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Monday, February 26, 2007

ROSEANNE (and others) STRUGGLE IN
ARIZONA WILDCAT INVITATIONAL

Scottish Under-18 girls champion Roseanne Niven from Crieff is having a tough introduction to the American women's college circuit.
Playing in her second tournament as a student at the University of California Berkeley - the Arizona Wildcat Invitational at Arizona National golf course, Tucson, Roseanne was nine over par after only seven holes of her first round.
Starting at the 15th, Miss Niven bogeyed the 15th and 16th and double-bogeyed the short 17th. She then bogeyed the first, followed by a nightmare quadruple bogey 9 at the par-5 second.
But, to put Roseanne's scorecard into perspective, an awful lot of more established, more experienced competitors from Europe are also struggling in the first round of the 54-hole event.
British women's and girls' open amateur champion Belen Mozo from Spain, a freshman student at Southern California University, is three over par after five holes.
Former British girls' champion Anna Nordqvist (Arizona State) is five over par after seven holes.
Jodi Ewart from Catterick, a student at New Mexico University), started at the ninth and was five over par until she birdied the 16th and 17th to be three over par, having played nine holes.