SALLY HAS A 75 IN THUNDERBIRD

JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL EVENT

AT SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA

Florida-based Sally Watson, 15, from South Queensferry had a first-round score of three-over-par 75 in the girls' section of the Thunderbird Junior International tournament over the 6,271yd girls' Raptor course at Grayhawk Golf Club, Scottsdale in Arizona.

Sally, pictured right, bogeyed the third, fifth and sixth before she settled to birdie the long seventh and turn in two-over-par 38.

A double bogey 6 at the 10th and a bogey at the 12th knocked her back to five over, but she finished strongly with birdies at the 14th and 18th for 37 home to be joint 12th in a strong international field.

Kimberley Kim from Hawaii was the first-round leader by three shots with a 67.

In the boys' event, Jack Hiluta (Chelmsford) was the best of the four English Golf Union squad members over a course measuring 7,113yd.

Hiluta had a 72 to be six shots behind the pacemaker, Arnond Vongjanij, based at Bradenton, Florida where David Leadbetter has his IMG Golf Academy.

LEADERBOARD

Boys

66 A Vongvanij.

67 S Frankly.

Other scores:

72 Jack Hiluta (Chelmsford).

75 Matthew Haines (Rochester & Cobham), Matthew Nixon (Ashton under Lyne).

80 Darren Wright (Rowlands Castle).

Girls

67 Kimberly Kim.

70 Vicky Hurst, Ayaka Kaneko.

Other score:

75 Sally Watson (Sco).