ORANGE BLOSSOM TOUR
KYLIE IS TOP STIRLING STUDENT IN
FLORIDA GOLF QUALIFYING
Scottish international team member Kylie Walker qualified in sixth place for the match-play stages of the Jones Doherty women’s amateur championship at Coral Ridge Country Club, Fort Lauderdale.
Kylie, a member of Buchanan Castle Golf Club, is one of the Stirling University squad of female golf scholarship students who are playing in the final two events of the annual Orange Blossom Tour in Florida.
Miss Walker had a score of three-over-par 77 – three shots more than the No 1 qualifier, Meghan Bolger, the head women’s golf coach at the University of Mississippi.
Alexandra Marshall (Burghley Park) also had a 77 but a card countback placed her ninth of the 32 qualifiers.
Olivia Briggs (Delamere Forest) had an 80 to be 18th qualifier while Emma Tipping (Sandiway) had an 87 – the limit mark – to squeeze through in 31st place.
Dawn Dewar (Monifieth) missed out on qualification for the championship match-play flight with a score of 90. She is No 3 seed in the second flight.
The sixth Stirling University player, Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) did not play in the qualifying round.
Sarah Carty, a 19-year-old member at The Island Golf Club, Dublin, qualified in 30th place with an 86. Sarah, who has a handicap of six, is playing in all the Orange Blossom events in an attempt to lower her handicap during a year out to play golf.
A 12-year-old Florida girl, Kyle Roig, became the youngest player in the history of the Jones Doherty championship to qualify for the match-play stages.
Despite driving her first tee shot out of bounds and starting off with a triple bogey, Kyle finished with a 77, thanks to five birdies.
Welsh senior women’s amateur champion and former Curtis Cup player Vicki Thomas (Carmarthen) was the 13th qualifier for the senior match-play championship stages. She had a 79
JONES DOHERTY WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Coral Ridge Country Club, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Leading qualifiers for match-play stages
(Par 74)
74 Meghan Bolger (New York).
75 Alexandra Frazier (Pennsylvania), Benedikie Grotvedt (Norway), Stefanie Kenoyer (Florida).
Other qualifiers included:
77 Kylie Walker (Stirling Univ), Alexandra Marshall (Stirling Univ).
80 Olivia Briggs (Stirling Univ).
86 Sarah Carty (Ireland).
87 Emma Tipping (Stirling Univ).
Senior championship qualifiers
72 Taffy Brower (Florida).
73 Carolyn Creekmore (Texas).
75 Carol Semple Thompson (Pennsylvania).
Other qualifier:
79 Vicki Thomas (Wales).
FLORIDA GOLF QUALIFYING
Scottish international team member Kylie Walker qualified in sixth place for the match-play stages of the Jones Doherty women’s amateur championship at Coral Ridge Country Club, Fort Lauderdale.
Kylie, a member of Buchanan Castle Golf Club, is one of the Stirling University squad of female golf scholarship students who are playing in the final two events of the annual Orange Blossom Tour in Florida.
Miss Walker had a score of three-over-par 77 – three shots more than the No 1 qualifier, Meghan Bolger, the head women’s golf coach at the University of Mississippi.
Alexandra Marshall (Burghley Park) also had a 77 but a card countback placed her ninth of the 32 qualifiers.
Olivia Briggs (Delamere Forest) had an 80 to be 18th qualifier while Emma Tipping (Sandiway) had an 87 – the limit mark – to squeeze through in 31st place.
Dawn Dewar (Monifieth) missed out on qualification for the championship match-play flight with a score of 90. She is No 3 seed in the second flight.
The sixth Stirling University player, Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) did not play in the qualifying round.
Sarah Carty, a 19-year-old member at The Island Golf Club, Dublin, qualified in 30th place with an 86. Sarah, who has a handicap of six, is playing in all the Orange Blossom events in an attempt to lower her handicap during a year out to play golf.
A 12-year-old Florida girl, Kyle Roig, became the youngest player in the history of the Jones Doherty championship to qualify for the match-play stages.
Despite driving her first tee shot out of bounds and starting off with a triple bogey, Kyle finished with a 77, thanks to five birdies.
Welsh senior women’s amateur champion and former Curtis Cup player Vicki Thomas (Carmarthen) was the 13th qualifier for the senior match-play championship stages. She had a 79
JONES DOHERTY WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Coral Ridge Country Club, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Leading qualifiers for match-play stages
(Par 74)
74 Meghan Bolger (New York).
75 Alexandra Frazier (Pennsylvania), Benedikie Grotvedt (Norway), Stefanie Kenoyer (Florida).
Other qualifiers included:
77 Kylie Walker (Stirling Univ), Alexandra Marshall (Stirling Univ).
80 Olivia Briggs (Stirling Univ).
86 Sarah Carty (Ireland).
87 Emma Tipping (Stirling Univ).
Senior championship qualifiers
72 Taffy Brower (Florida).
73 Carolyn Creekmore (Texas).
75 Carol Semple Thompson (Pennsylvania).
Other qualifier:
79 Vicki Thomas (Wales).
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