KirkwoodGolf: KATIE MUNDY FINISHES THIRD IN BIG CINCINNATI FIELD

Monday, March 26, 2012

KATIE MUNDY FINISHES THIRD IN BIG CINCINNATI FIELD

Katie Mundy (Florida International University) finished second in a huge field of 104 at the University of Cincinnati Spring Invitation women's college tournament.
Over a par-72 course of 6175yd, Katie shot 73-73-72 for two-over 218. She finished five shots behind the winner by two, FIU team-mate Shelby Coyle (69-72-72).
Malory Viera (Stetson) was second on 217 with scores of 73-73-71.
Florida International won the team event ahead of Stetson.







CHRIS ROBB MAKES TOP 20 IN GEORGIA

Banchory's Chris Robb, a student at Chattanooga University, Tennessee, finished joint 16th in a field of 72 players in the Linger Longer Invitational college golf tournament at Great Waters Golf Club, Greensboro, Georgia at the weekend.
Robb, a former Scottish schoolboys champion and Inchmarlo Golf Club member, had rounds of 72, 71 and 73 for a level par total of 216 over the 7,093yd course.
He finished eight shots behind the joint winners, Corey Whitsett (Alabama) and Nick Reach (Georgia).



MEGAN AND LINZI TIED 10th IN TEXAS

Rain, which washed out the first day's play, reduced theMidwestern State Invitational women's college competition to a one-round shotgun start at the Champions' Course, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Over the par-72, 6112yd course, Newman University students Megan Birdsey (pictured below) from Bedfordshire and Linzi Allan (pictured right) from Ayrshire both shot 76 for joint 10th place in a field of 90 players.
A third Newman student, Alyssa Balding (Northumbria), shot 81 to finish 39th.
The Newman team finished third behind West Texas A and M and Central Oklahoma.
Individual winner was Alisa White from West Texas A and M University, one of four players to match the par of 72.






AMI STOREY, ROSIE DAVIES JOINT 18th IN ARIZONA

Ami Storey (Kansas State) from the North-east of England and Rosie Davies (Indiana) from London finished T18 in a field of 88 players at the Mountain View Collegiate at Mountain View Golf Club, Tucson, Arizona.
Ami, pictured right, shot 70-72-77 for a three-over-par total of 219 over a 6227yd course.
Rosie was the first-round leader with a four-under-par 68 but subsequent scores of 72 and 79 knocked her down to her final placing.
Jennifer Brumbaugh (San Jose State (69-67-73) and Lauren Weaver (Northwestern) (69-71-73) topped the leaderboard on seven-under-par 209.
Kansas State finished sixth of 15 in the team race won by Texas Tech.

KIRSTY CONDON jt 13th AT HILTON HEAD



Paisley-born Kirsty Condon (Radford University) finished T13 in a field of 75 players at the Low Country Intercollegiate women's tournament which ended at Moss Creek Plantation Golf Club, Hilton Head, South Carolina on Monday.
Kirsty (pictured left) had rounds of 80 and 76 for a total of 156 over a par-72, 5835yd course.
Another Scot, Sammy Vass (Gardner-Webb University) from Tain, Ross-shire finished T32 with a pair of 81s.
Joint winners on 149 were Kelly Shon (Princeton) (75-74) and Maria Luz Besio (Newberry (74-75) who finished three shots clear of the third finisher.
Radford (623) were pipped for the team title by Appalachian State (621). Gardner-Webb (639) finished fifth of 15 teams.


FORREST LEVEL PAR BUT ONLY JT 27th IN ARIZONA



North Berwick's Grant Forrest, Scottish boys' match-play champion in 2010 and coming up to the end of his first year at San Diego University, finished joint 27th in a field of 94 players at the weekn's Desert Shootout college golf tournament at Palm Valley Golf Club, Goodyear in Arizona.
Forrest, pictured right by Andy Forman, shot 69, 73 and 74 for a level par aggregate of 216 but so high was the general standard of play that 26 players broke par to finish ahead of him.
Rafael Becker (Wichita State University) won the individual title with a 14-under-par total of 202 (68-68-66).
San Diego finished joint fourth in a field of 15 teams.

TOM ROBSON JUST OUTSIDE TOP TEN IN FLORIDA


Tom Robson (Jacksonville State University) from Portsmouth) tied for 11th place in a field of 90 players at the FAU Spring Break Championship college tournament at The Fountains CC, Lake Worth in Florida.
Tom, pictured left, shared the first-round lead with a four-under-par 67 over a 6,876yd par-71 course but slipped down from that high with round sof 71-74 for one-under-par 213.
He finished 12 shots behind the runaway winner - by nine strokes - Brooks Kopeka (Florida State) who had great scores of 67-69-63.
Tomacz Anderson (Jacksonville State) from Hertfordshire finished T24 with scores of 72-69-76.
Jacksonville State finished fourth behind 19-shot team title winners Florida State in a field of 15 squads.

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