chinese Taipei.
283 Germany, Philippines, Scotland 72 73 70 68.
284 Belgium.
285 Norway.
287 South Africa.
288 Sweden.
289 Canada.
2890 Australia.
292 Italy.
293 Czech Republic.
301 Mexico.

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL BIRDIES
17 Alexis Thompson (US).
Selected:
12 Rachel Jennings (England) (jt 6th).
8 Kylie Walker (Scotland) (jt 16th).
7 Holly Clyburn (England) (jt 21st).
4 Louise Kenney (Scotland) (jt 33rd).

US COLLEGE NEWS

Surrey students Cooley and Berry

help San Diego State win on Hawaii

San Diego State University men's team scored its first win for two seasons in the Turtle Bay Resort Collegiate event on the Hawaii island of Kahuku - thanks, in no small measure, to the efforts of two students from Surrey.

Sophomore (second year) Andrew Cooley, the Italian open amateur champion in 2007, tied with team-mate Alex Kang for first place on seven-under-par 209 while Tom Berry, a freshman from the same Surrey village of New Haw as Cooley, tied for sixth place on three-under-213.

Action picture of Andrew Cooley by kind permission of Tom Ward Photography.

Cooley, who lost a play-off against Kang for the individual title to a birdie at the third extra hole, had ronds of 70, 68 and 71 to Kang's 68, 73 and 68. Cooley's total of 209 was a career-low for a 54-hole event.

Berry, who had a team-high bag of eight birdies in his final round, score 73, 70 and 70, impressive scoring by a freshman, which augurs well for the seasons to come.

Two other Englishmen were competing in this tournament, both of them lucky enough to be students on Hawaii, at Hawaii Pacific University to be precise.

Matt Tweddell, whose grandfather was a Walker Cup player and British amateur champion in the 1920s, finished joint 26th with scores of 74, 74 and 72 for 220. Matt, a strapping 6ft 2in, is a freshman student at Hawaii Pacific and hails from Birmingham.

Team-mate Matthew de Moraes comes from Woodford Green, London and is a third-year (junior) student at HP. Matthew, 5ft 7in, is a wee bit smaller than Tweddell. De Moraes scored 82, 78 and 73 for 49th place on 233. There were 59 competitors.

San Diego State - with three players in the top half-dozen - not surprisingly won the team title by a convincing margin. They totalled 838 while runners-up Illinois University were on 856 and Santa Clark third on 861. Hawaii Pacific finished 9th of 11th with a team total of 886.

Alex Banham from Peterborough clinched

team title for the "Hatters" in Florida

Apologies to Alex Banham from Peterborough, a junior (third year) student at Stetson University, Florida for missing her out from the recent report on the Holiday Inn Express/Hatters women's college tournament at Victoria Hills Golf Club, Deland, Florida.

The Stetson team are known as the "Hatters," but you knew that already. The University is based at Deland.

Alex, pictured, had scores of 84, 78 and 79 for a total of 241 over the par-72, 6098yd course. She finished joint 26th and it was her placing that clinched the team title for Stetson by a single stroke from Daytona State.

It was a double whammy for the "Hatters" as one of Alex Banham's team-mates Alex Buelow won the individual title with scores of 72, 74 and 72 for 218.

Rebecca Coakley leading Europeans' challenge

as South Koreans dominate Ladies Masters

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
JEJU, SOUTH KOREA – Saturday: South Koreans Sarah Lee and Soo-Jin Yang shared the second round lead at the Daishin Securities Tomato Tour Korean Ladies Masters in Jeju today.
Yang posted a 71 before Lee recorded a 72 to join her at three-under. The first round leader Hee-Kyung Seo, who is defending the title she won 12 months ago, fired a 74 and was one of four players just one shot off the pace.
Also at two-under were fellow South Koreans Bo Kyung Kim, Hyun-Ji Kim and the local 16-year-old amateur Jeong Eun Han, who lives on the island of Jeju.
Australian Anna Rawson (74) led the Ladies European Tour challenge in a share of sixth at one-under with another local player, Ae-Ree Pyun (73).
Ireland’s Rebecca Coakley, pictured above, shot a second straight round of 72 and claimed a share of ninth at level par with South Koreans Sung Ah Yim (69), Jeong Eun Lee (70), Ji Hye Jang (70) and So Young Kim (74).
Lee was two over through the turn but picked up momentum over the back nine at Cypress Golf & Resort, with two birdies over her last five holes.
Sarah Lee
The 31-year-old LPGA Tour player, who was born in England but moved to South Korea at the age of four, birdied the 14th and 18th holes to finish.
She said: “I shot even today and it was pretty difficult reading the greens. Inside 15 feet I kept missing putts. I hung in there and I’ve got one more round.”
The 18-year-old Yang, who is a rookie on the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Tour, made her move over the front nine, which she played in 34. She came back in 37 and rued a missed birdie putt from 10 feet at the par-five 18th hole.
Touted as one of Korea’s future international stars, Yang is yet to win on the KLPGA and is 20th on the money list but with a win she could have a chance to become the Korean rookie of the year.
Yang said: “I feel very lucky because it was very difficult in the wind. Every single shot I was thinking about which club to hit because the wind was changing from upwind to downwind.”
Having started the day a shot behind the leader, Rawson was disappointed with her efforts but remained optimistic that this could be the week when she records her first victory in five years as a professional.
She was the outright leader after 12 holes, having birdied the first and 11th, but finished with four bogeys in a row to drop two shots behind the leaders.
“It started off well. I was hitting it great, playing well and hitting good shots,” she said, adding that she three putted the last three greens after her hands got cold and she lost her rhythm.
Coakley, who like Rawson, has ties to Adelaide, also started well but lost her momentum on the back nine.
She was two-under overall through 13 holes but double bogeyed the par-five 14th. She said: “I was going really well and then on 14, the par five, I hit a good drive, a good second shot, was in between clubs for my third shot and had a hanging lie. I caught it a bit think and it’s pitched just past the pin and it just goes straight downhill from there so it’s gone OB by about a foot. I took seven on that hole so that set me back a bit. I had the momentum going. I think it was a bit of indecision because I wasn’t sure what club and went with a little bit more and eased off it a bit. I caught it a little bit thin and on this golf course anything that goes long is OB. Asian golf courses are like that. I’m playing well. I just need to stop making so many bogeys.”
South Korean Eun Jung Sin had a hole in one at the 12th, but her 36-hole score of nine-over was just short of making the cut, which fell at plus eight. A total of 66 players will play the third and final round on Sunday, which begins at 9am local time.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
141 Soo-Jin Yang (Kor) 70 71, Sarah Lee (Kor) 69 72
142 Jung-Eun Han (Kor) 71 71, Bo-Kyung Kim (Kor) 71 71, Hee-Kyung Seo (Kor) 68 74, Hyun-Ji Kim (Kor) 69 73
143 Ae-Ree Pyun (Kor) 70 73, Anna Rawson (Aus) 69 74
144 Sung Ah Yim (Kor) 75 69, Jeong-Eun 5 Lee (Kor) 74 70, Ji-Hae Jang (Kor) 74 70, Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 72 72, So-Young 2 Kim (Kor) 70 74
145 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 76 69, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 74 71, Se-Young Kim (Kor) 73 72, Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 72 73, Bo-Mee Lee (Kor) 69 76
146 Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 74 72, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 73 73, Hyeon-Ju Lee (Kor) 77 69, Frances Bondad (Aus) 72 74, Hyun Hee Moon (Kor) 70 76, Hyun-Hwa Shim (Kor) 70 76
147 Young-Ae Ham (Kor) 72 75, Stephanie Na (Aus) 72 75, Shin-Ae Ahn (Kor) 71 76
148 Ji-Yeon Woo (Kor) 74 74, Hyun-Soo Kim (Kor) 75 73, Il-Mi Chung (Kor) 74 74, Hae-Won Jeong (Kor) 76 72, Jin Joo Hong (Kor) 73 75, Seul-A Yoon (Kor) 73 75, Ran Hong (Kor) 73 75
149 Hye-Jung Choi (Kor) 75 74, Young-Ran Jo (Kor) 75 74, Yun-Hee Cho (Kor) 74 75, Martina Gillen (Irl) 74 75, Ju-Mi Kim (Kor) 74 75, Morgana Robbertze (Rsa) 73 76, Ha-Neul Kim (Kor) 73 76, He-Yong Choi (Kor) 72 77, Anna Knutsson (Swe) 72 77, Aram Cho (Kor) 71 78
150 Da-Som Lee (Kor) 75 75, Julieta Granada (Par) 75 75, Bo Mi Suh (Kor) 76 74, Lora Fairclough (Eng) 76 74, Sun Wook Lim (Kor) 74 76, Chang-Hee Lee (Kor) 74 76, Sun-Hwa2 Lee (Kor) 77 73, Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor) 77 73, Min-Gee Song (Kor) 73 77
151 Ji-Na Lim (Kor) 74 77, You-Na Park (Kor) 73 78, Iben Tinning (Den) 72 79, Vikki Laing (Sco) 78 73, Ii Hee Lee (Kor) 79 72
152 Hae-Jung Kim (Kor) 75 77, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 74 78, Hye-In Lee (Kor) 77 75, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 73 79, Hye-Jin Jung (Kor) 77 75, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 77 75, Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 79 73, Hye Youn Kim (Kor) 79 73
Missed the cut:
153 Soo-Hwa Jang (Kor) 75 78, An-Na Oh (Kor) 76 77, Um-Ji Kang (Kor) 76 77, Hui-Jeong Kim (Kor) 77 76, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 73 80, Hae-Joo Han (Kor) 77 76, Eun-Jung Sin (Kor) 79 74, Jin Young Pak (Kor) 79 74
154 Samantha Head (Eng) 75 79, Young Kim (Kor) 76 78, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 76 78, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 76 78, Julie Tvede (Den) 76 78, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 81 73
155 Smriti Mehra (Ind) 76 79
156 Zuzana Masinova (Cro) 75 81, Ha-Na Chae (Kor) 77 79, Chae-A Oh (Kor) 77 79, Jae-Eun Chung (Kor) 78 78, Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 80 76
157 Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 76 81, Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 81 76
158 Hei-Ji Kim (Kor) 78 80, Km Juul (Den) 78 80, Min-Sun Kim (Kor) 79 79, Kyra Van Leeuwen (Ned) 79 79, Clare Queen (Sco) 80 78
160 Lynn Kenny (Sco) 77 83, Laure Sibille (Fra) 80 80, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 81 79
161 Joanne Oliver (Eng) 79 82, Min-Sun 2 Kim (Kor) 79 82, Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger) 85 76
163 Eva Steinberger (Aut) 78 85, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 81 82
164 Tara Delaney (Irl) 77 87

Brittany Lang loses lead in Japan

South Korea's Bo Bae Song birdied the final hole for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke lead in the Mizuno Classic.
Song had six birdies in a front-nine 30, then had two birdies and bogey on the final nine holes to reach 11 under 133 at Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club, Shima-shi, Japan.
Akane Iijima (64) and In-Kyung Kim (65) were tied for second on 134, and Rui Kitada (66) was on 135 in the event sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and Japan LPGA.
Defending champion Jiyai Shin (67) was at 8 under 136 in a group that included Japanese star Ai Miyazato (67), 2007 winner Momoko Ueda (68) and first-round leader Brittany Lang (70) -- the lone non-Asian player in the top 12. Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa (69) was on 140, seven shots behind the leader.
Glasgow exile Janice Moodie is on 145 after a second-round 70.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Players from Japan unless stated
Par 144 (2x72)
133 Bo-Bae Song (SKor) 68 65
134 In-Kyung Kim (SKor) 69 65, Akane Iijima 70 64
135 Rui Kitada 69 66
136 Song-Hee Kim (SKor) 69 67, Inbee Park (SKor) 70 66, Brittany Lang (USA) 66 70, Jiyai Shin (SKor) 69 67, Ai Miyazato 69 67, Momoko Ueda 68 68, Mi-Jeong Jeon 68 68, Hee Young Park (SKor) 67 69
137 Vicky Hurst (USA) 68 69, Jee Young Lee (SKor) 69 68, Hyun-Ju Shin 69 68, Hee-Won Han (SKor) 69 68
138 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 73 65, Yani Tseng (Tai) 69 69, Eunjung Yi (SKor) 69 69, Ah-reum Hwang 70 68, Eun-A Lim (SKor) 70 68
139 Shi Hyun Ahn (SKor) 73 66, Miki Saiki 69 70, Yukari Baba 70 69, Li Ying Ye (Chn) 71 68, Nobuko Kizawa 67 72, Miho Koga 69 70, Kyeong Bae (SKor) 71 68
140 Karrie Webb (Aus) 70 70, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 71 69, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 71 69, Pat Hurst (USA) 72 68, Candie Kung (Tai) 71 69, Na Yeon Choi (SKor) 72 68, Sakura Yokomine 71 69, Teresa Lu (Tai) 70 70, Stacy Lewis (USA) 70 70, Mayu Hattori 71 69
141 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 72 69, M J Hur (SKor) 73 68, Tamie Durdin (Aus) 72 69, Ayako Uehara 72 69, Katherine Hull (Aus) 70 71
142 Kaori Aoyama 72 70, Jimin Kang (SKor) 76 66, Sun Young Yoo (SKor) 74 68, Amy Yang (USA) 74 68, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 69 73
143 Yuri Fudoh 74 69, Julie Lu 70 73, Yuko Mitsuka 74 69, Christina Kim (USA) 73 70
144 Soo-Yun Kang (SKor) 74 70, Meena Lee (SKor) 74 70, Ji woo Lee (Kor) 73 71, Rikako Morita 76 68, Saiki Fujita 72 72, Hiromi Mogi 70 74
145 Mika Miyazato 73 72, Seon Hwa Lee (SKor) 72 73, Ji-Young Oh (SKor) 72 73, Erina Hara 73 72, Midori Yoneyama 77 68, Maiko Wakabayashi 76 69, Janice Moodie (Sco) 75 70
146 Shinobu Moromizato 74 72, Mie Nakata 72 74, Chie Arimura 76 70, Eun Hee Ji (SKor) 72 74, Yuko Saitoh 73 73
147 Sandra Gal (Ger) 72 75
148 Nikki Campbell (Aus) 77 71
149 Tomoko Kusakabe 72 77
150 Meaghan Francella (USA) 76 74, Angela Park (Bra) 74 76
151 Na-ri Lee 77 74, Nicole Castrale (USA) 77 74
153 So hee Kim (SKor) 76 77

HSBC extend sponsorship of Women's Champions'

tournament in Singapore for next three years

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY IMG
HSBC today announced that they will title sponsor the HSBC Women’s Champions for the next three years with the 2010 tournament scheduled from the 25th to 28th of February in Singapore.
A field of 63 players will compete for the coveted ‘champion of champions’ title and a prize fund of US$1.3 million. Players can qualify for the tournament known as ‘Asia’s Major’ by winning tournaments on the LPGA Tour and by placing in the Top 20 on the Rolex Ranking. There will also be two sponsors invitations including one for a leading Singaporean player. The carefully-crafted criteria ensure the world’s best players are in the field.
Since the inaugural HSBC Women’s Champions in 2008 won by World Number One, Lorena Ochoa, the tournament has been widely embraced by players, spectators, HSBC customers and golf fans as Asia’s premier Women’s tournament. All have been delighted to hear that HSBC, one of golf’s leading supporters, are continuing their sponsorship of this premier event. The 2009 HSBC Women’s Champions saw all of the World’s Top ten players challenge for the title. In the end, Korean Major winner Ji Yai Shin stormed to victory with a flawless final round 66 on Sunday.
Giles Morgan, Group Head of Sponsorship, HSBC Holdings, said, “At the end of last year’s event I said we’d sit down and work out, against our own objectives; whether the HSBC Women’s Champions had been able to do what we wanted it to do and after an extensive review we have concluded that it hits all the objectives of our brand and more. It is undoubtedly Asia’s women’s premier event. From its impressive television audience showing its global appeal to the enthusiastic support in the local market, we are delighted to continue to work with IMG and the LPGA to secure the future of this unique event.”
Guy Harvey-Samuel, CEO of HSBC Singapore, explained, “We were pleasantly surprised at how quickly the HSBC Women’s Champions was embraced as a world-class tournament and were determined to honour our commitment to Singapore’s golf fans who have quickly fallen in love with the HSBC Women’s Champions experience in the last two years. Women’s golf is a wonderful product and the golfers are superb ambassadors for their sport and we are happy to show our support at a time when they need sponsors like us to stand strong alongside them.”


+Agency report: HSBC has extended its sponsorship of the Women's Champions tournament in Singapore until 2012 but the prize money will be cut from $2 million to $1.3 million for next year's LPGA event. The prize pot will, however, go up by a further $100,000 in 2011.

United States lead by 11 from England,

Scotland remain in 17th place

Fog delayed the start of the third day in The Spirit International better-ball team tournament at Whispering Pines Golf Club, Texas.
At the end of it, United States (Jordan Spieth, Ben Martin, Jennifer Johnson and Alexis Thompson) had gone 11 shots clear of England at the top of the leaderboard.
Scotland remained in 17th place in the field of 20 countries.
Kylie Walker and Louise Kenney combined for their first sub-par score of 70 while Mark Bookless and Paul Shields' better-ball score only matched the par of 72.
Scotland's team total after 54 holes is level par 432 over a par-72 course. Walker and Kenney have scored 72, 73 and 70 for one-under-par 215.
Bookless and Shields have scored 70, 75 and 72 for one-over-par 217.
Meanwhile, England have been doing well but not quite well enough to dislodge United States from the leadership.
Rachel Jennings and Holly Clyburn had a very good better-ball third round of 68 while England's male representatives, Matt Haines and Stiggy Hodgson did even better, marking up a better-ball of 66 - showing the true potential of better-ball scoring.

THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 432
394 UNITED STATES 134 129 131 (Jordan Spieth & Ben Martin 68 65 65 for 198; Jennifer Johnson & Alexis Thompson 66 64 66 for 196).
405 ENGLAND 136 135 135 (Matt Haines & Stiggy Hodgson 71 64 66 for 201; Rachel Jennings & Holly Clyburn 65 71 68 for 204).
406 SOUTH KOREA.
410 CHINESE TAIPEI
411 ARGENTINA.
413 COLOMBIA, GERMANY.
416 FRANCE, ITALY.
418 CANADA, SWEDEN.
420 SOUTH AFRICA.
421 BELGIUM.
425 AUSTRALIA.
430 NORWAY.
432 SCOTLAND 142 148 142 (Mark Bookless & Paul Shields 70 75 72 for 217; Kylie Walker & Louise Kenney 72 73 70 for 215).
438 CZECH REPUBLIC, PHILIPPINES.
446 MEXICO.

Jodi Ewart (left) and Rachel Connor (right)

Jodi Ewart jt sixth, Rachel Connor jt

68th in Futures Tour Qualifying in Florida

Yorkshire's Jodi Ewart finished joint sixth from a starting field of close on 300 for the five-round US Futures Tour qualifying tournament, played over four courses at Winter Haven, Central Florida.

Jodi, in her final year as a student at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, had rounds of 69, 73, 73, 67 and 74 for a four-under-par total of 356.

She finished 12 shots behind the winner, a member of the opposing US team in last year's Curtis Cup match over the Old Course, St Andrews, Tiffany Joh.

Now a professional, Tiffany had scores of 67, 69, 72, 67 and 732 for a 12-under-par total of 338.

Miss Ewart, by all accounts, intends to turn professional after next May's Curtis Cup match at Essex County Club, Massachusetts.

Competing in the Futures Tour qualifying tournament, was a way of ensuring that she would have somewhere to play as a pro from late May 2010 onwards. It's an awkward time to turn professional in that the Qualifying Schools for the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour are not held until December.

The other English international amateur who made it through to the final day in Florida was Rachel Connor, daughter of the Scots-born Manchester club professional Brian Connor. Rachel finished joint 68th after a good start to the five rounds. Her scores were 73, 72, 69, 80 and 81 for 15-over-par 375.

There is no indication of Rachel's plans to turn pro but she would get starts on the Futures Tour if she wanted to.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 360

348 Tiffany Joh (US) 67 69 72 67 73.

349 Danielle Mills (Canada) 67 71 69 68 74.

353 Laura Bavaird (US) 71 69 71 71 71.

355 Mallory Blackwelder (US) 71 74 66 70 74, Kitty Hwang (Ecuador) 70 72 71 73 69.

356 Jodi Ewart (England) (am) 69 73 73 67 74, Jane Rah (US) (am) 74 70 71 71 70.

Selected scores:

365 Valentine Derrey (France) (am) 74 71 70 72 78 (jt 18th).

366 Miriam Nagl (Germany) 76 73 70 72 75 (jt 24th).

374 Caroline Westrup (Sweden) 75 73 72 74 80 (jt 62nd)

375 Rachel Connor (England) (am) 73 72 69 80 81, Benedicte Grotvedt (Norway) 75 74 75 74 77 (jt 68th).

378 Stephanie Oukeo (France) 74 73 77 73 81 (jt 87th).

380 Lene Krog (Norway) 71 74 78 76 81 (jt 91st).

It's the Wonder of Walker! Anne's biggest

win as UC Davis head golf coach

Strathaven exile Anne Walker, pictured right, has scored her biggest win as women's head golf coach of the University of California Davis University since she left the coaching staff at University of California-Berkeley a year ago to take over the relatively new women's golf programme at Davis which is near Sacramento in central California.
This is what the UC Davis website had to say about it:
The 27th-ranked UC Davis women's golf team posted its biggest win its brief history this week, dominating a high-powered field that included top-ranked UCLA to post a nine-shot win at the Turtle Bay Collegiate Invitational, hosted by the University of Hawaii at Kahuku.
Nearly half of the 18 teams in the 54-hole tournament are currently ranked in the top 50 by Golfweek, including No. 1 UCLA, No. 8 USC and No. 10 Cal which finished second through fourth, respectively.
The Aggies (nickname for the UC Davis team), who led after each round, finished at four-over 868 with UCLA a distant second at 13-over 877. USC was third at 15-over, Cal finished at 19-over and No. 49 Oregon rounded out the top five at 32-over.
"This really shows that we will be competing each week and that we're one of the best teams on the west coast," said head coach Anne Walker.
UC Davis won its first tournament since 2007 and capped a fall season which included two top-four finishes, experience which paid off on Wednesday.
"I believed all fall we were a top-25 team," said Walker. "I told the team (before the round) we've been here before. We have to take what we've learned and apply it."
The Aggies will be off now until competing in the Long Beach State Invitational in February.

Former British women's open amateur stroke-play champion Roseanne Niven from Crieff is a senior year student at California-Berkeley where Vikki Laing was a playing contemporary of Ann Walker before Ann graduated but stayed on join the women's golf team's management and coaching staff.
Roseanne finished joint 66th in the Turtle Bay tournament with rounds of 78, 79 and 79 for 236 over a par-72 course of some 6,300yd.
She had three double bogeys and a quadruple bogey 7 at a short hole in the second round.
Lizette Salas (Southern California) was the individual winner by five strokes from a field of 94 players with scores of 71, 67 and 70 for eight-under-par 208.

+Ann Walker is not the only Scot who is head women's golf coach at a United States university. Leith-born Colette Murray runs the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga women's golf team.

South Koreans dominate Ladies Masters on home turf

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Defending champion Hee-Kyung Seo shot a four-under-par 68 to claim a one-stroke first-round lead at the Daishin Securities Tomato Tour Korean Ladies Masters on Jeju Island, South Korea.
Seo, who won the inaugural title 12 months ago at nearby Saint Four Golf Club, carded five birdies and just one bogey on a fine but windy day at Cypress Golf & Resort.
Playing in afternoon, when the winds were stronger and swirling, the South Korean 23-year-old finished one clear of compatriots Sarah Lee, Hyun-Ji Kim, Bo-Mee Lee and Australian Anna Rawson.
Seo, the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) money leader, who has recorded four tournament victories so far this season, birdied holes three, seven, 14, 16 and 18 with her only blemish at the par-four 15th.
She said, through an interpreter: “I have gained more confidence since last year because this year I’ve won four more tournaments. Last year, it was my sixth tournament victory. I feel my game is in good shape.”
She had 28 putts and said that putting was the best part of her game. However, the world number 57 was not taking anything for granted: “Frankly I don’t think about leading because this is the first day. I’m not a runaway leader and there are many competitors nearby. I don’t want to think about the scores, I just want to focus on my game.”
Rawson, who is targeting her maiden professional victory, played earlier in the day and dropped just one shot during her opening round of 69. She said: “I didn’t putt very well on the front nine and then I thought, screw it, and they started to go in. You can make it so hard for yourself. Look and shoot!
Rawson, a part-time model, has been disappointed with her season so far, despite a tie for 10th at the ANZ Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour and a best finish of T13th at the LPGA State Farm Classic in America.
“I started well in Australia and then I did not like playing golf for the first six months. I was really not enjoying playing on the LPGA and I got a bad attitude.” She said that she has improved since seeing a sports psychologist, Kevin Sverduk.
“I just decided that I’m going to enjoy it and stop thinking of the future. I always think ahead, like, “What do I want to do next year, or do I want to play golf? I don’t know if I want to.” I have to just think about this year.”
Sharing a five way tie for sixth place at two under were South Koreans Hyun Hwa Sim, Ae Ree Pyun, Hyun Hee Moon, Soo-Jin Yang and So Young Kim.
The top ranked European player in the field at No.3 on the LET’s Henderson Money List, Becky Brewerton was forced to settle for a tie for 15th at one over with 10 other players. She said: “I’m quite happy because it was tough and I managed to battle through. I’ll keep going and hope to do better.”
LEADING SCORES
Par 72
68 Hee-Kyung See (SKo)
69 Sara Lee (SKo), Anna-Rawson (Australia), Hyun-Ji Kim (Sko), Bo-Mee Lee (Sko).
Selected scores:
72 Anna Knutsson (Sweden), Stephanie Na (Australia), Rebecca Coakley (Ireland), Minea Blomqvist (Finland), Frances Bondad (Australia), Iben Tinning (Denmark) (jt 15th).
73 Becky Brewerton (Wales) (jt 23rd).
74 Martina Gillen (Ireland), Riikka Hakkarainen (Finland), Marianne Skarpnoord (Norway), Jade Schaeffer (France) (jt 34th.
75 Samantha Head (England) (jt 47th).
76 Ursula Wikstrom (Finland), Julie Tvede (Denmark), Gwladys Nocera (France), Lora Fairlought (England) (jt 57th).
77 Tara Delaney (Ire), Lynn Kenny (Scotland) (jt 69th).
78 Vikki Laing (Scotland), K M Juul (Denmark), Eva Steinberger (Switzerland) (jt 81st).
80 Clare Queen, Kristy S Taylor, Laure Sibille (jt 95th).

Brittany Lang leads with a six-under 66 in Japan

American Brittany Lang shot a 6-under 66 today to take a one-stroke lead from Japan's Nobuko Kizawa and South Korea's Hee Young Park after the first round of the Mizuno Classic at Shima, Japan.
"I've had a very good year," Lang said. "I've played a lot of really good golf. I always play well this time of the year for some reason, so I just try to practice and have some fun."
The long-hitting former Duke star who is winless in four seasons on the LPGA Tour, reached 7 under at Kintetsu Kashikojima with an eagle on the par-5 seventh, but bogeyed the eighth and finished the round with a par.
"I had an impression that the greens were fast," said Park, who birdied the last two holes to set up the tie for second. "But the greens were in great shape and I think it was in a good condition for the players to play."
Vicky Hurst, 2007 winner Momoko Ueda, Bo Bae Song and Mi-Jeong Jeon opened with 68s, and defending champion Jiyai Shin and Japanese star Ai Miyazato topped a group at 69.
Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa had a 71 in the event co-sanctioned by the Japan LPGA.
"It was a slow start," said Ochoa. "I didn't make a birdie until the eighth hole. When you just have two birdies, that's not enough. I think I need to strike my iron shots to be a little bit closer tomorrow, and hopefully I will have a better day tomorrow."
FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
66 Brittany Lang (USA)
67 Hee Young Park (SKor), Nobuko Kizawa
68 Vicky Hurst (USA), Momoko Ueda, Mi-Jeong Jeon, Bo-Bae Song (SKor)
69 Miki Saiki, Hee-Won Han (Kor), Song-Hee Kim (Kor), Miho Koga, Rui Kitada, Jee Young Lee (SKor), Yani Tseng (Tai), Ai Miyazato, Jiyai Shin (Kor), In-Kyung Kim (SKor), Eunjung Yi (SKor), Hyun-Ju Shin, Sophie Gustafson (Swe)
70 Julie Lu, Karrie Webb (Aus), Inbee Park (SKor), Eun-A Lim (SKor), Ah-reum Hwang, Akane Iijima, Teresa Lu (Tai), Yukari Baba, Stacy Lewis (USA), Katherine Hull (Aus), Hiromi Mogi
71 Sakura Yokomine, Li Ying Ye (Chn), Lorena Ochoa (Mex), Maria Hjorth (Swe), Candie Kung (Tai), Mayu Hattori, Kyeong Bae (SKor)
72 Lindsey Wright (Aus), Kaori Aoyama, Eun Hee Ji (Kor), Pat Hurst (USA), Tomoko Kusakabe, Saiki Fujita, Sandra Gal (Ger), Ayako Uehara, Seon Hwa Lee (Kor), Ji-Young Oh (Kor), Mie Nakata, Na Yeon Choi (SKor), Tamie Durdin (Aus)
73 Mika Miyazato, Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor), Erina Hara, Christina Kim (USA), Yuko Saitoh, Anna Nordqvist (Swe), Ji woo Lee (Kor), M.J. Hur (SKor)
74 Shinobu Moromizato, Yuri Fudoh, Sun Young Yoo (Kor), Meena Lee (Kor), Soo-Yun Kang (Kor), Amy Yang (USA), Angela Park (Bra), Yuko Mitsuka
75 Janice Moodie
76 So hee Kim (SKor), Jimin Kang (SKor), Chie Arimura, Meaghan Francella (USA), Maiko Wakabayashi, Rikako Morita
77 Nikki Campbell (Aus), Na-ri Lee, Midori Yoneyama, Nicole Castrale (USA)

Renfrewshire honour Megan and Carol

Megan Briggs (2009 Scottish Champion) and Carol Fell ( Outstanding Services to County Golf) - Click to enlarge

Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) and Carol Fell Ranfurly Castle were both awarded with Honorary Membership of Renfrewshire Ladies' County Golf Association at their 100th AGM held at Haggs Castle Golf Club on Wednesday 4th November.
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Pamela Pretswell (left) and Kylie Walker at this past summer's European women's individual amateur championship. Image by courtesy of Pamela Pretswell.

Kylie and Pamela are ranked 12 & 13 by European Golf Association

Kylie Walker and Pamela Pretswell are Nos 12 and 13 in the final European Golf Association women's amateur rankings of 2009.
Lucie Andre of France is ranked No 1.
Danielle McVeigh from Northern Ireland, winner of the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Royal Aberdeen in August, is the leading British or Irish player. She is No 3.
TOP TWENTY
1 Lucie Andre (France).
2 Marieke Nivard (Netherlands).
3 Danielle McVeigh (Ireland).
4 Carlota Ciganda (Spain).
5 Caroline Masson (Germany).
6 Lara Katzy (Germany).
7 Hannah Barwood (England).
8 Rosanna Crepiatt (France).
9 Klara Spilkova (Czech Republic)
10 Marion Ricordeau (France).
11 *Caroline Hedwall (Spain).
12 Kylie Walker (Scotland).
13 Pamela Pretswell (Scotland).
14 Pia Halbig (Germany).
15 Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wales).
16 Nicola Rossler (Germany).
17 Mireia Prat (Spain).
18 Marina Kotnik (Austria).
19 Charlie Douglass (England).
20 Rachel Jennings (England).
*Caroline Hedwall is now a professional.

+Switch to http://www.scottishgolfview.com/ to see the EGA men's rankings for 2009.

Scots slump to fourth bottom in The Spirit tournament Scotland's mixed amateur golf team slumped to 17th in a field of 20 countries competing at The Spirit tournament at Whispering Pines Golf Club, Houston in Texas today (Thursday). Paul Shields (Kirkhill) and Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) have so far had better-ball rounds of 70 and 75 for a two-round total of 145 over the par-72 course. The 75 was the second-worst better-ball men's team score on the secon day. The other half of the combined Scotland team, Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) and Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) have scored 72 and 73 for 145. The Scots' second-round total of 148 was six shots worse than their opening-day effort. The Scotland total of 290 is 27 shots behind the leaders, United States (263), with Chinese Taipei (266) second and England (271) third. COMBINED LEADERBOARD 263 United States (men: 68-65, women: 66-64). 266 Chinese Taipei. 271 England (men: 71-64, women: 65-71). 272 Colombia, Denmark. 273 Argentina, South Korea, Sweden. 275 France, Germany. 276 Italy. 277 Canada. 278 South Africa. 281 Belgium. 286 Australia. 288 Norway. 290 Scotland (men: 70-75, women: 72-73). 292 Philippines. 293 Czech Republic. 295 Mexico. +For a full overview of the second day's play, switch over to www.scottishgolfview.com

Gemma and Katy miss the US Futures Q School cut in Florida

Glasgow's Gemma Webster and Katy McNicoll from Carnoustie failed to survive the fourth round cut which reduced the US Futures Tour Qualifying School tournament field to 99 players at Winterhaven, Florida today.
Gemma had rounds of 77, 78, 74 and 76 over the four Central Florida courses for a total of 17-over-par 305 while Katy scored 78, 76, 77 and 75 for 306. Webster was joint 138th and McNicoll joint 145th. The Scots would have had to score 301 or better to get through to the fifth and final round.
Woburn amateur Tilly Magill, who was Tilly Holder, also missed out on 307 with scores of 78, 72, 77 and 80 for joint 157th ploace.
All 263 players who completed four rounds will get a ranking for the 2010 Futures Tour season but the less highly-placed competitors will get into fewer events.
Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart from Catterick, Yorkshire, a final-year student at New Mexico University, goes into the final round on a high after matching the tournament low score of five-under-par 67 in the fourth round.
Jodi is on six-under-par 282 after earlier rounds of 69, 73 and 73. She intends turning pro after the 2010 Curtis Cup match in the States.
Another English amateur, Scots pro's daughter Rachel Connor (Manchester) dropped back to joint 42nd place from 11th place overnight after running up an 80 in the fourth round for 294. Her earlier rounds had been 73, 72 and 69.
Americans Danielle Mills and 2008 Curtis Cup player Tiffany Joh jointly lead the field by six strokes on 13-under-par 275.

Michelle Wie to play in Omega Dubai Ladies Masters next month

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Michelle Wie, one of the brightest stars in the world of women’s golf, will headline a stellar field in the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters.
The Ladies European Tour’s end of season event will be played at the Emirates Golf Club from December 7 to 12, 2009.
After a tremendously successful rookie season on the LPGA Tour, which also saw her play a key role in the US team’s Solheim Cup victory, the 20-year-old Wie is expected to electrify the tournament when she joins an already talented field from Europe in what promises to be an intense Desert Duel.
Named in a 2006 Time magazine article as “one of 100 people who shape our world,” the Hawaiian is the latest superstar to sign up for the Dubai Ladies Masters which, since its inception in 2006, has showcased players of calibre and reputation such Annika Sorenstam, Laura Davies, Karrie Webb, Gwladys Nocera, Sophie Gustafson and Natalie Gulbis, making it the most popular ladies golf event of Dubai’s sporting calendar.
“We are really delighted to have Michelle in the field. She is charismatic, she is skilful and her presence will certainly provide a big boost to the tournament,” said Mohamed Juma Buamaim, vice-chairman and CEO of golf in Dubai — the promoters and organisers of the euro 500,000 tournament.
“Michelle Wie may be just 20, but it appears that she has been around for a long time and has done wonders to raise the profile of women's golf. The amount of hard work she puts in every day to improve her game and fitness shows she is determined to realise her dream and is on the brink of mega-star status,” said Buamaim, who also welcomed Omega on board as title sponsors of the golf in Dubai events, which also includes the Dubai Desert Classic.
“I am very excited about making my first trip to Dubai and playing in the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters,” said Wie. “I have heard so many great things about Dubai as a city, but also about the golf here, and I’m looking forward to experiencing it for myself.
"This season was a very rewarding one for me, both on the golf course and off, and I’d love nothing more than to wrap this year up with a strong showing at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters. I have such great respect for the players on the Ladies European Tour, and was able to develop close friendships with many of them in my first Solheim Cup experience, so it will be a great week.”
Wie, ranked 15 in the world women's pro ratings, turned professional in October 2005, and has been building an impressive resume in golf since a young age.

Aaron Stewart, only 10 years old when his father died in plane crash.

Payne Stewart's son scores first US college victory

Aaron Stewart, 20-year-old son of the late US Open champion Payne Stewart, has won his first US college golf tournament, just a few days after the 10th anniversary of his father's death in a bizarre plane crash.

A student at Southern Methodist University, Dallas in Texas - as his father was - put together rounds of 70, 72 and 74 for a level par aggregate of 216 and a two-stroke victory in the UTPA Classic at Los Lagos Golf Club, Edinburg (spelled without a final 'h'), Texas.

Aaron, now 6ft 1n and a sophomore (second-year) student at SMU, was 10 years old when his father died in a plane crash which killed the pilot and all four passengers.

HERE'S A RECAP FROM THE NEWSPAPER STORIES ON OCTOBER 26, 1999:

In an eerie, 4hr journey at 45,000 feet above the nation's heartland, golfer Payne Stewart and four others were entombed after a sudden drop in the cabin pressure of a Learjet apparently knocked them unconscious, perhaps even suffocated them instantly.

The runaway craft cruised on autopilot shortly after taking off from Orlando, exhausted its fuel supply and crashed into a marsh 1,400 miles away in South Dakota.
America was spellbound by the unfolding tragedy in sky as the Air Force ordered jets to intercept the Learjet and the White House weighed whether to shoot it down if it appeared to be heading for a populated area.
Air National Guard Capt. Chris Hamilton said the hopelessness of the situation became clear to him when he flew within 50 feet of the doomed jet - saw that the windows were frosted over and realised "this plane will crash with all these people on board and there is nothing I can do about it."
With fuel running low, the plane spiralled as it fell from the sky, and there were no survivors when it crashed in a desolate marsh. The drama was over.
The golf world was left to mourn 42-year-old Stewart, a two-time US Open champion who became one of the sport's best-known golfers because of his trademark knickers and tam-o'-shanter hat. He had won over $11million in 20 years as a tour pro.

Stewart, who lived with his wife and two young childen in Orlando, was flying to Dallas. He had been expected in Houston for practice rounds in advance of the Tour Championship.

The Learjet, which Stewart co-owned with his partners, took off from Orlando at 9:20 a.m. But 20 minutes later, air traffic controllers in Gainesville, Florida, lost radio contact and sounded the alert.
Government officials suspected everyone aboard suffocated when the plane lost cabin pressure shortly after it left the Orlando area.

The Spirit Tournament News

Louise Kenney, Kylie Walker, Paul Shields and Mark Bookless combined for a two-under-par first-day better-ball team score of 142 - 12 shots behind leaders Chinese Taipei.
England's Rachel Jennings, Holly Clyburn, Stiggy Hodgson and Matthew Haines are lying joint sixth on 136.
Kenney and Walker combined for a better-ball round of level par 72; Shields and Bookless had a better-ball 70.
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Reay clubgolfer the first girl selected for Scottish Golf Academy

FROM THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
Reay Golf Club's Eleanor Tunn has become the first female player in Scotland to progress through the clubgolf programme to reach the Scottish Golf Academy.
Fourteen-year-old Eleanor was selected this month after her first season travelling to competitions beyond Caithness.
“It was a nice surprise because I went to a talent ID day in Stirling with lots of other girls and quite a few were a lot older than me,” said Eleanor, who finished her season on in 47th place on the SLGA Girls Order of Merit, for Scotland’s best under 18 girls.
Surprisingly Eleanor comes from a non-golfing family – neither of her parents plays the game. She started golf aged five, attracted to Reay Golf Club, like so many other children, by its thriving junior coaching on Friday nights. Had the family not moved to Reay from Cumbria when Eleanor was a three year old it is highly likely she would not be playing golf.
When Reay came on board with the national junior programme, clubgolf, in 2004, Eleanor was one of the first children to benefit from the new, structured coaching programme.
One of the Club’s volunteers, Evan Sutherland, became the first amateur coach in Scotland to earn the Level 2 coaching qualification, and has since been through Stage 3 Orientation. With the lack of pro in Caithness he has filled an important gap in the region’s coaching programme.
Eleanor has made impressive progress through Reay’s clubgolf programme since she joined it aged nine. In 2008, her first season proper, she earned a handicap, reducing it to 18 at the close and finished this season with a handicap of 12.
Eleanor is quick to acknowledge her coach’s help. “Evan has been amazing,” she said. “He’s given up a lot of time to do this and he’s always there to help. I only have to call him to ask for help and he’ll meet me at the Club.
“We are always out on the golf course, through the winter, even if it’s cold. I also do after school coaching with Evan in the gym where we put up nets.”
Evan, typically, trumpets the system in place, rather than his own personal involvement, “It is all down to the clubgolf coaching initiative and it proves that the clubgolf system through its various stages has worked both for Eleanor as a player and indeed in the way the coaches have been trained.
"She has been a pleasure to coach throughout the last five years and, although it is impossible to predict how far she can progress at such an early age, she has the talent, drive and determination to do well and this coaching programme will be a huge benefit to her.
"Hopefully it will spur on many of the other juniors we are training through the clubgolf coaching system to reach their own golfing goals.”

SCOTS' MISSION LOOKS IMPOSSIBLE IN FOURTH ROUND OF FUTURES Q SCHOOL Scots Katy McNicoll and Gemma Webster look to be on a mission impossible in Thursday's fourth round of the US Futures Tour Qualifying School tournament over four courses in Central Florida. Only the leading 90 players and ties after 72 holes will go forward to the fifth and final round of Friday. Gemma from Glasgow has so far scored 77, 78 and 74 for a 13-over-par total of 229. She is tied 141st overall. Katy from Carnoustie's rounds have been 78, 76 and 77 for 231 and she is joint 166th. England's Rachel Connor (jt 11th) and US college student Jodi Ewart (jt 19th) are doing much better. Rachel from Manchester has scored 73, 72 and 69 for two-under-par 214. Jodi from Yorkshire has returned scores of 69, 73 and 73 for 215. Both are playing as amateurs. American pro Danielle Mills is the new leader on 207 with scores of 67, 71 and 69. A third English amateur in the field, Tilly Magill (Tilly Harris before her marriage) from Milton Keynes and Woburn Golf Club has scored 78, 72 and 77 for 227 and is joint 120th. Louise Harris from Dublin was eliminated because she failed to score better than 87 in the third round. Her rounds were 80, 86 and 80 for 256. +A total of 275 players and ties will earn some status for the 2010 Duramed Futures Tour, but players earning Priority 1 (full) status will be determined after the completion of the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. Once status is determined for the 2010 LPGA Tour, status will be assigned on the 2010 Duramed Futures Tour. HOW THEY STAND Par 216 (3x72) 207 Danielle Mills (US) 67 71 69. 208 Tiffany Joh (US) 67 69 72, Laura Kueny (a) 68 70 70. 209 Chelsea Curtis (US) 68 71 70. Selected scores: 214 Rachel Connor (Eng) (a) 73 72 69 (jt 11th). 215 Jodi Ewart (Eng) (a) 69 73 73 (jt 19th). 227 Tilly Magill (Eng) (a) 78 72 77 (jt 120th). 229 Gemma Webster (Sco) 77 78 74 (jt 141st). 231 Katy McNicoll (Sco) 78 76 77 (jt 166th)

ELIMINATED

256 Louise Harris (Ire) 80 86 90.

US COLLEGE NEWS

Emma Taylor runner-up in Florida

Emma Taylor from Saunton, Devon, a senior student at Bethune Cookman College, Daytona Beach in Florida, finished runner-up in the Holiday Inn Experience/Hatter women's college tournament at Victoria Hills Golf Club, DeLand in Florida this week (November 2-3).

Over a par-72 course of 6,098yd, Emma, pictured, had rounds of 72, 74 and 73 for a total of three-over-par 219. She finished one shot behind the winner, Alex Buelow (Stetson) who scored 72, 74 and 72.

Emma's team-mate from Dorset, Hannah Bews, also in her final year at BCC, finished joint 26th in a field of 40 players with rounds of 76, 83 and 82 for 241.

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Channel Islander Olivia Higgins, a student at Charleston Southern University, finished joint third in a field of 79 players for the Pinehurst Fall Challenge over the Pinehurst No. 6 course (par 72, 6004yd) in North Carolina.

Olivia scored 72 and 74 for 246, finishing two shots behind the winner, Lucia Fernandez (Jacksonville State University) who scored 70 and 74 for level par 144.

Laura Holmes from Ballina, Co Mayo in Ireland and a student at Old Dominion University, came 27th on 154, made up of rounds of 76 and 78.
Essex girl Laura Cutler (Jacksonville State) shared 45th place on 159 with rounds of 79 and 80.

Laura Holme's team-mate at Old Dominion, Emma Gilmore, also from Ireland, came joint 62nd on 166 with a pair of 83s.

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Scunthorpe sophomore student Gemma Hardie (Central Arkansas University) tied for third place in a field of 45 players at the Cowgirl Fall Invitational at Lake Charles Country Club, Louisiana.

Over a par-72, 6122yd course, Gemma scored 74, 80 and 73 for 227 - three shots behind the joint winners, team-mate C J Bobbitt (83-71-70) and Linda Persson (Lamar) (78-72-74).

Central Arkansas (900) won the team title by 22 shots from Lamar University in a field of seven teams.

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James Taverner from London, a senior student at Southeastern Louisiana University, finished joint 13th in a field of 75 players at the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate at Carter Plantation Golf Club, Springfield in Louisiana.

James scored 73, 73 and 72 for a total of two-over-par 218, a good effort over a long course (7104yd) with a par of 72.

Tom Robson (Jacksonville State), a freshman student from Waterlooville, came joint 15th with scores of 76, 70 and 73.

Fergal Rafferty (Sam Houston State), a senior from Carrickmore, Northern Ireland, finished joint 34th with rounds of 80, 72 and 73 for 225.

US COLLEGE NEWS

Disappointing sixth place finish for

second-round leader Natasha

Second after one round, leading after two but joint sixth after the final round.

That was the disappointing end for Natasha Podmore, a senior year student at San Francisco University from Appleton, Warrington, to the Challenge at Onion Creek women's college tournament.

Natasha, pictured right, had rounds of 65, 71 and 75 for a one-over-par total of 211 at a par-70 course of 5,939yd at Onion Creek Country Club near Austin, Texas.

Runner-up in the prestigious Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational last month, Podmore looked on track to win this one until she lost her momentum and the flow of birdies dried up over the final round.

She had nine birdies over the first two rounds, including an ouward half of 31 in her first-round 65

But on her final circuit Podmore, starting at the eighth, had to wait until her third last hole before she achieved her solitary birdie. By then a succession of bogeys had seen her overtaken by five players, two of them San Francisco team-mates.

But San Francisco, team leaders with 18 holes to go, also lost their grip on that trophy and finished second, three shots behind Texas A&M who produced the winner, Julia Bond (67-70-69 for four-under 206) and the runner-up, Ashley Freeman (74-66-67 for 207).

On the brighter side for San Francisco, it was the lowest final team total in the college's golf programme history; their first round team score was also a college low and Tinna Johannsdottir's 208 third-placed total was a record low for San Francisco.

Hannah Burke, a final year student at Baylor University, Texas, from Hertfordshire, finished strongly with a 69 after rounds of 74 and 71. Birdies at the third, 12th and 16th helped her finished joint 15th on 214, which was not a bad performance at all, considering she had two double bogeys in her first round.

Just like Natasha Podmore, Hannah had nine birdies over the 54 holes.

Hannah Lovelock from Surrey, a sophomore student at Missouri University, made it three English top-20 finishers with scores of 73, 68 and 74 for 215 and a share of 18th place. A double gogey 6 at the third in her final round was costly as was a triple bogey 7 at the 14th in her first round. Strangely enough, Lovelock also had a final total of nine birdies.

Nicola Race from Essex, the fourth English-born player in the field of 108, had scores of 79, 67 and 73 for 219 and a share of 42nd place. Nicola's second-round form was reminiscent of her performances for the junior Redland College over the past year or two. She had a bag of eight birdies, four of them in the second round, but saddled herself with a triple bogey 7 and a double bogey 6 in her first round.

Hannah and Nicola were the highest-placed of the five Missouri University players. The fact tht Missouri finished 20th of the 21 teams suggests that the college is relying strongly on the two English girls to carry the team.

LEADING TOTALS
Par 210 (3x70)

206 Julia Borland (Texas A&M) 67 70 69.

207 Ashley Freeman (Texas A&M) 74 66 67.

208 Tinna Johannsdottir (San Francisco) 64 73 71.

209 Krista Puisite (Texas State) 67 71 71.

210 Christina Stockton (San Francisco) 70 71 69.

211 Natasha Podmore (San Francisco) 65 71 75, Kimberley Kaufman (Texas Tech) 73 73 65.

Selected scores:

214 Hannah Burke (Baylor) 74 71 69 (jt 15th).

215 Hannah Lovelock (Missouri) 73 68 74 (jt 18th).

219 Nicola Race (Missouri) 79 67 73 (jt 42nd).

LEADING TEAMS

839 Texas A&M, 842 San Francisco, 863 Texas State. 864 Texas.

Selected total:

898 Missouri.

21 teams took part.

SCOTS FACE UPHILL FIGHT TO BEAT

CUT AT US FUTURES Q SCHOOL

Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll and Gemma Webster from Glasgow have to make significant improvement over the third and fourth rounds if they are to survive the cut which will reduce the United States Futures Qualifying School field from 277 to 90 and ties for Friday's fifth and final round.
Katy improved by two strokes today with a 76 at Huntington Hills G&CC in Central Florida for a two-round total of 10-over-par 154.
Gemma had a 78, also at Huntington Hills, for 155. Katy is joint 152nd and Gemma tied for 173rd place in the huge field.
Yorkshire's Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart, in her final year as a student at New Mexico University, was sharing 11th place after a 73 at Huntington Hills for a two-under-par tally of 142.
Rachel Connor, daughter of the Scots-born Manchester club pro Brian Connor, was sharing 28th place after a 72 at Lake Region Yacht & Country Club for one-over 145.
Jodi and Rachel are playing as amateurs as is Tilly Magill from Milton Keynes. Tilly is joint 103rd after a six-shot improvement for a 72 at Bridgewater GC for 150.
Leading the field by two strokes is American Tiffany Joh who turned pro after playing in the Curtis Cup match over the Old Course, St Andrews last year. She has scored 67 and 69 for eight-under-par 136.
LEADING TWO-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
Players from US unless stated
136 Tiffany Joh 67 69.
138 Amanda Costner 69 69, Danielle Mills 67 71, Laura Kueny (a) 68 70.
139 Michelle Yang (a) 71 68, Stephanie Connelly 69 70, Chelsea Curtis 68 71.
Selected scores:
142 Jodi Ewart (Eng) (a) 69 73.
145 Rachel Connor (Eng) (a) 73 72.
150 Tilly Magill (Eng) (a) 78 72.
154 Katy McNicoll (Sco) 78 76.
155 Gemma Webster (Sco) 77 78.
166 Louise Harris (Ire) 80 86.

Portmarnock Golf Club win legal battle

to refuse women full membership

FROM THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
One of the Republic of Ireland's most prestigious golf clubs has won a legal bid to refuse women full membership.
The exclusive Portmarnock Golf Club in north Co Dublin went before Dublin's Supreme Court as equality chiefs made a final attempt to get the club to change its rules.
Women can play at the course and pay green fees, but are not allowed to become full members.
Three of five judges who heard the case dismissed the challenge and ruled Portmarnock was a gentlemen's club where golf was played.
Outside the court Joanna McMinn, of the Equality and Rights Alliance, called for equality legislation to be changed and updated.
She said the result was a bad day for equality and a bad day for women.
"It sends out a message that discrimination continues and this judgment upholds inequality for women," said Ms McMinn.
"The exclusivity of Portmarnock is just a symptom of that."
The action, which centred on a section of the Equal Status Act, was aimed at overturning a High Court ruling made three years ago which backed the club's regulations.
The golf club had also had its alcohol licence suspended for a week in 2004 for refusing to accept female members.
But during the Supreme Court hearing last December a barrister for Portmarnock Golf Club argued that while the activity of the club was golf, its purpose was to cater for men only and on this basis it refused membership to women.
Counsel for the Equality Authority felt the club must allow women and men to become full members because it was "not a social club created for pure male society fraternity companionships".
In his judgment Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan said as Portmarnock provided external facilities it was not discriminating.
"Entitlement of female non-members to play golf in Portmarnock is not a point that is either helpful in argument to the club or to the Equality Authority on the points at issue," he said.
Ms Justice Susan Denham, one of two judges who found against the club, said Portmarnock was a discriminating club as its principal purpose was golf.
"Portmarnock Golf Club is exactly what its name says - a golf club in Portmarnock," she said.
"It caters for men and women in different ways. I would allow the appeal."
Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/portmarnock-one-of-irelands-top-golf-club-wins-battle-over-women-members-14548436.html#ixzz0Vo8f3gR7

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.

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Gemma (77), Katy (78) make slow start

to United States Futures Tour Q School

Glasgow exile Gemma Webster and Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll did not make the best of starts to the United States Futures Tour Qualifying School in Polk County, Central Florida today.
Gemma, pictured right, a Hilton Park Golf Club member who turned pro in the States after playing four years on the American women's college golf circuit as a student at Ohio State University, marked up a five-over-par 77 at Bridgewater, one of four courses being used for the five-round tournament. That placed her joint 167th overall in the field of 287 from 40 countries.
Rookie pro Katy McNicoll, also played four years of US college golf as a student at Lynn University, Boca Raton in Florida. Katy, who won the North of Scotland women's amateur championship at Newmachar this past summer, had a six-over-par 78, also at the Bridgewater course. Katy is in joint 196th position.
Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart from Yorkshire, in her final year as a student at New Mexico University, did best of the Brits with a 69 at Bridgewater, which placed her joint fifth overall.
Rachel Connor, daughter of the Scots-born pro at Manchester Golf Club, playing as an amateur had a one-over 73 at Huntington Hills. She is lying joint 57th
Tilly Magill, an uncapped amateur from Milton Keynes, was on the 78 mark alongside Katy McNicoll.
Americans Tiffany Joh and Danielle Mills lead the huge field on the five-under-par 67 mark, Joh playing the Lake Region course and Danielle at Ridgewood Lake. There will be a cut after each player has played the four courses, bringing the field down to the leading 90 and ties.
LEADING SCORES

Par 72

67 Tiffany Joh (US), Danielle Mills (US).

68 Chelsea Curtis (US), Laura Kueny (US).

Selected scores:

69 Jodi Ewart (Eng) (a).

73 Rachel Connor (Eng) (a).

75 Caroline Westrup (Swe).

77 Gemma Webster (Sco).

78 Katy McNicoll (Sco), Tilly Magill (Eng) (a).

DURAMED FUTURES TOUR NEWS RELEASE

WINTER HAVEN, Florida. Nov. 2, 2009 - A pair of Duramed Futures Tour rookies grabbed the first-round lead in the start of today's 11th annual Duramed FuturesTour Qualifying Tournament. Tiffany Joh of San Diego and Danielle Mills of Pointe-Claire, Quebec each carded rounds of five-under-par 67.
Joh, a former All-American at UCLA, opened her week at Lake Region Yacht & Country Club, while Mills, who just graduated in May from Elon University (North Carolina), played today's round at Ridgewood Lakes Golf & Country Club. Four courses are being used in this week's qualifier.
"I'm pretty stoked because I was just trying to shoot even-par or better," said Joh, 22, a two-time winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, who launched her professional career this summer. "I was pretty nervous this morning and it was a very quiet 40-minute car ride to get here."
But Joh let her putter do the talking today, needing only 26 putts for her round that included six birdies and one bogey. Her iron play also was steady, allowing the former U.S. Curtis Cupper to play the course's five par-3s at four under.
Mills hit 14 greens in regulation and needed only 28 putts in her round that was highlighted by seven birdies and two bogeys. Like Joh, the Canadian graduated in May, but played amateur golf until August. A rookie on the LPGA's developmental tour, Mills got into three Duramed Futures Tour events this year, with a season-best tie for 18th in Albany, New York State.

"This is my second time at this Q-School and now I know what it's all about," said Mills, 22, the 2007 Quebec Women's Match Play Provincial Championship winner. "It's great to get off to a good start and today was a pleasant day, but there are four rounds left."
Amateur Laura Kueny of Whitehall, Michigan, and recent Georgetown University graduate Chelsea Curtis of New Seabury, Massachusetts, are tied one shot off the lead at 4-under 68. Kueny carded her round at Ridgewood Lakes, while Curtis posted her round at The Golf Club at Bridgewater.
"My putter was hot today," said Kueny, 21, a senior at Michigan State University, who recorded 28 putts in her round. "I felt good over the ball all day, so I just tried not to get ahead of myself or think about my score."
Curtis was particularly pleased in her "first time around" at qualifying. She didn't turn professional until the first week of October, finishing third in the New England Open and seventh in the Maryland Open to get ready for this week's Q-School. She got the ball rolling with a 35-foot birdie putt on the fourth hole, and then holed out from a greenside bunker on the 16th hole for two of her six birdies today. The New Englander also hit nine approach shots within 15 feet for birdie opportunities.
"I was knocking down a good amount of pins today," said Curtis, 22, who was bogey-free on her front nine holes. "But I was really happy with being able to control my nerves and stay patient. This is a long week."
Eight players are tied at 3-under 69, including Stephanie Connelly of Pasadena, Maryland, who was the medalist at the recent LPGA Sectional Tournament in Venice, Florida. A rookie on the Duramed Futures Tour this summer after graduating from the University of Central Florida, Connelly has advanced into the LPGA's Final Qualifying Tournament. A

nd like Joh, who also qualified for the LPGA Q-School Finals, she is using this week's five-round Q-school as a tune-up for the LPGA's final stage next month.
"After winning the sectional, I gained a lot of confidence and experience," said Connelly, 22, who recorded four birdies and one bogey today. "I certainly want to win this tournament, but I've never played five days of stroke play. This is good preparation for LPGA Q-School Finals. I'm still a young professional and I have lots to learn."
A total of 37 players scored under par today, while 56 players posted scores of even-par 72 or better in the opening round of this year's Duramed Futures Tour Qualifying Tournament.
A field of 287 players from 38 nations is competing in Central Florida this week on four courses for 2010 Duramed Futures Tour playing status. The 90-hole tournament will continue on Tuesday at Winter Haven's Lake Region Yacht & Country Club, Ridgewood Lakes Golf & Country Club in Davenport, Florida, and Lakeland's Huntington Hills Golf & Country Club and The Golf Club at Bridgewater.
A tournament cut will be made after 72 holes. The cut field of 90 players and ties will return to Lake Region only for the final round on Friday.

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Weather: Partly cloudy with a slight breeze. Temperatures in the low-80s.

Eilidh Briggs wins SLGA Girls' Order

of Merit from Rachael Watton

Kilmacolm's Eilidh Briggs, pictured right, whose older sister Megan won the Scottish women's amateur golf championship in May, has won the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association girls' order of merit. She totalled 2,285pt, winning by over 500pt from Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) with Lesley Atkins (Minto) third with 1300.
Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) was fourth with 1120.

Leading final points totals

1 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 2,285pt

2 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 1,720 (pictured below)

3 Lesley Atkins (Minto) 1,300.
4 Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 1,120.
5 Sammy Vass (Tain) 1,090.
6 Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) 1,015.
7 Carly Booth (Comrie) 955.
8 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 890.
9 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 850.
10 Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 845.
11 Sophie Alexander (Deeside) 840.

Carly can't make it to Abu Dhabi,
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Holly's chance of overseas double

Carly Booth is unavailable to defend the Abu Dhabi junior girls' championship, organised and sponsored by The Daily Telegraph, in this year's event which will be played during the week of November 24 to 30.
English girls champion Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), winner of the Nick Faldo Series Under-21 girls title in Brazil at the end of last week, is in the select field of nine girls by virtue of a sponsors' invite.
Holly, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency at this year's girls' home internationals at Fairhaven GC, accepted the invitation BEFORE her triumph in Brazil.
Chris Lloyd (The Kendleshire) is the sponsors' invite in the field of 12 boys.
All those who have qualified did so by returning scores several under par in nominated Daily Telegraph medals during the 2009 season.
James Burnett (Sleaford), who was well up the returns with a -7 score, is unable to take his place in the field, presumably due to school examinations during the week in question.
There are no Scottish boys or girls in the line-up for later this month.
The competitors, subject to confirmation by the Daily Telegraph, are:
GIRLS
Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry)
Jessica Wilcox (Blankney)
Hannah Turland (Tidsworth)
Georgia Hall (Ferndown)
Michaela Chivers (Farrington)
Sophie Godley (Lindrick)
Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies)
Charlotte Austwick (Pike Hills)
Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa).
BOYS
Ross Mitchell (Sunningdale)
Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City)
Jack McKenzie (Princes)
Jordan Ainley (Brokenhurst Manor)
Tom Ibbertson (Coventry Hearsall).
Tomasz Anderson (Mill Green)
Ben Herbert (Clacton-on-Sea)
Ryan Fricker (Yelverton).
Ben Ludlam (Dunwood Manor)
Myles Angell (Clevedon)
Chris Lloyd (The Kendleshire).

Catriona Matthew wins $17,540 in South Korea

British women's open champion Catriona Matthew finished joint 23rd with a one-over-par total of 217 in the LPGA Tour's Hana Bank Kolon championship at Incheon, South Korea today.
Catriona had a roller-coaster ride in the 54-hole tournament with scores of 67, 79 and 71 to finish 11 shots behind the South Korea winner Na Yeon Choi who scored 68, 71 and 67 for a 10-under-par total of 206 to win the $255,00 first prize
Catriona's monetary reward was $17,570.
The players contended with windy conditions at Sky 72 Golf Club's Ocean Course for the LPGA's annual tour stop in South Korea.
Choi won the Samsung World Championships in September with an eagle after sharing the lead into the final par-5 hole. The 22-year-old faced a similar situation on Sunday, but this time she wasn't nervous.
"This time I was able to play the last hole comfortably," Choi said. "I went in thinking 'birdie.'"
Choi and three-time Tour winner Maria Hjorth (Sweden) stood at the 18th tee paired in the same group and tied for the lead at 9-under. But after both hit nice tee shots to the left of the fairway, Hjorth stiffed a 226-yard 4-iron into a water hazard, while Choi laid up nicely in front of the green.
Hjorth took a drop and managed to save par, while the Korean chipped her third shot to just inches of the cup.
Tseng, who contended with the leaders for most of the round, made a birdie on the final hole to claim a share of second place.
Ran Hong, who mainly plays on the Korean LPGA Tour, shot a 69 to finish four strokes off the lead, one ahead of Song-Hee Kim (71).
LPGA Tour money leader Jiyai Shin of South Korea finished with a 2-under 70 to finish in lone 6th place, following yesterday's 6-over par round.
America's Brittany Lang, Anna Nordqvist of Sweden, and South Koreans Se Ri Pak and Inbee Park rounded out the top-10 at 2-under tied for 7th place.
Mexico's top-ranked Lorena Ochoa closed with a final round 73 to end at 6-over, tied for 44th on 222.
Choi donned traditional Korean attire during her trophy presentation, as is customary for winners of this tournament.
"I take pride in winning for Korea this week," said Choi, who now moves to 5th on the annual Tour money.
The LPGA Tour now swings to Japan and Mexico before closing with the inaugural Tour Championship in Houston, Texas.
FINAL TOTALS
Ocean Course, Incheon, South Korea
Par 216 (3x72) 6,409yd
206 Na Yeon Choi (SKo) 68 71 67 ($255,000).
207 Yani Tseng (SKo) 69 70 68, Maria Hjorth (Sweden) 68 72 67 ($136,819 each).
206 Na Yeon Choi 68 71 67
207 Yani Tseng (Tai) 69 70 68, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 68 72 67
210 Ran Hong 70 71 69
212 Song-Hee Kim 69 72 71
213 Jiyai Shin 67 76 70
214 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 70 73 71, Se Ri Pak 70 72 72, Inbee Park 70 71 73, Brittany Lang (USA) 73 73 68
215 Jee Young Lee 70 72 73, Bo-Mee Lee 73 74 68, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 70 75 70, Juli Inkster (USA) 70 76 69
216 Vicky Hurst (USA) 67 75 74, Ae-ree Pyun 71 71 74, In Kyung Kim 72 70 74, Meena Lee 69 73 74, Hee Kyung Seo 70 75 71, M.J. Hur 71 74 71, Sandra Gal (Ger) 71 75 70, Hee Young Park 72 74 70
217 Seon Hwa Lee 70 75 72, Catriona Matthew 67 79 71
218 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 70 79 69, Paula Creamer (USA) 72 74 72, Jimin Kang 67 73 78, Meaghan Francella (USA) 66 79 73
219 Ji-Young Oh 70 72 77, So yeon Ryu 71 74 74, Eun Hee Ji 70 71 78, Hye youn Kim 71 73 75, Ha-neul Kim 70 77 72
220 Sun Ju Ahn 73 77 70, Hee-Won Han 69 74 77, Bo kyung Kim 67 74 79
221 Sun Young Yoo 74 78 69, Jeong Eun Lee 73 76 72, Stacy Lewis (USA) 71 74 76, Hye-yong Choi 71 77 73, Kyeong Bae 71 76 74, Katherine Hull (Aus) 71 76 74, Karine Icher (Fra) 71 76 74
222 Giulia Sergas (Ita) 72 76 74, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 72 77 73, Cristie Kerr (USA) 70 76 76, Candie Kung (Tai) 76 75 71
223 Soo-Yun Kang 70 79 74, Amy Yang (USA) 70 78 75, Christina Kim (USA) 69 74 80
224 Teresa Lu (Tai) 73 77 74, Anna Grzebien (USA) 66 82 76, Pat Hurst (USA) 67 79 78
225 Shi Hyun Ahn 74 76 75, Young Kim 71 80 74, Hyun Hee Moon 72 78 75, Da-na Kang 74 78 73
226 Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 71 81 74, Jin Joo Hong 75 79 72, Hyeon-ju Lee 73 75 78, Angela Park (Bra) 73 74 79, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 75 76 75
227 Morgan Pressel (USA) 70 77 80
228 Hye Jung Choi 77 77 74
229 Jennifer Song (USA) 74 77 78, Nicole Castrale (USA) 78 74 77
230 Eunjung Yi 73 78 79, Ji-na Lim 74 80 76
231 Hui jeong Kim 73 82 76
232 Simin Feng (USA) 73 76 83
233 Joo Mi Kim 76 80 77

Nancy Chisholm MBE

The Chisholm Family L to R: Lindsey, Bill, Nancy and Susan

Bill Chisholm and daughters, Lindsey and Susan, were in the audience at Buckingham Palace to see Nancy receive the MBE from HM The Queen at an Investiture ceremony on the 15th October.

Nancy, a past chairman of the LGU, and a past President of the SLGA,  was awarded the honour for services to golf in the Queens Birthday Honours list.

Nancy said "We had the most wonderful day filled with exciting memories meeting interesting people, enjoying new sights, exploring new territories in glorious sunshine and having the thrill of speaking a few words of golf with the Queen!
Never thought it would be such a grand experience."

Well done Nancy!

JUNIOR CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS ABANDONED

JUNIOR CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS ABANDONED, TO BE RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT SPRING The Scottish junior champion of champions' golf tournament at The Duke's course, St Andrews today was abandoned after 1hr 20min play because persistent rain had flooded the greens. Scottish Golf Union tournament director Euan Mordaunt is hoping the reschedule the 18-hole tournament for leading boys and girls for the spring of 2010.

Top-20 finish by Vikki Laing in

China, Clare Queen jt 33rd

Vikki Laing finished joint 15th and Clare Queen joint 33rd in the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open at Suzhou Taihu International Golf Club, China.

Vikki, pictured, had rounds of 78, 69 and 72 for a three-over-par total of 219 which earned her 2,845 Euros.

She finished nine shots behind the South Korean Bo Mi Suh who scored her first win in five years as a tour pro with scores of 69, 69 and 72 for six-under-par 210 to scopp the jackpot prize of 30,000 Euros.

She won by a single shot from France's Gwladys Nocera who had rounds of 70, 71 and 70 for 211 and the 20,300 Euros second prize.

Nocera was penalised two strokes retrospectively when one of her Chinese partners reported that the French player had been two minutes late on the first tee for her first round 68, which was later amended to a 70. Why the matter was not highlighted by the official starter is not clear.

Clare Queen scored 74, 73 and 76 for 223 to earn 1,650 Euros.

Lynn Kenny missed the cut by only one stroke with a pair of 76s for 152.

FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72)

210 Bo Mi Suh (SKo) 69 69 72 (30,000 Euros).

211 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 70 71 70 (20,300 Euros).

213 Pornanorg Phatlum (Thai 68 74 71 (14,000 Euros).

214 Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 72 72 70 (10,800 Euros).

215 Lora Fairclough (Eng) 70 72 72, Rebecca Coakley (Ire) 74 68 73, Iben Tinning (Den) 72 70 73, Frances Bondad (Australia) 70 70 75 (6,620 Euros each).
216 Virginine Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 72 73 71
217 Li Ying Ye 72 71 74
218 Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 73 72 73, Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 69 76 73, Nontaya Srisawang (Tha) 71 75 72, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 74 69 75
219 Smriti Mehra (Ind) 73 69 77, Vikki Laing (Sco) 78 69 72, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 73 72 74, Julieta Granada (Par) 70 72 77
220 Georgina Simpson (Eng) 76 71 73, Sophie Giquel (Fra) 74 71 75, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 71 73 76, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Aus) 77 71 72, Jessica Ji (Kor) 74 71 75, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 72 68 80
221 Mei h Huang 72 76 73, Hazel Kavanagh (Irl) 74 71 76, Sahra Hassan (Wal) 74 71 76
222 Jia yun Li 73 73 76, Tzu-chi Lin (Tai) 72 76 74, Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 75 73 74, Claire Louise Aitken (Eng) 72 76 74, Yun Y Bai 74 68 80
223 Karen Lunn (Aus) 72 71 80, Ling ling Tan 77 70 76, Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 71 74 78, Porani Chutichai (Tha) 75 74 74, Anna Rawson (Aus) 71 75 77, Julie Tvede (Den) 74 72 77, Hong mei Yang 76 74 73, Clare Queen (Sco) 74 73 76
224 Ying Luo 73 73 78, Nicole Montgomery (Aus) 72 77 75, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 73 71 80
225 Martina Gillen (Irl) 72 74 79, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 73 75 77, Morgana Robbertze (Rsa) 72 74 79, Samantha Head (Eng) 72 75 78, Liu M Zhong 75 74 76, Ling Hu 76 70 79, 226 Jae S Won (Pkr) 75 76 75, Florentyna Parker (Eng) 75 74 77
227 Rungthiwa Pangian (Tha) 73 71 83, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 73 72 82, Ko-chen Yeh (Tai) 76 75 76, Yue Xia Lu 75 75 77, Karen-margrethe Juul (Den) 75 72 80
228 Ping Huang 78 73 77, Shuang Gao 74 73 81, Tiranun Yoopan (Tha) 76 73 79
229 Yu H Liu 75 73 81, Wan Z Chen 77 72 80, Hong L Wu 75 76 78, Xiao X Zhou 76 73 80, Xaio R Wei 74 75 80
230 Eva Steinberger (Aut) 76 75 79
231 Qin Zhou 76 75 80, Bing Lim (Mal) 76 75 80
233 Yan Jing 76 75 82
234 Xiao Z Ren 74 77 83

MISSED THE CUT (151 or better qualified)

152 Lynn Kenny (Sco) 76 76, Tara Delaney (Ire) 79 73, Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 77 75.