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Tuesday, March 13, 2007


SALLY STARTS WITH A 75 IN KATHY
WHITWORTH INVITATIONAL


British girls championship runner-up Sally Watson from South Queensferry had a three-over-par 75 in the first round of the prestigious Kathy Whitworth Invitational girls’ tournament at Mira Vista Golf Club, Fort Worth in Texas.
Scotland women’s international team player Miss Watson, a 15-year-old student at the IMG David Leadbetter Golf Academy at Bradenton, Florida, was lying 16th , five shots behind the leader, Hawaiian youngster Kimberly Kim who, at the age of 14, was the youngest ever winner of the United States women’s championship last year.
Sally flies back to Britain immediately the Texas tournament is over so that she can take part in the Ladies Golf Union Elite squad matches against the Cheshire and Lancashire men’s county squads this weekend.
Kathy Whitworth scored 88 career wins, six of them majors, during her years as an LPGA player.