LEWIS KIRTON HELPS LOUISVILLE
TO TEAM TITLE IN FLORIDA

Freshman student Lewis Kirton (University of Louisville, Kentucky) from Oldmeldrum helped his college to a 14-stroke team-title win in the Mission Inn Collegiate Invite college tournament at El Campeon Golf Club, Howie in the Hills, Florida at the weekend.

Kirton, pictured right, had rounds of 74, 81 and 74 for a 13-over-par total of 229 over the 6,923yd par-72 course. That put him in joint 53rd place in a field of 87 players.Mike Van Sickle (Marquette University) won the individual honours with scores of 70, 68 and 74 for four-under-par 212.
Two English-born students at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Alan Glynn from Middlesex and Kieran Lovelock from Surrey - both first-year freshman - finished joint 49th and joint 55th respectively.
Alan had rounds of 80, 73 and 75 for 228, while Kieran scored 78, 78 and 74 for 230.

Louisville had three players in the top 10 at the end of the 54 holes but Kirton's 74 was a counting score for the team in the final round.

Lousville (860) won from UNC Greensboro (874) with Marquette and Wichita State joint third on 882 in a field of 16 colleges.
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
212 Mike Van Sickle (Marquette) 70 68 74.
Other scores:
228 Alan Glynn (Xavier) 80 73 75 (jt 49th).
229 Lewis Kirton (Louisville) 74 81 74 (jt 53rd).
230 Kieran Lovelock (Xavier) 78 78 74 (jt 55th).
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
860 Louisville. 874 UNC Greensbro. 882 Marquette, Wichita State. 16 teams in field