FOCUS ON MALE STUDENTS ON US COLLEGE CIRCUIT

WEBBER STUDENT WINSBY JOINT 

SECOND AT PARADISE POINT

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Northern Ireland's Stuart Winsby, pictured, a sophomore student at Webber International University, Florida, finished joint runner-up in the Camp Lejeune collegiate championship at Paradise Point, Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Winsby, who was born in Manchester, had rounds of 68 and 71 for a five-under-par total of 139 over a 7,000yd (par-72) course.

He was pipped by a single shot by Anthony Maccaglia (Oglethorpe) who spreadeagled the field with a phenomenal opening round of nine-under-par 63 and then followed it up with a 75 for 138.

Aberdeen's Neale Barnes, a final-year student at Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia,  finished joint 25th in a field of 156 players.

Barnes, pictured right, a former pupil of Robert Gordon's College, had scores of 70 and 76 for 146.
A massive team entry of 31 squads was headed by Oglethorpe (575). Webber International and Savannah CAD, both 581, tied for seventh place.

GREY 10-UNDER BUT 2nd AT FURMAN

Jonathan Grey (Georgia State), a sophomore from Gravesend, Kent, finished second in the Furman Intercollegiate at the Furman University golf course, Greenville, South Carolina.

Grey, pictured right, one of the more successful British-born student-golfers in the States, shot rounds of 69, 67 and 70 for a 10-under-par 206 but even that was not quite good enough to get him into the winner's enclosure.
Grey finished a shot behind the winner, Trevor Cone (Virginia Tech) who had rounds of 66, 69 and 70 for 205.

London-born Charlie Bull, pictured left, a final-year student at Akron University, tied for fourth place on 212 with scores of 71, 70 and 71.
Anotther Englishman, Ross McLister, from Sawbridge, a senior at Georgia State, came T26 on 222 (75-78-69) and that was not a bad performance in a field of 111 players. Pity about the middle round!
Georgia State and Virginia Tech tied for the team title on 855 with Kennesaw State (862) third and Akron (875) fourth in a field of 18 teams.

GREG EASON SECOND IN FIELD OF 81

Greg Eason, like Grey, one of the higher-profile British-born students on the US college circuit, finished second in a field of 81 players at the FAU Slomin Autism Invitational at The Fountains Country Club, Lake Worth in Florida (March 28-30).
Over a par 71 course of 6,876yd, Leicester-born Eason, pictured left, a senior year student at Central Florida University, scored 73, 65 and 67 for eight-under 205, but finished two shots behind the winner, teammate Ricardo Gouveia who had scores of 67, 65 and 71 for 10-under-par 203.
Central Florida (839) won the team title, six shots ahead of runners-up Georgia Southern in a field of 14 teams.

DUNNE DOES WELL FOR FOURTH PLACE

BEHIND STANFORD ACE RODGERS

Paul Dunne from Greystone, Ireland, a final year student at Alabama-Birmingham, tied for fourth place in a field of 92 players behind winner Patrick Rodgers (Stanford) in "The Goodwin" Intercolleagie tournament over three rounds at Stanford College's course in California.
Over a par-70 course of 6,727yd, Dunn had three good scores - 70-69-66 - for five-under-par 205 but he was outgunned by Rodgers, the No 1 US male collegiate golfer. Rodgers had three great rounds - 63-69-64 for 14-under-par 196 and a six-stroke victory.
David Boote (Stanford), a sophomore from Epsom, finished T73 with scores of 70, 74 and 79 for 223.
Stanford (815) won the team title "out of the park" ahead of joint runners-up Southern California and UCLA (both 835) with Washington (839) fourth and Oregon tied fifth with Alabama-Birmingham on 843 in a field of 18 teams.