Scots Student Watch: Compiled by Colin Farquharson

Michael Stewart jt 33rd on

debut on US college circuit

Scottish boys’ match-play golf champion Michael Stewart from Ayrshire, now a student at East Tennessee State University, finished joint 33rd in a field of 90 on his debut in American college golf.
Irvine-born Stewart, 18, pictured right, had scores of 74, 70 and 77 for a five-over-par total of 221 over the 7,012yd, par-72 course at The Farm, Rock Face, Georgia in the Carpet Capital Collegiate.
Former British boys champion Jordan Findlay, 20, from Fraserburgh, now in his fourth and final year at East Tennessee State, finished joint 78th on 231 with scores of 70, 84 and 77.
Kyle Stanley (Clemson) won the individual title by five strokes with an eight-under-par total of 208, made up of scores of 73, 66 and 69.
East Tennessee State, who have lost star players Rhys Davies and Gareth Shaw over the past year, could finish only 12th of 18 with a total of 883 in the team event behind winners Chattanooga (864) and runners-up Tennessee (869)

LEWIS KIRTON JOINT 37th IN INDIANA
University of Louisville-Kentucky student Lewis Kirton (Newmachar) finished joint 37th in a field of 75 players for the Wolf Run Inter-Collegiate tournament at Wolf Run Golf Club, Zionsville, Indiana.
Kirton had scores of 81, 72 and 77 for 230 – 18 shots behind the winner, Spaniard Jorge Campillo (Indiana) with 70, 70 and 72 for a one-under-par total fo 212 over the 7,195yd, par-71 course.
Louisville (891) finished third of 14 teams behind Michigan (880) and Illinois (890).

ADAM LINDSAY 50th IN IOWA

Banchory’s Adam Lindsay (Iowa Wesleyan College) came joint 50th in a big field of 155 players for the Mount Mercy Classic college tournament at Hunters Ridge Golf Club, Marion, Iowa.
Lindsay scored 78 and 77 for 155 – 11 over par for the 6,527yd, par-72 course.
Individual winner was Kyle Gray (Lindenwood) with 67 and 72 for five-under-par 139.
Iowa Wesleyan (614) finished eighth of 20 behind St Ambrose (580) and Lindenwood (583) in the team event.

BREVARD'S WINNING TARTAN ARMY
Four Scots in the Brevard College, North Carolina squad helped to win the team event in the Glen Cannon Fall Invite college tournament at Glen Cannon Country Club, Pisgah Forest, North Carolina.
Myles Johnston from Bo’ness finished joint ninth in a field of 67 with two rounds of 75 for 150. Grant Carnie from Ellon had scores of 73 and 78 for 11th place on 151 (73-78).
Craig Galloway from West Lothian and Aberdeen’s Tom Rennie, making his debut in American golf, shared 38th place on 161. Galloway scored 78 and 83, Rennie 80 and 81.
Another Brevard College player, Joshua Davis from American, tied for victory with Landon Pearson (Cape Fear) on 146 with scores of 72 and 74.
Brevard College’s total of 597 won them the team event by three shots from Cape Fear in a field of 11 squads.

GOOD START BY ALASDAIR FORSYTHE
Alasdair Forsythe from Glasgow, making his debut in US college golf as a student at Davis & Elkins College, West Virginia, finished highest of his squad in joint 22nd place in the Hal Hansen Invitational college tournament at Clarion Oaks Golf Club, Clarion in Pennsylvania.
Alasdair score 74 and 79 for 153 over the 7,056yd course with a par of 72 .
The Scot finished 12 shots behind joint winners J C Beecroft (Ohio Valley) (70-71) and Jared Schmader (Clarion) (74-67).
Davis & Elkins (645) finished 13th of the 14 teams behind winners Ohio Valley (594)