Jodi Ewart finishes third in

Betsy Rawls Longhorn

Invitational in Texas

Yorkshire's Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart, a student at New Mexico University, finished third in a field of 93 players at the main US women's college event of the weekend, the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational over the University of Texas Golf Club course (6324yd, par-72) at Austin.
Jodi shared the lead after 18 holes, dropped only two shots over the first 36 holes but slipped down third place and that was where she finished with rounds of 70, 72 and 73 for one-under-par 215.
In her final round, Ewart birdied the long fifth and then doubled her tournament tally of bogeys by dropping shots at the 14th and 15th. Had she parred these two holes, Jodi would have tied for second place with Oklahoma-born Lucy Nunn (Arkansas) who had scores of 70 and 73.
Winner of the prestigious tournament was Spain's Pamplona-born Maria Hernandez (Purdue University, Indiana), pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, with very good rounds of 70, 698 and 71 for six-under-par 210.
Interesting to observe that Ewart had more par figures over the 54 holes than either Hernandez or Nunn. Jodi had 45 pars, Maria 40 pars and Lucy only 33 pars. The other side of that coin is that Hernandez had 10 birdies over the three rounds and only four bogeys, three of them in her last round.
Nunn had the most birdies, 12, but had nine bogeys.
Purdue's French-Canadian student Maude-Aimee LeBlanc finished third with a 75 for 216 so, with two players in the first four, not surprising that Purdue University won the team title with a total of 872, six ahead of Arizona State with Arkansas (880) third and Jodi Ewart's New Mexico (891) fourth of 17.
Duke, the top-ranked women's college team, are slipping. They finished fifth, mainly because star player Amanda Blumenherst, the US Curtis Cup player, had another disappointing tournament by her own lofty standards - "only" joint 14th on 222 - seven behind Jodi Ewart.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Individuals
Par 216 (3 x 72)
210 Maria Hernandez (Purdue) 70 69 71.
213 Lucy Nunn (Arkansas) 70 70 73.
215 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 70 72 73.
216 Maude-Aimee LeBlanc (Purdue) 70 71 75.
218 Carlota Ciganda (Arizona State) 73 72 73, Azahara Munoz (Arizona State) 72 70 76, Blair Lamb (Furman) 73 74 71, Ashley Freeman (Texas A&M) 78 70 70.
Selected totals:
222 Amanda Blumenherst (Duke) 76 73 73 (jt 14th).
225 Giulia Molinaro (Arizona State) 71 76 78 (jt 23rd).
226 Benedicte Toumpsin (South Carolina) 77 72 77(jt 36th).
Teams
872 Purdue
878 Arizona State
880 Arkansas
891 New Mexico.
897 Duke.
918 Furman, Texas A&M
919 Texas
17 Teams took part.