Jodi Ewart pictured in action for the University of New Mexico.

Sally Watson and Jodi

Ewart heading for

NCAA Championshis

Team-mates from the GB&I Curtis Cup squad of 2008, Scotland's Sally Watson and England's Jodi Ewart are heading with their universities to the climax of the American women's college season - the NCAA Women's Championships at Country Club of Landfall, Wilmington in North Carolina.
For Sally it will cap a very good freshman year at Stanford University at Palo Alto, California before she plays in this year's Curtis Cup match against the Americans at Essex County Club, Massachusetts in June.
For Yorkshire girl Jodi, pictured above, it will ring down the curtain on a highly successful four years at the University of Mexico, Albuquerque where she has set college records and won individual conference titles. Ewart is turning pro as soon as her university career is over, having told the Ladies Golf Union that she should not be considered for selection for the Curtis Cup match. She will go straight on to the Futures Tour.
Sally Watson, pictured above left, finished joint seventh - ahead of two members of the United States team - in a field of 122 players for the NCAA Division 1 Women's West Regional Championship over her "home" course at Stanford University. She had rounds of 75, 71 and 73 - typical, very steady rounds by the Scot for a six-over-par total of 219.
Fellow Scot Roseanne Niven from Crieff, coming up to the end of her four years at the University of California-Berkeley and winner of the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship in 2008, finished joint 66th on 232 with scores of 74, 76 and 82.
There was a tie - no play-off - for the individual honours between Calle Nelson (Virginia) (72-71-71) and Madeleine Ziegert (San Jose State) (67-74-73) on 214 over a par-71 course of 6,115yd.
Arizona headed the eight qualifiers for the NCAA Women's championships from a field of 24 teams with a total of 876. UCLA (885) were second. Next came Alabama and Texas (890), Virginia (894) and Stanford (895). California (11th on 907) did not make it.
Jodi Ewart finished joint eighth on 228 with scores of 72, 77 and 79 in the NCAA Division 1 Women's Central Region Championship at Otter Creek Golf Club, Columbus, Indiania where they were playing over a par-72 course of 6,417yd.
Martina Gavier (Kent State) was the individual winner with scores of 72, 75 and 72 for 219 - two shots ahead of Lizette Salas (Southern California) (75-71-75).
Ellie Givens (Denver University) from Darlington finished joint 22nd on 233 with scores of 79, 75 and 79. Team-mate Sarah Faller from Ireland came joint 73rd in the field of 123 players with scores of 81, 81 and 82.
Andrea Downer (Murray State) from Bramley, Surrey finished joint 85th on 249 with scores of 81, 84 and 84.
Southern California (907) headed the eight teams who qualified for the finals, Denver finished ninth in a field of 24 teams and missed out by one place. The other qualifiers were: Arizona State (915), Purdue (931), New Mexico (936), Oklahoma (937).