US COLLEGE NEWS

KATE O'SULLIVAN A WINNER AGAIN
Paisley girl Kate O’Sullivan, in her second year of a a golf scholarship student at High Point University, North Carolina, has scored her second win within two months on the American women’s college circuit.
Kate, 19, who became the first High Point player ever to win a tournament in the Sea Trail Invitation in mid-September, this week won the TPC Virginia Beach Invitational.
She shot rounds of 74 and 77 for an aggregate of 151 over the 5,852yd, par-72 course at Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Kate won by one shot from Laura Mengelkamp (Wyoming University) who had a pair of 76s for 152.
Maria Dunne (Bethune-Cookman College), a former Irish women's championship runner-up from County Dublin, finished 11th with 79 and 81 for 160.
Jenna Kinnear (High Point) from Belfast came 19th with 84 and 82 for 166.

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SCOTS TO FORE IN FLORIDA COLLEGE GOLF

Nairn Dunbar Golf Club member Russell Knox from Inverness has finished runner-up in an American college golf tournament in Florida this week.
Russell, a sophomore golf scholarship student at Jacksonville University, Florida, scored 70, 75 and 73 for a two-over-par aggregate of 218 – four shots behind winner Torstein Naevestad (Florida Atlantic University) who shot 71, 74 and 69.
The pair were locked together on 145 with one round to go in the Golf Daytona Invitational tournament at Victoria Hills Golf Club, DeLand. Norwegian student Naevestad from Oslo played brilliantly over the tough, 6,989yd par-72 course in the final round to finish four strokes ahead of the Scot.
It was Knox’s third top-five finish on the American college circuit.
There was a Scottish flavour about the top 10 finishers.
Russell’s Jacksonville team-mates, Jamie Kennedy from Edinburgh and Duncan Stewart (Grantown-on-Spey) finished third and tied seventh respectively.
Kennedy scored 76, 72 and 72 for 220 while Stewart shot 74, 73 and 75 for 222.
Jacksonville (898) finished runners-up to Florida Atlantic (891) in the team event, which was Jacksonville’s highest finish of the first half of the 2004-2005 college golf season.

STAND BY FOR NIKE WINTER WARMERS

NIKE PRESS RELEASE. Date: 11 Nov 2004 11:04:31 +0000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information Contact Anneli Lort– Nike Golf +44 (0) 20 8772 6673 anneli.lort@renaissancepr.com

NIKE GOLF INTRODUCES A WINTER WARMER
Cold Weather Glove Keeps golfers hands warm and dry throughout the winter.

Nike Golf has tapped into years of expertise across a variety of sports to create the new generation of winter gloves. Taking inspiration from the water ski industry and winter sports gloves, Nike introduces Cold Weather gloves to keep your hands warm even in the coldest of conditions.
A new wrist-cuff opening is utilised instead of the usual tab design. This means that body heat cannot escape from the top of the glove and it allows the jacket to be placed over the cuff for added warmth.
Nike has also used its proprietary Therma-FIT engineered fabric in the back of the hand and wrist, which is a densely woven, quick-drying microfibre fleece, providing extra heat insulation.
"The goal was to make the warmest pair of golf gloves possible to cope with winter conditions across Europe," said Sander Van Rijn, product line manager for Nike Golf Europe.
"By combining our Therma-FIT technology we have a glove that means you can carry on playing even when the coldest spells hit the golf course.”
Features and Benefits
Great Fit: Strategically placed lycra spandex in the back of the fingers provides a customised fitting system for all hand shapes and sizes 3D pre-curved finger design provides optimum fits.
Great Fit in Wet Conditions: Microfibre synthetic leather combined with a traction pattern allows moisture to pass through quickly, helping to prevent water build up between the club grip and your gloves.
Cold Weather gloves are available in XS through to XL.
The Nike Cold Weather gloves will be available across Europe from January 2005 with a suggested retail price of £13.20 per pair.
Nike Golf, located in Beaverton, Oregon, is passionately dedicated to honouring and respecting the traditions and heritage of the game, and to providing committed golfers with the absolute best equipment in the game in every product category.
For more information on Nike Golf, visit our Web site at www.nikegolfeurope.com.

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PERTHSHIRE GIRL TIES FOR
FIFTH PLACE AT AUGUSTA
Perthshire girl Emily Ogilvie from Dunning tied for fifth place this week in the Lady Jaguar Invitational women’s college golf tournament at Forest Hills Golf Club, Augusta in Georgia.
Emily, a golf scholarship student at the University of Arkansas Little Rock, had rounds of 77 and 78 for an aggregate of 155 over the 5,954yd, par-72 course.
The winner was Katie Stepanek (Maryland) with a pair of 76s for 152.
Former Scottish girls’ match-play champion Laura Walker (Nairn Dunbar), also a student at Arkansas Little Rock, tied for 18th place on 162 with two rounds of 81.
A third Scot on the Arkansas Little Rock women’s golf roster, Fiona Gilbert from Carnoustie, finished 65th with 86 and 88 for 174.
Arkansas Little Rock (649) finished sixth equal in the team event behind winners Maryland (633).