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Saturday, October 13, 2007

JORDAN FINDLAY RECAPTURES FORM
AT TENNESSEE TOURNAMENT

Former British boys' champion Jordan Findlay from Fraserburgh, a third-year student at East Tennessee State University, hit his best form since the summer break with a two-under-par round of 70 in the first round of the Bank of Tennessee @ the Ridges college tournament at The Ridges Golf & Country Club, Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Over a par-72 course of 7,147yd, Jordan had a great run of birdies - the eighth, ninth, 11th, 13th and 14th in halves of 36 and 34. He bogeyed the second, third and 16th.
Jordan is lying joint sixth in a field of 81.
Chris Paisley from Newcastle (Tennessee University) also had a 70.
East Tennessee State, in their best team performance since the summer departure of their star player, Welsh Walker Cup player Rhys Davies (Edinburgh born!), lead the field with a total of 282, one ahead of Kentucky.
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
67 B Fuqua (Kentucky).
68 R Enoch (East Tennessee State), P Rada (South Carolina), D Weaver (Virginia Tech).
Other scores:
70 J Findlay (East Tennessee State), C Paisley (Tennessee) (jt 6th).
71 C McNamara (East Tennessee State), G Shaw (East Tennessee State) (jt 11th).
74 P O'Kane (East Tennessee State) (jt 44th).
78 C O'Malley (UAB) (jt 73rd).

ANDREW HAY JT 61st IN SPARTAN INVITATIONAL

Andrew Hay from Westhill, near Aberdeen finished joint 61st in the Spartan Invitational at Rogers Park Golf Club, Tampa in Florida over a par-71 course of 6,802yd.
Andrew had scores of 80, 81 and 77 for a total of 238.
Webber International's Craig Isabel from Stanford Le Hope tied for 10th place with 74, 77 and 73 for 224.
Winner was Scott Aydelotte (Lynn Univesity) with 68, 72 and 71 for 211. He won by five strokes.
Lynn (882) won the team title from the Florida Institute of Technology (893), Eckerd College (900) and Webber International (901) in a field of 10 college teams.

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