RUNNER-UP MELISSA HELPS BELMONT ABBEY WIN FOURTH TITLE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Staffordshire county player Melissa Siviter from Coseley in the West Midlands and a student at Belmont Abbey College, Charlotte in North Caroline, finished second to team-mate Michelle Low from Malaysia in the Dan Rader Women's Intercollegiate tournament at Ballantyne Resort and Golf Club, Charlotte.
Over a par-71 course of 5,830 rounds, Michelle headed the field of 67 players with rounds of 79 and 76 for 155.
Melissa, pictured right, lying eighth at the start of the second round, pulled herself up to within one shot of Low with scores of 81 and 75 for 156.
Although she was playing as an individual, nice to see Scotland's Ashton Ingram from Fort William, another student at Belmont Abbey, back on the golf course and finishing joint 24th with scores of 83 and 90 for 173.
With Low and Siviter finishing 1-2, no surprise that Belmont Abbey (635) won the team title by a commanding margin from Pfeiffer (662) in a field of 12 teams.
It was Belmont Abbey's fourth team success of the 2010-2011 campaign. Well played, girls!

SIAN EVANS JOINT 14th IN BAREFOOT TOURNAMENT

Kent county champion Sian Evans from Gillingham, a student at East Tennessee State University, finished joint 14th in a field of 85 players at the quaintly-named Barefoot @ The Beach Women's Invitational college tournament at Barefoot Resort, Myrtle Beach in South Carolina.

Over a par-72 course of 6,006yd, Sian, pictured right, had rounds of 76, 76 and 74 for a total of 12-over-par 228.

Elizabeth Haylock (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, West Virginia) from Birmingham started very well with a 71 but drifted a bit to add a pair of 79s for a total of 229 but she made the top 20 - joint 16th to be precise.

Old Dominion team-mate Kim Bradbury from Derbyshire shared 27th place on 233 with scores of 79, 74 and 80.
And a third Old Dominion student, Ireland's Emma Gilmore, totalled 241 for a share of 54th place with scores of 84, 76 and 81.
Lauren Smith from Cramlington, transferred from Western Texas to East Tennessee State during the college year, shot 83, 81 and 80 for 244, which gave her a share of 58th place.
The event was won by three shots by East Carolina's Fanny Wolte with scores of 69, 75 and 70 for a two-under-par total of 214. Nina Muehl (East Tennessee State) was runner-up with scores of 71, 74 and 72 for 217.
East Carolina (891) took the team title ahead of Wisconsin (900) and East Tennessee State (903). Old Dominion (920) finished joint seventh in a field of 15 teams.

AMI STOREY DOWN THE FIELD IN CALIFORNIA

Ami Storey (Kansas State University) from Ponteland in the North-east of England, finished joint 52nd in a field of 84 players at the Fresno Lexus Women's College Classic at Copper River Country Club, California.
Ami had rounds of 80, 82 and 80 for a total of 242, finishing 26 shots behind the winner, Katrina Hegge (San Francisco) who had rounds of 73, 72 and 71 for a total of 216 and a two-shot victory over a 6,072yd course with a par of 72.
UC Davis, whose head coach is Anne Walker from Strathaven, took the team title with a total of 893, ahead of Cal Poly (910). Kansas State (951) came 11th of the 16 competing teams.

In the Fresno Lexus Men's Classic at Sunnyside, California, Tom Berry, pictured right, from Surrey, a student at San Diego State, finished joint eighth in a massive field of 100 players with scores of 73, 70 and 73.
He came six shots behind the winner of a title play-off: Alex Johnson (Pacific) (71-66-73 for 210) who beat Bryan Harris (UC Irvine) (70-69-71) with a birdie putt at the fifth extra hole.
Berry's good effort helped San Diego State (1083) with the team event by a huge margin from Pacific (1109) with Duke (1110) third in a field of 16 squads.