RACHEL POLSON LOSES LEAD, ABBEY GITTINGS FINISHES jt 4TH

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Aberdeen's Rachel Polson, a freshman student at Florida Tech, finished joint 10th in a field of 92 players after leading the field with one round to go in the Lady Moc Classic at The Club @ Eaglebrooke, Lakeland in Florida.
Peterculter Golf Club member Rachel, picture from the Florida Tech website, had rounds of 72, 75 and 81 for a 12-over total of 228 over the par-72, 6,255yd course.
This was Rachel's first competitive golf since the first half of the US college golf season which ended for her with an October 24-24 tournament.
Polson finished nine shots behind the winner by three, Ella Folch Sola (Seminole State) who had rounds of 74, 74 and 71 for three-over 219.
Runner-up was Melanie Audette (Florida Southern) on 222 (76-68-68). 

“It was good to see Rachel play well in the first two rounds,” Florida head coach Chris Saltmarsh said.  “She’s been striking the ball well in practice, but she had not put a complete round together. I don’t think this is the last time she’s going to have the opportunity to win a tournament. She’s young and she had some great shots today. She just didn’t convert birdies.” “Our first round showed us we have the ability to compete against some of the top teams in the country. This tournament was probably one of the strongest fields. We’re going to have another opportunity to compete against some of the top teams at the Rollins tournament in a few weeks.  “We need to work on being able to go the distance. We’re going to have bad shots, but we can’t let those shots affect us.”

Abbey Gittings, pictured left, from Tamworth, Warwickshire improved with every round to finish joint fourth on 224 with scores of 76, 75 and 73.
Jessica Bradley (Lynn University), a freshman student from North Devon) finished T22 on 234 with scores of 76-76-82.
Lizzi Over (Barry University), a senior student from Lincolnshire, finished T30 on 238 (78-81-79).
Seminole State (913) won the team title ahead of Florida Southern (915) with Nova Southeastern (922) third and Lynn (928) fourth. Florida Tech (969) finished 12th in a field of 17 teams.

Hannah Lovelock just outside top 20 in Texas

Hannah Lovelock (Missouri) from Surrey finished 22nd in a field of 90 players at the quaintly-named Claud Jacobs by SCOR Golf women's college tournament at Victoria Country Club, Texas.
Hannah, pictured left, had rounds of 80, 82 and 74 for a total of 237 over the par-72 course of 6,087 yards.
She finished 13 shots behind play-off participants Ali Lucas (Louisiana-Monroe) (75-73-76) and Krista Puisite (Texas State) (77-70-77) on 224. Lucas won the sudden-death play-off.
Gemma Hardie (Central Arkansas) from Scunthorpe finished T48 on 246 with scores of 81-82-83.
Texas State (901) won the team title by a comfortable margin from Iowa and Missouri (both 934). Central Arkansas (966) finished eighth in a field of 17 teams. 




Connor O'Dell pipped by Swedish team-mate 

Connor O'Dell, pictured right, from Taunton, Somerset, a student at Webber International Universityk, Florida finished second behind team-mate Gustaf Hydbom in another college event with a weird title - the 8th Annual Start 2 Finish, at Lake Wales Country Club, Forida.
Hydbom scored 68, 72 and 73 for a total of level par 213 over the par-72, 6,767yd course.
He finished one shot ahead of O'Dell who scored 69, 74 and 71.
A third Webber International student from the UK, Tom Gamble (Walton-on-Thames), finished T18 in a field of 52 players. He had an aggregate of 227, made up of scores of 77, 76 an d74.
Webber International, despite their individual heroics, finished third in the team event behind Rollins College (874) and Coastal Georgia (881). Webber International totalled 891. 

Rosie down the field at River Wilderness, Florida

Rosie Davies from London, a sophomore student at Indiana Universtiy, finished T59 in a field of 75 players at the Central District Invitational women's college tornament at River Wilderness GC, Parrish in Florida.
Rosie, pictured right, had rounds of 80-77-77 for a total of 234.
Winner by two shots was Oklahoma's Chirapat Jao-Javanil with scores of 68-70-74 for  212.
Texas Christian (882) won the team title by a shot from Oklahoma with Vanderbilt (884) in third place. Indiana (929) finished T14 in a field of 15.

ELLIS KEENAN T35 AT BOULDER CITY 

BEHIND ARIZONA'S FRENCH ACES

Ellis Keenan, pictured below, from Sunningdale, a student at UNLV (University of Nevada-Las Vegas), finished T35 in a field of 60 players at the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational at Cascata Golf Club, Boulder City in the state of Nevada. Arizona's French students, senior Isabelle Boineau and outstanding freshman

Manon Gidali tied for first place on 218. 
Boineau shot 76-72-70 and Vagliano Trophy player Gidali 71-76-71.There was no play-off.
Arizona, of course, won the team title with a total of 872 - 19 shots ahead of hosts and runners-up UNLV with San Diego State (905) third of 11 teams.The course was a par-72 of 6,272yd.