KirkwoodGolf: Scot's daughter finishes 13th in Futures Tour Q event

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Scot's daughter finishes 13th in Futures Tour Q event


POLLY AND NATASHA FINISH

82nd AND 88th IN FLORIDA

Londoner Polly Willett and Natasha Morgan from South Wales finished joint 82nd and 88th respectively in the United States Futures Tour qualifying tournament at Lakeland, Florida.
Their ranking for next year’s Futures Tour will depend on how many of the field, who have qualified for the LPGA Tour Final Q School, make the grade.
Polly had scores of 75, 77, 77 and 76 for a total of 305. Natasha, still an amateur golfer and a student at Lynn University, Boca Raton – a team-mate of Katy McNicoll from Carnoustie, had scores of 73, 81, 75 and 77 for 306.
The final two rounds were played over the Cleveland Heights course.
Winner of the event was 18-year-old schoolgirl and amateur player, In-Kyung Kim from Seoul, South Korea. She birdied three of the last four holes to retain the lead from playing partner, Paige MacKenzie, 23, a leading member of this year’s United States Curtis Cup team.
Kim had scores of 71, 72, 70 and 68 for seven-under-par 281.
Paige, who bogeyed two of the last three holes, finished with 71, 74, 69 and 68 for 282.
Both Kim and Paige will be bidding to win places on the LPGA Tour at its upcoming final qualifying tournament.
Kim is the holder of the US girls' open championship.
Tampa-born Elizabeth Stuart, pictured above right, daughter of a Glasgow man who emigrated to Florida, finished joint 13th on 292 with scores of 80, 68, 70 and 74.