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Saturday, March 17, 2007


WALLACE CANCELS OUT BIRDIES WITH
BOGEYS AT FOREST HEIGHTS

Comrie's Wallace Booth (Augusta State University) had rounds of 73 and 74 for a 36-hole tally of 147 in the Schenkel Invitational college tournament at Forest Heights Golf Club, Statesboro in Georgia.
Wallace, pictured right, a former Scottish youths champion. had one birdie and two bogeys in his first round over the par-72, 6,972yd course. He boosted his number of birdies to three but also his tally of bogeys to five on the second circuit of the 54-hole tournament.
At the end of the day, Wallace was a creditable joint 19th in a good-class field.
Chris Kirk (Georgia) leads by three strokes with 70 and 68 for six-under-par 138.
Georgia (564) lead the team event from South Carolina (578) wiuth Alabama (580) third, Auburn (582) fourth and Augusta State (585) fifth of the 18 teams taking part.

DAWN-MARIE 20 STROKES IN ARREARS
AT BATON ROUGE
Ireland's Dawn-Marie Conaty (Memphis University) had two mediocre rounds of 77 and 80 for a tally of 157 over a longish women's course of some 6,404yd (par 72) for the Louisiana State University Cleveland Classic at University Golf Club, Baton Rouge.
Dawn-Marie had a triple-bogey 6 at the short 13th in her first round. She is lying joint 62nd in a field of 108 with one round to go.
US Curtis Cup player Amanda Blumenherst is heading for another runaway victory. She has had rounds of 68 and 69 for a seven-under-par total of 137 - three shots ahead of Amanda Mathis (Mississippi State) (71-69).
Duke (586) lead the team event from Auburn (589) and Vanderbilt (592) with Tennessee (597) in fourth place. Memphis (643) are 19th of the 21 competing teams.