REMEMBER THE NAME? DEAN SPRIDDLE DAUGHTER

HAS TOP TEN FINISH AT HATTIESBURG

You may or may not remember Dean Spriddle (pictured below) who was born in England but raised at Dunfermline and played for Fife junior and men's teams before he turned pro and made a name for himself, mainly in Canada, as a top-class coach, writes Colin Farquharson.
Dean is now head pro at Henderson Lake, Alberta.
Why am I recalling all this?

Well, in my nightly trawl through the US college golf websites I came across the name Devon SPRIDDLE, a student at Southern Mississippi University, who this week finished joint seventh in a field of 73 at the Lady Eagle Invitational at Hattiesburg Country Club, Mississippi.
Bad weather reduced the tournament to one round, by the way.
So I checked it out with Dean and, yes, Devon is a Canada-born daughter of his.
The Lady Eagle Invitational was won by four strokes with a four-under-par 68 over a 6,111yd course by Elinor Haag (Western Kentucky).
Holly Robinson (Alabama-Birmingham) finished T37 with a 79. Holly hails from Sligo, Northern Ireland.
Former Scottish girls champion and Gullane Golf Club memberr Lesley Atkins (Louisiana-Monroe) tied for 70th place with an 86.
Western Kentucky (293) won the team title ahead of Southern Alabama (301). Southern Mississippi (315) finished ninth and Louisiana-Monroe (324) 12th.

CHARLOTTE HELPS HUSKIES WIN TEAM TITLE
 
Charlotte Thomas (Washington University), who played for GB and I in the Astor Trophy tournament in Australia in January, helped the "Huskies" win the team title at the Bay Area Intercollegiate at Meadow Club, Fairfax, California this week.

Over a par-71 course of 6,050, Charlotte, pictured right, shot 72, 73 and 69 for a T10 finish in a field of 72. 
Team-mate Jennifer Yang tied for the individual title with Esther Lee (Colorado) on seven-under 206. Jennifer shot 72, 66 and 68; Esther 67, 67 and 72.
Washington (834) won the team title rather comfortably from Oregon (858) and UC Davis (866) in a field of 13 teams.