Gemma Dryburgh wins

Scotty Cameron award

US-based Aberdeen girl Gemma Dryburgh earned American Junior Golf Association Scotty Cameron award for having the joint best last round of 67 in the recent AccuSport Championship at Tanglewood Park, Clemmons in North Carolina.
Her father, an Aberdeen businessman, reports:

"Gemma has been playing over the last two weeks in AJGA tournaments in Philadelphia and Winston Salem, North Carolina. She did OK in Philadelphia,m finishing eighth. She played well tee to green but her putting wasn’t good enough to threaten the leaders.
"It was the same story in the first round last week at the AJGA AccuSport Championship, which was hosted by US Tour player Webb Simpson. However, in the second and third rounds she started to get to grips with the greens and finished the tournament on 217 in third place, only two behind the winner from the Philippines and one behind the second placed player from Taiwan.
"Had Gemma not had three bogeys immediately after a long rain delay in the final round she may well have caught the eventual winner. Her final round of 67, three under par, equalled the best final round and she was awarded the Scotty Cameron award for her efforts, as well as fully exempt status for AJGA open tournaments."
Gemma is quoted on the AJGA website:
"I started off well but as soon as I came back after the rain delay I had three bogeys, so I just got it together and concentrated on one shot at a time. I forgot about what everyone else was doing and focused on my own game.”
Gemma, who has only recently turned 17, starts back at the Leadbetter Academy in Bradenton, Florida next week. She will be in her final year there. She will be working this year with Kevin Collins, Sally Watson’s coach.

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