KirkwoodGolf: US COLLEGE REPORTS

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

US COLLEGE REPORTS

SCOTS TIE FOR NINTH IN FLORIDA

Gavin Dear from Perth and Carnoustie’s Keir McNicoll, both golf scholarship students at Lynn University, Boca Raton in Florida, finished joint ninth in a field of 71 for the Matlock Collegiate Classic at Grasslands Golf & Country Club, Lakeland, Florida.
Gavin had rounds of 75, 73 and 76 for a total of 224 over the 7,065yd, par 72 course.
Keir scored 78, 69 and 77 for 224. He had the lowest score of the second round.
Both finished nine shots behind the winner, Greg Koch (Florida Southern College) who had rounds of 69, 72 and 74 for a one-under-par tally of 215 and a four-stroke victory.
The Scots’ good efforts helped Lynn University (894) finished a close third of 15 behind Florida Southern (891) and West Florida University (893) in the team contest.

GEMMA IN TOP TEN IN CALIFORNIA

Scotland international team player Gemma Webster, a former Dundee University dentistry student who transferred to Ohio State University last year, is lying ninth in a field of 80 for the Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge college tournament at Palos Verdes Golf Club, California.
Gemma has had rounds of 76 and 72 for a six-over-par tally of 148. Starting at the 10th in her second round, Miss Webster, winner of the British universities stroke-play championship at Murrayshall last summer, bogeyed the 12th, 14th and 17th but she covered her last 10 holes in two under par with birdies at the sixth and long seventh.
Gemma, a Hilton Park Golf Club member, is six shots behind the leader, Sophia Sheridan (California) with one round to go. Sophia scored 70 and 72 for a level-par total of 142 over the 5,912yd par-71 course. She leads by one stroke lead from Irene Cho (USC), Paola Moreno (USC) and Jennifer Osborn (Arizona State).
Azahara Munoz (Arizona State), the Spaniard who won the British girls’ open title at Lanark in 2004, is sharing seventh place on 147.
USC (591) lead the team event from Arizona Stqte (592) and Oklahoma State (598). Ohio State (616) are in joint eighth place in the field of 14 teams.