STEPHANIE BOOST FOR CURTIS CUP TRIAL - JT 4TH IN FLORIDA

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Stephanie Meadow will soon be on her way to the Curtis Cup selection trial at Nairn Golf Club from Florida where today she finished joint fourth in a high-class field of 93 at the SunTrust Gator Invitational Women's Invite college tournament over the Mark Bostick Course at the University of Florida, Gainesville.
Stephanie, pictured right, had rounds of 71, 71 and 68 for a total of level par 210 over a par-70 course of 6,002yd. For the third time this 2011-2012 college season, she was the leading Alabama team player.
Three US Curtis Cup players - Emily Tubert (Arkansas), Lindy Duncan (Duke) and Brooke Pancake (Alabama) were in the field - and none of them finished ahead of second-year student Stephanie who has won five times on the US college circuit.
Tubert tied with Meadow for fourth place, with rounds of 72, 70 and 68.
Duncan, the top-ranked US college player, shot 72, 77 and 67 for 216 and eighth place.
Pancake finished joint 11th on 218 with rounds of 70-72-76.
Maria Salinas (Florida State) was the winner on four-under 206 with scores of 68-72-66.
Spaniard Camilla Hedberg (Florida) and Christina Miller (South Florida) finished joint second on 208. Camilla scored 68-71-69 and Christina 69-67-72.
Former English amateur champion Hayley Davis (Baylor) finished joint ninth on 217 with scores of 77-67-73.
Florida (864) pipped Alabama (865) by a single shot for the team title with Florida State (872) third, Georgia (877) fourth and Duke (882) fifth in a field of 17 teams.

Tom Berry trails in behind San Diego State team-mate

San Diego State University student Tom Berry from Surrey finished T52 in a field of 74 players at the National Invitational men's college tournament at Tucson National, Phoenix.
Over a longish course (7,219yd) with a par of 72, Tom, pictured left, shot 77-75-78 for 230 - 29 shots behind the winner, team-mate J J Spaun who had magnificent aggregate of 15-under-par 201, made up of rounds of 67-66-68 to win by four shots.
San Diego State pulled off a double whammy by winning the team even by one stroke from UNLV (University of Nevada-Las Vegas) with SMU (Southern Methodist University in a field of 12 teams.

ROSIE MAKES TOP TEN AT LADY JAGUAR INVITATIONAL

Rosie Davies, a sophomore student at Indiana Unversity, finished a creditable T10 in a field of 75 players at the Lady Jaguar Invitational at Forest Hills GC, Augusta, Georgia.
The Londoner, pictured right, compiled three rounds of two-over-par 74 over the 6,248yd course for a total of 222 - 15 shots behind the runaway winner (by 10 strokes) Paula Reto (Purdue).
Paula followed up opening rounds of 75 and 68 with a tournament record, eight-under-par 64 - quite a round!
Apart from Rosie Davies, there were two other Brits in the field - Sian Evans (East Tennessee State) from Kent and Kirsty Rands (Augusta State) from Surrey.
The tied for 34th place on 231, Sian with scores of 80-74-77, Kirsty with 78-79-74.
San Antonio (880) won the team title ahead of Augusta State (886) and Purdue (887) in a field of 14 teams.

SCOTT GIBSON ONLY SIX OVER PAR BUT T52

Scott Gibson from Dumfries, a student at East Tennessee State University, finished T52 in a massive field of 126 competitors at the Furman Intercollegiate at Greenville, South Carolina.
Oveer a par-72 course of 6,994yd, Scott scored 76-74-72 for six-over par 222 - 18 shots behind the winner by two Sebastian Soderberg (Coastal Carolina) 68-68-68 for 12-underpar 204.
Clemson (830) won the team event by more than 20 strokes.




Katie Mundy just outside top 10 in Clover Cup

Katie Mundy from Hampshire and Florida International University, finished joint 11th in a field of 71 players at the Clover Cup tournamented, dominated by Colorado University team layers at Longbow GC, Mesa, Arizona.
Over a par-72, 6209yd course, Katie, pictured right, had rounds of 73-76-74 for a total of 223.
Colorado players filled the first three players with Jessica Wallace first on 211 (70-69-72), Alex Stewart second on 213 (68-71-74) and mily talley third on 214 (66-72-77).
Colorado (855) won the team title rather comfortably from Oklahoma (886) with Tulsa (892) third in a field of 12 teams.




MEGAN CLYNE FIFTH EQUAL IN WEST GEORGIA INVITATIONAL

Aberdeen's Megan Clyne finished fifth equal in a field of 38 players at the University of West Georgia Invitational women's college golf tournament at Sunset Hills Country Club, Carrollton on Sunday.
Megan, pictured left, a Deeside GC member and a freshman student at Montevallo University, Alabama, had scores of 80 and 79 for a total of 159. She finished 13 shots behind the runaway winner, Nikki Crowley (Columbus State) who had scores of 72-74 for 146 and a nine-stroke victory.
Megan came in four shots behind the second-placed Avery Kyle (Spring Hill College) (81-74 for 155).
Clyne was the highest-placed Montevallo player. Team-mate Emma Breen from Swindon shot 81-84 for 165 and a share of 14th placer.
Montevallo finished third behind Columbus State and West Georgia in a field of seven teams.

COLIN ROBINSON T41 IN FIELD OF 100 AT GOOSEPOND COLONY

Colin Robinson, a member at Largs Golf Club, Ayrshire, and a student at John A Logan Community College, Carterville in the state of Illinois, finished T41 in a field of 100 players at the Goosepond Fling college tournament at Goosepond Colony, Scottsboro, Alabama.

Colin, Ayrshire boys' champion in 2009, pictured right, had scores of 73-75-80 for a total of 228.

Meridian Community College provided the first three finishers, including Dylan Brown (67-71-68) and Jake Stirling (69-68-69) who both totalled the top aggregate of 206.

Needless to say, Meridian (842) won the team title ahead of Darton CC (851) in a field of 16 teams.

NIKKI DUNN MAKES TOP 20 AT BISON INVITATIONAL

Nikki Dunn from Harrogate, Yorkshire, a student at Texas A and M (Corpus Christi) finished T16 in a field of 105 players at the Bison Invitational women's college tournament at Palute Golf Resort, Las Vegas in Nevada.
Nikki had rounds of 77 and 82 for 159 - only seven shots behind the joint winners on 152, Brittany Atterbury (Northern Iowa) (73-79) and Crystal Reeves (Oral Roberts) (77-75).
Oral Roberts (614) won the team title ahead of San Francisco (631) with Texas A and M (635) fifth in a field of 18 teams.