FIRST US COLLEGE VICTORY BY DANIEL YOUNG FROM PERTH

         Daniel Young with the tournament trophy and one of the organisers.

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Perth's Daniel Young, 21, a third-year student at Lynn University, Boca Raton in Florida, scored his first win on the US college golf circuit this week. He set Lynn University 36 and 54-hole scoring records in winning the Bobcat Intercollegiate tournament at GC at Cuscowall, Eatonton, Georgia.
Young shot 69-65-68 for a total of eight-under-par 202 over a par-70 course of 6,847yd. He won by one shot in a field of 90 players.
Gavin Hay (Carson-Newman College) finished joint 16th on 212 with scores of 67-69-76.
Liam Ashby (Carson-Newman) and Scott Lambert (UNC-Pembroke) finished T19 on 213. Dubliner Ashby scored 69-72-72 and Lambert, from Matfen Hall in the NE of England, had rounds of 74-68-71.
Young's team-mate, Paul McPhee, also from Perth, finished joint 58th with scores of 76-70-77 for 223.
Two Scottish students from Clayton State University, Atlanta - Chris McManus and Clark Nelson finished T67 and T70 respectively. McManus from Bearsden scored 73-73-79 for 225 while Nelson had scores of 83-73-72 for 227.
Lynn finished fourth of 17 teams behind winners Barry College.

TOP 10 FINISH BY CHRIS BELL IN TEXAS

Chris Bell (Odessa College) from Carnoustie finished joint 10th in the Midland Spring Invitational at Green Tree Country Club, Texas. Bell shot 73-69-79 for 221 over a par-72 course of 6879yd.
The winner, Antonio Morales (Odessa) shot 69-71-75 for one-under-par 215.
Luke Richardson (Midland College), a sophomore student from Essex, finished joint second on 216 with scores of 72-70-74.
Richard Farmer (Midland), a freshman from Brighton, came 14th of 52 on 223 with scores of 72-74-77.
Two more Midland Colllege, Texas freshmen, Paul Simpson from Aboyne (enrolled in January) and  Paul Lawrie's nephew Sean Lawrie from Portlethen finished joint 29th and joint 35th respectively.
Simpson scored 72-78-79 for 229; Lawrie 79-74-78 for 231.
Odessa won the team title ahead of New Mexico and Midland in a field of six teams.

NEALE BARNES MAKES EAGLE INVITATIONAL TOP 10

Aberdeen's Neale Barnes, a student at Savannah College, finished joint 10th in a field of 70 at the Eagle Invitational at LPGA International, Daytona Beach in Florida. Barnes, a former pupil of Robert Gordon's College, had scores of 71-74-80 for 225 over a par-72 course of 6,947yd.
Team-mate Greg Richards from Edinburgh, finished joint 43rd on 237 with rounds of 76-78-83.
Tom Gamble (Webber International) from Walton-on-Thams finished T22 on 230 with scores of 79-74-77.
Savannah College were runners-up- in the team event behind winners Embry-Riddle University in field of 13 teams.

LIZ AND KIM IN TOP FOUR AT PINEHURST

Liz Haycock from Birmingham and Kim Bradbury from Derbyshire, both students at Old Dominion University, Virginia, did well in a field of 94 players at the Pinehurst Challenge over the No 6 course at the
Liz, pictured, a former Warwickshire county champion, finished joint second on 213 with scores of 70-73-70, finished two shots behind the winner, Brittany Marchand (North Carolina State) (73-70-68).
Kim finished a close-up fourth. She scored 75, 71 and 69 for one-under-par 215.
North Carolina State won the team title from runners-up Maryland with Old Dominion third of 17 teams.




O'CONNOR T15 IN MUSTANG INTERCOLLEGIATE

Michael O'Connor from Hayes, Middlesex, a freshman student at Western New Mexico University, finished T15 in a field of 39 players at the Mustang Intercollegiate over the University of New Mexico's championship course at Albuquerque.
Michael scored 81-80-80 for a total of 241 over the par-72, 7,324yd course.
He finished 19 shots behind the winner by two, Alex Estrado (New Mexico) (75-75-72 for six-over 222).
Western New Mexico won the team title ahead of Colorado Mesa in a field of six teams.

REES MAKES TOP TEN IN NORTH CAROLINA

Welshman Thomas Rees (Post University) made the top 10 - joint ninth to be precise,  in a field of 99 players at the Barton Intercollegiate at Wilson Country Club, North Carolina.
Rees scored 70-76 for two-over-par 146 over a 6,851yd course.
Adam Hedges (Belmont Abbey College) from Bromley finished T19 on 147 (73-74) and Aberdeen's Tom Rennie (Brevard College) came T61 on 158 (81-77.
Daniel Claytor of the host university won by three shots with 68-67 for nine-under 135.
Barton College won the team title ahead of Coker College with Belmont Abbey fifth and Post eighth in a field of 17 teams.