OVC FRESHMAN OF YEAR MATT WALLACE IN TRIPLE TIE FOR WIN

Matt Wallace in action before the rains wiped out the final round of the Ohio Valley Conference Championship.

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Londoner Matt Wallace, recently named the Ohio Valley Conference freshman golfer of the year (2010-2011), figured in a triple tie for victory this week in the Ohio Valley Conference Championship which was reduced from the scheduled three rounds to two because bad weather swept in and flooded the Grey Stone Golf Club course at Dickson, Tennessee.
Jacksonville State University, Alabama student Wallace scored 72 and 67 (best second round), finishing on the same five-under-par mark of 139 (par-72, 6858yd) as teammate Andres Schonbaum (67-72) and Johan Erikson (Eastern Kentucky) (69-70).
The weather situation ruled out a play-off being staged.
Another Jacksonville State student from England, junior Tom Robson from Portsmouth tied for seventh place in a field of 45 players. Tom had a pair of 71s for 142.
Jacksonville State won the team event, contested by nine squads, by 18 shots

SHUFFLEBOTTAM jt 13th IN CONFERENCE USA MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Welshman Jason Shufflebottam (University of Alabama-Birmingham) finished joint 13th in the field of 55 players at the Conference USA Men's Championship at Texarkana Country Club, Texas.
Over a par-72 course of 6,935yd, Jason had rounds of 74, 73 and 70 for a one-over-par total of 217. He finished eight shots behind the winner by one, Jonathan Fly (Memphis (67-73-69).
UAB finished tied fourth in a field of 11 teams behind team winners University of Centra Florida.

ROSIE DAVIES JUST OUTSIDE TOP 30 IN BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Londoner Rosie Davies, a sophomore student at Indiana University, finished joint 32nd in a field of 65 players at the Big Ten Women's Championship at Lake Shore Country Club, Glencoe in the state of Illinois.
Rosie, pictured, scored 79, 74, 80 and 77 for a total fo 310 over the par-72, 6303yd course.
Winner by three strokes was Numa Gulyanamitta (Purdue) with scores of 74, 71, 71 and 71 for a total of one-under-par 287.
Indiana (1228) finished eighth of 11 behind Michigan State and Purdue (both 1185) in the team event.