Mark Thomson makes good start

for Ohio Valley University

Dundee scratch golfer Mark Thomson, a member of the Grange club at Monifieth, has finished third in a field of 63 players and helped Ohio Valley University to register a team victory in one of his first competitions on the United States college golf circuit.
The event, played earlier this week, was the West Virginia IAC Central Regional tournament over the Canaan Valley course at Davis, West Virginia.
Thomson, a freshman student, had rounds of 73 and 74 over the par-72, 6984yd lay-out for a total of 147 - five shots behind the winner, Alex Carrigan (Charleston University) with a pair of 71s. The Scot was one shot behind the runner-up, Mike Gervais (West Viriginia Wesleyan), who shot two 73s.
Another Scot, Alasdair Forsythe, a student at Davis & Elkins College, West Virginia and a member of Caldwell Golf Club, tied for 16th place with rounds of 77 and 76 for 153.
Ohio Valley won the team event with a total of 600 from Charleston (606) and Concord (613) in a field of 13 teams.

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