KENT STUDENT SHARES 11TH PLACE
AT SAWGRASS COUNTRY CLUB

Tom Sherreard (Georgia State), a 6ft 1in freshman from Maidstone Kent, finished joint 11th in the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational over a 6,805yd, par-72 course at TPC Sawgrass Country Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Sherreard had rounds of 77, 75 and 71 for a total of 223. His last round, which featured a birdie at the first hole, followed by 17 straight pars, hauled him up from a share of 27th place overnight.
Tom, pictured right, would certainly have had a top-10 finish with ease but for late disasters in his first round in which he had a triple bogey at the 14th and a double bogey at the 16th.
Team-mate Ben Taylor from Hexham, a senior student at Georgia State and another six-footer, finished in a share of 36th place on 229 with scores of 76, 75 and 78.
Kevin Chappell (UCLA) won the individual honours with a two-under-par total of 214, made up of scores of 72, 73 and 69.
Cruising to victory with a few holes to play, Kevin ran up a double bogey at the 16th and final scrambled home by one shot from John Curran (Vanderbilt) (73-71-71) with Dustin Johnson (Coastal Carolina) third on 216 (73-68-75).
Alabama (881) won the team title from Vanderbilt and Coastal Carolina (both on 891) with UAB, UCF, UCLA and Georgia State sharing fourth palce on 899.

CLAIRE STARKIE JUST OUTSIDE
TOP 10 IN MIAMI

Claire Starkie (Georgia State), a sophomore student from Skipton, Yorkshire, finished in joint 11th place in the Papa Johns Collegiate women's tournament over the 6,317yd, par-72 course at Don Shula's Golf Club, Miami (Don Shula was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins' American football team).
Claire had rounds of 81, 75 and 77 for a total of 233 in a field of 64 players.
Louisville provided the individual winner in Cindy LaCrosse and also won the team event with a total of 924, two shots ahead of San Jose State with South Florida and east Carolina (932) tied for third place in a field of 12 teams.
Cindy LaCrosse's scores were 73, 81 and 72 for 226, one shot ahead of Erica Moston (San Jose State) (77-73-77) with Kathleen Ekey (Furman) third on 229 (79-76-74).