JODI AND ROSEANNE DISAPPOINT

IN ARIZONA WILDCAT EVENT

Yorkshire's Jodi Ewart, a Curtis Cup team contender, and Roseanne Niven from Crieff finished joint 12th and joint 65th respectively in a field of 92 players for the Arizona Wildcat Invitational women's college tournament over the par-71, 6,166yd Arizona National Course near Tucson.

Jodi, pictured right, needing a high finish to impress the GB&I selectors who meet next week to choose the team of eight for the match against the United States over the Old Course, St Andrews at the end of May, will have been disappointed in her rounds of 71, 76 and 76 for 1o-over-par 223.

Jodi, a second-year student at the University of New Mexico, can and has played much better on the American college circuit in which she was ranked in the top 20 before the mid-winter break.

She had three double bogeys over the 54 holes and four of her six birdies were achieved in her first-round 71 which had her up among the leaders.

Former Scottish girls champion Roseanne Niven, a first-year student at the University of California-Berkeley, also failed to maintain the improved form she had been showing before the midwinter hiatus.

Roseanne scored 80, 82 and 79 for 241. She had two double bogeys in her closing round and six in all, plus a quadruple bogey 9, over the 54 holes.

Amanda Blumenherst (Duke University), the No 1 US player for the forthcoming Curtis Cup match, once again showed her class with scores of 68,72 and 73 for level par 213 and a three-stroke victory from former British women's and girls' open champion from Spain, Belen Mozo (Southern California) and Jaclyn Sweeney (Oklahoma State).

Ireland-born Alison Walshe from Galway, another member of the US Curtis Cup team for St Andrews, finished joint fifth on 220 with scores of 71, 74 and 75.

In all there were four members of the American team in the top eight at Arizona - Blumenherst, Walshe, Tiffany Joh (also on 220) and Jennie Lee (Duke) on 221.

Oklahoma State (884) won the team event from Southern California and Duke (both 886). New Mexico (907) finished seventh with California (924) 11th of 16.

INDIVIDUAL FINAL TOTALS

Par 213 (3 x 71). 6166yd

213 Amanda Blumenherst (Duke) 68 72 73.

216 Belen Mozo (Southern California) 74 74 68, Jaclyn Sweeney (Oklahoma State) 71 73 73.

219 Mari Chun (Stanford) 69 77 73.

220 Tiffany John (UCLA) 70 80 70, Taylore Karle (Pepperdine) 71 77 72, Alison Walshe (Arizona) 71 74 75.

221 Jennie Lee (Duke) 74 74 73, Azahara Munoz (Arizona State) 72 73 76, Lizette Salas (Southern California) 72 74 75.

Other totals:

223 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 71 76 76, Karen Kinnerud (Oklahoma State) 73 76 74, Pernilla Lindberg (Oklahoma State) 74 74 75 (jt 12th).

225 Pia Halbig (California) 73 77 75 (jt 20th).

232 Dewi-Claire Schreefel (Southern California) 77 75 80 (jt 44th).

241 Roseanne Niven (California) 80 82 79 (jt 65th).

LEADING TEAMS

884 Oklahoma State.

886 Southern Califoria, Duke.

899 Arizona.

901 Arizona State.

904 UCLA.

907 New Mexico.

Other total:

924 California (11th of 16).