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Thursday, April 02, 2015

Jessica Bradley from Devon scores 7th USA win

                           Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida team with the championship trophy


FROM THE LYNN UNIVERSITY WEBSITE
with a few additional words by Colin Farquharson
Sugar Land, Texas – Lynn University's women's golf team from Boca Raton, Florida had a rip-roaring good time on Tuesday, shooting a tournament-low round of 294 to surpass Lamar and take top honours at the HBU Husky Invitational.  
Jessica Bradley, a final year student from North Devon, England,  separated herself from the field of 60 players to claim her seventh career tournament victory in the United States while tying two program records in the process.
Trailing by six shots at the start of the day, the Fighting Knights  posted their lowest round of the 54-hole event while second-round leaders Lamar shot their worst round.  

The combination of the two led to Lynn (899) winning by seven shots over Lamar (906).  Host Houston Baptist (919) made the move to third place, passing Sam Houston State (921) while McLennan CC (937) rested comfortably in fifth in a field of 11 teams.
Bradley shot an even par final round over the 6,084yd course at Riverbend Country Clubto finish with an even par 216 total (71-73-72), tying the Lynn program record held by team-mate Samantha Smolen. 

Jessica, from Bishops Nympton, North Devon, logged a tournament-best 42 pars, to go along with six birdies and six bogeys.  She won by six strokes, tying her own college record set last season by winning her third tournament of the year.
Smolen and Jenny Ayala finished fifth and sixth with aggregates of 225 and 226.  Smolen was tied for ninth with 35 pars and logged five birdies throughout the event for her fifth top-10 finish of the season.  Ayala started the day three-over par over the first two holes but battled back to shoot three-under over the course of the next 16 holes to close out the final day with a 72.  She was second in the field with nine birdies.

Samantha Barber posted the largest turnaround on the Lynn squad.  A freshman out of Cape Town, South Africa, she improved by nine shots from the previous round with a 75 on the final day.  Louise Manalo was fifth on the starting squad, shooting 242 in total.
As a team, Lynn claimed its third victory of the year and the 23rd under head coach Danny Randolph.

The Fighting Knights will ride the momentum of this victory to the Sunshine State Conference Championship, beginning Sunday, April 12, at the Red Tail Country Club in Orlando, Florida  Fans can keep up with the action live at LynnFightingKnights.com and receive in-tournament updates by following @Lynn_Knights on Twitter and Instagram.


 DULCIE MAKES TOP 20 AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH

Dulcie Sverdloff (Kennesaw State), a sophomore from Southend, finished T16 in a field of 96 players at the Web.com Women's Intercollegiate 54-hole tournament at Marsh Landing Country Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida this week.
Dulcie, pictured,  had three steady rounds of 72, 73 and 72 for a two-over-par total of 218 over a par-72. 5967yd course.
She finished 12 shots behind the winner by four, Delfina Acosta (Miami) who had scores of 67, 68 and 71 for 12-under 206.
Miami (851) also won the team title ahead of Texas Tech (859) and Florida State (861). Kennesaw State (890) came joint seventh in a field of 17 teams. 

Hayley finishes T7 at Longview, Texas
 
Hayley Mackay, pictured, from Sussex, a sophomore at the University of Texas @ Tyler , finished T7 in a field of 35 players at the Le Tourneau University Spring Classic at Pinecrest Country Club, Longview, Texas.
Hayley had rounds of 80 and 83 for a total of 163 - eight shots behind Sara Ruiz (Tyler Junior College) who scored 78-77 for 155.
Scores suggest they did not have the best of weather for this tournament over a par-72 course of 5871yd.
This is the first time we've given  Hayley a mention on Kirkwoodgolf - our oversight. Welcome aboard, Hayley whose surname suggests she has some Scottish blood in her veins.

N IRELAND STUDENTS TIE FOR FIFTH IN ARIZONA

Two students from Northern Ireland, Holly Robinson (Alabama-Birmingham), pictured right, and Megan Thompson (Missouri State), pictured below, tied for fifth place in a field of 84 players  at the UALR/ASU Women's Classic at Maumelle Country Club, Arizona this week.
Holly, a native of Sligo and a senior at UAB), scored 74, 74 and 79 for 227 - eight shots behind the winner by four, Fernanda Lira (Central Arkansas) (74-74-73 for three-over 219).
Over the par-72 course of 6,226yd Megan also a final-year student from Ballyclare, shot 73, 75 and 79. 
Megan Garland (Arkansas State), a senior from Goole, Yorkshire, finished T15 on 230 (75-76-79)
Katie Reid from Dundee, another final-year student, this time at Arkansas-Little Rock, finished T19 on 231 with three rounds of 77. 
Emma Miller from Wales, a freshman at Arkansas State, shot 77-77-80 for 235 and a 38th place finish.
Abi Laker from Oxfordshire, a junior at Arkansas State, finished T74 on 252 (81-83-88).

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