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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Sinead O'Sullivan, a hole in one, and joint second with one round to go on Kiawah Island.

Sinead O'Sullivan has a hole in one but last-round

bogeys drop her to 15th place on Kiawah Island

There was a host of British and Irish students in the massive field of 33 teams and 172 players for the Kiawah Island Classic college tournament over two courses, one of 6,000yd and the other 5,907yd.
Joint lowest scorers overall were Nina Muehl (East Tennessee State) (72-70-71) and Crystal Reeves (Oral Roberts University) (72-68-73), each with a three-under-par total of 213.
Sinead O'Sullivan from Galway, Ireland, representing East Tennessee State University, was the highest-placed finisher from this side of the Atlantic. Sinead was tied for second place on 142 after opening rounds of 71, which included a hole in one at the 149yd seventh, but she could not keep it up and a final round of 81 gave her a total of 223 and dropped her to 15th place.
Still, a great effort for two rounds - and 157 players finished behind her!. In her final round, O'Sullivan had a triple bogey 6 at the short sixth and a double bogey 6 at the 10th.
Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Charleston Southern) from the Channel Islands finished joint 25th on 226 with scores of 73, 75 and 78.
Lauren Blease (Florida International), a sophomore student from Kingston, Surrey, finished joint 47th on 230 with rounds of 76, 78 and 76. On the same mark was Laura Cutler (Jacksonville State), a junior student from Essex, with scores of 72, 78 and 80.
Clara Leathers (Middle Tennessee State) from Aylesbury finished joint 57th on 231 with scores of 75, 79 and 77.
Gemma Hardie (Central Arkansas), a sophomore student from Scunthopre, came joint 65th on 232 with scores of 75, 82 and 75.
Laura Holmes (Old Dominion), a senior year student from Ballina, Co Mayo, finished joint 117th on 242 with scores of 83, 77 and 82. On the same mark was Stacey Rodger (Missouri State) from West Hove, Sussex with scores of 81, 86 and 75.
Emma Gilmore (Old Dominion) from Ireland tied for 163rd place with score sof 88, 100 and 85 for 273.
Miami (892) won the team event, just ahead of Minnesota (893). East Tennessee State and Middle Tennessee State (both 898) tied for sixth place, which represented a good performance in a huge field of 33 teams.

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