St Andrews students outclassed in

United States Intercollegiate

St Andrews University's team of five were simply outclassed in the United States Intercollegiate golf tournament over the Stanford University golf course, California at the weekend.
Competing against some of the very best US college circuit players, the Scots' highest placed finisher in a field of 92 was John Corke who came 79th with scores of 79, 75 and 74 for an 18-over-par total of 228 over the 6,742yd course where Tiger Woods - and Mhairi McKay - played their home university golf.
Cameron Gray scored 75, 74 and 83 for finish joint 82nd on 232, one shot ahead of Mike Gray who shared 85th place with scores of 76, 75 and 82.
Steve Pointon finished 90th with rounds of 83, 77 and 80 for 240 while Will Wrisdale came 91st with 80, 81 and 82 for 243.
At the other end of the scoreboard, Washington University players finished 1-2-3 with some brilliant scoring. Nick Taylor shot 69, 66 and 63 for 12-under-par 198 but won by only one stroke from team-mate Darren Wallace with 67, 69 and 63. Third was Tze Huang Choo with 66, 65 and 70 for 200.
Not surprisingly, Washington won the team event by 15 shots with a total of 804 ahead of Southern California (819) and Arizona State (824).
St Andrews University finished 50 shots adrift at the bottom of the 17-team table with a total of 929.

LEADING TOTALS
Individuals
198 Nick Taylor (Washington) 69 66 63.
199 Darren Wallace (Washington) 67 69 63.
200 Tze Huang Choo (Washington) 66 65 70.
Selected scores (all St Andrews)
228 John Corke 78 75 74 (79th).
232 Cameron Gray 75 74 83 (jt 82nd).
233 Mike Gray 76 75 82 (jt 85th).
240 Steve Pointon 83 77 80 (90th).
243 Will Wrisdale 80 81 82 (91st).
Teams
804 Washington.
819 Southern California.
824 Arizona State.
829 Stanford.
831 UCLA
Selected score:
929 St Andrews (last of 17).