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Thursday, March 15, 2007

JODI'S FOUR-UNDER-PAR TOTAL EARNS
HER ONLY A SHARE OF FIFTH PLACE


Jodi Ewart, from Middleham, Yorkshire, finished with a very good four-under-par aggregate of 212 - but so high was the standard of scoring among the leaders that her total earned her "only" joint fifth place in the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational college tournament at Boulder Creek Golf Club, Boulder City in Nevada.
Jodi had rounds of 68, 70 and 74. In her last round she bogeyed the second and birdied 11th but ran up a double bogey 6 at the very last hole. It was her only double bogey of the 54 holes over which she had 10 birdies and four single bogeys and that double bogey.
Miss Ewart, a freshman student at New Mexico University and a member at Catterick Golf Club, disputed the lead with Rachel Newren (Brigham Young Univerity) over the first two rounds.
But they were overhauled over the final round by some brilliant scoring in perfectly calm conditions from Jennifer Shipley (Fresno State University, California) and Kelly Nakashima (Idaho University).
Jennifer started the fiinal day in seventh place in the field of 96 but shot a career-low, eight-under-par 64 over the 6,199yd, par-72 course after earlier rounds of 71 and 70.
She tied at the top of the leaderboard on 11-under-par 205 with Kelly Nakashima who scored 72, 68 and 65.
Jennifer won the sudden-death play-off at the third extra hole. It was her first ever win on the US college circuit.
Rachel Newren finished third on 209 with scores of 67, 70 and 72.
Jodi Ewart's very good effort did help her college, New Mexico, to finish runners-up behind Brigham Young in the field of 18 teams.
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
205 Jennifer Shipley (Fresno State) 71 70 64, Kelly Nakashima (Idaho) 72 68 65 (Shipley won play-off at third extra hole).
209 Rachel Newren (Brigham Young) 67 70 72.
210 Danielle Von Arnim (Brigham Young) 71 68 71.
212 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 68 70 74 (jt 4th with four players).
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
847 Brigham Young. 857 New Mexico. 959 Idaho. 864 Indiana. 873 UNLV, San Francisco (18 teams).