A FEW DOLLARS MORE FOR VIKKI

Former Curtis Cup player Vikki Laing from Musselburgh earned $855 for a joint 19th place finish in the weekend US Futures Tour event, the Aurora Health Care championship at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Vikki scored 74, 74 and 73 for a five-over-par total of 221 over the 6,351yd, par-72 course. .
She finished eight shots behind the winner of the $14,000 first prize, 18-year-old Californian Mindy Kim, who scored 68, 72 and 73 for three-under-par 213 to win by three shots from four players.
It was Kim's second win on the No 2 American women's pro circuit within the past two or three weeks. In both victories, she has led from start to finish.
Pamela Feggans from Patna, Ayrshire did not survive the second-round cut.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
213 Mindy Kim (US) 68 72 73 ($14,00o)
216 Kristen Samp (US) 76 71 69, Leah Wigger (US) 72 75 69, Sarah-Jane Kenyon (Australia) 69 73 74, Brian Vega (US) 71 71 74 ($6,580 each).
217 Jenny Gleason (US) 73 78 66, Onnarin Sattayabanphot (Thai) 72 74 71 ($2,923 each).
Other totals:
222 Vikki Laing (Musselburgh) 74 74 73 (jt 19th) ($855).
228 Brenda McLarnon (Belfast) 73 78 77 ($603).