WESTHILL LAD jt 27th IN GEORGIA

Former North-east boys' golf champion Andrew Hay from Westhill, Aberdeen finished joint 27th in a field of 46 for the Thomas University Winter Invitational college tournament at Kinderlou Foprest Golf Club, Valdosta in Georgia.
Hay, a student at Webber International University, Babson Park in Florida, had rounds of 74 and 80 for a total fo 154 - 22 shots behind the winner, David Venegas (Johnson & Williams University) who had a pair of 66s for a 12-under-par total of 132 and a winning margin of 11 strokes.
Three of Hay's English-born team-mates were also in the field. Craig Isabel from Stanford-Le-Hope finished jt 20th on 151 (78-73), Matthew Bransby from Aylesbury totalled 153 (77-76) for a share of 24th place and Alex Evans from The Wirral came 36th on 159 (77-82).
Webber International (609) finished fifth of eight in the team event behind Johnson & Wales (583) who won by nine strokes from St Leo University