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TOP SCOTTISH PROSPECT GRANT FORREST
SIGNS UP FOR SAN DIEGO
UNIVERSITY
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Scottish boys' champion Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) has signed a Letter of Intent to enrol at San Diego University , at the southern end of sunny California next autumn on a four-year golf scholarship.
Forrest, 17, picture by courtesy of Andy Forman, is one of Scotland 's brightest teenage prospects. He is No 763 in this week's updated RandA World Amateur Golf Rankings.
He won the Scottish Under-16 boys' title at Largs last year and the Scottish boys' match-play championship at West Kilbride in April this year.
He also lost in a three-way play-off for the prestigious Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters title at Nizels Golf Club, Kent this past summer.
He played for Great Britain and Ireland against the Continent of Europe in the Jacques Leglise Trophy boys' international match in Italy .
Honolulu-born Ching, pictured right, is ranked No. 87 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, but has a knack for contending at big events. He held the 36-hole lead in the past two NCAA Championships, finishing 13th in 2009 and second in 2010. Ching also made it to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur.In the Western Refining Classic, Georgia’s J.T. Griffin finished T-2 with Claremont Mudd Scripps’ Tain Lee at 9-under 204. Lee, a Division III player, held the first- and second-round leads before falling from the top spot with a final-round 71.
UCLA’s Gregor Main and Augusta State’s Henrik Norlander were T-4 another shot back.
The Western Refining Classic, which is made up of last year's All-Americans, featured one of the deepest fields in history this year as U.S. Amateur champion Peter Uihlein (T-15) and NCAA champion Scott Langley (T-15) both were in the field, as well as five more of the top 11 amateurs in the world.
UNIVERSITY
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Scottish boys' champion Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) has signed a Letter of Intent to enrol at San Diego University , at the southern end of sunny California next autumn on a four-year golf scholarship.
Forrest, 17, picture by courtesy of Andy Forman, is one of Scotland 's brightest teenage prospects. He is No 763 in this week's updated RandA World Amateur Golf Rankings.
He won the Scottish Under-16 boys' title at Largs last year and the Scottish boys' match-play championship at West Kilbride in April this year.
He also lost in a three-way play-off for the prestigious Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters title at Nizels Golf Club, Kent this past summer.
He played for Great Britain and Ireland against the Continent of Europe in the Jacques Leglise Trophy boys' international match in Italy .
San Diego University head men's golf coach Tim Mickelson, pictured left, younger brother of Phil, said on the college website:
"We are very excited that Grant will be joining the USD golf family next September. He is a very accomplished player who will make an immediate impact for us next year. "Grant has already proven his talents on the course and he is also a true gentleman. From the time I met him on his official visit, I knew Grant would be an excellent fit at USD.
"He is also an excellent student who takes pride in his academics. We could not be more excited to embrace him into our programme next fall."
Among the Scots already at American colleges are James Byrne, who is halfway through his final year at Arizona State, Frazer Ogston (Texas Wesleyan), Paul Ferrier (Charlotte), Neil Henderson (Old Dominion), Jordan McColl (New Mexico JC), Gavin Hay (Carson-Newman), David McGregor (Post University), Conor O’Neil and James Ross (Michigan State), Thomas Rennie (Brevard College), Andrew McLachlan (Tyler JC), Kyle Godsman and Mark Dickson (USC Aiken) and Stuart Ballingall (Missouri).
Grant Forrest will find that he is not guaranteed a place in the University of San Diego golf team of whom only five can play in college circuit events. The normal drill is for universities to have qualifying competitions within their squads with place in the team for the next college event up for grabs with the exception that any player who has gained a high finish in the previous event gains an automatic finish. It is a tough, competitive environment, but one that will surely make Forrest an even better player by the end of his four-year course.
Currently there are 12 players on the San Diego golf roster, including David Ching, a junior (third-year) student, who might make it to the United States line-up for next year's Walker Cup match at Royal Aberdeen. Yesterday, Ching won a big college tournament in Texas, the last before the winter shutdown which lasts until February.
Here's the GolfWeek report:
A year ago at the Western Refining All-America Golf Classic, Alex Ching finished at the very bottom of the leaderboard. Oh what a difference a year can make.
"We are very excited that Grant will be joining the USD golf family next September. He is a very accomplished player who will make an immediate impact for us next year. "Grant has already proven his talents on the course and he is also a true gentleman. From the time I met him on his official visit, I knew Grant would be an excellent fit at USD.
"He is also an excellent student who takes pride in his academics. We could not be more excited to embrace him into our programme next fall."
Among the Scots already at American colleges are James Byrne, who is halfway through his final year at Arizona State, Frazer Ogston (Texas Wesleyan), Paul Ferrier (Charlotte), Neil Henderson (Old Dominion), Jordan McColl (New Mexico JC), Gavin Hay (Carson-Newman), David McGregor (Post University), Conor O’Neil and James Ross (Michigan State), Thomas Rennie (Brevard College), Andrew McLachlan (Tyler JC), Kyle Godsman and Mark Dickson (USC Aiken) and Stuart Ballingall (Missouri).
Grant Forrest will find that he is not guaranteed a place in the University of San Diego golf team of whom only five can play in college circuit events. The normal drill is for universities to have qualifying competitions within their squads with place in the team for the next college event up for grabs with the exception that any player who has gained a high finish in the previous event gains an automatic finish. It is a tough, competitive environment, but one that will surely make Forrest an even better player by the end of his four-year course.
Currently there are 12 players on the San Diego golf roster, including David Ching, a junior (third-year) student, who might make it to the United States line-up for next year's Walker Cup match at Royal Aberdeen. Yesterday, Ching won a big college tournament in Texas, the last before the winter shutdown which lasts until February.
Here's the GolfWeek report:
A year ago at the Western Refining All-America Golf Classic, Alex Ching finished at the very bottom of the leaderboard. Oh what a difference a year can make.
This year, the San Diego junior put together three consecutive rounds of 4-under 67 at El Paso (Texas) Country Club to win by three shots. Ching, who recently accepted an invitation to play in an early US Walker Cup practice session in January, came back from second place entering the final round to score the victory.
Honolulu-born Ching, pictured right, is ranked No. 87 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, but has a knack for contending at big events. He held the 36-hole lead in the past two NCAA Championships, finishing 13th in 2009 and second in 2010. Ching also made it to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur.UCLA’s Gregor Main and Augusta State’s Henrik Norlander were T-4 another shot back.
The Western Refining Classic, which is made up of last year's All-Americans, featured one of the deepest fields in history this year as U.S. Amateur champion Peter Uihlein (T-15) and NCAA champion Scott Langley (T-15) both were in the field, as well as five more of the top 11 amateurs in the world.
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