MEGHAN MACLAREN TOP BRIT IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH, COLORADO

FROM MARY MACLAREN

 

Meghan has just finished a tournament in windy Colorado. It was the ‘Golfweek Conference Challenge’ (www.golfstatresults.com) being played on the Fazio course, Red Sky Golf Club, Wolcott, Colorado.

It looks absolutely stunning on the website with snowcapped mountains behind them. Meghan (pictured right) said the greens were like ‘green-painted moguls!’ they were so fast and undulating!!!

Meghan placed 5^th on a three-round aggregate of six  over – the winner was Grace Na from Pepperdine University on a tremendous score of 6 under with another Pepperdine girl 2^nd on 4 under. 
The other UK girls playing were Rachel Watton (Denver) (tied 12^th on 10 over); Sophie Godley (Florida International) (tied 14^th on 11 over); Sian Evans (East Tennessee State) (tied 18^th on 12 over), Nicola Haynes (James Madison) T53 on 26 over and Katie Reid (Arkansas-Little Rock) (T79 on 42 over).

Pepperdine romped home with the team title by 36 shots and Florida International were a creditable 8^th out of 18 teams. This is FIU’s first season in this new Conference – they finished 8^th out of 15 teams a few weeks ago in their first outing of the season ‘The Mary Fossum Invitational’ at Michigan State – Meghan was 11^th out of 90 players on a total of 8 over.

GOLFWEEK CONFERENCE CHALLENGE
Red Sky GC, Fazio Couse, Wolcott, Colorado
Par 216 (3x72). Yardage: 6,272
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
210 Grace Na (Pepperdine) 71 71 68
212 Marissa Chow (Pepperdine) 71 70 71

UK PLAYERS' SCORES
222 Meghan MacLaren (Florida University) (from Wellingborough) 72 77 73 (5th)
226 Rachael Watton (Denver) (from Edinburgh) 74 76 76 (T12)
227 Sophie Godley (Florida International) (from Notts) 78 75 74 (T14).
228 Sian Evans (East Tennessee State) (from Gillingham) 76 77 75 (T18).
242 Nicola Hayes (James Madison) (from Northumbeerland) 92 79 81 (T53)
258 Katie Reid (Arkansas-Little Rock) (from Dundee) 82 89 87 (T79)

LEADING TEAM TOTALS
869 Pepperdine. 905 UC Davis. 910 Texas Christian. 917 Denver, East Tennessee State. Also: 927 Florida International (8th). 952 Arkansas-Little Rock (12th). 985 James Madison (17th of 18 teams).