THAT'S THE SPIRIT! SCOTS GIRLS GET
THEIR ACT TOGETHER IN TEXAS

Scotland's Michele Thomson from Ellon and Emily Ogilvy from Auchterarder finally found their form on the third day of The Spirit mixed amateur international golf tournament at Whispering Pines Golf Club, Trinity in Texas today.
After disappointing better-ball scores of 78 and 81 over the 6,300yd, par-72 course, the Scots girls matched the par of 72 and each got a birdie, Emily at the long fifth and Michele at the par-4 seventh.
The lasses outscored the lads over the third round - Scott Mann (Carnoustie) and Scott Borrowman (Dollar) could manage only a better-ball 75, three over par.
The Scots' combined team total of 448 puts them well down the leaderboard - 21st of the 23 countries competing (Ireland did not enter).
England's Gary Boyd, Daniel Willett, Naomi Edwards and Elizabeth Bennett lead with a 54-hole total of 407 - three ahead of Korea and six in front of third placed United States.

ALL THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
1 - 407 England (195 G Boyd & D Willett 63 67 65. 212 N Edwards & E Bennett 71 70 71).
2- 410 Korea.
3 - 413 United States.
4 - 418 Norway, Chinese Taipei.
6 - 419 Australia, France.
8 - 420 Canada.
9 - 424 New Zealand, South Africa.
11 - 428 Czech Republic.
12 - 433 Netherlands.
13 - 434 Germany.
14 - 435 Italy, Sweden.
16 - 437 Belgium.
17 - 439 Wales (217 A Runcie & J Howie 74 72 71. 222 S Hassan & T Davies 71 75 76).
18 - 440 Argentina.
19 - 442 Iceland.
20 - 443 Finland.
21 - 448 Scotland (217 S Mann & S Borrowman 76 69 75. 231 M Thomson & E Ogilvy 78 81 72).
22- 451 Puerto Rico.
23- 467 Brazil.