ENGLAND SENIORS BEAT SCOTLAND

ENGLAND BEAT SCOTS IN SENIOR
WOMEN’S SERIES AT HAMILTON

England continued their domination of the senior women’s home internationals with a 5-2 win over Scotland on the second day of the series at Hamilton Golf Club today.
Wales, spearheaded by former Curtis Cup player Vicki Thomas, walloped Ireland 6-1 and only they can stop the English winning the over-50s title for the fourth year in row since its inauguration in 2003.
Scotland’s hopes virtually sank in the morning foursomes which they lost 2-0. But they did make a very good fight of it in the singles, winning two to England’s three. In fact, at the turn Scots led in four of the five ties, only British seniors champion Chris Quinn being ahead in her tie against Pamela Williamson, which she went on to win 3 and 2.
Christine Watson (a 3 and 1 winner over Lorna Bennett) and Carole Caldwell (winner by two holes against Noreen Fenton) turned their matches around with a fine display of finishing. England team manager Cathy Bowerbank said:
"Christine Watson was two down after 11 and won the next three holes to get to one up. She held on to that until the 16th where she hit two fantastic shots into the green to go two up. That gave us the four points we needed to win.
"Carole had a fantastic game. She was one down after 15 and then won 16, 17 and 18 to finish two up. It was a wonderful finish."
England head the table with two wins, ahead Scotland and Wales one win apiece, and Ireland two defeats.
Final matches: Ireland v Scotland, England v Wales.
Details:

SCOTLAND 2, ENGLAND 5
Foursomes: F De Vries and P Williamson lost to C Quinn and C Watson 2 and 1; L Campbell and M Thomson lost to C. Caldwell and C Stirling 1 hole (0-2).
Singles: Williamson lost to Quinn 3 and 2, L Bennett lost to Watson 3 and 1, De Vries bt G Bray 5 and 4, H Faulds bt P Wrightson 2 and 1, N Fenton lost to Caldwell 2 holes (2-3).

WALES 6, IRELAND 1
Foursomes: V Thomas and D Richards bt S O’Brien-Kenney and M Henderson 4 and 3; A Lewis and J Doleman bt M Madden and V Hassett 1 hole (2-0)
Singles: Thomas bt E MacMullen 1 hole, Lewis bt Henderson 3 and 2, J O’Connor bt English 3 and 2, H Joyce bt O’Brien-Kenney 1 hole, T Carradice lost to M McKenna 2 and 1 (4-1).

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ALAN GLYNN (jt 4th) HELPS XAVIER WIN

Alan Glynn, a freshman student from Middlesex, finished joint fourth and helped Cincinnati’s Xavier University golf team to win its own invitational tournament at Oasis Golf Club, Loveland in Ohio this week.
Glnn scored 70, 71 and 64 for a total of 206 – four shots behind the winner, team-mate Jason Kokrank with 65, 69 and 68.
Xavier University had three players in the top five in compiling a team total of 830 – 10 shots ahead of runners-up Austin Peay State with Maryland (843) third of 18 teams.

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ATLANTA SCOTS COME DOWN FROM THE CLOUDS

Clayton State University golf team members Neil McBride from Glasgow and Daniel Sommerville from St Andrews were brought down to earth with a bump after helping their Atlanta college score their first team win for six years.
In their next event, this week, Clayton State finished joint 16th in a field of 18 teams for the Cougar Invitational tournament at Green Island Country Club, Colombus in Georgia.
Over a short course – par-71, 6,435yd – Neil scored 76 and 78 for 154 and a share of 73rd place while Daniel had 81 and 74 for joint 80th place on 155.
Neil had one double bogey in his first round and two double bogeys (at the first and seventh) in his second round.
Daniel had double bogeys at the 15th and 16th in his first round and a double bogey at the 10th on the second circuit. But he did birdie the fourth, seventh, 12th and 16th for his 74.
The joint winners were Johan Cronvall (Georgia College) and Chris Wolfe (Armstrong Atlantic) on four-under-par 138.

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FRASER AND SPENCER IN SCOTLAND
UNDER-16 TEAM FOR HARTLEPOOL

Northern Golf Club’s Scott Fraser is vice-captain of the Scotland team for Sunday’s Under-16 international match against England at Hartlepool Golf Club.
Also in the team of 10 is Tom Spencer (Inchmarlo Golf Centre), pictured right.
Neil Marr, head professional at Meldrum House Golf Club, is the coach and captain of the squad.
It is:
Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle), Sam Binning (Old Ranfurly), Mark Bookless (Sandyhills), Scott Fraser (Northern), Sam McLaren (King James VI), Frazer Ogston (St Andrews), Paul Shields (Kirkhill), Kyle Smith (Barassie), Tom Spencer (Inchmarlo), Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck).
Maurice Shields is the team manager.

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PETER McLACHLAN JOINT 13TH
AT KANSAS CITY

Last year’s Scottish youths golf champion Peter McLachlan, pictured right, from Eastwood, a student at the University of Missouri Kansas City, tied for 13th place in the Bill Ross Intercollegiate tournament at Hillcrest Country Club, Kansas City.
Peter had rounds of 72, 72 and 75 for a total of 219 – 10 shots behind the joint winners Bruno Buccolo and Rhein Gibson, both students at Oklahoma Christian University.
McLachlan’s team-mate, Alex Hogben, a freshman from Ringway, Manchester, finished 10th with 71, 69 and 76 for 216 over the par-72, 6,763yd course. Hogben’s final round cost him the joint second place he held with one round to go.
Oklahoma Christian (852) won the team event by nine shots from Oklahoma City. UMKC finished third on 866.

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KIRTON FADES BUT LOUISVILLE
MAKE IT THREE TEAM
VICTORIES IN A ROW

Lewis Kirton, pictured right, faded out of contention for the individual title but the big consolation for the Newmachar Golf Club member from Oldmeldrum was that his college, the University of Louisville Kentucky, won the team title for the third straight tournament since the summer holidays.
Kirton’s third and final round of 79 was in marked contrast to his so-steady opening scores of 71 and 70 over the par-72, 7,249yd Colonial Country Club course at Cordova in Tennessee.
A total of four-over-par 220 knocked him out of one of the top positions and he finished joint 17th in a field of 93 players – not a bad performance at all by a freshman playing in only his third tournament on the American college circuit.
But Kirton, who played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Jacques Leglise Trophy match against the Continent of Europe a few weeks ago, will be feeling just that little bit down on a personal level.
The Louisville coach, in contrast, will be delighted with his team. All five players finished in the top 20. The team score of 857 gave them an 11-stroke victory from Texas Christian University with Wisconsin way back in third place on 876 in a strong field of 18 colleges.
Frank Cortening (Texas Christian) claimed the individual honours with scores of 72, 70 and 70 for four-under-par 212.
He won by one shot from Tyler Hitchcock (Southern Florida) who had scores of 65, 74 and 74 for 213.
Southeastern Louisiana sophomore student Aaron O’Callaghan from Cork and team-mate Graham Benson from Leighton Buzzard were joint third on 215. O’Callaghan shot 69, 74 and 72; Benson 77, 71 and 67.
Kirton’s final placings in his three tournaments have been 15th, 26th and 17th equal.
TOP INDIVIDUALS
212 Frank Cortening (TCU) 72 70 70.
213 Tyler Hitchcock (SE Louisiana) 65 74 74.
215 Aaron O’Callaghan (SE Louisiana) 77 71 67, Graham Benson (SE Louisiana) 77 71 67.
Other total:
220 Lewis Kirton (Louisville Kentucky) 71 70 79.
TOP TEAM TOTALS
857 Louisville.
868 Texas Christian.
876 Wisconsin.