TARA TRAILS IN BEHIND SANDRA
FROM GERMANY IN “LADY GATOR”

Irish Curtis Cup player Tara Delaney from Carlow, a student at Kent State University, Ohio, finished joint 24th in a field of 87 for the Lady Gator Invitational college tournament over the University of Florida golf course (par-70, 5,927yd) at Gainesville.
Tara, pictured right, had scores of 76, 76 and 75.
Claire Starkie, a student at Georgia State University, had three rounds she won’t be writing home to Skipton, West Yorkshire. Claire scored 81, 81 and 85 for a total of 247 and a share of 81st place. Over the three rounds, Claire had three triple bogeys and four double bogeys.
Even less happy with the way she is playing must be Tara Delaney’s sister Karen. What has happened to the talented young player who won the Irish girls’ title in 2002 and 2003?
At Gainesville Karen had scores of 80, 89 and 83 for a total of 252 – 42 shots over par for 54 holes. She had two quadruple bogeys and 10 double bogeys over the three rounds. Not surprisingly, she finished 86th in a field of 87.
Germany’s Sandra Gal, a student at the host university, Florida, won the individual title by five shots with scores of 69, 70 and 71 for level par 210. Runner-up was Catherine Matranga (Texas Christian) on 215 (71-70-74) with Sweden’s Caroline Westrup (Florida State) third on 216 (72-77-67).
Look for both Sandra and Caroline being in the Continent of Europe team for the Vagliano Trophy match against Great Britain & Ireland at Fairmont St Andrews Bay on July 27 and 28.
Florida (876) won the team event by 14 shots from Texas Christian (890) with Michigan State (892) third and Tennessee (899) fourth. Kent State (909) finished ninth and George State (945) 14th of the 16 competing colleges.