SCOT PLANS TO TURN PRO IN AUTUMN 2006
HEATHER TAKES YEAR OFF US COLLEGE
CIRCUIT TO BOOST 2006 CURTIS CUP GOAL
California-based Scot Heather MacRae has given herself a golfing goal of being selected for the 2006 Curtis Cup match in the United States.
Which is why the 21-year-old from Dunblane is not playing for San Diego State University on the 2004-2005 American women’s college golf circuit.
If that sounds a bit paradoxical, here is Heather’s explanation.
"It’s a long story but basically I am going to be at university in America for five years and, under the NCAA rules, no-one can play collegiate golf for more than four years, so this year I am "red-shirting," which means I won’t be playing in any NCAA tournaments.
"But I will be practising as hard as ever and playing every day as normal, as well as working out with the San Diego State University team. I feel by doing this now, when I come back for my senior year I will have much more time to work on my golf and will need less time to spend on my university work.
"This will, hopefully, allow me to work towards my goal of playing for Great Britain & Ireland in the 2006 Curtis Cup match which will be held here in America. I intend to turn professional in the autumn of 2006."
Heather MacRae, a member of Dunblane New Golf Club, had her 21st birthday on September 29 this year.
She beat the favourite, Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), by one hole in the final to win the BP Scottish Under-18 girls’ match-play championship at Glenbervie Golf Club in 2001. Heather was beaten by Jenna Wilson (Strathaven) in a play-off for the BP Scottish Under-21 girls’ open stroke-play championship at Kilmacolm in 2003.
Both Heather and Jenna made a big impact on the San Diego State University women’s golf team last year, helping them to achieve their best-ever results in many competitions. Jenna decided not to go back to California for a second year.
Miss MacRae has played for Scotland in the women’s home international matches of the past two years, winning all four ties she played in at Cruden Bay in 2003.
That performance earned her inclusion in the Ladies Golf Union Elite Squad for 2003-2004 winter training, which she was unable to take part in because of her golf scholarship at San Diego University but it was an encouraging indication that she did figure in the Great Britain & Ireland team selectors’ thoughts.
Heather was named third reserve for the LGU winter training squad of 2004-2005.
CIRCUIT TO BOOST 2006 CURTIS CUP GOAL
California-based Scot Heather MacRae has given herself a golfing goal of being selected for the 2006 Curtis Cup match in the United States.
Which is why the 21-year-old from Dunblane is not playing for San Diego State University on the 2004-2005 American women’s college golf circuit.
If that sounds a bit paradoxical, here is Heather’s explanation.
"It’s a long story but basically I am going to be at university in America for five years and, under the NCAA rules, no-one can play collegiate golf for more than four years, so this year I am "red-shirting," which means I won’t be playing in any NCAA tournaments.
"But I will be practising as hard as ever and playing every day as normal, as well as working out with the San Diego State University team. I feel by doing this now, when I come back for my senior year I will have much more time to work on my golf and will need less time to spend on my university work.
"This will, hopefully, allow me to work towards my goal of playing for Great Britain & Ireland in the 2006 Curtis Cup match which will be held here in America. I intend to turn professional in the autumn of 2006."
Heather MacRae, a member of Dunblane New Golf Club, had her 21st birthday on September 29 this year.
She beat the favourite, Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), by one hole in the final to win the BP Scottish Under-18 girls’ match-play championship at Glenbervie Golf Club in 2001. Heather was beaten by Jenna Wilson (Strathaven) in a play-off for the BP Scottish Under-21 girls’ open stroke-play championship at Kilmacolm in 2003.
Both Heather and Jenna made a big impact on the San Diego State University women’s golf team last year, helping them to achieve their best-ever results in many competitions. Jenna decided not to go back to California for a second year.
Miss MacRae has played for Scotland in the women’s home international matches of the past two years, winning all four ties she played in at Cruden Bay in 2003.
That performance earned her inclusion in the Ladies Golf Union Elite Squad for 2003-2004 winter training, which she was unable to take part in because of her golf scholarship at San Diego University but it was an encouraging indication that she did figure in the Great Britain & Ireland team selectors’ thoughts.
Heather was named third reserve for the LGU winter training squad of 2004-2005.
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