HEATHER LEADS BY THREE STROKES IN
U S JUNIOR COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP

Heather MacRae, the 2001 Scottish girls' match-play champion from Dunblane, leads by three strokes with one round to go in the 72-hole United States NJCAA women's golf championship at the LPGA International Course, Daytona Beach in Florida.
After scores of 71 and 79, Heather found the middle ground of 76 for a 54-hole tally of 226.
Heather was on course to spreadeagle the field when she reached the turn in one-under-par 35 but she sagged in the 80 degree temperature and took 41 strokes for the inward half.
Miss MacRae's team-mate at McLennan College at Waco, Texas, Laura Walker from Nairn Dunbar, her successor as BP Scottish girls champion at Powfoot last summer, slipped down one place in the overall standings with a 82 (42-40) for 239.
Heather is set to improve the tremendous record by Scots golfing students in this annual tournament. Aberdonian Claire Hunter won the inaugural event in 1998; Linzi Morton (Tulliallan) followed her on to the winner's rostrum in 1999 and the Scots domination continued in 2000 and 2001 with victories by Pamela Mackay (Royal Dornoch) and Angela Finlay (Ratho Park).
Leading scores
226 Heather Walker 71 79 76.
229 Ulrika Ljungman 79 75 75.
232 Natalie Kinsey 74 77 81.
234 Brendan McLarnon 73 81 80.
235 Jessica Trein 74 81 80.
239 Laura Walker 79 78 82.
241 Keelie Cates 80 81 80.
243 Berni Rosero 79 83 81, Melanie Wilson 77 82 84.

Leading teams
936 Daytona Beach.
938 McLennan.
999 Redlands.