Sally Watson makes top 10 behind
Ganton-boun Caroline Hedwall
Stanford University, California freshman student Sally Watson, one of the two Scots in the GB&I team for next month's Curtis Cup match, finished a highly creditable joint ninth in the end of season American women's colleges' golf championship at the Country Club of Landfall, Wilmington in North Carolina.
Teenager Watson, from South Queensferry originally, had scores of 73, 71, 76 and 66 for a two-under-par total of 286 over the tough Pete Dye-designed course.
Sally finished ahead of the only other British player in the big field, Yorkshire's Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) who scored 73, 71, 72 and 73 for joint 15th place on 289.
Jodi, who played alongwith Sally Watson in the 2008 Curtis Cup match over the Old Course, St Andrews, declined selection for this year's match. She is turning professional very soon to compete on the US Futures Tour.
Winner of the prestigious NCAA Women's Championship by four strokes was Sweden's Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) who will be one of the favourites for the British women's open amateur championship at Ganton, Yorkshire next month.Hedwall scored 70, 70, 68 and 68 for 12-under-par 276, winning from two members of the US Curtis Cup team, Jennifer Johnson (Arizona State) on 280 and Cydney Clanton (Auburn) on 281.
Caroline Hedwall, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, lost to another Swedish player, Anna Nordqvist, now a star on the LPGA Tour, in the final of the "British" at North Berwick two years ago. She has a twin sister Jacqueline.
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Ganton-boun Caroline Hedwall
Stanford University, California freshman student Sally Watson, one of the two Scots in the GB&I team for next month's Curtis Cup match, finished a highly creditable joint ninth in the end of season American women's colleges' golf championship at the Country Club of Landfall, Wilmington in North Carolina.
Teenager Watson, from South Queensferry originally, had scores of 73, 71, 76 and 66 for a two-under-par total of 286 over the tough Pete Dye-designed course.
Sally finished ahead of the only other British player in the big field, Yorkshire's Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) who scored 73, 71, 72 and 73 for joint 15th place on 289.
Jodi, who played alongwith Sally Watson in the 2008 Curtis Cup match over the Old Course, St Andrews, declined selection for this year's match. She is turning professional very soon to compete on the US Futures Tour.
Winner of the prestigious NCAA Women's Championship by four strokes was Sweden's Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) who will be one of the favourites for the British women's open amateur championship at Ganton, Yorkshire next month.Hedwall scored 70, 70, 68 and 68 for 12-under-par 276, winning from two members of the US Curtis Cup team, Jennifer Johnson (Arizona State) on 280 and Cydney Clanton (Auburn) on 281.
Caroline Hedwall, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, lost to another Swedish player, Anna Nordqvist, now a star on the LPGA Tour, in the final of the "British" at North Berwick two years ago. She has a twin sister Jacqueline.
SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE NCAA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL TOTALS
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