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Scotland, England and Ireland finished well down the field in The Spirit International mixed amateur better-ball tournament at Whispering Pines Golf Club, Texas.

The competition was reduced to 54 holes after heavy rain wiped out any completed scores on the opening day.
Scotland (Ewan Scott, Grant Forrest, Rachael Watton and Gemma Dryburgh) finished joint 14th in a field of 20 countries for the combined team event, 25 strokes behind the winners, the United States.
Ireland (Richard Donovan, Jack Hume, Leona and Lisa Maguire) finished joint 16th while England (Nick Marsh, Paul Howard, Alexandra Peters and Meghan MacLaren) finished second last in 19th place.
In the men's team event, Scotland and England tied for 15th place, 17 shots behind the winners, the United States.
Ireland finished 18th of 20 me's nteams but did better in the women's team event in which twins Leona and Lisa Maguire finished joint ninth, six strokes behind the winners, France.
Rachael Watton and Gemma Dryburgh gained a 14th place finish for Scotland but Alexandra Peters and Meghan MacLaren had a disappointing three days. Their better-ball score each day was one-over-par 73 and they tied for last place.

SCOREBOARDS
COMBINED TEAMS
399 United States
403 France
407 Malaysia
4089 Finland
410 South Africa
411 Sweden
413 Spain
417 Canada
418 Belgium
419 Japan, Mexico
420 Norway
422 Australia
424 Argentina, Scotland
426 Denmark, Ireland.
429 Italy.
430 England.
439 India
MEN'S TEAMS
194 United States (Scott Scheffler and Jordan Niebrugge 61 69 64)
200 Finland (Toni Hakula and Erik Myllymaki 71 66 63), Sweden (Daniel Jennevret aqnd Pontus Gad  64 68 68).
201 France, Malaysia
202 Spain
203 Australia
204 Spain.
205 Norway, Argentina
209 Denmark, Belgium, Mexico
210 Canada
211 England (Nick Marsha and Paul Howard 73 68 70), Scotland (Ewan Scott and Grant Forrest 70 69 72.
212 Japan
216 Ireland (Richard Donovan and Jack Hume 71 74 71).
217 Italy
224 India.

WOMEN'S TEAMS
204 France (Mathilda Cappeliez and Eva Gilly 71 64 6 9)
205 United States (Ally McDonald and Ashlan Ramsey  66 66 70)
206 South Africa 67 67 72
207 Japan, Canada
208 Finland
209 Belgium
210 Mexico, Ireland (Lisa and Leona Maguire 68 68 74)
211 Spain, Sweden
212 Italy
213 Scotland (Rachael Watton and Gemma Dryburgh 69 73 71).
215 Norway, India
217 Denmark.
219 Australia, Argentina, England (Alexandra Peters and Meghan MacLaren 73 73 73).

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