WATSON GIRLS IN TOP 20 IN WORLD'S
BIGGEST JUNIOR TOURNAMENT

South Queensferry sisters Sally and Rebecca Watson were lying joint fourth and 19th respectively at the end of the first round of the Doral-Publix junior golf championships at Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Miami in Florida.
Reputed to be the world’s biggest junior golf tournament, 628 competitors from 43 countries are competing in 12 different age and sex categories.
Sally, a 15-year-old pupil at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Bradenton, Florida, shot a three-over-par 75 – three shots behind the leader in the girls’ 16 to 18 years’ section.
Rebecca, 17, who will be enrolling at the University of Tennessee next autumn, had an 80 to make the top 20 overnight in this 54-hole competition.
Rachel Connor from Oldham, had a 76 to be lying joint ninth.
Irish girls champion Stephanie Meadow from Antrim, Northern Ireland, is in third place in the girls 14-15 years’ category. She had a 70, six shots behind Florida girl Christina Miller.

LEADING SCORES

GIRLS 16-18 years
72 Alexis Thompson (US).
73 Andrea Watts (US).
74 Stephanie Kenoyer (US).
75 Sally Watson (Sco), Hannah Yun (US), Therese Koelbaek (Den), Mitsuki Katahira (Jap), Jennifer Hirano (US).
76 Rachel Connor (Eng), Courney Gunter (US).
BOYS 16-18 years
71 Kenneth Leech (US), Sean Einhaus (Ger).
72 Felipe Velazquez (Venezuela), Diego Tamayo (Venezuela), Carlos Goya (Arg).
GIRLS 14-15 years
64 Christina Miller (US).
69 Susana Benavides (Bolivia).
70 Stephanie Meadow (N Ire).
71 Alexandra Peres (US), Diana Fernandez (Paraguay), Yushira Budhram (SAfr).