Shirley Harvey slips back to

jt 20th in Lady Eagle event

South Alabama University student Shirley Harvey from Belfast, pictured right, slipped down the field of 56 players from joint 12th after the first round to a final position of tied 20th at the end of the second and final round of the Southern Mississippi Lady Eagle Invitational women's college tournament at Canebrake Country Club, Hattiesburg in Mississippi.
Shirley, a senior (fourth and final year) student, had scores of 76 and 82 for a total of 158 over the par-71 course of 6,031yd. She finished 15 shots behind the winner, Lorie Warren (Belmont University) who had rounds of 71 and 72 for 143.

She won by one shot from Samantha Holt (Southern Mississippi) who had a pair of 72s for 144.

Shirley Harvey will be 23 on June 4. She lists Manchester United as her favourite football team.

Southern Mississippi, the hosts of the "Lady Eagle" tournament, not surprisingly won the team title over one of their home courses with a total of 597. That was 15 shots ahead of runners-up South Alabama with Belmond University third of 10 teams.