ABOYNE STUDENT BOOSTS USA VICTORIES TO SIX

DANIEL THOMPSETT SCORES BACK

 

TO BACK WINS IN MONTANA

 

Former North-east boys' golf champion Daniel Thompsett from Aboyne, in his fourth and final year as a student at Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Montana, has scored back-to-back wins to increase his number of victories to six on the US college golf circuit.

Thompsett, who is coached by Andrew Locke, Paul Lawrie's swing coach, followed up his September win by scoring in the RMC Invitational at Yegen Golf Club, Montana on Monday.

Over a par-71 course of 6,617yd, Thompsett had rounds of 69, 68 and 69 for a seven-under-par total of 206. He won by one shot from team-mate Eli Bowen in a field of 40 players.