Scot will be in US action week before Curtis Cup

Krystle finishes joint fourth, now
for NCAA Championships

Krystle Caithness finished joint fourth in a field of 108 for the NCAA Division 1 women's East Regional college golf championship over the University of Georgia course - her home course in the States - at Athens, Georgia.
Krystle's effort clinched the University of Georgia's place in the end of the college season NCAA national championships at Albuquerque, New Mexico from May 20 to 23 - only a week before the 19-year-old from Cellardyke, Fife will be playing for Great Britain & Ireland against the United States at her other home course, the Old Course at St Andrews, from May 30 to June 1.
Krystle had rounds of 70, 73 and 74 for a one-over-par total over the 6,335yd, par-72 course. Starting at the 10th in her final round, the Fifer birdied the long 12th but had a double bogey 5 at the short 13th and dropped another shot at the 16th before she birdied the long 17th.
Then she had a bad run of bogeys over the first, second and third holes but finished on a high with birdies at the fifth and ninth.
She finished three shots behind the individual winner from Belgium, Benedicte Toumpsin (South Carolina) and two behind US Curtis Cup team ace Amanda Blumenherst (Duke), the top-ranked female player on the American college circuit, and Sara-Maude Juneau (Louisville).
Krystle's Curtis Cup team-mate, Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) will be heading home to Yorkshire as neither she nor her college qualified for the NCAA championships. New Mexico finished ninth, one shot behind the eight-placed Furman University, and only the top eight qualified.
Jodi had a disappointing tournament, finishing joint 36th with a total of 12-over-par 228, made up of scores of 76, 77 and 75.
Anna Scott (Georgia State) from Consett, Co Durham finished tied 17h on 223 with scores of 75, 75 and 73.
Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Charleston Southern) from the Channel Islands scored 75 81 and 79 for a share of 68th place on 235.
England's Laura Cutler (Jacksonville State) and Claire Starkie (Georgia State) finished joint 85th on 240, Laura with scores of 86, 79 and 75, Claire with 83, 77 and 80.
Another English player, Portia Abbot (Jacksonville State) from Wiltside finished in joint 98th place on 246 with scores of 82, 80 and 84.
Also on 246 was Rebecca Watson (Tennessee) from Edinburgh, the second Scot in the field, with scores of 85, 78 and 83 for 30-over-par 246. Rebecca's younger sister Sally is a member of the GB&I team to play the Americans.
Georgia (889) finished third behind Florida (883) and Duke (884) in the team event in which the top eight teams advanced to Albuquerque later this month.
HOW THEY FINISHED
Individuals
Par 216 (3 x 72) 6335yd
214 Benedicte Toumpsin (South Carolina) 68 70 76.
215 Amanda Blumenherst (Duke) 68 73 74, Sara-Maude Juneau (Louisville) 67 74 74.
217 Krystle Caithness (Georgia) 70 73 74, Cydney Clanton (Auburn) 70 75 72, Alexandra Phelps (New Mexico) 71 73 73.
Other scores:
223 Anna Scott (Georgia State) 75 75 73 (jt 17th).
228 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 76 77 75 (jt 36th).
235 Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Charleston Southern) 75 81 79 (jt 68th).
240 Laura Cutler (Jacksonville State) 86 79 75, Claire Starkie (Georgia State) 83 77 80 (jt 85th).
246 Rebecca Watson (Tennessee) 85 78 83, Portia Abbot (Jacksonville State) 82 80 84 (jt 98th).

Teams who qualified.
883 Florida. 884 Duke. 889 Georgia. 894 Auburn. 898 Virginia. 899 South Carolina, Wake Forest. 900 Furman.