US COLLEGE NEWS

Jodi finishes joint sixth in Windy

City Collegiate Championship

Jodi Ewart from Catterick, arguably the highest-ranked British player on the US college circuits - male or female - had to settle for a share of sixth place in the Windy City Collegiate Championship at The Glen Club, Glenview in Illinois today.
Over a par-72 course of some 6,286yd, the New Mexico University student, pictured right at Harlech in June by Cal Carson Golf Agency, couldn't get the birdie putts to drop in a final round of two-over-par 74.
She managed only one birdie, not enough to offset three bogeys.
She had four birdies in her second round, which also included a rare double bogey 6, at the eighth, and three birdies in her first round.
That double bogey cost Jodi fourth or fifth place in the final analysis behind the Canadian-born winner, Maude-Aimee LeBlanc (Purdue) who scored 68, 69 and 74 for five-under-par 211. She finished a shot ahead of Ashley Bauer (Michigan) (71-72-69).
Jodi Ewart had her problems but they were nothing compared with the sort of tournament fellow England international Ellis Keenan from Sunningdale, a freshman at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, had.
Ellis finished way down the field in 65th place with a total of 236, made up of seesaw rounds of 80, 72 and 84. She had an uncharacteristic five double bogeys over the three rounds, two of them over her last nine holes which required 43 strokes. She had no birdies over the final 18 holes after having six of them over the first two rounds.
Purdue (860) won the team title ahead of Tulane (874) with Arizona (885) third of 15 teams.
New Mexico (890) finished joint sixth.

Janice Moodie Open

Places still available for the rearranged Janice Moodie Open at Windyhill Golf Club on Wednesday 14th October. Tee off times available from 11.00 - 1.00.
Contact Tracy Masterton on tamasterton@hotmail.com for late entries.

Irish LGU appoint Peter Lockley to

be High Performance Manager

NEWS RELEASE ISSUE BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
England’s Peter Lockley has been appointed High Performance Manager of the Irish Ladies Golf Union and will officially take up his position later this month.
Lockley, who has worked with the Belgium girls' squad, is currently the Head Professional at Newark Golf Club and since 2007 has been Lead County Coach for Nottinghamshire, working closely with elite golfers at all levels of the game.
He has a comprehensive knowledge of the key elements of High Performance and Development programmes and is held in high regard by fellow coaches and players. He has a proven track record in the area of High Performance and his strong work ethic and amicable personality has seen him achieve notable results with low amateur and professional players.
He currently runs his own Academy and has recently designed and delivered coaching schools for young children at the Lee Westwood Academy.
On confirmation of his appointment, Lockley commented “This is a very exciting opportunity and with the ILGU achieving European success at junior level recently I am looking forward to establishing systems to build on that success“
Chief Executive Sinead Heraty commented “We have high ambitions for our national teams and to achieve our goals, High Performance needs a dedicated Manager and I believe Peter’s Texperience will introduce programmes to ensure our coaches have a constant pipeline of talent at their disposal”.
Lockley will take up the High Performance reigns in late October and will firstly meet the players and District coaches to devise a Winter Coaching Programme ahead of next summer’s busy schedule of tournaments.

....................................JAMES WHITE .......................................................SUSAN JACKSON

JAMES WHITE AND SUSAN JACKSON TOP OF THE CLASS AT

LADYBANK STUDENTS' ORDER OF MERIT COMPETITION

James White, Andrew Wallace and Bobby Rushford provided a Stirling University 1-2-3 finish to the men's section while Susan Jackson (Edinburgh University) prevented another Stirling success in the women's category of the Scottish Universities Golf Order of Merit stroke-play event at Ladybank.
Former Scottish boys champion White, a member of Lundin Golf Club, Fife, had two classy rounds of 68 and 66 for an eight-under-par total of 134.
He won by five shots from Andrew Wallace (69-70) with Bobby Rushford (72-69) third on 141.
Susan Jackson, playing over her home Ladybank course, spreadeagled the women's field with a brilliant opening round of two-under-par 69. She cooled off a little with a second-round 77 for 146 but still won by six shots from Stirling University's Irish international player Rachel Cassidy (80-72) with Gemma Bradbury (St Andrews University), who helped Wales retain the women's home internationals title at Irvine last month, in third place with scores of 74 and 81 for 155.
Stirling A won the men's team title by 24 strokes. They were represented by James White, Andrew Wallace, Bobby Rushford and Colin Thomson.
Edinburgh won the women's title title by 10 shots. They were represented by Susan Jackson, Emma Fairnie and Isla Craigie.

LEADING MEN'S SCORES
Par 142 (2x71)
134 James White (Stirling) 68 66.
139 Andrew Wallace (Stirling) 69 70.
141 Bobby Rushford (Stirling) 72 69.
144 Ryan Campbell (Elmwood) 74 70, Alex Main (Edinburgh) 73 71.
146 Alex Culverwell (Stirling) 75 71, Colin Baird (Stirling) 74 71, Steven Scott (Abertay) 73 73, Graeme Robertson (Stirling) 73 73, Mik de Picciotto (St Andrews) 72 74, Patrick Spraggs (Stirling) 72 74.
147 Marc Smith (Elmwood) 76 71, Colin Thomson (Strling) 72 75.
148 Malcolm Pennycott (Heriot Watt) 79 69, Duncan Melville (St Andrews) 73 75, Michael Main (Dundee) 73 75.
149 Ryan Penny (UHI) 75 74, Ben Sloan (Heriot Watt) 74 75.
150 Steven Smith (Heriot Watt) 78 72, Gary Page (Elmwood) 77 73.
151 Fraser Moore (Edinburgh) 80 72, Mike Hunt (UHI) 79 73, Will Wrisdale (St Andrews) 78 74.
Women's scores:
Par 142 (2x71)
146 Susan Jackson (Edinburgh) 69 77.
152 Rachel Cassidy (Stirling) 80 72.
155 Gemma Bradbury (St Andrews) 74 81.
156 Emma Fairnie (Edinburgh) 78 78.
160 Rebecca Wilson (Stirling) 76 84.
163 Megan Jones (St Andrews) 85 78.
164 Ashley Smith (St Andrews) 83 81.
165 Jordana Graham (Stirling) 85 80.
167 Alisa Theunis (St Andrews) 83 84.
168 Eilidh Mackay (Stirling) 84 84.
172 Jennifer Linklater (St Andrews) 88 84.
177 Isla Craigie (Edinburgh) 92 85.
185 Nadia Green (St Andrews) 94 91.

LEADING TEAMS
Men
414 Stirling A: J White, A Wallace, B Rushford, C Thomson.
438 Stirling B: F Moore, G Robertson, C Baird, P Spraggs.
447 Heriot Watt: B Sloan, S Smith, M Pennycott, A Foley.

Other totals:

449 Elmwood.

455 Stirling C.

456 UHI.

457 St Andrews A.

460 St Andrews B.

462 Edinburgh.

467 Dundee.

472 Aberdeen

480 Glasgow Caledonian.

482 Abertay.

Women
302 Edinburgh: S Jackson, E Fairnie, I Craigie.
312 Stirling: R Wilson, R Cassidy, E Mackay.
316 St Andrews A: G Bradbury, M Jones, A Theunis.

US COLLEGE NEWS

Glasgow's Chris McManus comes 4th in Kansas

Chris McManus from Glasgow, a freshman student at Bethany College, Kansas, finished fourth (on Monday) in a field of 65 players at the Swede Fall Invitational over 36 holes at Salini Muni & Elks Club, Salina in Kansas.
McManus had rounds of 71 and 75 over the two courses used (par 70 & 71) for a total of five-over-par 146.
The event was won by a Bethany College team-mate, Jack Hiscock from Swindon with rounds of 68 and 70 for 138.
It was Bethany College's "home" event - their nickname is "The Swedes" - and they dominated the leaderboard, claiming the first four places.
A fifth Bethany College student, Adam Glover from Brentwood, Essex came eighth on 149 with a 68 and a 81. Adam's first round had him sharing the lead with Jack Hiscock.
Yet another Bethany College man, Ben Price from England - Saundersfoot? - tied for 19th position on 155 with scores of 77 and 78.
Obviously, Bethany College won the team event - by 23 shots from Hastings College in a field of eight teams.

Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart from Catterick, a student at New Mexico University, was lying joint fifth in a field of 81 players after the first round of the Windy City Collegiate women's championship at The Glen Club, Glenview in Illinois.
Over a par-72 course of 6,286yd, Jodi has had rounds of 72 and 71 so far for a tally of 143. Most unlike Jodie, she had a double bogey 6 at the eighth in her second round. But she does shoot a lot of birdies - seven so far over the first 36 holes.
England international Ellis Keenan from Sunningdale, a freshman student at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) is sharing 43rd place on 152 after scores of 80 and 72.
Canadian Maude-Aimee Le Blanc (Purdie) has had rounds of 68 and 69 for 137 and leads by four from team-mate Junthima Gulyanamitta with 71 and 70.

Curtis Cup Scot Sally Watson was tied for 14th place in a field of 73 players at the end of the first round of the Edean Ihladfeldt Invitational tournament at Sahalee Country Club, Washington State.
Sally had two double bogey 6s - at the seventh and 15th - but she did birdie the long 11th, short 17th and long 18th.
Another Scot, California's Roseanne Niven also had two double bogeys - a 7 at the lont 11th and a 5 at the short 17th in returning an 80 for a share of 33rd place.
Leading the field with a par-match 72 over the 6136yd course was England's Natasha Podmore from Delamere Forest.

Field for Sunday's SLGA Champion of Champions The field of 16 for Sunday's final event of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Assocaition season - the SLGA champion of champions' competition - has been completed. The following players will compete over one round of stroke play at Glasgow Golf Club's Gailes Links on Sunday. (In brackets are the championships won by the competitors) 11.30 Kylie Walker (Dunbartonshire & Argyll), Claire MacDonald (East of Scotland). 11.40 Lorna Bennett (Scottish veterans), Ailsa Summers (Angus). 11.50 Cara Gruber (Northern Counties), Ailsa Bain (Scottish girls), Louise Kenney (Fife). 12.00 Claire Hargan (Midlothian), Gillian Monteith (Galloway), Pamela Pretswell (West of Scotland). 12.10 Megan Briggs (Scottish championship & Renfrewshire), Sara Mathieson (Aberdeenshire), Jordana Graham (Dumfries-shire). 12.20 Lesley Hendry (Ayrshire), Carol Muir (Perth & Kinross), Lesley Atkins (Borders).

Carol Semple Thompson loses in first round

of US women's mid-am championship

Virginia Derby Grimes defeated Carol Semple Thompson, 4 and 3, in Monday's opening round of match play in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur championship at Golden Hills Golf & Turf Club, Ocala Florida.
Grimes and Thompson, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, are two of the most well-known names in women's amateur golf.
The last time the pair faced off was in at the 1993 Women’s Mid-Am, with Thompson winning by one hole.
Results from the first round of match play at the par-72, 6,193yd course:

Mina Hardin bt Tama Caldabaugh, 6 and 5
Marilyn Hardy bt Wendy Burton, 4 and 3
Carolyn Creekmore bt Sarah Phillips-Durst, 1 hole.
Lisa McGill bt Linda McMillan, 6 and 5
Virginia Grimes bt Carol S Thompson, 4 and 3
Kerry Postillion bt Mary Jane Hiestand, 3 and 1
Janet Moore bt Lisa Walker, 5 and 4
Leigh Klasse bt Rebecca Halpern, 1 hole.
Laura Ladden bt Reana Yun, 3 and 1
Robin Burke bt Daria Cummings, 2 holes
Dawn Woodard bt Desiree Ting, 4 and 2
Sherry Herman bt Katrin Wolfe, 3 and 2
Martha Leach bt Julie Carmichael, 6 and 5
Kim Briele bt Kathy Kurata, at 19th.
Lisa Schlesinger bt Kendra Vallone, 4 and 2
Sharon Park bt Leslie Folsom, 4 and 2
Jennifer Lucas bt Annette Gaiotti, 5 and 4
Christy Schultz bt Jill Hardy, 7 and 6
Noreen Mohler bt Anna Schultz, 2 and 1
Thuhashini Selvaratnam bt Kay Daniel, 3 and 2
Joan Higgins bt Lynette Duran, 3 and 2
Ellen Port bt Holly Bare, 2 and 1
Laura Coble bt Patti Hogeboom, 4 and 3
Kim Eaton bt Alexandra Frazier, 6 and 5
Meghan Stasi bt Maggie Weder, 5 and 3
Jane Fitzgerald bt Tara Joy-Connelly, 2 and 1
Kathy Hartwiger bt Lea Venable, 8 and 6
Lynne Cowan bt Marci Zweifel, 5 and 4
Wendi Golden bt Claudia Pilot, 1 hole.
Michelle Griffith bt Rheba Mabie, 4 and 3
Amber Marsh Elliott bt Corey Weworski, 5 and 4
Brenda Pictor bt Wallace Hamerton, at 19th.
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Aberdeen-born Katy Cardno onTCU golf roster

Another Scot is playing on the United States college golf circuit.
She's Aberdeen-born Katy Cardno, a freshman student at Texas Christian University (TCU for short).
Her mum and dad are Caroline and Derek Cardno from Milltimber, to the west of Aberdeen on the road to Culter.
Derek was an assistant professional with Doug Smart at Banchory Golf Club for a year then went into the oil industry and has never looked back.
They moved when the children were quite small to Houston, Texas. Derek's mum and dad, Dorothy and Graham Cardno, still live in Milltimber.
+Thanks to the new Banchory Golf Club secretary, Ann Smart, for the news and the details.