GEMMA HAS CATASTROPHIC LAST
ROUND IN CALIFORNIA

Scotland international Gemma Webster from Glasgow had a nightmare third and final round in the Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge women’s college golf tournament at Palos Verdes Golf Club, California.
The Ohio State University student slumped from rounds of 76 and 72 over the 5,932yd par 71 course to a catastrophic closing score of 87 for a final total of 235.
Hilton Park Golf Club member Gemma plummeted from ninth place overnight to a final standing of 41st equal among the 76 finishers.
Gemma started her last round at the sixth hole and ran up the first of her four double bogeys at the seventh.
She then bogeyed the 10th, 11th and 13th before having a double bogey 6 at the 14th. Gemma then dropped shots at the 15th, 16th and 17th
Turning for home, she bogeyed the first and second before double-bogeying the third and fourth. Her halves were 43 and 44.
The former Dundee University dentistry student, who transferred to Ohio State University after winning last year’s British universities’ stroke-play championship at Murrayshall, finished 21 shots behind the winner, Irene Cho (Southern California) who had rounds of 75, 68 and 71 for one-over 214.
Azahara Munoz (Arizona State), the Spaniard who won the British girls’ open title at Lanark two years ago, finished joint eighth on 224 with rounds of 73, 74 and 77 but helped her university win the team event with a total of 892 – one shot ahead of Southern California with California (908) third and Wake Forest (909) fourth.
Ohio State (923) came 10th of the 14 teams competing.
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
214 Irene Cho (USC) 75 68 71.
215 Jennifer Osborn (Arizona State) 70 73 72.
217 Sofie Andersson (California) 72 73 72.
Other totals:
224 Azahara Munoz (Arizona State) 73 74 77 (jt 8th)..
235 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) 76 72 87 (jt 41st).
LEADING TEAMS
892 Arizona State.
893 USC.
908 California.
909 Wake Forest.
Other total:
923 Ohio State (10th of 14).