Jodi Ewart ties for fifth place in pro debut on Futures Tour

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 6, 2010 - Second-year Duramed Futures Tour professional Christine Song of Fullerton, Calif., claimed her first professional title Sunday at the $110,000 Ladies Titan Tire Challenge, presented by KCRG and The Gazette. Song (67) finished the tournament at 11-under-par (205).
"I had a slow start this morning," said Song, who earned her LPGA card following the 2009 Duramed FUTURES Tour season. "I didn't make any birdies until nine. On 10, I just wanted to get it close and it pulled in. That was a huge momentum boast."
Even with the new momentum, Song wasn't aware she was in position to win until she saw the leaderboard from the 17th tee.
"I knew I had to stay calm but I started thinking too much," admitted Song. "Seventeen is a tough hole and I didn't want to hit it into the hazard."
Not only did Song miss the hazard but she went on to birdie 17 and 18, which she hit from 35 yards, and jumped for joy as the crowd cheered.
"I wasn't expecting it to go in, so I got really excited," said Song.
With her first professional win now out of the way, Song is focused on the next few weeks.
"It feels really good," said the teenager, who turns 19 on June 14. "I'm excited for the next few weeks. Hopefully I can win next week as a birthday present to myself."
Whitney Wade (68) of Glasgow, Kentucky, stayed pretty consistent throughout the tournament but more than made up for it at the end with an eagle on 18.
"I definitely finished well," said Wade, who advanced from tied for 19 to a tie for second. "I wanted to climb. I missed a nine-foot putt on 18 yesterday so I just wanted to come out here today and get some confidence going."
Wade shared the tie for second with Mo Martin (69) of Altadena, Calif., and Hannah Jun of San Diego (72) at 5-under-par (211).
England's Jodi Ewart (75), making her pro debut, came into today's final round tied for first with Song. However after a tough back nine she slipped to a tie for fifth at 3-under-par (213). Ewart was joined by Tiffany Joh (69) of San Diego, Nicole Smith (70) of Riverside, Calif., Ryann O'Toole (72) of San Clemente, Calif., and Pornanong Phatlum (72) of Chaiyaphum, Thailand.
"I played very similar to yesterday on the front nine," said Ewart, who was making her professional debut. "I wasn't nervous but I just made terrible shots on the back nine. I couldn’t get anything to drop all day. I was very disappointed that I bogeyed the last three holes, but overall it's good."
The next stop for the Duramed FUTURES Tour will be the Teva Championship in Mason, Ohio, June 11-13.
Weather: Mostly sunny with increasing winds with temperatures in the upper 70s. Winds NW at 15 to 20 mph.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
1 Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 69-69-67 - 205 $15,400
T2 Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 71-72-68 - 211 $8,152
T2Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 73-69-69 - 211 $8,152
T2 Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 69-70-72 - 211 $8,152
T5 Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 71-73-69 - 213 $3,132
T5 Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 71-72-70 - 213 $3,132
T5 Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 71-70-72 - 213 $3,132
T5Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 72-69-72 - 213 $3,132
T5Jodi Ewart (North Yorkshire, England) 68-70-75 - 213 $3,132
T10 Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 73-71-71 - 215 $1,850
T10 Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 73-69-73 - 215 $1,850
T12 Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 75-70-71 - 216 $1,289
Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 71-74-71 - 216 $1,289
Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 72-73-71 - 216 $1,289
Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 75-69-72 - 216 $1,289
Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 71-72-73 - 216 $1,289
Sarah-Jane Smith (Queensland, Australia) 72-70-74 - 216 $1,289
Leanne Bowditch (Queensland, Australia) 72-69-75 - 216 $1,289
Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 70-69-77 - 216 $1,289

T20 Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 74-74-69 - 217 $945
Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 74-73-70 - 217 $945
Jenny Shin (Torrance, Calif.) 73-73-71 - 217 $945
Bree Arthur (Brisbane, Australia) 69-74-74 - 217 $945
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 71-71-75 - 217 $945
Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 73-69-75 - 217 $945

T26 Angela Oh (Maple Shade, N.J.) 75-72-71 - 218 $888
Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 72-70-76 - 218 $888
Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 71-69-78 - 218 $888

T29 Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 77-71-71 - 219 $855
Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 75-69-75 - 219 $855
Caroline Westrup (Ahus, Sweden) 73-69-77 - 219 $855

T32 Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 75-73-72 - 220 $829
Kristen Simpson (Norfolk, Va.) 74-71-75 - 220 $829
Lucy Nunn (Lawton, Okla.) 70-74-76 - 220 $829

T35 Victoria Alimonda (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 75-73-73 - 221 $792
Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 73-73-75 - 221 $792
Amelia Lewis (Jacksonville, Fla.) 77-69-75 - 221 $792
Kitty Hwang (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 73-72-76 - 221 $792
Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherland74-70-77 - 221 $792
Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 73-71-77 - 221 $792
Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 70-73-78 - 221 $792

T42 Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 77-72-73 - 222 $754
Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 76-71-75 - 222 $754
Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 68-78-76 - 222 $754
Carolina Llano (Medellin, Colombia) 72-74-76 - 222 $754
Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 72-70-80 - 222 $754
Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 72-70-80 - 222 $754

T48 Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 75-74-74 - 223 $721
Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 73-75-75 - 223 $721
Carrie Riordan (Spring Valley, Ill.) 72-75-76 - 223 $721
Alexandra Braga (Los Angeles, Calif.) 73-73-77 - 223 $721
Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 71-74-78 - 223 $721
Camila Mori (Santiago, Chile) 76-69-78 - 223 $721

T54 Meredith Duncan (Shreveport, La.) 74-75-75 - 224 $700
Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 74-74-76 - 224 $700
Simone DeSouza (Trujillo, Peru) 74-73-77 - 224 $700

T57 Julia Potter (Granger, Ind.) 74-75-76 - 225 $685
Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 74-71-80 - 225 $685
Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 72-73-80 - 225 $685
Malinda Johnson (Eau Claire, Wis.) 72-69-84 - 225 $685

T61 Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 74-72-80 - 226 $672
Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 74-71-81 - 226 $672

T63 Taryn Durham (Glasgow, Ky.) 76-73-78 - 227 $662
Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 75-73-79 - 227 $662
Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 73-73-81 - 227 $662

T66 Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 75-74-80 - 229 $653
Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 77-72-80 - 229 $653

T68 Carmen Bandea (Atlanta, Ga.) 72-77-81 - 230 $645
Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 74-75-81 - 230 $645
Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 75-72-83 - 230 $645

71 Emma Calderone (Toronto, Ontario) 72-75-84 - 231 $641

72 Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, Canada) 71-78-85 - 234 $640

Glenbervie Ladies Open main prizewinners from field of 80

FROM ELIZABETH GOODWIN
Many thanks for publicising the Glenbervie Ladies’ Open. We had 80 playing today. The CSS was 72 and the main prizewinners were as follows:

Scratch:
1st L Fleming (Glenbervie) 83 bih
2nd S Beattie (Portlethen) 83

Silver:
1st C Marshall (Kinross) 88 – 18 = 70
2nd E Caldow (Kinross) 87 – 15 = 72 (bih)
3rd H McCabe (Portlethen) 91 – 18 = 72
4th E Murrison (Glenbervie) 88 – 15 = 73 (bih)
5th S Brannan (Kinross) 86 – 13 = 73

Bronze:
1st P Bow (Alloa) 95 – 27 = 68
2nd A Walker (Falkirk) 101 – 29 = 72
3rd C Goodwin (Glenbervie) 97 – 24 = 73 (bih)
4th H Gough (Kinross) 99 – 26 = 73
5th B McLeod (Glenbervie) 97 – 24 = 73
Seniors’ Prize: N Scott (Glenbervie) 94 – 21 = 73 (better last 3 holes)

It was good to see some of our young Stirling and Clackmannan County girls’ doing well with 11 year old Andrea Walker and 12 year old Catherine Goodwin winning prizes. Heather McCabe of Portlethen had a hole in one at the 13th hole.
Thanks again
Elizabeth Goodwin

Eilidh Briggs pips Rachael Watton for Munross Trophy

Renfrewshire county champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) pipped another of Scotland’s up and coming youngsters, Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) to win the Munross Trophy women’s 36-hole tournament – an SLGA Order of Merit event – by a single shot over the Montrose Links today.

Eilidh, pictured right, had two rounds of 75 for a total of 150.

Rachael was the first-round leader with a 73 but slipped back to a 78 second time round for 151.

Ashley Smith (Monifieth) was third on 156 (80-76) with last year’s winner, Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir), joint fourth on 157 with scores of 78 and 79.

Rachel Polson (Peterculter) took the handicap aggregate prize with a net total of 150 off five.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 146 (2x73) CSS 75 75

150 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 75.

151 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 73 78.

156 Ashley Smith (Monifieth) 80 76.

157 Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 78 79, Susan Jackson (Ladybank) 76 81.

158 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 78 80, Claire Penman (Carnoustie Ladies) 80 78.

160 Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 81 79, Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 85 75.

161 Sammy Leslie (Westhill) 79 82.

162 Shonagh Raitt (Forfar) 76 86, Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) 83 79.

165 J Linklater (Largs) 84 81, Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 84 81.

167 Rebecca Wilson (Grange) 87 80.

168 Fiona Gilbert (Carnoustie Ladies) 84 84.

170 J Chalmers (Monifeth) 85 85.

171 K Vannet (Peterculter) 87 84, G Scanlan (Hamilton) 86 85.

172 L Fenton (Carnoustie La\dies) 86 86.

175 J Brown (Monifieth) 90 85.

181 S Dalrymple (Craigielaw) 92 89.

182 J Grubb (Mercantile Ladies) 89 93.

183 A Alston (Royal Montrose Ladies) 92 91.

Best first round (non-winner of a main prize): Shonagh Raitt (Forfar) 76 better inward half.

Best second round (non-winner of a main prize): Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 75.

Handicap aggregate (non-winner of a main prize): Rachael Polson (Peterculter) (10) 76 74=150

Winner by five strokes, Hannah Burke from Mid-Herts. Image by courtesy of Pat Cashman and the Irish Ladies Golf Union.

Hannah Burke wins Irish women's open title this time

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England’s Hannah Burke, beaten in a seven-hole marathon play-off in last year's event, added a final round 71 to win the 2010 Irish Women’s Open Stroke Play by five strokes from Australia’s Justine Lee at Newlands Golf Club, Dublin, 6 June 2010.
Burke, who started the day three strokes ahead of the field, raced to two under par through the sixth hole in the teeming Irish rain. So heavy were the showers that play was suspended on two separate occasions while greenkeepers worked tirelessly to clear the flooding greens. Burke went on to turn four strokes ahead of the field and never looked like being caught after birdies on 15, 17 and 18. A thrilled Burke was delighted with her first Irish Stroke Play, particularly having lost last year’s play off at the seventh tie hole to Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell).
Tara Davies (WAL) was two shots behind Lee in third place while Australia’s Ashley Ona finished fourth ahead of rising superstar Julie Yang (South Korea), a 14-year-old pupil at Loretto School, Musselburgh and winner of the Welsh equivalent of the Irish title early last month..
Irish Champion Mary Dowling (New Ross) added a 78 to her overnight total to finish best of the Irish, one shot ahead of Paula Grant (Lisburn) and C. Louth’s Deirdre Smith.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 219 (3x73) CSS 76 75 77
214 Hannah Burke (ENG) 71 72 71
219 Justine Lee (AUS) 77 71 71
221 Tara Davies (WAL) 74 73 74
222 Ashley Ona (AUS) 74 75 73
224 Julie Yang (SKOR) 73 74 77 Stacey Keating (AUS) 71 75 78
226 Nicola Roessler (GER) 77 75 74 Jessica Speechley (AUS) 77 73 76 Leigh Whittaker (GER) 76 72 78
227 Nikki Foster (ENG) 75 71 81
228 Monique Smit (RSA) 77 73 78
229 Megan Briggs (SCO) 77 75 77 Charlotte Ellis (ENG) 76 77 76 Charlotte Wild (ENG) 75 78 76 Amy Boulden (WAL) 75 76 78
230 Lauren Mackin (SCO) 72 77 81
231 Hermione Fitzgerald (ENG) 80 77 74
232 Mary Dowling (New Ross) 78 76 78 Louise Kenney (SCO) 75 78 79
233 Paula Grant (Lisburn) 83 72 78 Charlie Douglass (ENG) 77 81 75 Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth) 74 79 80
234 Roseanne Niven (SCO) 80 76 78 Laura Murray (SCO) 77 78 79
235 Katherine O'Connor (WAL) 78 79 78 Sinead O'Sullivan (Galway) 77 76 82 Gemma Bradbury (WAL) 72 80 83
236 Emma Sheffield (ENG) 81 74 81 Kelly Tidy (ENG) 75 78 83
239 Sue Phillips (Woodbrook) 83 80 76 Karen Delaney (Carlow) 79 80 80 Amy Farrell (Moate) 76 81 82
241 Gillian O'Leary (Cork) 75 82 84
242 Louise Coffey (Malone) 87 76 79 Anna Carling (WAL) 82 77 83
243 Claire Hargan (SCO) 80 83 80 Karen O'Neill (Douglas) 79 80 84
244 Maura Diamond (Royal Portrush) 82 77 85
247 Charlene Reid (Royal Portrush) 76 81 90
248 Suzy Hayes (Hermitage) 84 77 87
250 Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) 82 80 88
253 Fiona Briggs (ENG) 80 83 90
NR Agnes Doherty (Ballyliffin) 83 79 NR

Hannah Burke has Futures Tour bid line-up up at end of  year

NEWS RELEASE FROM ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
England international Hannah Burke  has won the 2010 Irish women’s open strokeplay championship by five strokes – a year after she lost a marathon play-off for the title on the seventh extra hole.

“It’s awesome,” said Hannah, from Mid-Herts, who had a final round 71 at Newlands, Dublin, to finish on five-under par for the 54-hole event – and five shots clear of Australia’s Justine Lee.
“I think I’ve been due a win for a while. I finished second here last year, then I was second in the English strokeplay and I’ve spent my last year at Baylor University, Texas, and finished second a couple of times there. Now I’ve managed to win!”
The 22-year-old held or shared the lead throughout the tournament and started the final round three shots clear of the field.
She was two-under for the first six holes of the third round, despite the teeming Irish rain which delayed her tee-off time by 90 minutes. So heavy were the showers that play was suspended on two separate occasions while greenkeepers worked tirelessly to clear the flooding greens.
Hannah got to the turn four strokes ahead of the field and was never going to be caught after she birdied 15, 17 and 18.
“I played extremely well in the conditions today,” said Hannah. “It rained the whole day, apart from the last 45 minutes, and we had a couple of stops while they squeegeed the greens. We had about a six or seven hour round, on and off the golf course. But it was a great experience for me – it was brilliant.”
Hannah will play a full summer of English and British events before returning to Baylor to complete her degree. Then, later in the year, she’s hoping to win her place on the US Duramed Futures Tour.

West girls' winning team at Ballumbie Castle. Image by Dawn Butchart.

WEST WIN SLGA GIRLS TITLE ON COUNTBACK

West won the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association inter-area girls’ team championship after a tense finish to the two-day contest at Ballumbie Castle Golf Club, Monifieth today.
All four teams went into the final matches on level terms, each having won once and lost once. In the decisive games, North beat East 2-1 and West beat South 2-1. That meant that North and West were level at the top of the final table with two wins apiece.
The tie-breaker was the number of individual games won and West (+20) came out on top over North (+9) in this.
Details:
SATURDAY
EAST 2, SOUTH 1
Nicola Taylor and Lauren Whyte lost to Katie McCracken and Rachel Walker 3 and 2.
Shannon McGuire and Tiffiny Wood bt Emily Greenlees and Danielle Ker 6 and 5.
Alison Goodwin and Alexis Hutton bt Vikky Wright and Kate Wright 6 and 4.
NORTH 2, WEST 1
Louise McGillivary and Lauren Duncan bt Gillian Arnott and Katie McGarva 2 and 1.
Hannah Robb and Eilidh Watson bt Kirstin Scott and Jorden Ferrie 1 hole.
Katie Reid and Eleanor Tunn lost to Lesley Cosh and Connie Jaffrey 2 and 1.
WEST 2, EAST 1
Arnott and McGarva bt Taylor and Whyte 6 and 5.
Scott and Ferrie lost to McGuire and Wood 4 and 3.
Cosh and Jaffrey bt Goodwin and Hutton 2 and 1.
SOUTH 2, NORTH 1

McCracken and Walker bt McGillivray and Duncan 6 and 5.

Ker and Katie Wright lost to Robb and Watson 3 and 2.
Greenlees and Vikky Wright bt Reid and Tunn 2 and 1.
SUNDAY
WEST 2, SOUTH 1
Arnott and McGarva bt Ker and Katie Wright 4 and 2.

Scott and Ferrie bt McCeracken and Walker 1 hole.

Cosh and Jaffrey bt Greenlees and Vikky Wright 6 and 5.
NORTH 2, EAST 1
McGillivray and Duncan lost to Goodwin and Whyte 7 and 5.
Robb and Watson bt McGuire and Wood 2 and 1.
Reid and Tunn bt Taylor and Hutton 1 hole.

North team who finishes runners-up, beaten on a countback, at Ballumbie Castle.

East girls team

South girls team

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR REPORT, SCORES

Hole in one helps Krystle finished 2nd to Florentyna
FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
England’s Florentyna Parker earned her first Ladies European Tour victory at the ABN AMRO Ladies Open in Holland today. 

The German-born 20-year-old, who celebrates her 21st birthday in exactly two weeks’ time, carded a final round of two under par 70 at Golfclub Broekpolder in Rotterdam on Sunday for a two stroke win over Scotland’s Krystle Caithness (68). Parker and Caithness were team-mates for Great Britain and Ireland in the 2008 Curtis Cup match over the Old Course, St Andrews.
Parker led by two strokes after a personal best of 66 on Saturday and held onto her lead until the very end, playing through heavy rain in the afternoon.
The second year tour player played the front nine in level par 36 and then picked up two birdies coming home to finish at nine under par in total.
“I can’t believe it. I didn’t expect to win; it just means so much to me,” a teary Parker said.
After a shaky start, with a three-putt bogey at the first, Parker steadied her nerves with a birdie at the par-five third hole. She dropped another shot at the fifth after finding the trees off the tee, but picked up another birdie on the sixth, a par five.
She moved to eight under par and re-established a two stroke lead with a birdie at the 11th hole before finishing in style with a two-putt birdie at the par-five last, to great applause in front of a packed gallery and clubhouse.
“I started off with a bogey and I usually start off with bogeys so it wasn’t anything new to me. I just wanted to get settled down at first and I play very consistent and made a few birdies,” said Parker, who had her non-golfing younger cousin Ella on the bag for the week.
Ella is one of the few non-golfers in the family, since her father, Tim, is her coach and a teaching professional, as are her two uncles. Her brother, Ben, played on the Challenge Tour before he became injured and 'Flory' has been playing golf since the age of five.

"I knew I wanted to be a professional golfer, probably when I was 13, when I played my first two events on the Ladies European Tour. I really enjoyed it then and I knew what I wanted to be,” she said.
Despite having finished second at the AIB Ladies Irish Open in her rookie season in 2009, her goal for 2010 was to be more consistent and earn more top ten finishes. She wasn’t expecting to win.
“I’m glad I’m now in the Evian Masters and the Ricoh Women’s British Open, which is being played on my home course, Royal Birkdale. I’ve fulfilled my goals for this year and I hope I keep playing well.”
With her win, Parker earned €37,500 and moved up 12 places to fourth on the LET’s Henderson Money List. She also won an Omega watch.
For 21-year-old Caithness, from Cupar near St Andrews, runner-up spot was her career best finish and her score was helped by a hole in one at the fourth, which was her first ace in competition. She used a seven-iron on the 179-yard hole.
“My hole in one obviously helped my score. It took me from three to five under par, so that’s always nice,” said the second year Tour pro. “It’s my best finish. I played well and putted well. I’m happy with second and it kind of spurs me on for wanting the first; we’re almost there!”
A stroke back, South African Ashleigh Simon (69) shared third place with 2005 champion Virginie Lagoutte-Clement of France (71) with Italian Sophie Sandolo in fifth place on five under and Frenchwoman Anne-Lise Caudal in sixth.
South Korean LET rookie Jeehae Lee shot a women's professional course record of seven under 65 with five birdies and a tap-in eagle at the par five third, for her best ever score. She finished in a tie for seventh at three under par in total with Laura Davies, Maria Hernandez, Mollie Fankhauser, Georgina Simpson and Beth Allen.

Par 216 (3x72) Prize money in Euros
207 Florentyna Parker (England)  71 66 70 (37,500).
209 Krystle Caithness (Scotland) 71 70 68 (25,375).
210 Ashleigh Simon (South Africa) 72 70 68, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (France)] 69 70 71 (15,500 each).
211 Sophie Sandolo (Italy) 69 71 71 (10,600).
212 Anne-Lise Caudal (France) 74 68 70 (8,750).
213 Jeehae Lee (South Korea) 71 77 65, Beth Allen (US) 76 68 69, Georgina Simpson (England) 71 73 69, Mollie Fankhauser (US) 71 73 69, Maria Hernandez (Spain) 71 72 70, Laura Davies (England) 69 70 74 (5,541.66 each).
214 Malene Jorgensen (Denmark) 75 67 72, Karen Lunn (Australia) 74 68 72, Lydia Hall (Wales) 71 71 72, Rebecca Hudson (England) 71 69 74 (3,800 each).
215 Rebecca Coakley (Ireland) 76 69 70 3,356.25, Stefania Croce (Italy) 76 69 70, Kristie Smith (Australia) 72 72 71, Melissa Reid (England) 73 70 72 (3,356.25 each).
216 Kyra van Leeuwen (Netherlands) 75 71 70, Dana Lacey-Johnson (AUS) Australia 72 73 71 »» Ursula Wikstrom (Finland) 75 69 72, Jade Schaeffer (France)74 69 73, Melodie Bourdy (France) 70 72 74 (3,000 each).
217 Laurette Maritz (South Africa) 75 73 69, Nikki Garrett (Australia) 74 73 70, Becky Brewerton (Wales) 75 71 71, Kim Welch (US) 75 71 71, Vikki Laing (Kings Acre Academy) 77 69 71,
Tania Elosegui (Spain) 70 73 74, Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links) 71 71 75, Linda Wessberg (Sweden) 74 68 75 (2,512.50 each).
218 Veronica Zorzi (Italy) 75 73 70, Johanna Westerberg (Sweden) 72 76 70, Sophie Giquel (France) 71 75 72, Henrietta Zuel (England) 74 70 74, Caroline Masson (Germany) 72 71 75, Trish Johnson (England) 70 71 77 (1,987.50 each).
219 Smriti Mehra (India) 77 71 71, Kylie Walker (Scotland) 76 71 72, Lee-Anne Pace (South Africa) 71 74 74, Bettina Hauert (Germany) 71 74 74 (1,600 each).
220 Marieke Nivard (Netherlands) (am) 74 72 74, Carmen Alonso (Spain) 73 71 76, Kiran Matharu (England) 71 73 76 (1,425 each to pros).
221 Johanna Lundberg (SWE) Botkyrkagk, Sweden 76 72 73 1,225.00 »»
Claire Aitken (ENG) Batt Cables, Mid Kent G C 75 73 73 »»
Anja Monke (GER) buch.de 73 74 74 »»
Martina Gillen (IRE) Team Ireland Golf 73 74 74 »»
Frederique Seeholzer (SWI) www.hotel-ecureuil.ch, poodle 71 73 77 »»
Camille Fallay (FRA) Paris International GC,mizuno 70 72 79 »»
222 Jessica Ji (KOR) Korea 76 72 74 929.16 »»
Carin Koch (SWE) Sweden 72 76 74 »»
Lisa Hall (ENG) England 71 76 75 »»
Lynnette Brooky (NZ) www.progolfingtours.com 73 74 75 »»
Breanne Loucks (WAL) Wales 71 74 77 »»
Hazel Kavanagh (IRE) Ireland - Spawell D.R. 68 75 79 »»
223 Federica Piovano (ITA) Federazione Italiana Golf 78 70 75 775.00 »»
Frances Bondad (AUS) NIKE Golf 77 70 76 »»
Pamela Feggans (SCO) Scotland 74 73 76 »»
227 Lisa Holm Sorensen (DEN) Esbjerg Golfklub, Denmark 72 76 79 712.50 »»

Cecilie Lundgreen (NOR) Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics 74 74 79 »»

64 228 +12 Caroline Karsten (Am) (NL) The Netherlands 73 74 81 Amateur »»

CUT

Oklahoma State v Augusta State final in NCAA Championship

Top seeds Oklahoma State University are playing Augusta State University in the match-play final of the NCAA Division 1 men's championship over the Honors Course, Tennessee today.
In Saturday's semi-finals Oklahoma State beat Oregon 3 1/2-1 1/2 while Augusta State beat Florida State 4 1/2-1/2.

Jodi Ewart still sharing lead and Gemma Webster gets a hole in one

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE US DURAMED FUTURES TOUR
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Dark clouds hovered all day at the Ladies Titan Tire Challenge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but the forecasted rain managed to hold off until the end as Jodi Ewart and Christine Song share a one-stroke lead. Ewart and Song are 6-under-par (138) following second-round play at the $110,000 tournament, held at Hunters Ridge Golf Course.
Ewart, from North Yorkshire, England, came into today's round as co-leader and kept her momentum going despite carding two bogeys.

"I started off pretty similar to yesterday," said Ewart, who is making her professional debut. "My tee shots were a bit wild but hopefully I can get that sorted on the range tomorrow. I had 29 putts, and 28 yesterday, so I'm on point on that. If I can keep it steady, I'm in a good place."

California's Song felt her strong showing in last year's Ladies Titan Tire Challenge gave her the confidence to perform well. Song carded five birdies and two bogeys in her round.

"I like the course a lot," said Song, who is a current member of the LPGA Tour. "I feel like I can win in Iowa. My plan for tomorrow is easy, more birdies and no bogeys."

Finishing tied for third at 5-under-par (139) are Michaela Cavener of Ponca City, Okla., and Hannah Jun of San Diego, Calif. Jun bogeyed the first hole for the second day, but due to her strong finish on Friday, she knew she would be able to bounce back.

"I've been having a weird time with the first one," said Jun. "But I figured there are a lot of birdies out there. I'm happy where I'm at. I want to post a good score tomorrow."
With a score of 4-under-par (140), Lili Alvarez of Durango, Mexico, shares Jun's attitude going into Sunday's final round.
"My game plan for tomorrow is to do the same as I did today," said Alvarez, who is a cast member on the upcoming Golf Channel program, Big Break: Sandals Resort. "I'd like to see my name on the leaderboard, hopefully on top."
Seventy-two players made the 36-hole cut at 149 (+5).

Thirty players currently stand at even-par 144 or better after two rounds.

Gemma Webster Scores Hole-In-One
Second-year professional Gemma Webster, pictured,  of Glasgow scored her fifth hole-in-one during Saturday's second-round play at the Ladies Titan Tire Challenge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The 2005 British Universities Stroke Play Champion used a 4-iron on the 189-yard par-three 16th hole to make the ace.
"No one could really see the ball for a while and we wondered if it went in," recalled Webster. "We wondered if it went in but know one really knew. So I walked up to the hole and there it was, a hole-in-one."
This was Webster's first hole-in-one as a professional. Watch the video of Webster talking about her hole-in-one at YouTube.com/ROAD2LPGA.









Hunters Ridge course.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72). Yardage 6,445.
Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 69-69 - 138
Jodi Ewart (North Yorkshire, England) 68-70 - 138
Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 70-69 - 139
Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 69-70 - 139
Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 71-69 - 140
Leanne Bowditch (Queensland, Australia) 72-69 - 141
Malinda Johnson (Eau Claire, Wis.) 72-69 - 141
Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 72-69 - 141
Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 71-70 - 141
Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 73-69 - 142
Caroline Westrup (Ahus, Sweden) 73-69 - 142
Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 73-69 - 142
Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 73-69 - 142
Sarah-Jane Smith (Queensland, Australia) 72-70 - 142
Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 72-70 - 142
Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 72-70 - 142
Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 72-70 - 142
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 71-71 - 142
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 71-72 - 143
Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 71-72 - 143
Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 71-72 - 143
Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 70-73 - 143
Bree Arthur (Brisbane, Australia) 69-74 - 143
Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 73-71 - 144
Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 73-71 - 144
Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherland 74-70 - 144
Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 71-73 - 144
Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 75-69 - 144
Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 75-69 - 144
Lucy Nunn (Lawton, Okla.) 70-74 - 144
Camila Mori (Santiago, Chile) 76-69 - 145
Kitty Hwang (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 73-72 - 145
Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 74-71 - 145
Kristen Simpson (Norfolk, Va.) 74-71 - 145
Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 72-73 - 145
Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 72-73 - 145
Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 74-71 - 145
Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 71-74 - 145
Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 71-74 - 145
Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 75-70 - 145
Amelia Lewis (Jacksonville, Fla.) 77-69 - 146
Alexandra Braga (Los Angeles, Calif.) 73-73 - 146
Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 73-73 - 146
Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 73-73 - 146
Carolina Llano (Medellin, Colombia) 72-74 - 146
Jenny Shin (Torrance, Calif.) 73-73 - 146
Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 74-72 - 146
Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 68-78 - 146
Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 76-71 - 147
Carrie Riordan (Spring Valley, Ill.) 72-75 - 147
Emma Calderone (Toronto, Ontario) 72-75 - 147
Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 74-73 - 147
Simone DeSouza (Trujillo, Peru) 74-73 - 147
Angela Oh (Maple Shade, N.J.) 75-72 - 147
Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 75-72 - 147
Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 77-71 - 148
Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 75-73 - 148
Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 73-75 - 148
Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 74-74 - 148
Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 74-74 - 148
Victoria Alimonda (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 75-73 - 148
Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 75-73 - 148
Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 77-72 - 149
Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 77-72 - 149
Taryn Durham (Glasgow, Ky.) 76-73 - 149
Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 74-75 - 149
Carmen Bandea (Atlanta, Ga.) 72-77 - 149
Meredith Duncan (Shreveport, La.) 74-75 - 149
Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, Canada) 71-78 - 149
Julia Potter (Granger, Ind.) 74-75 - 149
Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 75-74 - 149
Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 75-74 - 149
MISSED THE CUT
Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Mich.) 79-71 - 150
Jamie Hullett (Mesquite, Texas) 81-69 - 150
Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 77-73 - 150
Dori Carter (Valdosta, Ga.) 76-74 - 150
Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 73-77 - 150
Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 74-76 - 150
Rachel Connor (Manchester, England) 75-75 - 150
Jessica Carafiello (Coral Springs, Fla.) 79-72 - 151
Perry Swenson Livonius (Charlotte, N.C.) 78-73 - 151
Rebecca Kim (Tigard, Ore.) 78-73 - 151
Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 79-72 - 151
Cathryn Bristow (Auckland, New Zealand) 76-75 - 151
Ai-Chen Kuo (Luzhou City, Taiwan) 76-75 - 151
Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 73-78 - 151
Lindsey Bergeon (Sarasota, Fla.) 74-77 - 151
Juli Erekson (Chicopee, Mass.) 74-77 - 151
Janice Olivencia (Caguas, Puerto Rico) 75-76 - 151
Haley Gildea (East Greenwich, R.I.) 79-73 - 152
Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 78-74 - 152
Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 78-74 - 152
Y. J. Jin (Seoul, South Korea) 77-75 - 152
Nannette Hill (Pelham, N.Y.) 77-75 - 152
Valentine Derrey (a) (Neuilly Sur Seine, Fran 77-75 - 152
Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 77-75 - 152
Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 76-76 - 152
Daniela Iacobelli (Viera, Fla.) 74-78 - 152
Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 75-77 - 152
Lisa Strom (Huntersville, N.C.) 78-75 - 153
Danah Ford Bordner (Indianapolis, Ind.) 78-75 - 153
Courtney Mahon (Lee's Summit, Mo.) 79-74 - 153
Vanessa Vela (Bogota, Colombia) 79-74 - 153
Kristina Langton (Ada, Mich.) 80-73 - 153
Jessi Gebhardt (Chandler, Ariz.) 77-76 - 153
Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 77-76 - 153
Sophie Jang (Seoul, South Korea) 76-77 - 153
Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 72-81 - 153
Madeleine Holmblad (Stockholm, Sweden) 75-78 - 153
Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 77-77 - 154
Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 81-73 - 154
Jenny Kim (Los Angeles, Calif.) 83-71 - 154
Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 84-70 - 154
Jasi Acharya (Columbus, Mont.) 76-78 - 154
Samantha Troyanovich (a) (Grosse Pointe, Mich 79-76 - 155
Seul Ki Park (Northbrook, Ill.) 77-78 - 155
Pamela Ontiveros (Gomez Palacio, Mexico) 80-75 - 155
Jaclyn Burch (St. Louis, Mo.) 81-74 - 155
Wannasiri Sirisampant (Bangkok, Thailand) 81-74 - 155
Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 74-81 - 155
Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 79-77 - 156
Natasha Krishna (Auckland, New Zealand) 78-78 - 156
Sara Ovadia (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 80-76 - 156
Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 81-75 - 156
Amanda Mathis (Picayune, Miss.) 76-80 - 156
Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 74-82 - 156
Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla.) 78-79 - 157
Chelsea Schriewer (St. Louis, Mo.) 81-76 - 157
Gemma Webster (Glasgow, Scotland) 86-71 - 157
Julie Wells-Shenfield (Wilsonville, Ore.) 75-82 - 157
Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 79-79 - 158
Stacey Bieber (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 79-79 - 158
Kendra Hanson (Forest City, Iowa) 81-77 - 158
Jordan Hardy (Sylacauga, Ala.) 81-77 - 158
Debbie Munoz (Boca Raton, Fla.) 83-75 - 158
Jutta Degerman (Kaunianinen, Finland) 77-82 - 159
Amanda Costner (Claremore, Okla.) 83-76 - 159
Alison Meyer (Duluth, Minn.) 85-74 - 159
Sarah Olsen (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 78-82 - 160
Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 84-76 - 160
Jessy Tang (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 82-79 - 161
Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 82-79 - 161
Lene Krog (Lier, Norway) 81-81 - 162
Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 81-81 - 162
Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 82-80 - 162
Shelley Anderson (Clarksville, Tenn.) 84-80 - 164
Jennifer Hong (Granger, Ind.) 83-83 - 166

Hannah Barwood, Mary McKenna, Sally Watson and Leona/Lisa Maguire looking out from a Boston Duck Tour vehicle. Image by Susan Simpson of the Ladies Golf Union.

Susan reports:
Spent Saturday day in Boston, going to the Italian “North End” for lunch and then we went round town and onto the Charles River on a “duck”. Out for tea in Quincy Market and then had a wee ride in the rickshaws.

Great Britain and Ireland team players under the United States flag in Boston. Image by Susan Simpson of the Ladies Golf Union.

Great Britain and Ireland team informally dressed on the Boston sidewalk. Image by Susan Simpson of the Ladies Golf Union.

Mary McKenna in the Boston stocks. Image by Susan Simpson of the Ladies Golf Union.

Tegwen Matthews and Mary McKenna on a pedal-driven "rickshaw" in Boston. Image by Susan Simpson of the Ladies Golf Union.