JONES DOHERTY AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

KYLIE LEADS STIRLING TRIO INTO LAST
16 OF FLORIDA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Stirling University student Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) had one of the biggest wins of the first round of the match-play stages of the Jones Doherty women’s amateur golf championship in Florida.
Kylie, who was the sixth of the 32 qualifiers, beat Monica Von Glahn from North Palm Beach, Florida by 6 and 5.
Two other Stirling students made it through to the last 16 in which they will play each other!
Emma Tipping (Sandiway), the No 31 qualifier, won by two holes against Alexandra Frazier from Haverford, Pennsylvania, and now plays Engish compatriot Olivia Briggs (Delamere Forest).
Olivia, who qualified in 18th place, won at the 19th against Madison Pressel from Baton Rouge, Florida, 14-year-old sister of LPGA rookie Morgan Pressel.
Madison was four down with six to play against the Stirling University squad captain but then won the 14th 15th and 17th with pars and squared the match by holing a 15ft uphill putt for a birdie at the 18th.
But, at the first extra hole, Olivia Briggs holed a 10ft putt for par which was good enough to win the tie when Madison missed from 4ft for a half.
The only Stirling University “casualty” was Alexandra Marshall (Burghley Park). Alexandra, the ninth seed, lost at the 19th to Julie Garner from Winter Park, Florida.
Julie, the 43-year-old Rollins University women's head coach and the 2005 Florida women's mid-amateur champion, now plays 12-year-old Florida girl Kyle Roig, the youngest player in the tournament's 74-year history to qualify for the match-play stages.
Kyle, the No. 8 qualifier, was one down after 16 holes of her first-round tie against Ashley Mooney, also from Florida, but squared the contest with a par at the 17th and then birdied the 18th to advance by a one-hole margin.
"I don't have a set strategy when I play someone older except that I don't give away any putts. I'm not getting any sympathy because I'm young. People just don't want to lose to a 12-year-old,"said Miss Roig.
Dawn Dewar from Monifieth, a fifth member of the Stirling University squad who are playing in the final two events of the Orange Blossom Tour, won her second flight tie by 2 and 1 against Mayura Skowronski from Frankfurt, Germany.
Ireland’s Sarah Carty from The Island Golf Club, Dublin, lost by 6 and 4 to the No 3 seed, Benedikie Grotvedt from Norway. Sarah was the 30th qualifier.
Welsh senior women’s amateur champion Vikki Thomas (Carmarthen), the 13th qualifier, reached the last 16 of the over-50s championship with a two-hole win over Cynthia Curry from Charlotte, North Carolina, the 20th qualifier.

JONES DOHERTY WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Coral Ridge Country Club, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Championship flight - First round results included:
J Garner (US) bt A Marshall (Stirling) at 19th.
E Tipping (Stirling) bt A Frazier (US) 2 holes.
O Briggs (Stirling) bt Madison Pressel (US) at 19th.
K Walker (Stirling) bt M Von Glahn (US) 6 and 5.
B Grotvedt (Norway) bt S Carty (Ireland) 6 and 4.
Second flight results included:
D Dewar (Stirling) bt M Skowronski (Germany) 2 and 1.
Senior championship
First round results included
V Thomas (Wales) bt C Curry (US) 2 holes.
C Semple Thompson (US) bt M Likens (US) 6 and 5.