KRYSTLE'S JOINT SEVENTH FINISH

IN TENNESSEE AS US CURTIS CUP

PLAYER WINS CHAMPIONSHIP

Krystle Caithness, one of the four Scots in the GB&I Curtis Cup team to play the United States over the Old Course, St Andrews, at the end of next month, finished joint seventh in a field of 58 playeres for the South-eastern Conference Championship at Tennessee National Golf Club, Loudoun in Tennessee today (Sunday).
The 19-year-old from Cellardyke, Fife, a first-year student at Georgia University, had rounds of 71, 75 and 75 for a total of five-over-par 221.
She finished seven shots behind one of the United States team for St Andrews - Stacy Lewis (Arkansas), winner by one shot with scores of 69, 73 and 72 for two-under 214.
Krystle, Cal Carson Golf Agency image above, all rights reserved, had birdies at the third and 14th in her final round but had too many bogeys - at the fourth, ninth, 10th, 15th and 18th - to mount a last-day challenge.
Fellow Scot Rebecca Watson (Tennessee), whose younger sister Sally is the GB&I Curtis Cup line-up, finished joint 49th with scores of 78, 83 and 80 for 242.

Belgium's Benedicte Toumpsin (South Carolina) finished third on 216 behind Stacy Lewis and runner-up Hannah Yun (Florida) (215).
Georgia (903) finished third of 12 in the team event won by Florida (874) with Arkansas (891) third.
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
214 Stacy Lewis (Arkansas) 69 73 72.
215 Hannah Yun (Florida) 73 70 72.
216 Benedicte Toumpsin (South Carolina) 72 72 72.
219 Dori Carter (Mississippi) 71 74 74, Margaret Shirley (Auburn) 74 75 70.
220 Tiffany Chudy (Florida) 72 72 76.
Other scores:
221 Krystle Caithness (Georgia) 71 75 75 (jt 7th).
242 Rebecca Watson (Tennessee) 69 83 80.
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
874 Florida. 891 Arkansas. 903 Georgia. 910 Auburn. 915 South Carolina. 12 teams took part.