SALLY WATSON WINS HER FIRST EVENT OF US COLLEGE SEASON

Good news for the GB and I Curtis Cup team selectors Sally Watson is back in form on the United States women's college golf circuit. Read on:

FROM THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY,
CALIFORNIA WEBSITE

Sally Watson captured the individual title and the Stanford women's golf team carded a final round 292 to finish second at the Cougar Cup hosted by Washington State University.

Watson rebounded from an opening round 79 with rounds of 71 and 70 to win the tournament. She birdied four of the last 12 holes, sinking a 40ft putt on her final hole to clinch the victory. Her 220 (+4) aggregate tied the second-lowest total in tournament history.

The Cardinals' 54-hole hole total of 902 (+38) trailed first place Washington by 12 strokes. The Huskies set a Cougar Cup record with an 890 (+26).
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Individuals
Par 216 (3x72) Yardage 6,239
220 Sally Watson (Stanford) 79 71 70.
221 Soo Bin Kim (Washington) 76 70 75, Kayla Mortellaro (Idaho) 809 72 69, Kristen Rue (Washington State) 77 70 74.
Field of 80 players
Teams
890 Washington.
902 Stanford.
910 Idaho.
Field of 13 teams.

Additional notes
Sally, originally from South Queensferry, had her 20th birthday in July. She has started her Junior (third) Year at Stanford University, California.
She played for Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup matches of 2008 and 2010 but was not selected for the GB and I team of nine for this year's Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe at Royal Porthcawl nor for the team of six for the Astor Trophy tournament against Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada, which GB and I won, at Fairhaven GC, Lancashire. 

RACHAEL DOING WELL DEBUT FOR DENVER

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Mortonhall's Rachael Watton is doing well in her debut appearance for the University of Denver in the Golfweek Conference Challenge women's college tournament over the Red Sky Golf Club's Fazio Course (Par 72, Yardage 6236) at Wolcott, Colorado this week.
Scotland international Rachael, 19,  has scored 76-72 so far in the 54-hole tournament which ends today.
In a field of 90 players, her four-over 148 tally has her lying joint sixth behind two players on 143: Natalie Gleadall (Mississippi) (69-74) and Grace Na (Pepperdine) (69-74).
Watton enrolled on a four-year golf scholarship at the University of Denver last month and was unavailable for selection for the Women's Home Internationals at Hillside. She was a member of the Scotland team who, 12 months earlier at Whitchurch (Cardiff), had won the title for the first time in 19 years. This year, without Rachael, Scotland finished last. 
Of course, one player does not make or break a team ... Midlothian managed to win the Scottish women's county championship without Rachael's services in an exciting finish at Dumfries and County GC at the weekend.