Stephanie Meadow's solid

start with a 74

Northern Ireland's US-based Stephanie Meadow has made a solid start to this week's top junior tournament in America, the Verizon Junior Heritage 36-hole event over the Sea Pines Resort's Ocean Course and the Harbour Town golf Links, both on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Stephanie, pictured, had a 74 over the par-72 Ocean Course. This put her in joint third place, one shot behind Israel's Laetitia Beck, who attends a golf academy in Florida, and defending champion, 14-year-old Alexis Thompson from Florida.

Stephanie, a member at Royal Portrush Golf Club, Co Antrim and named in the GB&I Curtis Cup team short leet for the June match against the Americans at Essex County Club, Massachusetts, is a resident student at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy on Hilton Head Island.

FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Ocean Course, Sea Pines Resort

Par 72 for boys and girls

GIRLS

73 Laetitia Beck (Israel), Alexis Thompson
74 Sierra Sims, Stephanie Meadow (Northern Ireland)
75 Irene Jung, McKenzie Talbert, Ri Hyang Park, Katherine Perry, Juliet Vongphoumy
76 Collins Bradshaw, Monifa Sealy, Linda Luo, Suzie Lee
77 Portland Rosen, Janie Jackson, Simin Feng, Brittany Mai
78 Tanaporn Kongkiatkrai, Katie Rose Higgins, Minami Levonwich
79 Anne Marie Covar, Joyce Kim, Hally Leadbetter
80 Elizabeth Thompson, Jackie Chang, Daniela Lendl
81 Lauren Salazar
82 Alison Emrey, Jaye Marie Green, Jessica Korda
84 Harin Lee
86 Noriko Inoue
87 Yuri Otsuka

LEADING BOYS

72 Cody Proveaux.

73 Jim Liu, Andrew Knox.

74 Geoff Vartelas, Damon Postal, Stephen Behr, Nicholas Read.