US COLLEGE NEWS

FRAZER OGSTON MAKES TOP TEN

AT TANGLE RIDGE, TEXAS

Scottish Under-14 boys' golf champion in 2004, Frazer Ogston from St Andrews, now a student at Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, finished joint 10th in a field of 48 players at the Tangle Ridge Shoot-out college tournament at Tangle Ridge Golf Club, Cedar Hill in Texas earlier this week (October 26-27).
The 20-year-old, pictured, the only European on the college's 12-strong golf roster, had rounds of 77 and 72 for a total of 149 over the par-72, 6,835yd course. He finished five shots behind the winner Clement Batut (Oklahoma Baptist University) who beat one of Ogston's team-mates, Derek Brown, at the second hole of a play-off after they had tied on 144. Batut had a pair of 72s, Brown 75 and 69.
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NEIL HENDERSON NOT FLYING AT KITTY HAWK

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Neil Henderson from North Berwick, a past winner of this weekend's Scottish junior champion of champions' boys' title, finished joint 34th of 90 in the ODU Seascape college tournament at Seascape Links Golf Club, Kitty Hawk - famous for the first flight by the Wright Brothers in December 1903 - North Carolina. Henderson, a student at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, had rounds of 74 and 78 for 152 - 16 shots behind the winner, team-mate Eric Onesi with scores of 69 and 67 for four-under-par 136 over a 6,131yd course

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TOM BROWN'S SCHOOLDAYS CONTINUING AT OLE MISS

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Tom Brown from Hertfordshire, a freshman student at Mississippi University (Ole Miss), finished joint 38th in a field of 75 at the David Toms Intercollegiate, played at the Country Club of Louisiana, Baton Rouge.

Tom had rounds of 76, 71 and 71 for a two-over-par total of 218 over the 6,849yd course. James Taverner from London, now a student at Southeastern Louisiana University, came in joint 54th on 222 with scores of 78, 67, 77 (great second round!).

Welshman Jason Shufflebottam (University of Alabama-Birmingham) from Prestatyn finished joint 65th with scores of 73, 76 and 79 for 228.

Winner was Jade Scott (Rice University) with scores of 67, 72 and 65 for 12-under-par 204, which was exceptional scoring by the American.

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NELSON SEES PLENTY OF SLIPS AT DESTIN, FLORIDA

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Glasgow's Clark Nelson, a sophomore student at Clayton State University, had scores of 74 and 83 for 157 which earned him joint 59th position in a field of 95 for the Indian Bayou college tournament at Destin, Florida.

Over a long couse of just over 7,000yd (7,079 to be precise), the winner was Brett Munson (North Alabama) with great scores of 69 and 65 for 10-under-par 134 to win by 10 shots.

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JAMIE CHAPMAN A HERO FOR LMU TEAM

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Jamie Chapman, a freshman student from Sussex at Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate in the state of Tennessee, clinched team victory for his college in the LMU Fall Invitational at Woodlake Golf Club, Tazewell, Tennessee by finishing 25th!

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU for short) tied with North Greenville on 576. The tie-breaker was a comparison of the scores of the fifth team member on either side. Jamie's 149 total (72-77) was better than the fifth man in the North Greenville line-up - and so LMU were the team title winners.

Aberdonian Tom Rennie, a Deeside Golf Club member and student at Brevard College, North Carolina finished joint 40th on 155 with scores of 77 and 78.

The tournament was played over a course measuring 6,771yd with a par of 72.

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Stuart Ballingall joint 6th, Paul Ferrier jt 64th at Chattanooga

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Anglo-Scot Stuart Ballingall, a freshman student at Missouri University, shot three steady rounds of 71, 70 and 71 for a four-under-par total of 212 to finish joint sixth in the highly-competitive Aldila Scenic City Invite college tournament at the quaintly-named Council Fire Golf Club at Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Ballingall, a Dunston Hall GC member from Norwich, finished only two shots behind the three players to tied for first place on six-under-par 210: Dustin Garza (Wichita State) (69-68-73), Hunter Green (Middle Tennessee) (69-70-71) and Kent Bulle (Middle Tennessee) (72-68-70).

Winner of the Scottish boys' match-play championship in 2007, Paul Ferrier from Baberton, a second-year student at Charlotte University, finished joint 64th in a field of 90 players with scores of 74, 77 and 80 for a disappointing 15-over-par total of 231.

Mind you, it was a very long course, just one yard short of 7,000yd with a par of 72.