ALICE HEWSON LEADS TEXAS COLLEGE FIELD

GB and I Curtis Cup players Alice Hewson (Clemson University) - pictured left and Olivia Mehaffey (Arizona State University) pictured right are lying first and 14th in a field of 81 players with one round to go in the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite college tournament at the University of Texas Golf Club, Austin.
Alice leads by one shot with rounds of 70 and 67 for a seven-under-par tally of 137 which includes a double bogey 6 at the 17th in her second round.
She birdied the first, fifth, eighth, ninth, 14th, 15th and 18th in halves of 32-35.
In her first round Hewson had third birdies and one bogey.
Hewson leads by one from Emilee Hoffman (Texas) (71-67).
Mehaffey has had rounds of 73 and 72 for 145. She saddled herself with a triple bogey 7 at the 15th in her first round. So far the player from Northern Ireland has had eight birdies, six bogeys and that triple.
Further down the field is former Scottish U18 girls champion Fiona Liddell (Baylor University).
Fiona has had rounds of 74 and 76 for 150 to be T42 after 36 holes.