FIONA FADES IN FINAL ROUND IN MEXICO

  From Colin Farquharson

Former Scottish Under-18 girls champion Fiona Liddell, a student at Baylor University, Texas, had a disappointing last day in the Battle at the Beach women's college golf tournament at San Jose del Cabo in Mexico.

After opening with two rounds of one-under-par 70, Fiona, whose mother is German and whose father is a Scottish-born club pro in Germany, slumped to a final round of five-over-par 76 over a 6,229yd course.

Her three-over-par total of 216 saw her drop from T6 overnight to joint 18th in the final standings of a field of 84 players.

Liddell finished 11 shots behind the individual winner, Lilia Vu (UCLA) who had rounds of 69, 69 and 67 for a total of 205 and a one-stroke win from Jennifer Kupcho (67-70-69) of Wake Forrest.

Baylor suffered a similar slump to that of Fiona Liddell. In fourth position with one round to go, Baylor (871) finished T7 in a field of 14 teams behind title winners UCLA (839), Oklahoma (842) and Texas (848).