LONDONER LIZI MAKES TOP 10 AND ARKANSAS TECH WIN TITLE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Londoner Lizi Sweetnam, a final-year student, helped Arkansas Tech win the team title at the Commerical Bank and Trust/UAM Classic - while she herself finished in the top 10 among a field of 48 players at Hurricane Golf and Country Club, Bryant in Arkansas.

Lizi, pictured right, had rounds of 86 and 83 for 169 and a share of ninth place over a par-72 course of 5,919yd.

Freshman team-mate Rebecka Surtevall from Stockholm tied with Whitley Patterson (Southern Arkansas) on 13-over-par 157 - weather must has been bad - and then won a sudden-death play-off for the individual title at the third extra hole.

Rebecka had rounds of 78 and 79, Whitley 79 and 78.

Arkansas Tech (651) won the team title from SW Oklahoma State (676) in a field of eight teams.

LINZI ALLAN JUST OUTSIDE TOP TEN IN DALLAS

 Scot Linzi Allan (Newman University, Wichita, Kansas) finished T11 in a field of 87 players at the DBU Classic, played at the Golf Club of Dallas in Texas.

The Ayrshire student, pictured left, had rounds of 73 and 80 for 153 over the par-72, 5,865yd course.

Team-mate Megan Birdseye from Bedfordshire finished joint 66th on 171 with scores of 83 and 88. Individual winner by a shot was Sarah Hoffman (Grand Valley State) with rounds of 69 and 77 for 146.

Newman University finished T9 in a field of 16 teams with a total of 636 - 20 shots behind the winners, Dallas Baptist.

LOUISE'S TOP-20 FINISH IN NORTH CAROLINA

Another Scot, Louise McGillivray from Banchory, Aberdeenshire, a student at Carson-Newman College in Tennessee, finished joint 20th in a field of 85 players at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational at Country Club of Salisbury, North Carolina.

Louise, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had rounds of 78 and 81 for 159 - 14 shots behind the winner, Lindsay McGetrick (North Carolina State) who scored 73 and 72 for one-over-par 145 to win by one shot.

Newberry College were the team winners with a total of 601 - 18 ahead of runners-up Carson-Newman in a field of 15 teams.

LIZZI LEADS THE BRITS IN SAINT LEO INVITATIONAL

 
Lizzi Over from Lincolnshire, a senior student at Barry University, Miami, finished joint 34th in a field of 89 players at the Saint Leo Invitational at Lake Jovita Golf Club, Florida.

Lizzi, pictured left, scored 77 and 84 for 161. Jessica Bradley (Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida) from Devon shared 43rd place on 163 with scores of 82 and 81.

Florida Tech freshman Rachael Polson from Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, tied for 62nd place with scores of 88 and 87 for 175.

Individual winner with a birdie at a third play-off hole was Elia Folch Sola (Seminole State) who had tied with Florida Tech's Jessica Hook on 148 over a par-72, 6063yd course. Elia had a pair of 74s, Jessica scored 75-73.

Hosts Saint Leo (609) won the team honours by two shots from Florida Southern with Seminole State (620) third and Barry (623) fourth. Florida Tech (652) tied for 10th place in a field of 14 teams.

Rosie Davies (Indiana), a sophomore student from London, finished joint 39th in a field of 77 players at the Hoosier Fall Invitational at Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel in Indiana.

Over a par-72 course of 6196yd, Rosie scored 81, 81 and 77 for 239. Hannah Lovelock (Missouri) from Surrey shared 57th place on 246, made up of scores of 81, 78 and 87.

Becca Huffer (Notre Dame) was the individual winner by three shots with scores of 76, 73 and 71 for 220.

Eastern Michigan (912) pipped Notre Dame by a single shot for the team title. Indiana (926) were fifth and Missouri (951) ninth in a field of 13 teams.