WALLACE CANCELS OUT BIRDIES WITH
BOGEYS AT FOREST HEIGHTS

Comrie's Wallace Booth (Augusta State University) had rounds of 73 and 74 for a 36-hole tally of 147 in the Schenkel Invitational college tournament at Forest Heights Golf Club, Statesboro in Georgia.
Wallace, pictured right, a former Scottish youths champion. had one birdie and two bogeys in his first round over the par-72, 6,972yd course. He boosted his number of birdies to three but also his tally of bogeys to five on the second circuit of the 54-hole tournament.
At the end of the day, Wallace was a creditable joint 19th in a good-class field.

Chris Kirk (Georgia) leads by three strokes with 70 and 68 for six-under-par 138.

Georgia (564) lead the team event from South Carolina (578) wiuth Alabama (580) third, Auburn (582) fourth and Augusta State (585) fifth of the 18 teams taking part.

DAWN-MARIE 20 STROKES IN ARREARS
AT BATON ROUGE
Ireland's Dawn-Marie Conaty (Memphis University) had two mediocre rounds of 77 and 80 for a tally of 157 over a longish women's course of some 6,404yd (par 72) for the Louisiana State University Cleveland Classic at University Golf Club, Baton Rouge.
Dawn-Marie had a triple-bogey 6 at the short 13th in her first round. She is lying joint 62nd in a field of 108 with one round to go.
US Curtis Cup player Amanda Blumenherst is heading for another runaway victory. She has had rounds of 68 and 69 for a seven-under-par total of 137 - three shots ahead of Amanda Mathis (Mississippi State) (71-69).
Duke (586) lead the team event from Auburn (589) and Vanderbilt (592) with Tennessee (597) in fourth place. Memphis (643) are 19th of the 21 competing teams.

HANNAH'S LATE SLIPS COST HER CLEAR
SECOND PLACE IN "BETTY RAWLS"

Hannah Burke (Baylor University, Texas) from Hertfordshire bogeyed the seventh and ninth - two of the last three holes she played in the second round - to drop back into a four-way tie for second place in the Betty Rawls Longhorn Invitational women's college tournament at the University of Texas Golf Club near Austin.
Hannah, who had a first-round 74 over the 6,290yd, par-72 course despite a double-bogey 6 at the first hole, started at the 10th in her second circuit. She bogeyed the 15th and 18th but then took off with birdies at the first, third and fifth.
At that point, the English freshman student was in clear second place behind Kelley Louth (Texas University) who posted 69 and 71 for four-under-par 140.
Then came Hannah's bogeys at the seventh and ninth to give her a second-round 73 for a 36-hole tally of three-over-par 147, leaving Kelley Louth seven strokes clear of the field with one round to go.
Baylor team-mate Sian Reddick from Folkestone seems to have no liking for the course. She has had rounds of 84 and 80 for 164. Her first round included a quadruple bogey 8 at the 18th and two double bogeys. Her second round had a pair of double-bogey 6s at the seventh and 15th.

LEADING 36-HOLE TOTALS
140 Kelley Louth (Texas) 69 71.
147 Hannah Burke (Baylor) 74 73, Maria Hernandez (Purdue) 77 70, Lucy Nunn (Arkansas) 70 77, Andrea Sellmeyer (Oklahoma) 78 69.
LEADING TEAMS
607 Texas. 615 Arkansas, Texas Christian, Purdue.
Also:
623 (8th) Baylor.

KRYSTLE SALVAGES HALF A POINT AS LGU
GIRLS ARE BEATEN BY LANCASHIRE MEN

Scottish Under-21 girls’ champion Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) did best of the four Scots playing for the Ladies Golf Union GB&I training squad against the Lancashire men’s county team at West Lancashire Golf Club today (SAT).
Krystle, 18, pictured right, bound for the University of Georgia on a four-year golf scholarship in the autumn, halved the No 2 singles game with Michael Hunt (Pleasington).
Youngsters Carly Booth (Comrie) and Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsferry), who both flew back from the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Florida to play in this the first of two training matches over the weekend, both lost.
All the ties were played to the 18th green and Carly lost by four holes to Jonathan Hurst (Shaw Hill) while Sally lost by two holes to Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall).
Kylie Walker (Hilton Park), the fourth Scot in the 13-strong LGU line-up, went down by only one hole to Richard Walker (Frodsham).
The LGU individual winners were Naomi Edwards (Ganton), Rachel Bell (Ganton) and Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale).

The Lancashire men’s county team made the most of their local knowledge to win the match by 8 ½ - 4 ½. In the holes-up count, the men were +15 and the LGU squad +10.
The girls played off the yellow tees (a course of some 6,250yd). The men played off the back white tees.

All things considered it was a close match overall in very windy conditions and over a lay-out which very few of the girls would have played before. Three ties were halved and six other games were either one down/one up or all square playing the 18th.
The LGU GB&I Training Squad play the Cheshire men's county team in four-ball ties at Royal Liverpool Golf Club's Hoylake links on Sunday.
Results:
LGU names first:
Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) lost to Matthew Baldwin (Royal Birkdale) 5 holes.
Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) halved with Michael Hunt (Pleasington).
Mel Reid (Chevin) halved with Sam Stuart (St Annes Old Links).
Carly Booth (Comrie) lost to Jonathan Hurst (Shaw Hill) 4 holes.
Tara Davies (Holyhead) lost to Matthew Cox (Royal Birkdale) 1 hole.
Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsferry) lost to Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall) 2 holes.
Liz Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor) lost to Jack Senior (Heysham) 1 hole.
Naomi Edwards (Ganton) bt David Corsby (Fleetwood) 4 holes.
Kylie Walker (Hilton Park) lost to Richard Walker (Frodsham) 1 hole.
Rachel Bell (Ganton) bt Garry Boardman (Castle Hawk) 1 hole.
Sahra Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan) lost to Ken Hudson (Hart Common) 1 hole.
Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale) bt Steven McGlynn (Blackburn) 5 holes.
Breanne Loucks (Wrexham) halved with James Robinson (Southport & Ainsdale).

TWO SCOTS ENTER LEVERET TROPHY
AT FORMBY ON MARCH 31

Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) and Claire Macdonald (Gullane Ladies) are the only two Scots who have entered the Leveret Trophy, one of the top 36-hole women's open tournaments in England.
Organised by former Scottish champion Fiona Anderson, the annual event at Formby Golf Club will be played on March 31 this year.
"It's a great field this year with eight players playing off a handicap of scratch or better and 57 with less than five of a handicap so that's going to be the limit," said Fiona.
"I deliberately arrange the Leveret Trophy for an early date on the golfing calendar. It means that those players who cannot nip off abroad and practise can still get a good competition under their bels before the 'Helen Holm' or their county championships or their nationals. Those who have been abroad can test their skills while re-acclimatising."

VIKKI LAING 77 ON WET, WINDY
BUT WARM DAY IN FLORIDA
Vikki Laing returned a first-round score of six-over-par 77 in the weather-disrupted opening day of the Greater Tampa Futures Classic at Summerfield Crossings Golf Club, Florida.
Vikki had halves of 39 and 38 against the scorecoard par of 36-35 for the 6,377yd course.
The temperature stayed up in the 70s but there was rain and there was wind, gusting up to 25mph, and two suspensions of play because of the weather.
Eventually, the organisers ran out of daylight to finish the first round with 27 players still out on the course. They were due to resume at 6.30am Saturday morning.
LEADERBOARD
68 Janell Howland (Idaho) 36-32.
69 Salimah Mussani (Ontario) 35-34, Yoen Joo Lee (South Korea) 36-33.
Other scores:
74 Lisa Hall (Stoke on Trent) 38-36.
76 Brenda McLarnon (Belfast) 40-36.
77 Vikki Laing (Musselburgh) 39-38.
79 Polly Willett (London) 41-38.