HEATHER PIPPED FOR TITLE IN CALIFORNIA

British women’s open amateur stroke-play champion Heather MacRae from Dunblane finished runner-up in her first American college golf tournament of the year.
Heather, a student at San Diego State University, California, had rounds of 76 and 78 for a total of 154, one shot behind title-winner Jessica Huss (California Polytechnic) in the Lady Braveheart Challenge at Oak Valley Golf Club, Beaumont in California.
Jessica trailed Heather by six shots after a first-round 82 but came storming up the leaderboard on the second day with a one-under-par 71, the only sub-par score of the tournament over the 6,162yd course.
Miss MacRae, a member of the Ladies Golf Union Elite Squad and a live contender for a Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team place against the United States at Bandon Dunes, Oregon in late July, had the satisfaction of leading San Diego State University to an eight-shot victory in the team event.
The “Aztecs” totalled 624 – eight shots ahead of runners-up UC Davis with Santa Clara University third of the 10 teams on 645.