SEAN LAWRIE CLOSE-UP THIRD AT HOBBS, TEXAS

Sean Lawrie, nephew of Paul, finished joint third at the Ronnie Black Collegiate Invitational over the Lovington Country Club course at Hobbs, Texas this past week.
Portlethen GC member Lawrie, pictured, a student at Midland College, Texas had rounds of 72, 72 and 76 over a long course (7,467) with a surprisingly low par of 71.
Lawrie's total of 220 saw him finish only one shot behind the joint winners, also Midland College students, David Ryan (78-70-71) and Russell Lara (73-72-74). 
Midland ran away with the team title, finishing 34 shots ahead of runners-up New Mexico with the New Mexico Military Institute third.

GAVIN HAY JT 2ND IN NORTH CAROLINA

Gavin Hay from Glasgow, a fourth (final) year student at Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee, finished joint second in the Richard Rendleman Invitational at the Country Club of Salisbury, North Carolina.
Hay, pictured left, had rounds of 73 and 69 for a total of 142 - one shot behind the English-born winner, Adam Hedges (Belmont Abbey) from Bromley with rounds of 74 and 67.    
Kyle Godsman (South Carolina-Aiken). a third-year student from Hopeman, Morayshire, compiled a total of 148 with rounds of 71-77 and finished joint 17th in a field of 90 players.
Mark Dickson from Glasgow, in his last year at South Carolina-Aiken came joint 32nd on 150 with scores of 76-74.
Matt Foster (Belmont Abbey) from Oxford finished T45 on 153 (76-77) while team-mate Matthew Reid from Dundee finished T60 on 156 (79-77).
Belmont Abbey (583) won the team title ahead of runners-up South Carolina-Aiken (590) in a field of 17 teams.    

BEN TAYLOR  3rd AT AUSTIN, TEXAS
 
Calum Hill (Western New Mexico), a freshman from Perth finished joint 25th in a field of 85 players at the St Edwards Invitational at Grey Rock Golf Club, Austin Texas.
Hill started well with a 68 but sagged to a 76, then an 82 for a total of 226 over a par-72 course of 6,809yd.
Winner with an aggregate of 213 was Alex Carpenter (Abilene Christian) with scores of 66-71-76.
Ben Taylor (pictured right) from Leatherhead, a student at Nova Southeastern, finished third on 216 (77-70-69).
Team-mate Mitch Farrer from West Sussex shot 73-72-77 for joint 19th position on 222.    
Nova Southeastern (874) won the team title by six shots from runners-up Barry in a field of 16 teams. 







MATT O'NEIL THIRD AT TURKEY CREEK
 

Matt O'Neil (Bethany College, Kansas) finished third in a field of 38 players for the Swede Spring Invitational at Turkey Creek GC, McPherson in Kansas.
Matt, pictured left, a second-year student from Warrington, scored 77-71 for 148 - four shots behind the joint winners from Garden City, Trey Fankhouser (72-72) and Zach Dunlap (72-72).
James Tisdale (Bethany), a junior student from Liverpool, tied for fifth place on 150 (73-77).
Bethany (597) won the team title ahead of Garden City (604) in a field of five teams.   

MARK GEDDES JT 6TH IN CALIFORNIA

 
Mark Geddes and Liam Brace, both students at Grand Canyon University, Arizona, finished joint sixth and T25 respectively in the Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout at Hiddenbrooke Golf Club, Vallejo, California.
Geddes, pictured, from Cheshire, shot 73-79-77 for a total of 229 - 14 shots behind the winner, Matt Lee (East Bay) (70-71-74 for 215) over a par-72 course of 6,718yd.  
Brace, from Suffolk, had scores of 78-82-83 for 243.
Grand Canyon (1-2) won the team title ahead of Sonoma State (921) in a field of 12 teams.

RUTHERFORD, BASEY jt 6th AT SEBRING
 
Webber Internatioanl students were well to the fore in the Warner Invitational at Sun Lakes Golf Club, Sebring, Florida.
Over a par-72 course of 7,027yd, Bryan Rutherford , a third-year student from Sevenoaks, finished joint sixth of 50 with scores of 76-74 for 150.
On the same mark was team-mate Matt Basey, a freshman from Bristol, with scores of 82-68. A 14-shot improvement between rounds!
Connor O'Dell, a final-year student from Taunton, finished T14 on 156 (81-75) and Greg Hughes, a senior from Surrey, shared 24th place on 161 (83-78).     
Webber International (601) finished runners-up to Northwood (590) in a field of seven teams. 

NEALE BARNES 3rd IN S CAROLINA

 
Aberdeen-born Neale Barnes (Savannah) finished third individually in a South Carolina-Beaufort v SCAD Savannah match at Oldfield Golf Club, Okatie, South Carolina.
Barnes, pictured, had a round of 74 over a par-72 course of 6,797yd. He finished three shots behind the winner, Brian Langley (South Carolina-Beaufort).  
Savannah team-mates Tom Mather, a sophomore from Liverpool, and Taylor Sargeant, a freshman from Northants, finished T9 and T11 respectively.
Mather had a round of 79, one better than Sargeant.  
South Carolina-Beaufort won the match 297-316