Yorkshire player's fifth victory on US college circuit

Jodi Ewart in action (from the Golfweek website). Click on image to enlarge it.

Jodi Ewart wins Mountain West Conference title for 3rd time

The University of New Mexico women's team went wire-to-wire to win its third straight Mountain West Conference Championship today - and Yorkshire's Jodi Ewart, ranked No 6 in Golfweek's US women's college standings, won the individual title by four strokes.

It was the third time Jodi had taken the title. She previously was Mountain West Conference champion in 2007 and again in 2008.

Over the three rounds at what is recognised as a tough track, Ewart had one eagle, eight birdies, two double bogeys and seven bogeys to finish at one-over-par 217.
The Lobos, No. 22 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, finished at 34-over 898 and defeated No. 25 Texas Christian University by nine strokes at Black Horse Golf Course in Seaside, California
Jodi Ewart, sixth in Golfweek’s rankings, shot a final-round 71 to win the individual title by four strokes. It was the fifth win of her US college golf circuit career, and the first since the 2009 Arizona Wildcat Invitational.

Northallerton (near York)-born Ewart, who had her 22nd birthday on January 7, finished at 1-over 217, four shots ahead of TCU’s Rachel Raastad. New Mexico’s Rebecca Hellbom was another shot back at 222, and Wyoming’s Jonelle Martinez and BYU’s Maggie Yuan tied for fourth at 227.

What a pity for Great Britain & Ireland's Curtis Cup hopes of beating the Americans at Essex County Club in June that Jodi is turning professional at the end of her four years at the University of New Mexico - BEFORE the Curtis Cup contest.

She would have been an automatic selection by the GB&I selectors had she remained an amateur until late June and would have given the Americans a run for their money. But Jodi is determined to pursue a tour pro golf career as soon as possible, cutting her teeth on the US Duramed Futures Tour.
New Mexico had posted just one top-5 finish this spring, a fourth-place showing last week at the ASU Invitational in Tempe, Ariz. But the Lobos showed good form all week in California, leading each of the three rounds to win their third consecutive Mountain West title and seventh in the past 11 seasons. Colorado State finished third at 54-over 914, and UNLV came in at 928.

Ladies' European Tour Access Series
DINARD LADIES OPEN
Brittany, Northwest France
FINAL TOTALS
Par 210 (3x70)
1 208 Jade Schaeffer (France) 67 69 72.
2 209 Lucie Andre (France) (amateur) 67 68 74.
T3 213 Julie Greciet (France) 74 74 65.
T3 213 Virginie Lagoutte Clement (France) 70 77 66.
T3 213 Kiran Matharu (England) 71 74 68.,
T3 213 Caroline Afonso (France) 69 74 70.
T3 213 Julie Tvede (Denmark) 70 71 72.
8 214 Julie Maisongrosse (FRA) France 71 74 69
9 215 Nicole Forshner (CAN) Canada 75 70 70.
T10 216 Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wales) 69 76 71.
T10 216 Morgane Bazin de Jessey (France) (amateur) 74 70 72.
T12 217 Mariana Macias Capuzzi (Spain) 76 73 68.
T12 217 Marion Kaddouche (France) (amateur) 73 75 69.
T12 217 Camille Fallay (France) 75 73 69
T12 217 Natalie David-Mila (France) 74 74 69
T16 218 Anne-Lise Caudal (France) 76 73 69
T16 218 Justine Dreher (France) (amateur) 73 74 71
T16 218 Laure Castelain France) (amateur) 77 69 72.
19 219 Rachel Bell (ENG) England 79 71 69.
T20 220 Louise Gateau Chovelon (France) (amateur) 76 74 70
T20 220 Sahra Hassan (Wales) 70 79 71
T22 221 +11 Audrey Riguelle (Am) (France) (amateur) 76 74 71.
T22 221 Liebelei Lawrence (Am) (GRC) Greece/Luxembourg 71 78 72
T22 221 Manon Gidali (France) (amateur) 73 76 72.
T22 221 Holly Aitchison (England) 71 78 72.
T22 221 Laure Sibille (France) 73 75 73.
T22 221 Chrisje de Vries (Netherlands) (amateur) 76 72 73.
T28 222 Ana Larraneta (Spain) 76 73 73
T28 222 Shannon Aubert (France) (amateur) 75 73 74
T28 222 Joanne Clingan (England) 70 76 76.
T31 223 Marian Duvernay (France) (amateur) 72 77 74.
T31 223 Anne Sophie Le Nalio (France) 73 76 74.
T33 224 Henrietta Zuel (England) 72 78 74.
T33 224 Sophie Sandolo (Italy) 76 74 74.
T35 225 Tracey Boyes (England) 75 75 75.
T35 225 Julie Berton (France) 76 73 76.
T35 225 Joanna Klatten (France) (amateur) 73 74 78
38 230 Caroline Martens Larsen (Norway) 78 72 80.

Volcanic Dust keeps Scots at home and KOs Portmarnock seniors' match

The Scotland veterans v Ireland seniors ladies match fell victim to the Volcanic Dust at 25,000ft!
The annual match for the Mary McKenna Salver was due to be hosted by the Irish at Portmarnock, Dublin on Sunday and Monday, but, with all flights cancelled and the ferry full with last minute bookings, there was no way the Scots could get across the Irish Sea.
Skipper Pamela Williamson told Kirkwoodgolf: "Our match is postponed till October, date to be confirmed. Sad, but we are all off for a game on The Duke's!"

Get away from it all in October ... to mystical Marrakech in Morocco

Amelkis Golf Club, Marrakech - you will play this course twice on the Morocco Family Golf Festival programme (October 9 to 16). The majestic Atlas Mountains provide a breath-taking backdrop.

Preston Golf Club pair Francis

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& Duillia set the ball rolling for

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the Morocco Family Festival

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By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Tournament Director, Morocco Family Golf Festival

Congratulations to Francis and Duillia Smalley for being the first entrants to the inaugural Morocco Family Golf Festival, to be played over four courses at Marrakech in Morocco from October 9 to 16.

Francis, has a handicap of 16, and will be playing in the Senior Men's section.

Duillia has a handicap of 23 and has put her name down for the Senior Ladies' section.

They will almost certainly partner each other in the warm-up, better-ball pairs event on Sunday, October 10.

Both are members of Preston Golf Club and will be flying direct to Marrakech from Manchester on October 9.

Mohamed Fakir of Menara Travel Ltd, specialist golf tour operators to Morocco, has done all the bookings.

After the getting-to-know-you better-ball pairs on the Sunday, there will be a four-round Stableford competition, the best three points totals to count for each individual.

There will be 1-2-3 separate prize sections for:

Senior men (over 55 on January 1).

Senior ladies (over 50 on January 1).

Men

Ladies

Boys Under-16 (on January 1).

Boys Under-18 (on January 1).

Girls Under-16 (on January 1).

Girls Under-18 (on January 1).

All competitors should take their handicap certificates with them to Morocco.

There will be a break from the golf programme on the Wednesday when Mohamed Fakir has arranged - no extra charge - a guided tour of the mystical city of Marrakech with its famous square.

Accommodation is at the five-star Palm Plaza Hotel in Marrakech, pictured above.

If you click on the appropriate wording at the top of the left hand column on the Home Page of this website, you can find out all the details of the programme and an entry form which you can download.

The price of £789 per golfer, sharing a twin or double room (£630 for a non-golfer), covers:

*Return schedule flight with Royal Air Maroc from London Gatwick to Marrakech (Flights from other UK airports at a supplement)
* Seven nights' accommodation in the PALM PLAZA HOTEL & SPA 5***** in Marrakech
*Daily buffet breakfast
*Five rounds of competitive golf and playing on the Royal, Amelkis (twice), Plameraie, Al Maaden.
*Cocktail Party
*Gala Prizegiving Dinner.

*Five dinners at the hotel as per the programme
*Half-day guided tour of Marrakech
*Ground transfers & Transportation
*Menara Travel's permanent assistance in Marrakech

Any queries? E-mail Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Anna Nordqvist wins Mojo match-play title in Jamaica

Sweden's Anna Nordqvist won the inaugural Mojo 6 Jamaica LPGA Invitational on Friday, beating Amanda Blumenherst by one hole in the six-hole championship match in the Raceway Golf event at Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Nordqvist, who won the LPGA Championship and season-ending LPGA Tour Championship last year, earned $350,000 in the unofficial event at Cinnamon Hill.
After three rounds of six-hole matches Thursday, the field was cut from 16 to eight for the quarter-finals.
Nordqvist opened with a two-hole victory over Christina Kim, and beat Cristie Kerr on the first extra hole in the semi-finals. Blumenherst beat Brittany Lang by one hole in the quarter-finals, and topped Na Yeon Choi on the first extra hole in the semi-finals.
In the third-place match, Kerr beat Choi on the sixth play-off hole.

Ladies European Tour - Access Series
Dinard Ladies Open
Brittany, Northwest France
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70)
1 135 -5 Lucie Andre (Am) (FRA) (am) 67 68.
2 136 -4 Jade Schaeffer (FRA) 67 69.
3 141 +1 Julie Tvede (DEN) 70 71.
4 143 +3 Caroline Afonso (FRA) 69 74.
5 144 +4 Morgane Bazin de Jessey (FRA) (am) 74 70.
T6 145 +5 Rhian Wyn Thomas (WAL) 69 76.
T6 145 Julie Maisongrosse (FRA) 71 74.
T6 145 Kiran Matharu (ENG) 71 74.
T6 145 Nicole Forshner (CAN) 75 70.
T10 146 +6 Laure Castelain (FRA) (am) 77 69.
T10 146 Joanne Clingan (ENG) 70 76.
T12 147 +7 Virginie Lagoutte Clement (FRA) 70 77.
T12 147 Joanna Klatten (FRA) (am) 73 74.
T12 147 Justine Dreher (FRA) (am) 73 74.
T15 148 +8 Natalie David-Mila (FRA) 74 74.
T15 148 Chrisje de Vries (NED) (am) 76 72
T15 148 Laure Sibille (FRA) 73 75
T15 148 Julie Greciet (FRA) 74 74
T15 148 Shannon Aubert (FRA) (am) 75 73.
T15 148 Camille Fallay (FRA) 75 73 »»
T15 148 Marion Kaddouche (FRA) (am) 73 75 »»
T22 149 +9 Sahra Hassan (WAL) 70 79 »»
T22 149 Anne Sophie Le Nalio (FRA) 73 76 »»
T22 149 Ana Larraneta (ESP) 76 73 »»
T22 149 Mariana Macias Capuzzi (ESP) 76 73 »»
T22 149 Julie Berton (FRA) 76 73 »»
T22 149 Holly Aitchison (ENG) 71 78 »»
T22 149 Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 76 73 »»
T22 149 Liebelei Lawrence (GRE) (am) 71 78 »»
T22 149 Marian Duvernay (FRA) 72 77 »»
T22 149 Manon Gidali (FRA) (am) 73 76 »»
MISSED THE CUT
150 Caroline Martens Larsen (NOR) 78 72, Tracey Boyes (ENG) 75 75, Sophie Sandolo (ITA) 76 74, Audrey Riguelle (FRA) (am) 76 74, Rachel Bell (ENG) 79 71, Henrietta Zuel (ENG) 72 78, Louise Gateau Chovelon (FRA) (am) 76 74.
151 Margot Ivanoff (Am) (FRA) (am) 72 79, Margherita Rigon (ITA) 78 73, Melodie Bourdy (FRA) 77 74, Elin Emanuelsson (SWE) 76 75, Natalie Lamboult (FRA) (am) 77 74, Johanna Lundberg (SWE) 79 72.
152 Vittoria Valvassori (ITA) Italy 74 78 »»
Zuzana Kamasova (SVK) Gray Bear-GC Tale, Slovakia 78 74 »»
Clemence Abrahamian (Am) (FRA) France 77 75 »»
Rachel Drummond (Am) (ENG) England 79 73 »»
153 Ariane Provot (Am) (FRA) France 76 77 »»
Ines Lescudier (Am) (FRA) France 75 78 »»
Celine Boutier (Am) (FRA) France 78 75 »»
Emilie Alonso (Am) (FRA) France 75 78 »»
Christine Hallstrom (SWE) Sweden 75 78 »»
154 Corisande Lee (ENG) England 78 76 »»
Lorellen Gros (Am) (FRA) France 79 75 »»
Frederique Seeholzer (SWI) Switzerland 80 74 »»
Emilie Gassiot (Am) (FRA) France 73 81 »»
155 Ludivine Kreutz (FRA) France 76 79 »»
Lien Willems (BEL) Belgium 76 79.
Celine Herbin (FRA) France 80 75.
Emilie Piquot (Am) (FRA) France 81 74.
156 Camille Chevalier (FRA) (am) 76 80, Katy McNicoll (SCO) 76 80, Charlotte Dalton (ENG) (am) 75 81, Emma Broze (FRA) (am) 79 77, Diane Buisson (FRA) (am) 79 77.
157 Ocenae Peloille (FRA) (am) 76 81.
Marie Sophie Blond (FRA) (am) 76 81.
Charlene Dubois (Am) (FRA) (am) 77 80.
Barbara Genuini (FRA) 78 79.
Lea Charpier (FRA) (am) 80 77.
159 Melanie Legay (FRA) (am) 83 76.
Kyra van Leeuwen (NED) 80 79.
Audrey Goumard (FRA) (am) 76 83.
Mathilde Cassaigneau (FRA) (am) 79 80.
Charlotte Blanchard (Am) (FRA) France 75 84 »»
Valerie Michaud (FRA) France 78 81 »»
Joelle Van Baarle (Am) (BEL) Belgium 81 78 »»
Bertille Dupont (Am) (FRA) France 81 78 »»
160 Anyssia Herbault (Am) (FRA) France 74 86 »»
Manon Molle (Am) (FRA) France 80 80 »»
161 Louise Latorre (Am) (FRA) France 84 77 »»
Matia Maffiuletti (ITA) Italy 80 81 »»
Agathe Sauzon (Am) (FRA) France 80 81 »»
Sandra Eggermont (NED) Netherlands 84 77 »»
162 Elina Ikavalko (FIN) Finland 80 82 »»
Florence Bonnet (Am) (FRA) France 80 82 »»
Pauline Loulier (Am) (FRA) France 81 81 »»
163 Laetitia Lajoie (Am) (FRA) France 82 81 »»
164 Marie Couffignal (Am) (FRA) France 83 81 »»
165 Laura Chemarin (Am) (FRA) France 82 83 »»
Helene Malvy (Am) (FRA) (am) 82 83
166 Anne Macher-Talibert (FRA) (am) 84 82 »»
167 Sohvi Harkonen (FIN) 83 84
Louise Labaigt (FRA) (am) 87 80
169 Celia Mansour (FRA) (am) 80 89 »»
172 Veronique Debusschere (FRA) (am) 82 90 »»
180 Nadia Mourine (MOR) (am) 88 92 »»
181 Isabelle Omont (FRA) (am) 93 88 »»
186 Sabina Imboden (SWI) 96 90 »»
Retired: Fanny Rocard (FRA) 85 ret.

US COLLEGE CIRCUIT NEWS

Adam Galbraith wins for second time this year

Adam Galbraith, an English student at Webber International University, Florida, has won on the US college circuit for the second time this year.
Adam, from the Haywards Heath club, Sussex, followed up his February triumph by winning the quaintly-named Bash at the Beach college tournament, hosted by Embry-Riddle University, at Daytona Beach Country Club, Florida.
Galbraith had rounds of 68 and 67 for a nine-under-par total of 135 over the 6,338yd course.
He won by one shot from Carl McCauley (Florida Athlantic) who had a pair of 68s for 136.
Galbraith's team-mates and compatriots Craig Isabel, from Stanford-le-Hope, Tom Gamble, from Walton on Thames, and Connor O'Dell, a freshman from Taunton, Somerset, finished joint ninth, joint 15th and joint 44th respectively.
Isbal had rounds of 73 and 67 for 141, Gamble 72 and 71 for 143 and O'Dell 76 and 81 for 157.
Scott Carmichael, a member of Baberton Golf Club, Edinburgh and a student at Johnson & Wales University-Floridaq, finishe djoint 35th in a field of 50 players with scores of 75 and 77 for 152.
Galbraith's fine effort spearheaded Webber International to victory in the team event. They finished five shots ahead of Florida Atlantic in a field of six squads.

Kelsey can clinch Curtis Cup place

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with good display at 'Helen Holm'

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING

By DAVID CHRISTIE

Two stunning scores have given Curtis Cup hopeful Kelsey MacDonald the winning mentality at the perfect time.

MacDonald, a University of Stirling scholarship student, is in peak form ahead of the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play championship, beginning next Friday at Troon.

A remarkable final round 68 on St Andrews' Castle Course - the best round of the day - ensured she was crowned the 2010 R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament women's champion, finishing second overall behind fellow Stirling student Patrick Spraggs.

This followed success in Spain where MacDonald clawed back an eight-shot deficit in the final round to be crowned the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Open champion. The sun was well and truly shining on MacDonald, who finished runner-up on a countback after tying for first with Welsh international Amy Boulden in the Murcia Ladies Open. The pair finished in front of three other Curtis Cup squad members.

"It has been my best season so far," commented MacDonald, who also reached the semi-finals of the Jones/Doherty match-play on the Orange Blossom Tour in Florida in January before further impressive performances in France and Spain.

"I've played a lot more tournaments than in previous years and I've managed to have consistently good rounds. It sounds silly, but I've learned how to win. I used to try and make the cut, then it was the target of the top ten - now I aim to win. And because I've won some events in the last two years, I have the hunger to win even more."

Having been named in the provisional GB&I Curtis Cup squad, MacDonald has been playing as much golf as possible in a bid to impress the Ladies Golf Union selectors before they announce the final eight directly after the Helen Holm event at Troon.

A second year Sports Studies student at Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence, MacDonald has been selected two years running for Scotland's national student sports scholarship scheme "Winning Students."

And if she can continue her strong form into the Helen Holm event next week, where she finished runner-up last year, then MacDonald - arguably the best performing Scottish amateur women's player in 2010 - will be difficult to overlook.

She added: "The Helen Holm is traditionally seen as the start of the season, but with the Curtis Cup in June, it's important to be peaking around now. I wasn't expecting to finish so high last year although I had been playing well.

"But this year my results going into it are much better so I am definitely looking forward to playing and I know I can win. Royal Troon is always in great condition but it's a tough course, always windy, so it is never going to be easy.

"It is quite hard knowing this is the last tournament before the team is selected. There is that pressure on you knowing the selectors are watching, but you have to use that in a good way and show why you should be picked."

+Kelsey comes from Nairn and lives just across the road from the first tee at Nairn Dunbar Golf Club where she is a member. She retained the Scottish Under-21 championship on her home course last season.

In the pink .... Eilidh Briggs with the Renfrewshire championship trophy (image by courtesy of Carol Fell).

Eilidh keeps Briggs' name on Renfrewshire championship trophy

So the Briggs name will appear on the Renfrewshire county championship trophy for a fifth year in a row after all.
Scottish champion Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), bidding to win the title for a fourth year in a row, had been beaten by Carol Whyte (Windyhill) in the first round of the match-play stages at Ranfurly Castle Golf Club on Thursday morning.
But Megan's younger sister Eilidh, also a Kilmacolm member, preserved the family honour by beating the leading qualifier, Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) by 5 and 4 in today's final.
Briggs the younger was five under par for the 25 holes she had to play today. Great to be able to produce your best form on the big occasion!
It was Eilidh's second appearance in the final. As a 14-year-old, she lost to big sister Megan in the 2008 final.
Clare-Marie Carlton has now lost in the 2007, 2009 and 2010 finals since winning the title as a 16-year-old in 2003.
Eilidh Briggs, the No 6 seed, was two under par for the holes played in the final. She was level par to the turn, compared to her opponent's three-over-par figures. The 10th was halved in birdies and then Eilidh produced an eagle to win the 11th and virtually clinch the championship.
In the semi-finals, Carlton cut giant-killer Carol Whyte down to size with a 4 and 3 victory, producing three birdies on the outward half.
Briggs was three under par in winning her semi-final by 9 and 7 against young Lesley Cosh (Cowglen).
Today's results:
Semi-finals - Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) bt Carol Whyte (Windyhill) 4 and 3, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) bt Lesley Cosh (Cowglen) 9 and 7.
Final - Eilidh Briggs bt Clare-Marie Carlton 5 and 4.

Bookkeeper for SLGA

The Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association is the governing body for 

ladies’ and girls’ amateur golf in Scotland. 

Applications are invited for the following position which will be based in Perth.

BOOKKEEPER

(Part Time / Temporary)
Duties will include processing subscriptions / income received, banking, purchase ledger,
general reconciliations and report production, stock control and general financial administration.

The successful candidate will be IT literate, proficient in Excel, Word and Sage Line 50
(or equivalent alternative) with proven bookkeeping skills
and a track record of working on his/her own initiative.
They should be self motivated but able to work as part of a team
and have strong communication and organisational skills.
Attention to detail and the ability to work to tight deadlines are imperative.
A knowledge of ladies’ golf would be advantageous.

The position is available from 1 July 2010 until 31 January 2011 to cover for maternity leave.
Salary will be commensurate with experience.
The SLGA is an equal opportunities employer committed to equity.

Applications, in writing, accompanied by a curriculum vitae should be sent to:
Dr S E Hartley, COO, Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association Limited,
The Den, 2 Dundee Road, Perth PH2 7DW
marking the envelope Ref: BK Private & Confidential.
Email: sheila@slga.co.uk
Closing date for applications: Friday 14 May 2010.

Hannah fourth in big field for

Baylor Spring Invitational



Hannah Burke from Hertfordshire, a senior-year student at Baylor University, Texas, finished fourth in a field of 89 players at the Baylor Spring Invitational women's college tournament at Twin Rivers Golf Club, Waco in Texas.
Over a long women's course (6,367yd) with a par of 72, Hannah, picture by courtesy of English Women's Golf Association, had rounds of 78, 73 and 73 for a total of 224 - four shots behind the winner, Baylor team-mate Jaclyn Jansen with rounds of 71, 74 and 75.
Baylor completed a double whammy by winning the team title with a total of 904, 11 shots ahead of Oklahoma with Texas Tech (924) third of 16 teams.
LEADING TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72), 6367y
229 Jaclyn Jansen (Baylor) 71 74 75.
222 Mallory Fraiche (Arkansas-Little Rock) 69 77 76.
223 Ellen Mueller (Oklahoma) 73 76 74.
224 Hannah Burke (Baylor) 78 73 73.

LPGA Tour Scoreboard
THE MOJO 6
Cinnamon Hill Golf Course, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Day One Points Totals
Players from United States unless stated otherwise

1. Cristie Kerr 13pt
2. Na Yeon Choi 13pt
3. Amanda Blumenherst 13pt
4. Anna Nordqvist 12.5pt
5. Christina Kim 12.5pt
6. Brittany Lang 12pt
7. Suzann Pettersen 11.5pt
8. Beatriz Recari 11.5pt

LEADING EIGHT MOVE ON TO SECOND DAY
9. Angela Stanford 11.5
T10 Song-Hee Kim 9.5
T10 Kristy McPherson 9.5
T10 Brittany Lincicome 9.5
13. Yani Tseng 8
T14 Morgan Pressel 7.5
T14 Mariah Stackhouse 7.5
16. Sophie Gustafson 6

Editor's Note: There's $1million dollars at stake in this event but it is not your straight forward, three or four-round stroke-play tournament. If you want to find out what it's all about, log on to the tournament website:

http://www.themojo6.com/

Irish seniors team for Mary McKenna Salver match

FROM MARY McKENNA
The following is our team for the annual match Irish Ladies Senior Team v Scottish Ladies Vets Team for the "Mary McKenna Salver" to be played at Portmarnock Links, Dublin on Sunday 18th & Monday 19th April.

Captain Roma English, (Larne)

Marilyn Henderson (Castlerock)
Sheena McElroy (Grange)
Helen Jones (Strabane)
Phil O'Gorman (Laytown/Bettystown)
Violet McBride (Belvoir Park)
Pat Doran (Donabate)
Valerie Hassett (Ennis)
Pauline Walsh (Headford)

Marilyn is our Irish Seniors Close Champion 2009
Sheena, former Ladies International, won the Spanish Senior Doubles Championship 2010 with Welsh wizard partner Vicki Thomas
Helen Jones and Phil O'Gorman, all former Ladies International Players.
Unfortunately Rhona Brennan is unavailable to play and Pauline Walsh has replaced her.

Mary McKenna

Elie Boys' & Girls' Tournament Final Results

Boys under 12 Boys on the Baird Course

Rory Giddins 70 70 140
Cameron Black 74 71 145
George Geddes 74 73 147
Keith Bowman 82 73 155
Ibrahim Hussain 79 86 161
Scott Goadby 84 78 162
Liam Duncan 83 80 163
Rory Thain 86 90 176
Charlie Spilsbury 90 88 178
Jack Savage 91 88 179
Hamish Spilsbury 90 97 187
William Massey 107 119 226
Cameron Begg 114 112 226

Girls under 14 Round 1 on the Baird Course

Sophie Maguire 89 78 167
Chloe Goadby 87 85 172
Eilidh Baird 89 84 173
Rachael Lorimer 90 92 182
Kirsty Graham 96 89 185
Joanna Harris 99 91 190
Catherine Wilson 99 114 213
Jessica McCleary 109 116 225

Girls under 12 round 1 on the Baird Course

Ellie MacCallum 94 90 184
Emily Thain 97 99 196
Alexandra Massey 111 88 199
Sarah Mayne 106 104 210
Emma Graham 99 113 212
Anna Massey 105 107 212
Florence Usher 111 114 225
Annabel Hosie 159 117 276

Boys under 14 Round 2
Ben Kinsley bt Gus Giddins
Russell Malcolm bt Hamish Imrie
George Burns bt Euan Davidson
Fraser Davren bt Ian Hill
Semi Finals
Ben Kinsley bt Russell Malcolm
Fraser Davren bt George Burns

Boys Under 16 Quarter-Finals
Jamie Savage bt David Paterson
Greg Forrester bt Finlay McCall
Jamie Giddins bt Gordon Cohen
Calum Hill bt John Miller
Semi-Finals
Greg Forrester bt Jamie Savage
Jamie Giddins bt Callum Hill

Boys Under 18 Round 1
Graeme Duncan bt Lewis Ford
Martin Buchan bt Jamie Arthur
Thomas White bt Ross Christie
Iain Watson bt Stuart McPherson
Grant Bowman bt David Murray
Andy Collier bt David Crummey
Peter Legget bt Ross Munro
Cameron West bt Tom Flanagan
Quarter-Finals
Graeme Duncan bt Martin Buchan
Iain Watson bt Thomas White
Grant Bowman bt Andy Collier
Peter Legget by Cameron West

Scottish women's amateur championship entry deadline noon on Monday

FROM THE SLGA WEBSITE
There is only one week left to enter for the 2010 Scottish Ladies (Close) Amateur Championship. Entries will close at 12 noon on Monday, April 19.
Entry forms can be downloaded here.
This year's Championship is being held at Craigielaw Golf Club in East Lothian from May 18 to 22.

Katy McNicoll has a roller-coaster 76

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in Dinard Ladies Open at Brittany

Rookie pro Katy McNicoll from Carnoustie had a roller-coaster round of six-over-par 76 on the first day of the Ladies European Tour Access Series event, the Dinard Ladies Open, at Brittany in northwest France today.

Highlights of halves of 40 and 36 were an eagle 3 at the long second and birdies at the 11th and 15th. Lowlights were a triple bogey 7 at the third and a double bogey 5 at the short 17th.

Leading the field on 67 are two French players, amateur Lucie Andre and professional Jade Schaeffer.

FIRST ROUND SCORES

Par 70

67 Lucie Andre (Fra) (am), Jade Schaeffer (Fra).

69 Caroline Afonso (Fra), Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wal).

70 Julie Tvede (Den), Joanne Clingan (Eng), Sara Hassan (Wal), Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra).

71 Kiran Matharu (Eng), Holly Aitchison (Eng), Liebelei Lawrence (Gre) (am), Julie Maisongrosse (Fra).
72 Henrietta Zuel (Eng), Marion Duvernay (Fra) (am), Margot Ivanoff (Fra) (am).

73 Manon Gidali (Fra) (am), Joanna Klatten (Fra) (am), Emilie Gassiot (Fra) (am), Justine Dreher (Fra) (am), Marion Kaddouche (Fra) (am), Anne Sophie Le Nalio (Fra), Laure Sibille (Fra).

74 Julie Greciet (Fra), Morgane Bazin de Jessey (Fra) (am), Anyssia Herbault (Fra) (am), Vittoria Valvassori (Ita), Nathalie David-Mila (Fra).

75 Charlotte Blanchard (Fra) (am), Shannon Aubert (Fra) (am), Emilie Alonso (Fra) (am), Camille Fallay (Fra), Christine Hallstrom (Swe), Nicole Forshner (Can), Tracey Boyes (Eng), Ines Lescudier (Fra) (am), Charlotte Dalton (Eng) (am).

76 Julie Berton (Fra), Marie Sophie Blond (Fra) (am), Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra), Barbara Genuini (Fra), Louise Gateau-Chovelon (Fra) (am), Camille Chevalier (Fra) (am), Ariane Provot (Fra) (am), Ana Larraneta (Spa), Mariana Macias Capuzzi (Spa), Sophie Sandolo (Ita), Ludivine Kreutz (Fra), Lien Willems (Bel), Elin Emanuelsson (Swe), Audrey Riguelle (Fra) (am), Chrisje De Vries (Net) (am), Katy McNicoll (Sco), Audrey Goumard (Fra) (am), Ocenae Peloille (Fra) (am).

Selected scores:

78 Corisande Lee (Eng).

79 Rachel Bell (Eng), Rachel Drummond (Eng) (am).

Carol Whyte surprise packet of Renfrewshire champion

By CAROL FELL
Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze), runner-up in last year's championship played some great golf to progress to tomorrow morning's semi-finals of the Renfrewshire county championship at Ranfurly CastleGolf Club today.
She beat first Sara McCorkell (Williamwood) and then Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire) to reach the last four.
Carol Whyte (Windyhill) was the surprise player today when she beat the holder and Scottish champion, Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), in the morning and Liz Stewart (Greenburn).
On a beautiful sunny day, all the golf was of a very high standard with the putting the deciding factor in many of the games.
Jennifer Mack beat young Alyson McKechin in the morning at the 19th, then lost to another youngster, Lesley Cosh, at the 18th.
Eilidh Briggs progressed to the semi-finals by beating Donna Jackson in the morning and new county member Nichola Henderson in a very tight match that finished on the 18th.
Today's results:

FIRST ROUND
Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) bt Sara McCorkell (Williamwood) 5 and 3.
Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire) bt Linsey Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry) 3 and 2.
Carol Whyte (Windyhill) bt Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 3 and 1.
Liz Stewart (Greenburn) bt Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) 1 hole.
Nichola Henderson (Haggs Castle) bt Patricia Davidson (Erskine) 6 and 5.
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) bt Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) 3 and 2.
Lesley Cosh (Cowglen) bt Sally Foster (Kilmacolm) 4 and 3.
Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) bt Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) at 19th

QUARTER-FINALS
Carlton bt Kyle 5 and 4.
Whyte bt Stewart 2 and 1.
Eilidh Briggs bt Henderson 1 hole.
Cosh bt Mack 1 hole.
SEMI-FINALS
Carlton v Whyte
Eilidh Briggs v Cosh

Siviter eighth, Warrington 12th at

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Greeenville, Tennessee

Staffordshire county player Melissa Siviter, first-year student at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, finished eighth in a field of 86 at the Agnes McAmis Memorial women's college tournament at Link Hills Country Club, Greenville in Tennessee.

Melissa, pictured, had rounds of 76 and 73 over the par-72, 5805yd course for a total of 149.

Team-mate Carley Warrington, a final-year student from Bradwell, England, tied for 12th place on 152 with scores of 77 and 75.

Susan Martin (Methodist University) was the individual winner with scores of 71 and 69 for 140, finishing one shot ahead of Ashley Denton (Wingate) (71-70).

Methodist University (604) pipped Belmont Abbey College (605) for the team title, contested by 15 squads. Carson-Newman College (611) finished third.

Nicky Maddison and Jane Turner with their British universities championship trophies (images by courtesy of Dr Rob Macpherson).

JANE TURNER RETAINS BRITISH STUDENT
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WOMEN'S STROKE-PLAY GOLF TITLE

Aberdeen student Jane Turner has won the British Universities & Colleges' women's stroke-play golf championship for the second year in a row.
A full Scotland international team player, Jane, who is a second year graphic design student at Robert Gordon University and a member of Craigielaw Golf Club, had rounds of 76, 74, 75 and 74 for a total of 299 over a demanding Dundonald Links women's course which had a CSS of 76-76-75-76 (303).
Turner won the title at Hollinwell, Notts 12 months ago.
One shot behind the pacemaking Sian James (Birmingham) overnight, Jane moved into the lead for the first time when she birdied the dogleg 17th hole with a pitch-and-a-putt in the final round.
Turner is now hoping to pull off what would be a superb title double on Ayrshire links. Next weekend she is in the star-studded international field for the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Troon.
"The Ayrshire coast is great for me. I have improved every game this season and hope that this sets me up for what is to come this season," she said.
This will include a trip to the FISU World University Championships at Malaga, Spain, in early June.
Turner finished a shot ahead of Lucy Williams (Birmingham) (80-73-73-74) with Sian James (Birmingham) third on 301 with rounds of 75, 75, 73 and 78.
Monifieth's Rebecca Wilson (Stirling) finished a creditable fourth on 312 with scores of 80, 76, 74 an d82.
Ladybank member Susan Jackson (Edinburgh) finished joint sixth on 319 with scores of 85, 80, 78 and 76.
The British universities men's stroke-play title for the Wollaton Park Trophy was won by Nicky Maddison (University of Northumbria) who was playing on the American college circuit at this time last year.
Maddison, who gave his leading rivals a start with a first-round 79, came roaring back into contention with scores of 69, 70 and 72 for a total of two-over-par 290 to win by three shots from Northumbrian team-mate Ross Crowe.
Nicky, a first year computer studies student from Newcastle, joined the University of Northumbria last September, having previously studied at Hutchinson Community College, in Kansas City where he was their star golfer.
A member of Newcastle Golf Club with a handicap of +1, Nicky felt that the best representing the part of his 72 holes was his his ability to recover from a "disappointing" 79 on the first day to shoot "very solid golf" for the remaining three rounds.
Previously, St Andrews boys' open champion in 2008, Nicky said:
"Scotland's pretty lucky for me. I am really very happy with this result". Asked what his ambitions were for the rest of the season, Nicky said "I intend to practise hard and see where I go."
This will include a trip to the FISU World University Championships at Malaga.
Top Scottish-based student was England's Patrick Spraggs (Stirling University), recent winner of the R&A Scholars' men's title at St Andrews. Patrick finished fifth on 295 with scores of 72, 81, 780 and 72. He finished two shots ahead of the leading Scot, Aberdeen's John Duff who came sixth on 297 with scores of 74, 75, 74 and 74.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Men
Par 288 (4x72). CSS 75 74 74 75 (298).
290 Nicky Maddison (Northumbria) 79 69 70 72.
293 Ross Crowe (Northumbria) 74 71 74 74.
294 Andrew Palmer (Central Lancs) 79 70 76 69.
295 Patrick Spraggs (Stirling) 72 81 70 72.
297 John Duff (Aberdeen) 74 75 74 74.
298 Kevin Garwood (Bournemouth) 77 70 78 73, John Wybar (Aberdeen) 74 72 75 77.
299 Chris O'Neill (UW Newport) 78 75 72 74.
300 David Booth (Stirling) 78 77 73 72, Steven Smith (Heriot Watt) 74 75 73 78.
301 Michael Hearn (Central Lancs) 74 76 74 77.
302 Sam Binning (Glasgow) 77 76 73 76.
303 Daniel Beattie (Birmingham) 76 69 80 78, Alex Culverwell (Stirling) 78 71 74 80.
304 Bobby Rushford (Stirling) 79 71 77 77, Josh Moses (Bournemouth) 71 74 77 82.
305 Nick Ansell (Birmignham) 79 78 76 72, Colin Baird (Stirling) 72 77 80 76, Colin Goudie (Central Lancs) 81 74 73 77, Jamie Powell (Lincoln) 76 74 78 77, Daniel Bishop (Bournemouth) 75 77 75 78, Colin Thomson (Stirling) 71 79 73 82.
Selected totals:
306 Graeme McDougall (Strathclyde) 77 76 76 77, Andrew Wallace (Stirling) 77 78 73 78.
313 Fraser Moore (Stirling) 76 79 80 78.
314 Graeme Robertson (Stirling) 75 84 79 76.
316 Euan Brown (Strathclyde) 80 78 75 83.
321 Malcolm Pennycott (Heriot Watt) 86 81 77 77.
Withdrew: Daniel Sommerville (Dundee) 74 83 74 wd
Women
Par 288 (4x72). CSS 76 76 75 76 (303)
299 Jane Turner (Robert Gordon Univ) 76 74 75 74.
300 Lucy Williams (Birmingham) 80 73 73 74.
301 Sian James (Birmingham) 75 75 73 78.
312 Rebecca Wilson (Stirling) 80 76 74 82.
317 Christina Peterssson (Northumbria) 81 77 80 79.
319 Susan Jackson (Edinburgh) 85 80 78 76, Claire Starkie (Northumbria) 83 79 75 82.
320 Kate Whitmore (UW Newport) 80 81 78 81.
321 Claire Fry (Central Lancs) 78 79 83 81, Lauren Spray (Birmingham) 83 76 78 84.
323 Charlotte Hope (Birmingham) 82 84 76 81.
337 Harriet Beasley (Stirling) 85 84 77 81, Emma Hargreaves (Exeter) 77 80 82 88.
346 Ashley Smith (St Andrews) 84 84 86 92.
347 Johanna Rosen (Northumbria) 85 82 90 90.

Lesley Hendry wins

Ayrshire title No 5

Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) today won the Ayrshire women's county championship at Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club for the fifth time in the past six years.
Lesley, who qualified fourth, beat Rachel McQueen (Troon Ladies), the No 10 qualifier, by 6 and 5 in the final.

Hendry, pictured receiving the trophy from Prestwick St Nicholas club captain Gordon Gilchrist, took a grip on the outcome by surging three up after only four holes.

In the morning semi-finals Hendry, winner of the title in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009, beat 13-year-old Connie Jaffrey (West Kilbride), also by 6 and 5.

McQueen squeezed through at the 21st in her semi-final against the 2004 champion, Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie).

Today's results:
Semi-finals
Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) bt Connie Jaffrey (West Kilbride) 6 and 5.
Rachel McQueen (Troon Ladies) bt Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) at 21st.

Final

Hendry bt McQueen 6 and 5.

Krystle Caithness signs up with 110sport

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY 110SPORT
110sport, one of the UK’s leading sports management groups, are delighted to announce the signing of golfer Krystle Caithness.
The 21-year-old from St Andrews is one of the top-rated youngsters in the ladies game and is regarded as one of the most exciting prospects to emerge from Scotland in recent years.
Next week Krystle, who in 2009 finished 41st overall in the Order of Merit in her rookie season on the Ladies European Tour, will make another huge step up in her career when she represents Scotland in the Nations Cup alongside reigning British Open champion Catriona Matthew MBE.
Krystle, previously on a golf scholarship at the University of Georgia where she was part of the Bulldogs team ranked fifth in the USA, was the only player with a 100% record when she represented Great Britain and Ireland in the 2008 Curtis Cup.
She will receive support from Core Golf and Lyle & Scott, while lending her own support to Sparks, the children’s medical research charity.
"I am really excited at joining 110sport and this is a huge opportunity for me" said Krystle, a prolific junior event winner in Scotland.
"I know their experience in looking after the likes of Sir Chris Hoy and Stephen Hendry MBE, as well as players such as Alastair Forsyth and Marc Warren from the world of golf will only benefit me and allow me to concentrate entirely on my game and my career.
"Next week and the chance to play with Catriona is like a dream come true. It isn’t coming around quick enough and I can only learn from the experience."
Dean Robertson, Golf Performance & Development Manager for 110sport Group said; "We are delighted to have formed a partnership with someone like Krystle who obviously has great potential and hopefully a great future in her chosen sport.
"Naturally we will do everything we can to assist and support her quest to reach the top."
Paul Connew, Director of Communications at Sparks said; "We’re delighted that Krystle Caithness has decided to support Sparks. She will make a marvellous Ambassador for the charity.
"Golf is a major part of Sparks’ sporting heritage and our busy calendar of celebrity golf events around the UK remain one of our outstanding fundraising sources.
"So, having one of Britain’s outstanding and dynamic young lady golfers choosing to support Sparks is a perfect fit."
Roll of Honour
2009 - Dubai Ladies Pro-Am - winner
2009 –AIB Ladies Irish Open – 5th
2009 –Ladies European Tour Order of Merit – 41st overall
2008 - Ladies European Tour Qualifying School – 7th
2007 – Five Nations Commonwealth Tournament - winner (with Great Britain team)
2007 – Girls Home Internationals – winner (with Scotland team)
2006 – Girls Home Internationals – winner (with Scotland team)
2006 – Scottish U-21 Strokeplay - winner
2006 – Scottish U-18 Strokeplay - winner
2005 – Scottish U-18 Strokeplay - winner
2005 – Scottish U-16 Strokeplay - winner
2004 – Scottish U-18 Matchplay - winner
2004 – Scottish U-16 Strokeplay - winner
2008 - Member of the GB&I Curtis Cup team

Chris Turner
Golf Projects Manager
110sport Management
E: c.turner@110sport.com

James Maw wins Faldo Series
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qualifier at Moortown

NEWS RELEASE
James Maw produced some sparkling golf in difficult conditions to win the Faldo Series UK Championship 36-hole qualifying competition at Moortown Golf Club in Leeds.
The Yorkshire county player from the Hallowes Golf Club in Sheffield put together rounds of 70 and 72 for a level par aggregate of 142 and a five-shot victory over Nathan Kimsey from Woodhall Spa.
The victory gives Maw a place in the 2010 Faldo Series Europe Grand Final to be played at the Lough Erne Resort, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on September 21-23 where he will be joined by Kimsey (Boys’ Under-18), Prestbury’s James Newton (Boys Under-16), Morecambe’s Steven Chester (Boys’ Under-16), Halifax West End’s Helen Searle (Girls’ Under-21) and Crosland Heath’s Rochelle Morris (Girls’ Under-16), all of whom won their age group categories at Moortown.
Maws opened the event with a fine one under par round of 70 which gave him a share of second place behind Silkstone’s Dalton Richardson.
Richardson produced the only sub-70 round of the tournament during the opening round but he fell away with a second round 82 and that left Maw to close out the title with a solid 72 which never looked likely to be emulated on a day when strong wind made scoring extremely difficult.
“I’m delighted,” said Maw. “I qualified for the Grand Final back in 2006 at Celtic Manor when I had a chance to play with Rory McIlroy so I know exactly what to expect at Lough Erne. It’s going to be a great event. I am more experienced than I was in 2006 so I feel I will have a really good chance to win.
“The key to my performance was my putting,” he added. “The greens at Moortown are very testing but I holed out extremely well.”
The opening event of the 2010 Faldo Series Europe at Frilford Heath, Oxfordshire, featured three play-offs but this time there was no need for extra holes to decide the age group titles. Woodhall Spa’s Nathan Kimsey produced rounds of 70 and 77 to claim a one shot victory over Hessle’s Paul Lockwood in the Under-18s section while in the Under-16s section James Newton’s rounds of 70 and 82 were enough to give him a comprehensive four-shot victory over Ramside Hall’s Kieran Ayre and Morecambe’s Steven Chester.
The Girls’ events turned out to be somewhat similar with Helen Searle posting rounds of 77 and 86 to claim a five shot victory over Portpatrick’s Gillian Monteith, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, in the Under-21 section and Rochelle Morris dominating the Under-16s event after posting two impressive rounds of 76 and 79.
Morris was ecstatic at the prospect of teeing up at the Grand Final.
“I’m gob smacked,” she said. “Today I tried hard to keep calm and focussed on hitting one shot at a time and it worked very well.
“I seemed to hole almost everything so that helped as well.”
Sir Nick Faldo created the Faldo Series (charity number 1102719) back in 1996 to help develop tomorrow’s champions and to date its former graduates include World No. 11 Rory McIlroy, who won the Under-15s and Under-17s titles in 2004 and 2006 respectively, Scottish World Cup winner Marc Warren, English European Tour stars Nick Dougherty and Oliver Fisher, LPGA Major winner Yani Tseng and rising Ladies’ European Tour player Melissa Reid.
Results from the Faldo Series UK Championship at Moortown Golf Club
Boys’ Under-21
142 – James Maw (Hallowes) 70-72
148 – Elliot Burdett (Malton & Norton) 75-73
149 – Matthew Wright (Silkstone) 70-79
150 – Tom Parry (The Oakes) 75-75
151 – Dalton Richardson (Silkstone) 69-82
Boys’ Under-18
147 – Nathan Kimsey (Woodhall Spa) 70-77
148 – Paul Lockwood (Hessle) 72-76
151 – Jonny McAllister (Hallowes) 73-78
152 – Julian Taylor (York) 76-76
153 – Joe Bagshaw (Wike Ridge) 76-77
Boys’ Under-16
152 – James Newton (Prestbury) 70-82
156 – Kieran Ayre (Ramside Hall) 78-78, Steve Chester (Morecambe) 78-78
159 – Oddvar Hjellegierde (Haga, Norway) 78-81, Will Whiteoak (Bingley) 78-81
Girls’ Under 21
163 – Helen Searle (West End) 77-86
168 – Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick) 80-88
169 – Steph Hall (Lindrick) 86-83
174 – Sophie Powell (Manchester) 87-87
178 – Sophie Olley (Headingley) 90-88
Girls’ Under-16s
155 – Rochelle Morris (Crosland Heath) 76-79
165 – Charlotte Taylor (Rugby) 76-89

Byrne, Spraggs in European

students' team for Palmer Cup

match at Royal Portrush

FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE
By NICK RODGER
James Byrne will fly the Scottish flag in Dean Robertson's European team for the defence of the Palmer Cup against the United States on June 24-26 at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
The Banchory youngster, pictured right, a student at Arizona State University and a member of GB&I's Walker Cup elite training squad, has been named in an eight-man side of leading college golfers for the Ryder Cup-style joust.
England's Patrick Spraggs, a student at the University of Stirling, gained his place as a reward for winning the men's title at the R&A Scholars' tournament at St Andrews recently.
The European team is:
Patrick Spraggs (England) Stirling University
Andrea Pavan (Italy) Texas A & M
Henrik Norlander (Sweden) Augusta State
Jesper Kennegard (Sweden) Arizona State
James Byrne (Scotland) Arizona State
David Lingmerth (Sweden) Arkansas
Pontus Widegren (Sweden) UCLA
Rhys Enoch (Wales) East Tennessee

Dean Robertson (Head Coach)
Walle Danewid (Assistant Coach) (Swedish Golf Federation)

"The American side we beat last year at Cherry Hills went on to form the backborn of their successful Walker Cup team," said coach Robertson. "That shows how impressive our win was. But we have another strong team this year with plenty of experience. James Byrne excelled on the amateur circuit last year and is used to the international team stage."

+James Byrne and Ross Kellett (Colville Park) travel to India next week to represent Europe against Asia Pacific in the Bonallack Trophy match from April 21 to 23.

Elie Boys' & Girls' Tournament: Day 1 Scoreboard

Boys Under 12 Boys Round 1 on the Baird Course

Rory Giddins 70
Cameron Black 74
George Geddes 74
Ibrahim Hussain 79
Keith Bowman 82
Liam Duncan 83
Scott Goadby 84
Rory Thain 86
Charlie SPilsbury 90
Hamish Spilsbury 90
Jack Savage 91
William Massey 107
Cameron Begg 114

Girls Under 14 Round 1 on the Baird Course

Chloe Goadby 87
Sophie Maguire 89
Eilidh Baird 89
Rachael Lorimer 90
Kirsty Graham 96
Joanna Harris 99
Catherine Wilson 99
Jessica McCleary 109

Boys under 14 Round 1
Gus Giddins bt Struan McCall
Hamish Imrie bt Conor MacCallum
Russell Malcom bt Alasdair McDougall
Euan Davidson bt Nicholas Aird
Ian Hill bt Jack Murray Brown

Boys Under 16 Round 1
Lewis Bain bt Sandy Jennings
Fraser Christie bt Charlie Mayne
Finlay McCall bt Edward Wright
Gordon Cohen bt Euan Rutherford
Andrew Ibbetson bt Francis Murray-Brown
John Miller bt Chris Aird

Boys Under 16 Round 2

Jamie Savage bt Lewis Bain
David Paterson bt Andrew Davidson
Greg Forrester bt Fraser Christie
Finlay McCall bt Calum McKay
Gordon Cohen bt Willem Kerr
Jamie Giddins bt Andrew Ibbetson
Calum Hill bt Scott Simpson
John Miller bt Robbie Spriddle

Boys Under 18 Round 1

Lewis Ford bt Alexander Harris
Martin Buchan bt Callum Graham
Ross Christie bt Ryan Mitchell
Stuart McPherson bt Conner Wood
David Murray bt Iain Douglas
David Crummey bt Scott Smith
Peter Legget bt Ruadri Balfour
Tom Flanagan bt Michael Clark

Olivia Jordan-Higgins' record-setting win

in Big South Women's Championship

Channel Islander Olivia Jordan-Higgins, a senior-year student at Charleston Southern University, won the Big South Women's Championship today at The Patriot Golf Club, South Carolina.
Olivia shot rounds of 70, 75 and 70 to title the title with a championship low aggregate of one-under-par 215. It was third time lucky for her - she finished second in 2008 and again in 2009.
Olivia, pictured above, also spearheaded a winning team effort by Charleston Southern whose aggregate of 881 was a conference championship record.
“I could not be prouder of our team and what they have accomplished,” Charleston Southern coach Kory Thompson said. “To play their best round of the tournament with the pressure on and the conditions at their toughest says a lot about the character of this team.”
With the victory, Charleston Southern clinches a berth in NCAA regional play, which begins May 6.
Hannah Coles (Radford University) from Birmingham finished 21st in a field of 45 players with scores of 75, 79 and 81 for 235.

Sinead O'Sullivan finishes joint 13th behind team-mate

Sinead O'Sullivan (East Tennessee State) from Ireland finished joint 13th in the Atlantic Sun Women's Championship at Venetian Bay Golf Club, New Smyrna, Florida.
Sinead scored 80, 70 and 75 for 225.
Team-mate Laura Jansone was the individual winner with scores of 69, 73 and 71 for 213. She finished two shots ahead of Stetson University's Alex Bluelow who had rounds of 72, 72 and 71.

Stetson (884) won the team title ahead of Kennesaw State (888) with East Tennessee State and Campbell University tieing for third place on 889 in a field of 10 teams.

Katy McNicoll in France for LET Access Series event

Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll is in the field for the LET Access Series tournament, the Dinard Ladies Open, in France, beginning tomorrow, writes Colin Farquharson
England's Rachel Bell, Henrietta Zuel, Joanne Clingan, Rachel Drummond (amateur), Tracey Boyes, Cori Lee and Charlotte Dalton (amateur) plus Wales' Rhian Wyn Thomas are also competing.
McNicoll, Boyes and Lee have shown an interest in competing on the Scottish Xltec Pro Tour for men and women, of which the next event is at Hilton Park over 36 holes on April 28 and 29.
Hopefully they will ''spread the word" among their colleagues while in France so that we can get a double-figure field of lady pros at Hilton Park.

Ryanair put a damper on Scots wanting to fly to

Morocco Family Golf Festival (October 9 to 16)

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Tournament Director for the 2010 Morocco Family Golf Festival
Ryanair's extortionate charge for carrying golf clubs could scare off potential Scottish entrants to the inaugural Morocco Family Golf Festival, to be held at Marrakech from October 9 to 16.
Mohamed Fakir, boss of London-based Menara Travel Ltd, who are putting together all the arrangements, told me today:
"I have started to receive a number of enquiries - a few from Scotland - from golfers who are quite attracted by the prospect of playing golf on four different courses at Marrakech.
"The problem with the flights from Edinburgh to Marrakech is the quite high rates being charged by Ryanair. The Ryanair website is currently showing a price of £250 per person return + £80 for golf clubs' carriage (£330 in all) which is quite high compared to the flight we have secured with Royal Air Maroc from London Gatwick, which is £189 including FREE carriage of golf clubs.
"The price quoted by Easyjet for the Manchester to Marrakech flight on Saturday, October 9 is £180 per person return + £38 per golf bag both ways.
"I have contacted Ryanair and Easyjet to try to do a deal with them quite a while ago but they said they don’t work with travel agents/tour operators. They prefer to deal directly with clients, which means we have to book the flights for our clients on their website the same way anyone else does it."
So it might be cheaper for Scottish golfers who want to share in the fun of the Morocco Family Golf Festival to cross the Border to Manchester or even Gatwick for a flight to Marrakech on Saturday, October 9.
Remember there will be individual prize categories for senior men (over 55yr), senior women (over 50y), men, women, Under-16 & Under-18 boys, Under-16 & Under-18 girls.You can name your own partner if you wish for the Festival's curtain-raising better-ball Stableford foursomes on the Sunday (October 10).
Details of the Festival programme are available by clicking on the appropriate wording at the top of the left-hand column on this website's Home Page.

==================ENTRY FORM==============================

MOROCCO FAMILY GOLF FESTIVAL

October 9 to 16, 2010, based at Marrakech

Competing as (Please tick the category listed below)
Senior Man (over 55 yrs on Jan 1)
Senior Lady (over 50 yrs on Jan 1)
Man
Lady
Boy (Under-16 on Jan 1)
Girl (Under-16 on Jan 1)
Boy (Under- 18 on Jan 1)
Girl (Under-18) on Jan 1)

FIRST NAME (Mr/Mrs/Miss)

SURNAME

HOME GOLF CLUB:

HANDICAP:
Maximum 28 for males; 36 for females.
(Competitors should take up an up to date handicap from their home club)FULL

POSTAL ADDRESS

POST CODE

Tel (Home)

Tel (Mobile)

E-MAIL ADDRESS

Name of partner for Better-Ball Pairs:
If you wish the Tournament Director to allocate you with a partner at random (Please indicate (Yes / No)

Accompanying Person / Non Golfer

Preferred Airport to fly from & to

Comments / Remarks

I confirm that I agree to abide by all the tournament rules & regulations and I enclose a deposit of £100 (please make cheques payable to MENARA TRAVEL LTD) – payment by cards accepted

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Please send your completed Entry Form and cheque to:
Mohamed Fakir, Menara Travel Ltd, 200c Blythe Road, London W14 0HH

English students in the driving

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seat at Dundonald Links

English students are in the driving seat in both the men's and women's championships with one round to go of the British Universities & Colleges' 72-hole stroke-play golf championships Dundonald Links, Ayrshire on Thursday afternoon.
Nicky Maddison (Northumbria University), pictured, who played last year on the US college circuit, leads the men's title race with a two-over-par, three-round total of 218 - which represents quite a comeback from an opening round of seven-over 79. He has tagged on very good sub-par scores of 69 and 70 to lead by one shot from team-mate Ross Crowe with Scots John Wybar (Aberdeen) and Steven Smith (Heriot Watt) in third and joint fourth positions on 221 and 222.
There are four Scots sharing sixth place on 223 - R&A Bursars champion Patrick Spraggs (Stirling), Colin Thomson (Stirling), John Duff (Aberdeen) and Alex Culverwell (Stirling) - so perhaps a Scottish last-round charge is on the cards.
Sian James (Birmingham), winner of the R&A Bursars' ladies' title last year, is making all the running in the students' women's championship.
She has had rounds of 75, 75 and 73 for 223, leading Jane Turner (Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen), a Scotland international and the defending champion, by two shots. Jane has scored 76, 74 and 75 over what is a tough track for the men - and even tougher for the women.
Monifieth's Scotland girl cap Rebecca Wilson (Stirling) is in fourth place on 230 with rounds of 80 76 and 74.

LEADING MEN'S THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72). CSS 75 75 74.
218 Nicky Maddison (Northumbria) 79 69 70.
219 Ross Crowe (Northumbria) 74 71 74.
221 John Wybar (Aberdeen) 74 72 75.
222 Steven Smith (Heriot Watt) 74 75 73, Josh Moses (Bournemouth) 71 74 77.
223 Patrick Spraggs (Stirling) 72 81 70, Colin Thomson (Stirling) 71 79 73, John Duff (Aberdeen) 74 75 74, Alex Culverwell (Strling) 78 71 74.
224 Michael Hearn (Central Lancs) 74 76 74.
225 Chris O'Neill (UW Newport) 78 75 72, Andrew Palmer (Central Lancs) 79 70 76, Kevin Garwood (Bournemouth) 77 70 78, Daniel Beattie (Birmingham) 76 69 80.
Selected scores:
226 Sam Binning (Glasgow) 77 76 73.
227 Bobby Rushford (Stirling) 79 71 77.
228 Andrew Wallace (Stirling) 77 78 73, David Booth (Stirling) 78 77 73.
229 Graeme McDougall (Strathclyde) 77 76 76, Colin Baird (Stirling) 72 77 80.
231 Daniel Sommerville (Dundee) 74 83 74.
233 Euan Brown (Strathclyde) 80 78 75.
235 Fraser Moore (Stirling) 76 79 80.
238 Graeme Robertson (Stirling) 75 84 79.
244 Malcolm Pennycott (Heriot Watt) 86 81 77.

LEADING WOMEN'S THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72). CSS 76 76 75
223 Sian James (Birmingham) 75 75 73.
225 Jane Turner (Robert Gordon) 76 74 75.
226 Lucy Williams (Birmingham) 80 73 73.
230 Rebecca Wilson (Stirling) 80 76 74.
237 Claire Starkie (Northumbria) 83 79 75, Lauren Spray (Birmingham) 83 76 78.
238 Christina Petersson (Northumbria) 81 77 80.
239 Kate Whitmore (UW Newport) 80 81 78, Emma Hargreaves (Exeter) 77 80 82.
240 Claire Fry (Central Lancs) 78 79 83.
242 Charlotte Hope (Birmingham) 82 84 76.
243 Susan Jackson (Edinburgh) 85 80 78.
246 Harriet Beasley (Stirling) 85 84 77.
254 Ashley Smith (St Andrews) 84 84 86.
257 Johanna Rosen (Northumbria) 85 82 90.

Clare-Marie Carlton leads
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Renfrewshire qualifiers


Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze), last year's beaten finalist, is the leading qualifier for the match-play stages of the Renfrewshire women's county championship at Ranfurly Castle Golf Club.
In a testing east wind, Clare-Marie, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had a score of 73 (37-36) - two shots ahead of the No 2 seed, young Alyson McKechin (Elderslie).
Scottish champion Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) is bidding to equal the record of Wilma Aitken (later Mrs Leburn) in winning the county title five years in a row from 1978 to 1982.
Megan qualified comfortably in fifth place with a 78, one shot ahead of younger sister Eilidh.
MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
SSS 73. CSS 75.
73 Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze).
75 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie).
76 Nichola Henderson (Haggs Castle), Liz Stewart (Greenburn).
78 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm).
79 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm).
81 Lesley Cosh (Cowglen), Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire), Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry).
82 Sally Foster (Kilmacolm).
83 Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle), Carol Whyte (Windyhill), Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle).
84 Patricia Davidson (Erskine).
85 Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle).
88 Sara McCorkell (Williamwood).

Dunbartonshire & Argyll county finalists Fiona McLean (left) and Helen Faulds (images by courtesy of Alisoun Fairbairn).

Helen Faulds fights back to

win D&A title for first time

Veteran Douglas Park member Helen Faulds won the Dunbartonshire & Argyll women's county golf championship for the first time at Hilton Park Golf Club today.
Helen, ladies' champion at three clubs last season - Bearsden, Douglas Park and Elie - finally got her hands on her county championship trophy by beating Fiona McLean (Hilton Park), the No 6 qualifier, by 2 and 1 in the final.
Faulds, pictured right, the No 5 seed, had ended the good run of Nichola Ferguson (Clober) by beating her 3 and 1 in the morning semi-finals in which McLean toppled the No 2 seed, Aileen Baker (Hilton Park) by 3 and 2.
McLean had the edge on the outward half but Faulds squared the contest at the 12th and used her greater experience to edge ahead over the closing holes.
The bronze championship was won by Lindsay McCubbin (Hilton Park) who beat Josephine Monaghan (Dumbarton) by 5 and 3 in the final.

TODAY'S RESULTS
Semi-finals
Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) bt Nichola Ferguson (Clober) 3 and 1.
Fiona McLean (Hilton Park) bt Aileen Baker (Hilton Park) 3 and 2.
Final
Faulds bt McLean 2 and 1.
Bronze championship
Final
Lindsay McCubbin (Hilton Park) bt Josephine Monaghan (Dumbarton) 5 and 3.

Eve Muirhead has a page in a Japanese golf magazine devoted to her skills as a curler and a golfer.

Golfing curler Eve Muirhead is a big hit in Japan!

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Eve Muirhead is probably not aware of it but she was big news in Japan during the world curling championships in Vancouver.
I got an E-mail during the tournament from the editor of a Japanese golfing magazine. He asked me if if were true that the Scots girl could also play golf as well as being a star curler for Great Britain. Almost as if the two sports could not be mixed.
He told me that Japanese coverage of the world curling championships made a point of featuring Eve Muirhead on television and their newspapers. The Scot had somehow taken a trick with their viewers and readers
Eve has also made the golf magazines in Japan. The aforementioned editor sent me a copy of a magazine - I would not attempt to put a name to it - with a whole page devoted to the Scot. See above.
Eve, who will celebrate her 20th birthday on April 22, comes from Blair Atholl and a curling family. Her father Gordon was an international-class curler. She is a member of Pitlochry Golf Club where she has a handicap of scratch despite not devoting nearly as much time to her golf as she does to curling. She has won the Highland Women's Open more than once.
What I did not mention to the Japanese magazine editor was that Eve Muirhead is also an accomplished bagpiper. Now that would really have got him going!

Aberdeen girl Gemma runner-up in Florida

despite a 9 in her second round

US-based Aberdeen teenager Gemma Dryburgh finished runner-up in an international field for the Innisbrook Easter Junior championship near Tampa, Florida.
Gemma, who had four birdies in each of her last two rounds, had scores of 81, 77 and 74 over a tough, 6,250yd course, for a total of 232.
She was very unfortunate in the second round on her 16th hole, hitting a cart path which kicked her ball into a lateral hazard and then having to take a drop from a greenside bunker when her ball was unplayable and initially thought to be lost. She finished with a costly 9 at the par-5 hole.
The four shots dropped at that one hole came back to haunt her because she finished four shots behind the winner, Lauren Grogan from Jack Nicklaus's home town of Columbus, Ohio. Lauren scored 75, 73 and 80 for 228.
Dryburgh finished seven shots ahead of the third-placed Fazella Sukho (78-81-80 for 239) and Clara Teixeira (Brazil), who came fourth, was farther back on 243 (83-83-77).

Alison Nicholas achieves a PGA Degree of Success

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Europe’s Solheim Cup captain Alison Nicholas has chalked up another significant milestone in her illustrious career – as a graduate of the PGA Foundation Degree.

Former US Women’s Open winner Nicholas, who has been charged with guiding Europe’s leading women against the US for the second successive time in 2011, will be among dozens of graduates at the University of Birmingham on Friday, marking the end of three years of hard work to make the grade as a PGA professional.

Nicholas’s achievement was done so against the backdrop of being Solheim Cup captain for two of her three years of studying the various facets of being a PGA professional, including sport science, business, coaching and equipment technology.

The Birmingham-based professional, who teaches at the Hagley Golf and Country Club and the European Golf Performance Institute in Rugeley, was determined to pursue her PGA credentials after an illustrious playing career that garnered 18 titles including two majors.

“Taking the PGA Foundation Degree was important for me after I took retirement,” said Nicholas, who competitively hung up her clubs in 2004. “It was important for me to keep learning and to learn as much as I can to help other people in terms of my teaching. I can testify that I have learned a lot more than I knew at the start of the course.”

Completing the degree course, which sees an intake of around 300 budding PGA professionals a year, ranks among her career highlights.

“It is pretty much up there,” said the 48-year-old, who was awarded an MBE in 1998 following her US Women’s Open victory.“I’m delighted that I passed and got through in three years. It has been hard work juggling studying, working and my Solheim Cup duties. I did feel under a bit of pressure, but I’ve used to thriving under this situation throughout my career. It was important for me to finish it inside the three years.”

Nicholas, who will be the host captain for the 2011 contest against the US, will be free to focus on the build up to the match – without any distractions.

“I will have a lot more to do with the preparations this time around and will be going out to the venue later this month,” said Nicholas.

Her achievement in completing the course was recognised by senior figures at the PGA and the Ladies European Tour.

PGA chief executive Sandy Jones said: "This is a tremendous achievement for Alison and marks a year of hard work. She deserves huge applause for her outstanding efforts and I wish her more success in the future.”

Alexandra Armas, executive director of the Ladies European Tour, said: “I congratulate the 2009 and 2011 European Solheim Cup captain, Alison Nicholas, on her PGA graduation. Alison has worked extremely hard to combine studying with steering her Solheim Cup team, as well as teaching at Hagley Golf & Country Club at The Driving Range & Golf Academy and working with the European Golf Performance Institute.”

+Image of Alison Nicholas by courtesy of Getty Images.

Prizewinners from left to right:- Rachael Watton , Kate McIntosh, Rosie Everett, Chloe Goadby & Tiffany Wood

Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) wins East of Scotland

Girls’ spring meeting at Pitreavie, Dunfermline

Twelve-year-old new member Chloe Goadby from the St Regulus club, St Andrews took the overall prize at the East of Scotland Girls' Golf Association spring meeting at Pitreavie Golf Club, Dunfermline on Monday.
Chloe showed her potential for the future with a brilliant net score of 62 off a handicap of 19.

The glorious sunshine and almost perfect playing conditions produced some great scores. Rachael Watton from Mortonhall won the scratch prize with an excellent three under par round of 69. Rachael just missed out on equalling the course record of five under the par, held by Scotland international Louise Kenney, whose home course is Pitreavie).

Rachael misjudged her approach to the two-tiered 18th green, leaving herself an impossible Augusta-like downhill putt. Rachael then had to settle for her par rather than an eagle.

Other prize winners were:

Net score prizewinners:

Under-18s - Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 68.

Under-16s - Tiffany Wood (Glenbervie) 67.

Under-14s - Rosie Everett ( Craigielaw) 66.

Full Net Results :-
(Par 72 SSS 71 CSS 70)
Chloe Goadby 81 (19) 62
Rosie Everett 83 (17) 66
Tiffany Wood 80 (13) 67
Lauren Whyte 75 (8) 67
Rachael Watton 69 (2) 67
Catherine Small 80 (12) 68
Kate McIntosh 74 (6) 68
Alexandra Tait 83 (14) 69
Catherine Goodwin 99 (29) 70
Clara Young 79 (8) 71
Alison Goodwin 78 (7) 71
Rachel Hanlon 75 (3) 72
Shannen McGuire 81 (8) 73
Gabrielle Macdonald 76 (3) 73
Nicola Taylor 82 (8) 74
Sam Munro 80 (5) 75
Hannah Scott 83 (8) 75
Sophie Maguire 93 (16) 77
Gillian Simpson 84 (5) 79
Katherine Fisher 109 (27) 82
Jennifer Allan NR
Kirsty Simpson NR

Lesley Hendry closes in on

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fifth Ayrshire title

Lesley Hendry, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, is on the trail of her fifth Ayrshire women's county golf championship in the past six years at Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club tomorrow
The Routenburn player, who was the fourth qualifier, will play Connie Jaffrey (West Kilbride) in this morning's semi-finals for a place in the afternoon final.
Jaffrey beat the No 1 seed Catherine Malcolm, playing over her home course, at the 20th hole in the quarter-finals.
The other semi-final will feature Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie), the 2004 title-winner, and Rachel McQueen (Troon Ladies).
Today's results:
FIRST ROUND
Catherine Malcolm (Prestwick St Nicholas) bt Pauline Patrick (Irvine) 5 and 4.
Connie Jaffrey (West Kilbride) bt Jennifer Linklater (Largs at 20th.
Sheila Adams (Loudoun Gowf) bt Audrey Thompson (Loudoun Gowf) 2 and 1.
Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) bt Morag Macpherson (Troon Ladies) 4 and 3.
Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) bt Jane Finnie (Troon Ladies) 2 and 1.
Liz Wilson (Kilmarnock Barassie) bt Emma Hale (Troon Bentinck) at 19th.
Rachel McQueen (Troon Ladies) bt Liz Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) 6 and 4.
Rosalind Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas) bt Rachel Irvine (Largs) 6 and 5.

QUARTER-FINALS

Jaffrey bt Malcolm at 20th.

Hendry bt Adams 6 and 4.

Glennie bt Wilson 6 and 5.

McQueen bt Purdom 2 and 1.

Stephanie Meadow keeps in the GB&I

Curtis Cup team picture with US win

United States-based Stephanie Meadow kept herself in the GB&I Curtis Cup selectors' thoughts by winning the AJGA Junior tournament Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club, Palm Harbour, Florida.
Stephanie, who had her 18th birthday on January 20 and hails from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland and is a member at Royal Portrush, had rounds of 72, 69 and 70 for a one-over-par total of 211.
She won by two shots from Ginger Howard.
Teenager Stephanie, a member of the GB&I I preliminary squad for the match against the Americans at Essex County Club in June, will be stepping up from the Hank Haney Junior Golf Academy at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, to the University of Alabama in the autumn.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) 5800yds
1 Stephanie Meadow Jordanstown, Northern Ireland 72-69-70--211
2 Ginger Howard Bradenton, Fla. 74-68-71--213
3 A.J. Newell Tampa, Fla. 72-66-77--215
T4 Doris Chen Bradenton, Fla. 77-67-72--216
T4 Kelly Shon Port Washington, N.Y. 70-71-75--216
T4 Simin Feng Orlando, Fla. 71-73-72--216
7 Jaye Marie Green Boca Raton, Fla. 73-71-73--217
8 Robbi Howard Bradenton, Fla. 73-75-70--218
T9 Vivian Tsui Markham, ON 74-72-74--220
T9 Hally Leadbetter Bradenton, Fla. 75-74-71--220
11 Annie Park Levittown, N.Y. 74-73-74--221
12 Yueer Cindy Feng Orlando, Fla. 77-73-72--222
13 Anna Newell Tampa, Fla. 72-78-75--225
T14 Daniela Ordonez Bogota, Colombia 75-72-79--226
T14 Monifa Sealy Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. 78-72-76--226
T14 Laura Camila Blanco Trujillo Bogota D.C., Colombia 72-74-80--226
T14 Michelle Butler Dunedin, Fla. 70-75-81--226
T18 Christina Foster Concord, ON 76-78-73--227
T18 Silvia Garces Cali, Colombia 76-76-75--227
T18 Ri Hyang Park Hilton Head Island, S.C. 77-73-77--227
T18 Nicole Quinn Windermere, Fla. 76-73-78--227
22 Amira Alexander Alpharetta, Ga. 78-74-76--228
T23 Heather Proctor Silver Spring, Fla. 78-76-75--229
T23 Lauren Coughlin Chesapeake, Va. 76-75-78--229
T25 Irene Jung Jacksonville, Fla. 75-78-77--230
T25 Suzie Lee East Northport, N.Y. 79-77-74--230
T25 Daniela Lendl Bradenton, Fla. 80-78-72--230
T28 Alexandra Milan Lutz, Fla. 77-74-80--231
T28 Samantha Marks Maitland, Fla. 82-73-76--231
T30 Brogan McKinnon Mississauga, ON 78-75-79--232
T30 Tisha Alyn Abrea Murrieta, Calif. 80-77-75--232
T30 Audrey Monssoh Howey in the Hills, Fla. 76-76-80--232
T30 Cristina McQuiston Amherst, Mass. 79-79-74--232
34 Noriko Inoue Bluffton, S.C. 73-83-77--233
T35 Bailey Cocca Latham, N.Y. 79-76-79--234
T35 Vivian Hsuan Chen Bradenton, Fla. 83-74-77--234
T35 Kristine Odaiyar Ocala, Fla. 79-75-80--234

Is no caddie fire-proof? Tseng sacks bagman Poitevent

after WINNING the Kraft Nabisco Championship

FROM THE GOLFWEEK WEBSITE
By Beth Ann Baldry
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – The caddie/player relationship can be a confounding puzzle. Yani Tseng has fired her caddie, Dave Poitevent, after winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship, a major title in the world of women's pro golf and their second victory in 2010. The pair also posted two top-three finishes in Asia.
Tseng said it was a matter of chemistry, though she did credit Poitevent for helping her learn to trust herself more on the course. Clearly, results aren’t everything around here.
Tseng has Tom Thorpe on the bag this week in Jamaica, a veteran caddie of 26 years. Thorpe parted ways with Song-Hee Kim after the Kraft. He spent 10 years working for Nancy Lopez and looped for Lorena Ochoa early in her career.
Solving the caddie equation could be a big part of Tseng’s long-term success. Her first two years on tour she relied on the help of good friend Sherry Lin, but has since realised she needs a more experienced looper. Lin now acts the part of road manager, which is probably a good move.

Sian James and Liam Ball lead British universities'

stroke-play championships at Dundonald Links

Defending champion Sian James (Birmingham University) had a one-stroke lead over Jane Turner (Robert Gordon University) at the end of the first round of the British Universities & Colleges women's stroke-play championship at Dundonald Links today.
Sian had a round of 75, three over the women's par but one under the day's CSS
In the men's event, last man in Liam Ball (Central Lancashire) took the lead with a 70, dislodging clubhouse joint leaders Josh Moses (Bournemouth) and Colin Thomson (Stirling).

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES

WOMEN
75 Sian James (Birmingham).
76 Jane Turner (Robert Gordon).
77 Emma Hargreaves (Exeter).
78 Claire Fry (Central Lancs).
80 Lucy Williams (Birmingham), Rebecca Wilson (Stirling), Kate Whitmore (Newport).
Selected scores:
84 Ashley Smith (St Andrews).
85 Harriet Beasley (Stirling).
Withdrew:
Megan Jones (St Andrews).
Rachel Cassidy (Stirling).
Gemma Bradbury (St Andrews).
MEN
70 Liam Ball (Central Lancs).
71 Josh Moses (Birmingham), Colin Thomson (Stirling).
72 Colin Baird (Stirling), Patrick Spraggs (Stirling).
74 John Duff (Aberdeen), John Wybar (Aberdeen), Michael Hearn, Daniel Sommerville (Dundee), Steven Smith (Heriot Watt), Ross Crowe (Northumbria).
75 Graeme Robertson (Stirling), Daniel Bishop (Bournemouth).

CATHERINE MALCOLM IS TOP AYRSHIRE SEED

Routenburn's Lesley Hendry, bidding for her fifth Ayrshire women's county title in the past six years, had to settle for joint third place with a six-over-par 72 at the end of the qualifying round for the match-play stages at Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club.
Top seed is Catherine Malcolm who won the title as Catherine Gibson in 1992 but, since getting married has been beaten finalist five times. She had a 74 today (Tuesday), against a CSS of 73, to finish three shots ahead of Rosalind Purdom, playing over her home course.
On the 78 mark were Lesley Hendry, Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) and Audrey Thompson (Loudoun).
Lesley Hendry, officially fourth seed, has a tough first-round opponent in Morag Macpherson (Troon Ladies) who had an 86 to qualify in 13th place but Morag was champion in 2008 and beaten finalist in 2007.

MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
Par 72. CSS 73.
74 Catherine Malcolm (Prestwick St Nicholas).
77 Rosalind Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas).
78 Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie), Lesley Hendry (Routenburn), Audrey Thompson (Loudoun).
79 Emma Hale (Troon Bentinck).
80 Liz Keohone (Loudoun).
81 Connie Jaffrey (West Kilbride), Jennifer Linklater (Largs).
82 Rachel McQueen (Troon Ladies), Jennifer Neilsen (West Kilbride).
84 Liz Wilson (Kilmarnock Barassie).
85 Sheila Adams (Loudoun).
86 Morag Macpherson (Troon Ladies).
87 Jane Finnie (Troon Ladies).
88 Rachel Irvine (Largs).
88 Pauline Patrick (Irvine).
MATCH-PLAY DRAW
9am - Malcolm v Patrick, Linklater v Jaffrey, Thompson v Adams, Macpherson v Hendry, Glennie v Finnie, Wilson v Hale, Keohone v McQueen, Irvine v Purdom.

Anna Carling scores first college win in America

Anna Carling from Cardiff, coming up to the end of her first year as a student at Arkansas State University, has scored her first tournament win on the US women's college circuit.

The Vale of Glamorgan player had rounds of 74, 72 and 76 for a total of 222 over a par-72, 5,817yd course to win the individual title in the Lady Colonel Classic at Kentucky on Monday by one shot.

It was her fifth top 10 finish in her last six competitions.

Andrea Downer (Murray State University) from Surrey finished joint seventh on 227 with scores of 76, 76 and 75.

Arkansas State (913) finished third in the team event behind Morehead State (905) and Memphis (907). Murray State (924) came fifth in a field of 17 teams.

Carling claimed the first tournament championship of her young career and became the third Carling, who entered the final round tied for first place, turned in her highest score of the tournament, a 76, but still finished with a combined 222 to top Morehead State's Marisa Kamelgarn by one stroke.

Carling shot an opening-round 74 and carded a 72, her lowest score of the season, during the second round that ended Saturday's play.
"I'm extremely proud of Anna," said ASU?head coach Ginger Brown-Lemm. "She has been close for several events now, and it's good to see her seal the deal."

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72)

222 Anna Carling (Arkansas State) 74 72 76.

223 Marisa Kamelgarn (Morehead State4) 75 76 72.

224 Alex Alang (Memphis) 75 73 76.

Selected score:

227 Andrea Downer (Murray State) 76 76 75.

Now it's official ...

THREE USGA CHAMPIONS HIGHLIGHT

2010 USA CURTIS CUP TEAM

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Far Hills, New Jersey – Three United States Golf Association champions headline the eight-woman amateur team selected by the Association to represent the United States of America at the 2010 Curtis Cup Match, which will be played June 11-13 at Essex County Club in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass.
Jennifer Song, 20, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, became the second female in history to win two USGA titles in the same year when she claimed the U.S. Women’s Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links in 2009.
Alexis Thompson, 15, of Coral Springs, Fla., won the 2008 U.S. Girls’ Junior and is the youngest player in history to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open, which she did in 2007 at age 12.
Kimberly Kim, 18, of Pahoa, Hawaii, who won the 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur at age 14 to become the youngest winner in the championship’s history, was named to her second consecutive Curtis Cup Team. She is the only player on the 2010 USA Team to have played in the Match previously.
That trio will be joined by Cydney Clanton, 20, of Concord, N.C.; Jennifer Johnson, 18, of La Quinta, Calif.; Stephanie Kono, 20, of Honolulu, Hawaii; Jessica Korda, 17, of Bradenton, Fla.; and Tiffany Lua, 19, of Rowland Heights, Calif.
The alternates for the 2010 USA Team, in order of ranking, are: Candace Schepperle, 21, of Birmingham, Ala.; and Sydnee Michaels, 21, of Temecula, Calif.
The Curtis Cup Match, contested biennially, features eight female amateurs from Great Britain and Ireland and eight players who represent the USA. The Match consists of three foursomes (alternate-shot) and three four-ball (better-ball) matches on the first two days. On the final day, all eight players from each side play in singles matches.
The 2010 USA Team will be captained by Noreen Mohler of Bethlehem, Pa., who was a member of the USA’s victorious 1978 Curtis Cup team.
The USA Team has won the last six Curtis Cup Matches and leads the series, which began in 1932, by a 26-6-3 margin.

Eighth seed Nichola Ferguson topples leading qualifier

Anna Telfer in quarter-finals of D&A championship

Leading qualifier Anna Telfer (Milngavie) was beaten 6 and 4 by No 8 seed Nichola Ferguson (Clober) in today's quarter-finals of the Dunbartonshire & Argyll women's county golf championship at Hilton Park Golf Club.
Nichola now plays the No 5 seed, Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) for a place in the final. Helen won by 5 and 3 in the quarter-finals against Kirstin Scott (Milngavie), beaten in last year's final by Kylie Walker who has since turned professional.
In the other semi-final, Aileen Baker, playing over her home course, will meet the No 6 seed, Fiona McLean, also a Hilton Park member. Aileen was three up on the 16th tee in her quarter-final against the 10th seed Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) but lost the last three holes. Baker squeezed through to the last four by holing a 20ft birdie putt at the 19th.
Today's results:
Quarter-finals
Anna Telfer (Milngavie) bt Babs Robertson (Helensburgh) 4 and 2.
Nichola Ferguson (Clober) bt Sheila Steele (Hilton Park) 2 holes.
Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) bt Margaret Kinvig (The Carrick 2 and 1.
Kirstin Scott (Milngavie) bt Lynn McCall (Bearsden) 1 hole.
Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) bt Christina MacPherson (Hilton Park) 5 and 3.
Fiona McLean Hilton Park) bt Gayle Smith (Clober) 4 and 2.
Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) bt Jorden Ferrie (Kirkhill) 4 and 2.
Aileen Baker (Hilton Park) bt Kay McColl (Hilton Park) 8 and 7.
Semi-finals
Ferguson bt Telfer 6 and 4.
Faulds bt Scott 5 and 3.
McLean bt Campbell 4 and 3.
Baker bt McGeachy at 19th.
BRONZE CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-finals
Lyndsay McCubbin (Hilton Park) bt Denise Harrow (Hilton Park) 3 and 1.
Josephine Monaghan (Dumbarton) bt Hellen Low (Hilton Park) 5 and 4.

Bedfordshire pair win EWGA East Region foursomes

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Bedfordshire’s Bridie Quinn and Sally Shayler scored a four-shot victory in the EWGA East Region foursomes at Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk.
Sally, the Bedfordshire champion, and Bridie, a past winner of the county title, put together two rounds of three-over par 75 in perfect spring-like weather. They were heading for an even lower score before dropping five shots over the last three holes of their first round.
They recovered well from the setback and, said Sally: “We set out to win this and we are delighted to do it. It was the first 36-hole competition of the year and now we’re looking forward to our county championship at John O’Gaunt in May.”
The pair are a tried and tested foursomes partnership with an excellent record in county week matches. They were also third in this competition last year.
Results
Scratch
150 Sally Shayler & Bridie Quinn (The Bedfordshire/South Beds) 75 75.
154 Sarah Smith & Miranda Brain (Newmarket/Gog Magog) 77 77.
Handicap
141 Cindy Tufts & Sarah Watts (The Norfolk).
144 Trisha Wilson & Brenda Scudder (Chelmsford).
147 Dulcie Sverdloff & Ashleigh Greenham (Thorpe Hall/West Essex).
Best morning net:
74 Marion Griffiths & Pamela Randle (Stoke by Nayland).
Best afternoon net:
69 Teresa Wardlaw & Joan Hunter (Stowmarket)
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

Chris Quinn to defend English senior title at Littlestone

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Hampshire’s Chris Quinn aims to continue a fabulous winning run when she defends her title in the English seniors’ championship at Littlestone, Kent, next week (April 20-23).
The Hockley player dominated senior golf last season when she won both this event and the stroke-play championship, taking her honours total to one British and four English titles.
The championship, which launches the English Women’s Golf Association season, has attracted a bumper entry of 114 players from 29 counties – including one who is based in France. The lowest handicaps are scratch and belong to Chris Quinn and fellow international and past stroke-play champion, Janet Melville of Nottinghamshire.
Kent has provided an excellent entry of 16 players and nine of them are members of the host club. They include Geraldine Bray, who won the senior stroke-play championship in 2006 and represented England later that year.
Every member of last year’s senior international team is playing. In addition to Chris Quinn and Janet Melville they are:
Rozalyn Adams of Surrey, Jo Ashmore of Norfolk, Sue Dye of Cheshire, Lucy Newton of Northumberland and Paula Parker of Cambs & Hunts.
Seven members of the field are eligible for this event for the first time, having recently celebrated their 50th birthdays. Lulu Housman of Highgate in Middlesex, in particular, is making a quick start to senior golf.
She turns 50 just four days before the start! Lulu is a two-handicapper and was Middlesex county champion in 2007. In all, 37 of the players, around a third of the field, are aged 55 or under.
The course will be set at 5,782 yards, with a par and USGA SSS of 73. Littlestone was the host venue of the 2007 English Close Championship and is a venue regularly used for major amateur and professional events. It will host final qualifying for the 2011 Open Championship.
All competitors will play two rounds of stroke-play qualifying, 18 holes on each of Tuesday and Wednesday, April 20 and 21. The leading 16 players will contest the championship matchplay flight while the next 16 players will play in Flight Two. The matchplay stages will take place on Thursday and Friday, April 22 and 23. Spectators are welcome.
Full details, live scoring and daily championship reports: www.englishwomensgolf.org
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
English Women's Golf Association

Late entries accepted for Northern Counties championship at Lossie

Late entries are being accepted on 01309 671939 for the Northern Counties’ Ladies’ Golf Association Championship, which starts with a qualifying round on Saturday at Moray Golf Club's Lossiemouth links.
Competitors will tee off in pairs at 8min intervals and are from the host club unless stated.

Abbreviations: A, Abernethy; BB, Bonar Bridge; DHR, Duff House Royal; DS, Dornoch-Struie; E, Elgin; F, Forres; FR, Fortrose & Rosemarkie, G, Gairloch; GK, Garmouth & Kingston; I, Inverness; MO, Muir of Ord; RD, N, Nairn; ND, Nairn Dunbar; Royal Dornoch; T, Tain.
Revised draw:
9.0 – C. Gruber (RD), A. Ryan (T); J. Milne (E), G. Dowling (I); A. Bartlett (RD), M. Howieson (I); J. Vass (T), K. Vincent.
9.31 - E. MacKay (ND), A. Gowie (I); R. Topping (DHR), S. Macvicar (G); J. Cumming (I), E. Coghill (RD); J. Nicol (I), L. Fraser (FR).
10.04 - J. Robertson, C. Dingwall (MO); M. Barr (G), F. Bell (I); S.Mackenzie (E), S. Macdonell (I); P. Morrison (MO), M. Bagott (RD).
10.36 – T. Weekes (RD), D. McBride (RD); J. Maison (DHR), C. Marshall (N); D. Marshall (F), D. Phillips (GK).
11.0 – W. Murray (RD), E. Hutton (MO); I. Wilson (F), M. Rennie (RD); L. Nixon (FR), F. MacDonald (DS); I. Croal (G), C. Boyd (F).
11.32 – S. Duncan (RD), J. Corbett (DHR); K. MacKay (FR), F. Wood (DHR); A. Burnett (RD), S. Rowan (I); M. James (F), K. Sinclair (FR).
12.04 –J. Darroch (FR), D. MacNeil (I); M. Grant, E. McTavish (E); A. Harding (RD), L. Offin (BB).

Youngsters Alyson and Natasha are Renfrewshire toppers

RENFREWSHIRE COUNTY NEWS FROM CAROL FELL
The first Renfrewshire County Medal of the 2010 season was played yesterday at Ralston Golf Club.
On a beautiful Spring day, 43 players took part in this competition.
The 2009 Junior Champion of Champions' girls winner, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) had the best scratch score with a 73.
The SSS was 71, CSS was 73.
Another up and coming junior - Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) - had the best net of the day with a 69 and was the overall winner of the medal.

Division 1: (Handicap Scratch - 12)
1st : Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 76 (7) 69
2nd: Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 73 (3) 70
3rd: Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) 82 (10) 72
Division 2 : (Handicap 13 upwards)
1st : Jackie MacDonald (Ranfurly Castle) 94 (21) 73
2nd : Tracy Masterton (Windyhill) 90 (14) 76
3rd : Liz Wilson (Elderslie) 97 (20) 77
Scratch : Alyson McKechin 73

ANNA IS TOP SEED FOR D&A

WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

The decision of Buchanan Castle's Kylie Walker to turn professional makes it a far more wide open Dunbartonshire & Argyll women's county golf championship which teed off today with the stroke-play round to decide the 16 qualifiers for the match-play stages at Hilton Park over the next two days.
Kylie had won the title four times in the past five years. The No 1 seed this year is Anna Telfer (Milngavie), pictured, whose better inward half gave her the top ranking after home-course player Aileen Baker also had an 81 - six over the CSS.
Kirstin Scott (Milngavie), beaten by Walker in last year's final at Hayston, qualfied in 13th position with a 92.
MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
Par 72. CSS 75
81 Anna Telfer (Milngavie) better inward half, Aileen Baker (Hilton Park).
82 Lorraine Campbell (Cardross).
83 Lynne McColl (Bearsden).
84 Helen Faulds (Douglas Park).
85 Fiona McLean (Hilton Park).
87 Jorden Ferrie (Kirkintilloch), Nichola Ferguson (Clober), Sheila Steele (Hilton Park), Laura McGeachy (Windyhill).
91 Gayle Smith (Clober), Margarety Kinvig (The Carrick).
92 Kirstin Scott (Milngavie).
93 Christina MacPherson (Hilton Park).
95 Kay McColl (HIlton Park).
97 Babs Robertson (Helensburgh).
MATCH-PLAY TIES
Automatic draw (8min intervals)
Championship - First round - 9.0 Telfer v Robertson, Steele v Ferguson, Faulds v Kinvig, Scott v L McColl, Campbell v MacPherson, Smith v McLean, Ferrie v McGeachy, K McColl v Baker.
Quarter-finals in the afternoon.
Bronze championship - Semi-finals - Lyndsay McCubbin (Hilton Park) 96 bih v Denise Harrow (Hilton Park) 101; Josephine Monaghan (Dumbarton) 96 v Hellen Low (Hilton Park) 98.

Aberdeenshire Ladies line-up at Deeside. Back row (left to right): Carol Wilson, Donna Pocock, Sheena Wood, Fiona Hay, Sammy Leslie, Laura McLardy. Front: Mhairi Johnstone, Lauren Duncan, Laura Murray, Rachel Polson (image by courtesy of Raymond Penny, click on it to enlarge).

NORTH-EAST DISTRICT YOUTHS BEAT SHIRE

WOMEN - BUT IT WAS CLOSE

The North-east District youths team beat an Aberdeenshire women's select by 3 1/2-1 1/2 in a four-ball, better-ball match at Deeside Golf Club.
All five of the games went to the 18th hole.
It was the second year of the fixture but the first at which the winning team received a trophy donated by former district president Ken Bennions and his wife Margaret, from Peterhead, for annual competition.
Details (youth names first):
Christopher Forman (Peterhead), Greg Kennedy (Hazlehead) lost to Laura Murray (Alford), Fiona Hay (Deeside) 1 hole.
Donald MacAndrew (Royal Aberdeen), Ritchie Manson (Braemar) bt Sheea Wood (Aberdeen Ladies), Laura McLardy (Murcar Links) 1 hole.
Ryan Bain (Strathlene), John Drummond (Strathlene bt Carol Wilson (Murcar Links), Lauren Duncan (Banchory) 2 holes.
Nick MacAndrew (Cullen), Gordon Munro (Fraserburgh) bt Sammy Leslie (Westhill), Marie Johnstone (Murcar Links) 2 holes.
Jamie Robertson (Turriff), Fraser Clarke (Westhill) halved with Donna Pocock (Murcar Links), Rachel Polson (Peterculter).

United States Duramed Futures Scoreboard
$100,000 DAYTONA BEACH INVITATIONAL
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) 6378yd
1 Kristie Smith (Perth, Australia) 66-71-67 - 204 $14,000
2 Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 66-73-67 - 206 $10,000
3 Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 70-67-70 - 207 $7,125
4 Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 70-70-68 - 208 $5,116
T5 Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 70-70-69 - 209 $3,066
T5 Amelia Lewis (Jacksonville, Fla.) 71-69-69 - 209 $3,066
T5 Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 66-73-70 - 209 $3,066
T5 Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 65-71-73 - 209 $3,066
T9 Carolina Llano (Medellin, Colombia) 72-70-68 - 210 $1,799
T9 Amanda Costner (Claremore, Okla.) 70-71-69 - 210 $1,799
T9 Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 68-70-72 - 210 $1,799
T12 Jasi Acharya (Columbus, Mont.) 69-73-69 - 211 $1,341
T12 Nannette Hill (Pelham, N.Y.) 69-72-70 - 211 $1,341
T12 Danah Ford Bordner (Indianapolis, Ind.) 70-71-70 - 211 $1,341
T12 Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 70-71-70 - 211 $1,341
T12 Jessica Korda (a) (Bradenton, Fla.) 68-70-73 - 211
T17 Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 70-72-70 - 212 $982
T17 Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherland69-74-69 - 212 $982
T17 Meredith Duncan (Shreveport, La.) 72-70-70 - 212 $982
T17 Sarah-Jane Smith (Queensland, Australia) 77-67-68 - 212 $982
T17 Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 68-70-74 - 212 $982
T17 Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 66-70-76 - 212 $982
T23 Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia)71-71-71 - 213 $846
T23 Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 69-72-72 - 213 $846
T23 Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 72-72-69 - 213 $846
T23 Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 68-71-74 - 213 $846
T23 Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 74-71-68 - 213 $846
T28 Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 72-70-72 - 214 $764
T28 Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 69-73-72 - 214 $764
T28 Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 70-73-71 - 214 $764
T28 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 69-73-72 - 214 $764
T28 Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 70-73-71 - 214 $764
T28 Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 71-71-72 - 214 $764
T28 Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 70-72-72 - 214 $764
T28 Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 71-72-71 - 214 $764
T28 Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 69-72-73 - 214 $764
T28 Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 71-70-73 - 214 $764
T28 Tara Goedeken (Dodge City, Kan.) 71-73-70 - 214 $764
T28 Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 70-74-70 - 214 $764
T28 Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 66-74-74 - 214 $764
T41 Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 70-72-73 - 215 $708
T41 Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 72-72-71 - 215 $708
T41 Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.) 72-72-71 - 215 $708
T41 Kendall Dye (Edmond, Okla.) 72-67-76 - 215 $708
T45 Dori Carter (Valdosta, Ga.) 70-73-73 - 216 $681
T45 Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 71-72-73 - 216 $681
T45 Whitney Myers (York, Pa.) 71-73-72 - 216 $681
T45 Lisa Strom (Huntersville, N.C.) 74-71-71 - 216 $681
T45 Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 74-71-71 - 216 $681
T45 Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 75-70-71 - 216 $681
T45 Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 70-75-71 - 216 $681
T52 Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 71-72-74 - 217 $652
T52 Leanne Bowditch (Queensland, Australia) 69-72-76 - 217 $652
T52 Isabelle Beisiegel (St. Hilaire, Quebec) 72-72-73 - 217 $652
T52 Stephanie George (Myerstown, Pa.) 71-73-73 - 217 $652
T52 Heather Burgner (Lakeland, Fla.) 71-73-73 - 217 $652
T57 Adrienne White (Red Deer, Alberta) 73-70-75 - 218 $634
T57 Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 72-71-75 - 218 $634
T57 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 69-75-74 - 218 $634
T47 Kim Welch (Sacramento, Calif.) 73-72-73 - 218 $634
T61 Brandi Jackson (Greenville, S.C.) 70-72-77 - 219 $615
T61 Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 71-72-76 - 219 $615
T61 Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 73-69-77 - 219 $615
T61 Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 71-74-74 - 219 $615
T61 Jaclyn Burch (St. Louis, Mo.) 71-74-74 - 219 $615
T61 Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 72-73-74 - 219 $615
T67 Lucy Nunn (Lawton, Okla.) 70-72-78 - 220 $602
T67 Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 71-73-76 - 220 $602
T69 Rachel Connor (Manchester, England) 74-70-78 - 222 $596
T69 Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 72-73-77 - 222 $596
71 Victoria Elizabeth (Orlando, Fla.) 73-72-78 - 223 $592
72 Rebecca Flood (Coonabarabran, Australia) 73-72-79 - 224 $590

Jodi Ewart (left) and Sally Watson (right), Curtis Cup team-mates in 2008 over the Old Course (images by Cal Carson Golf Agency).

Jodi Ewart, Sally Watson finish in top

10 in strongest US college field

Yorkshire's Jodi Ewart (University of New Mexico) and Scotland's Sally Watson (Stanford University, California) finished joint sixth and eighth respectively in the strongest United States women's college circuit field to assemble at the same venue this year.

The occasion was the Ping/ASU Invitational over the Karsten golf course at Tempe, Arizona.

Jodi Ewart, who is coming to the end of her four years at New Mexico and has told the GB&I Curtis Cup selectors that she will be turning professional BEFORE the match against the United States in June, shot rounds of 72, 72 and 67 for a five-under-par total of 211 over the 6,230yd, par-72 course.

Sally also had three very good rounds in very good company and over a testing course. Sally and Jodi were Curtis Cup team-mates in the 2008 match over the Old Course, St Andrews.

Miss Watson, who hails from South Queensferry, had rounds of 71, 72 and 69 for a four-under tally of 212.

A double bogey 6 at the ninth in her second round probably cost the Scot sixth place on her own. In all, the long-hitting Watson had 12 birdies over the 54-hole contest, five of them in her final round - at the long fifth, par-4 eighth, long 10th, short 12th and long 14th. She bogeyed the short seventh and par-4 18th.

Ellie Givens (Denver), from Darlington, tied for 42nd place with scores of 73, 73 and 77 for 223.

Former British women's open amateur stroke-play champion Roseanne Niven (California) from Crieff shared 51st place with scores of 74, 76 and 75 for 225.

The individual winner was Stephanie Kono (University of California-Las Vegas) with scores of 71, 70 and 66 for a nine-under total of 209 - one shot ahead of Jennifer Song (Southern California), one of the US Curtis Cup team selections for this year's match, according to Golfweek.

UCLA (856) won the team title ahead of home-course team Arizona State (856) with Southern California (858) third, New Mexico (863) fourth, Purdue (865) fifth and Denver (865) sixth. Stanford finished 10th in the 17-team field.

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO WEBSITE

Senior Jodi Ewart and sophomore Rebecca Hellbom (from Sweden) each shot 5-under 67 to propel 24th-ranked New Mexico to one of the best rounds in school history in the final round of the PING/ASU Invitational.
The Lobos shot a 10-under 278, the second-lowest total and the second-best score in relation to par ever by a New Mexico team. UNM's 278 was the lowest round by any team in a tournament that featured 12 of the nation's top-29 schools.
Ewart and Hellbom tied a UNM record by playing a round in 5-under. It had been accomplished five previous times by three UNM golfers, including Ewart at the 2009 Branch Law Firm Dick McGuire. The 67 was a career-best for both golfers and one stroke shy of the Lobo mark set by Kailin Downs at the 2004 Mountain West Conference Championships.

Hellbom ended in a tie for third with a 7-under 209 (71-71-67) - her best 54-hole total at UNM and just one shot off the school mark set by Ewart at the 2009 McGuire.
"It was just really solid," said Hellbom of the lowest round of her playing career. "The hit the fairways and made a lot of putts."

Ewart, who had matched the par of 72 in both her first rounds, caught fire in the third and final round with four straight birdies between holes 3 and 6. She made a bogey at 8 before adding birdies at 10 and 13 in halves of 32 and 35.
"I got off to a great start. The four straight birdies got me going," said Ewart, who went into the tournament ranked as the No. 6 ranked US women's collegiate. "My approach shots were really good. This gives us a lot of confidence going into the conference championships."

FROM THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY WEBSITE

Stanford shot a third round team score of 288 to finish 10th at the PING/ASU Invitational held at the Karsten Course in Tempe, Ariz.
top five.
Freshman Sally Watson fired a final round 69 to finish in eighth place in a field of 90, five strokes behind medalist Stephanie Kono of UCLA (207; -9). Jennifer Song of USC finished one stroke off the pace at 208.
Stanford will next be in action at the Pac-10 Championships, set for April 19-21 at the Eugene (Oregon) Country Club.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS

Par 216 (Par 72) 6230yd

207 Stephanie Kono (UCLA) 71 70 66.

208 Jennifer Song (Southern California) 69 70 69.

209 Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) 70 72 67, Rebecca Hellbom (New Mexico) 71 71 67.

210 Kimberley Kim (Denver) 72 69 69.

211 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 72 72 67, Lizette Salas (Southern California) 69 72 70.

212 Sally Watson (Stanford) 71 72 69.

Selected scores:

223 Ellie Givens (Denver) 73 73 77 (jt 42nd).

225 Roseanne Niven (California) 74 76 75 (jt 51st).

LEADING TEAM TOTALS

856 UCLA. 857 Arizona State. 858 Southern California. 863 New Mexico. 864 Purdue. 865 Denver. 868 Arizona. 874 Alabama. 875 Oklahoma. 876 Stanford. 17 Teams took part.

US select young team for

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Curtis Cup match in June
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FROM THE GOLFWEEK WEBSITE
By Golfweek Staff
The U.S. Golf Association has finalised the 2010 Curtis Cup team, Golfweek has learned. The committee began informing players earlier this week and, as expected, has picked a young team. (University of Denver) freshman Kimberly Kim is the only remaining member of the victorious 2008 squad in Scotland.
Jennifer Song, the 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur and WAPL champion, and 15-year-old Alexis Thompson (pictured) hope to end their amateur careers with a win at Essex County Club against Great Britain & Ireland on June 11-13.

The rest of the team:

UCLA's Stephanie Kono and Tiffany Lua.

Auburn’s Cydney Clanton.

Arizona State’s Jennifer Johnson and 17-year-old Jessica Korda.
It will come as a surprise to many that Auburn senior Candace Schepperle is chosen only as first alternate. Schepperle made the cut at the last year’s U.S. Women’s Open and won the 2009 Dixie Amateur and Harder Hall Invitationals. She also was the 2009 Southeastern Conference Golfer of the Year. She’s No. 37 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.

+The GB&I team, to be captained by Mary McKenna, will be announced near the end of April.