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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Jennifer, Alice help Bethune-Cookman win title
   We think that's Alice Plumb third from left and  Jennifer Hide fifth from left.

Jennifer Hide from Norfolk, a final-year student at Bethune-Cookman College, finished third in a field of 43 players at the United States'  PGA Minority Championship at PGA Golf Club, Port St Lucie, Florida.
Over a par-72 course of 6,144yd, Jennifer had improving rounds of 78, 71 and 70 for a three-over-par total of 219.
She finished seven strokes behind the winner, Heather Shake (Houston Victoria) (67-78-67 for four-under 212).
Runner-up was Kassandra Rivera (Texas Southern) with 73, 73 and 69 for 215.
Another English student at Bethune-Cookman, College, Alice Plumb, a sophomore from Somerset, finished seventh with scores of 77, 74 and 73 for 224.
Jennifer and Alice helped Bethune-Cookman win the team title by a considerable margin - 34 shots from runners-up Houston-Victoria to be precise in a field of nine teams. 

Ben Taylor makes top 20 at New Haven Regional

Ben Taylor from Leatherhead, Surrey, a senior student at Louisiana State University, finished T17 in a field of 75 players at the NCAA New Haven Regional at The Course at Yale, New Haven, Connecticut 

Ben, pictured right, had rounds of 73, 73 and a superb final round of 65 for a one-over-par round of 211 over a par-70 course of 6,803yd.
Winner by three with a total of 203 was Jordan Niebrugge (Oklahoma State) with rounds of 72, 62 and 69.

Qualifying teams for the NCAA Championship were Sothern Florida, San Diego State, Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt and Louisiana State.

 Disappointing end to USA college career for 

Grant Forrest

Former Scottish amateur champion Grant Forrest from North Berwick had a disappointing close to his four years on the US college golf circuit as a student at San Diego University, California.
In his final tournament, the NCAA San Diego Regional at The Farms Golf Club, San Diego, Forrest shot 74, 72 and 77 for five-over-par 223 and a T36 finish behind Spaniard John Rahm (Arizona) who racked up his seventh win in America with a 10-under-par total of 206. The Arizona State student shot 73, 64 and 69 
Forrest won four college tournaments in his four years at the California college.
Welshman Rhys Pugh (East Tennessee State) finished below Forrest in T40 position with rounds of 81, 73 and 70 for 224.
San Diego finished 10th in the team title race from which t he five qualifying teams for the NCAA championship at the end of the month in Florida were
Oklahoma,
Arizona State
Georgia Tech
Georgia
Virginia. 

Jessica's T7 finish in her final USA tournament

Jessica Bradley from Bishops Nympton, North Devon and a final-year student at Lynn University, Boca Raton in Florida, finished T7 in her last USA college circuit appearance before returning to England.
The event was the NCAA Division 2 women's championship at The Meadows Golf Club, Allendale in the stage of Michigan.
Jessica, who was a multi-winner on the circuit over the past four years, had rounds of 75, 80, 75 and 73 for a total of 303 over a par-72 course of 6,193yd.
Heading the field of 71 players was Brenna Moore (Midwestern State) with rounds of 74, 73, 74 and 76 for 297 and a two-shot victory.
Indianapolis (1212) won the team title by five shots from Rollins College with Lynn (1225) third of the 12 competing teams.

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