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Monday, February 23, 2015

CONNIE JAFFREY FINISHES 11 SHOTS 

BEHIND WINNER AT WESTBROOK 

Scotland's top-ranked female amateur golfer, Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) from Kilwinning, a first-year student at Kansas State University, finished joint 33rd in a field of 84 players at the Westbrook Invitational 54-hole college golf tournament which ended at Westbrook Village Golf Club, Peoria, Arizona today (MON), writes Colin Farquharson .
Over a par-72 course of 6,269yd, Connie had improving rounds of 75, 74 and 72 for a five-over aggregate of 221.
She finished 11 strokes behind the winner, A J Newell (Tennessee) who scored 68, 73 and 69 for six-under 210.

Tennessee (851) also won the team title ahead of Oregon (854) with Notre Dame and College of Charleston sharing third place on 868.
Kansas State (890) finished 11th of 15 teams. 

BRONTE LAW T14 WITH A ROUND TO GO

There are six British-born students competing in the Allstate Sugar Bowl 54-hole tournament at English Turn Golf and Country Club, New Orleans.
With a round to go GB and I cap Bronte Law (UCLA) from Bramhall, Cheshire is best placed in joint 14th position in a field of 81 players.
Bronte sagged with a second-round 78 after starting with a 71.
Law is eight shots behind the joint leaders, both Scandinavians and students at Louisiana State University, Caroline Nistrup (71-70)_and Madelene Sagstrom (68-73).
Aime Ponte (Texas-San Antonio), a sophomore from Guernsey, is T27 on 152 (80-72) 
Yorkshire's Alison Knowles (Michigan State) is on 155 with rounds of 74 and 81 for T42,
Curtis Cupper Gemma Dryburgh, a final-year student at Tulane University, is T52 on1 57 (80-77).
Becky McGeehan (Texas-San Antiono), whose parents live in Germany, is T61 on 159 (80-79) with team-mate Brogan Townend from Blackburn T76 on 163 (79-84.



WEBBER INTERNATIONAL IN COMMAND
Three Webber International University students tied for first place in the 11th Annual Start 2 Finish 54-hole tournament at Lake Wales Country Club, Florida.
Stuart Winsby, a third-year student from Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland shot rounds of 78, 69 and 76 to tie with team-mates Sam De'Ath, a second-year man from Fleet (78-72-73) and William Erikson (76-72-75) on seven-over-par 223 over a par-72 course of 6821yd.
Other Webber International students from Britain in the picture were Matthew Basey, a third-year student from Bristol, Alex Fellas, a second-year man from Norfolk, Kenny Overthrow, a sophomore from Gloucester, and James Urquhart, a sophomore from Exeter.
Basey scored 74-81-75 for 230 and T11 position.
Fellas had scores of 79, 74 and 78 for 231 and T13.
Overthrow shot 83, 80 and 78 for T31 on 241.
Finally, Urquhart had rounds of 83, 82 and 80 for 245 and 39th position in a field of 71 players.
Not surprisingly Webber International (896) won the team title by 20 shots from their nearest rivals, Tampa (916) in a field of eight teams.

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