KirkwoodGolf: STEPHANIE LOSES LEAD WITH FINAL-ROUND DOUBLE BOGEYS

Monday, March 14, 2011

STEPHANIE LOSES LEAD WITH FINAL-ROUND DOUBLE BOGEYS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Stephanie Meadow's recent run of very good form faltered in the LSU Classic at University Club, Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the weekend - but the teenage Alabama University freshman student from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland still finished fourth in a quality field of 111 players.
Stephanie, pictured right, looked set for a third victory in almost as many weeks when she led with one round to go after scores of 73 and 71 for level par 144 over the testing 6,194yd course.
But Meadow, normally the straightest of hitters and not prone to run up double bogeys, had two of them in a final round of four-over-par 76 for a total of 220.
She bogeyed the second, had a double bogey 6 at the long third but birdied the seventh to be out in two-over 38. Another double bogey 6, at the 14th, knocked her down to fourth place behind Lindy Duncan (Duke University)  (72-75-71 for 218) and Anna Karin Ljungstrom (Louisville) (75-74-69 for 218).
Duncan won a sudden-death play-off with a par at the third extra hole.
Emily Tubert (Arkansas) (78-70-71) finished third on 219, a shot ahead of Meadow.
Arkansas (888) won the team title ahead of Virginia (895) with Alabama, Duke and Tennessee (900) sharing third place in a field of 21 teams.

LIZZI OVER FINISHES SEVENTH AT EL DIABLO

Lizzi Over from Lincolnshire, pictured left, a student at Barry University, Miami, finished seventh in a field of 43 players at the El Diablo Intercollegiate women's tournament at El Diablo Golf and Country Club, Cirtus Springs, Florida.
Over a par-72 course of 5,902yd, Lizzi had ever-improving rounds of 79, 77 and 75 for 231 - 12 shots behind the winner, Harin Lee (St John's University) who had three rounds of 73 to win by one from Kristen Wilkinson (Western Kentucky) (73-74-73).
Eastern Kentucy and Florida Atlantic tied on 931 for the team title, four ahead of St John's. Barry finished sixth of seven.




COLETTE MURRAY LEADS CHATTANOOGA TO VICTORY

Scots-born head coach Colette Murray, pictured right, saw her Chattanooga-Tennessee University women's team provide a 1-2 finish in the individual event with players she herself recruited while her squad won the team title by a massive 33-shot margin in the JMU Eagle Landing Invite women's college tournament at Eagle Landing Golf Club, Orange Park.
Over a par-72 course of 6,282yd, Christine Wolf (Chattanooga) shot 75-66-68 for a total of 209 and a four-stroke win from team-mate Emma de Groot (76-70-67.
Alex Banham from Birmingham, a student at Stetson University, Florida, finished joint 81st on 241 with scores of 85, 79 and 79.
Gemma Hardie (Central Arkansas) from Scunthorpe shared 84th place on 243 with rounds of 85, 78 and 80.
A total of 98 players took part.
Chattanooga (859) won the team honours ahead of East Carolina State (892) with Stetson (9006) finished sixth and Central Arkansas 16th of 18.
Colette Murray E-mails from Chattanooga:
"It was a truly great day. I was so proud of my wee lassies. 
I think that was the 10th team win and seventh individual titles (since she became women's head golf coach). I'm proud of my Mocs (note, not Lady Mocs). 
"I'll have my first seniors (fourth-year students) later this year as it is our fourth year having a program. We are in a great place right now. Losing Emma de Groot and Christine Wolf at the end of the college year will be a tremendous loss. Our program has been built around them, and they have led this team both on and off the golf course. 
"We had the department-high 3.72 team GPA (an educational mark) so they are not just winning on the golf course - they are doing very well in class as well. This is a truly special group.  I am a very lucky and blessed golf coach."
Colette Murray
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RACHEL LEWIS EIGHTH AT SPRING FLING IN FLORIDA

Welsh girls champion Rachel Lewis (University of South Carolina-Upstate), pictured left by Cal Carson Golf Agency at last summer's girls' home internationals at Bangor GC, near Belfast, finished joint eighth in the Spring Fling at Mission Inn women's college tournament at Howie in the Hills, Florida.
Over a par-72 c ourse of 5,880yd, Rachel scored 83, 82 and 79 for a total of 244.
Kimberly Wong (Bethune-Cookman University) won the individual title by six strokes in a field of 16 players with scores of 78, 71 and 77 for 226.
Boston College (938) won the team title ahead of USC-Upstate (973) with Bethune-Cookman (1018) surprisingly last of the three teams, despite producing the individual winner.

HANNAH'S TOP-30 FINISH AT SUNSHINE SPRING CLASSIC

Hannah Coles from Birmingham, a student at Radford University, Virginia, finished joint 27th in a field of 94 players at the Sunshine Spring Classic at the quaintly-named Walkabout Golf and Country Club, Mims in Florida.
Hannah, pictured right, had a pair of 85s over a par-72 course of 6,038yd. Her total fo 170 left her 20 shots behind the winner by six, Elia Folch (Seminole State University, Florida), with rounds of 76 and 74.
Lehigh University (658) won the team title ahead of Seminole State (666). Radford (667) finished fourth in a field of 16.

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