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Wednesday, March 07, 2007


ROSEANNE CHALKS UP FIRST TOP-20
FINISH ON US COLLEGE CIRCUIT

Scottish Under-18 girls golf champion Roseanne Niven from Perth achieved her first top-20 finish on the American women’s college circuit at the Spartan Invitational tournament at Almaden Country Club, San Jose in California this week.
In only her third event since enrolling at the University of California Berkeley earlier this year, 18-year-old Roseanne, a member of Crieff Golf Club, finished joint 19th in a field of 74 players with rounds of 77, 74 and 75 for an aggregate of 226 over the 6,121yd, par-72 course.
Selanee Henderson (UC Irvine) won the individual honours with scores of 69, 71 and 70 for six-under-par 210.
Roseanne’s much improved effort enabled California to share second place with Colorado on 892 behind team title winners San Jose State (877) in a field of 14 colleges.

KNOX AND STEWART PIPPED BY
JACKSONVILLE TEAM-MATE


Russell Knox from Inverness and Duncan Stewart of Grantown on Spey, both senior students at Jacksonville University, Florida finished second and third behind junior team-mate Matt Kleinrock in the Braveheart Classic men’s college tournament at Oak Valley Golf Club, Beaumont in California.
Knox shot 77, 75 and 71 for a total of 223 – three behind first-time winner Kleinrock (78-73-69)– with Stewart scoring 77, 72 and 75 for 224.
A third Jacksonville student, Jamie Kennedy from Edinburgh, finished joint 21st on 232 with scores of 81, 75 and 76 in a field of 95 players.
Jacksonville overtook the favourites, UCLA, over the final round to win the team event by nine shots with a total of 896 in a field of 17 colleges.

CHRIS BARON TIES 57th IN PANTHER INVITE

Chris Baron from Oldmeldrum, a freshman student at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, finished tied for 57th place in a field of 93 with scores of 78, 82 and 80 for an aggregate of 240 in the Panther Invite college tournament at Duran Golf Club, Viera in Florida.
David D’Agostino (Florida Tech) won the event over a tough par-72, 7,127yd course, with scores of 73, 72 and 72 for one-over 217.
Belmont Abbey (924) finished eighth in the team event behind winners Florida Gulf Coast (892).

KATE MAKES TOP 20 AT SPARTANBURG

Paisley’s Kate O’Sullivan (High Point University, North Carolina) finished joint 17th in a field of 37 for the Wofford Intercollegiate women’s tournament at Carolina Country Club, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Kate had scores of 81 and 83 for a total of 164 over the 5,847yd, par-72 course.
Team-mate AnnMarie Dalton from Belfast finished fourth with 75 and 78 for 153 – eight shots behind the winner, Erin Wells (Wofford) with 74 and 71 for 145.
High Point (640) finished fourth of seven behind team title winners Wofford (616).