Jodi Ewart scores her first pro win in Florida

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England’s Jodi Ewart has scored her first win as a professional in the USA with victory in Florida in a SunCoast Series mini-tour event.

What’s more, on a good day for England, Manchester’s Rachel Connor claimed third place in the 54-hole event at Ridgewood Lakes Country Club.

Jodi, pictured, a former Curtis Cup player from Catterick, Yorkshire, was seven-under par for the tournament with rounds of 70 69 70 and she won by a shot. Rachel, who was also an England international, was three under par, 71 69 73. The par 72 course measures 6380 yards.
Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll finished joint 19th in a field of 45 players with scores of 76, 74 and 75 for 225.

Jodi’s next big date is the LPGA’s final qualifying school, at Daytona Beach, Florida, from December 8-12. She won her place there with a string of impressive rookie performances on the US Duramed Futures Tour.
She joined the tour in June, after a superb amateur career in which she was twice the English strokeplay champion, represented both England and GB and I – playing in the Curtis Cup and Vagliano Trophy - and was one of the stars of the US women’s college circuit.
Meanwhile, a host of English players are currently also pursuing their ambitions via the college circuit. Among those who have notched up recent successes are Hampshire’s Raffi Dyer (Hayling/University of Oregon).
Raffi, a freshman, twice shot her college low score during the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at the Boulder Creek Country Club. She finished in a tie for sixth place and was the overall leading scorer for her team with a three-under par total of 213 (70 74 69). Her final round score on the par 72, 6,329-yard course included five birdies.
Kent county champion Sian Evans (Faversham/ East Tennessee State University) was third in the Lady Paladin Invitational at the Furman University course at Greenville, South Carolina.
Sian, also a freshman, was joint overnight leader going into the final round and only one shot behind the two girls who figured in a play-off for the title. It was her second top-10 finish. She had rounds of 74, 75, 75 for a total of eight-over-par 224 in the event which was contested by 90 players.
Hannah Coles (Maxstoke Park/Radford University, Virginia) was joint second in a field of 68 players at the CSU Wendy's Invitational at Coosaw Creek Country Club, Charleston in South Carolina. She scored 72, 75 for a total of five-over-par 147 over the par-71 course with a yardage of 5,901.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press and PR Officer
EWGA