LARKIN IN TOP 20 IN SOUTH CAROLINA

Scott Larkin (College of Charleston) from Banchory is in joint 19th position in a field of 50 players for the Southern Conference men's college championship at the Country Club of South Carolina, Florence in South Carolina.
Scott has had rounds of 75 and 73 for a 36-hole tally of four-over-par 148 with one round to go.
He trails the joint leaders, Alex Knoll (Davidson College) and Jonathon Hodge (Tennessee-Chattanooga) by six shots. Knoll's rounds have been 72 and 70, Hodge 73 and 69.
Tennessee-Chattanooga (573) lead the team event from Georgia Southern (580) with Elon University and Wofford College sharing third place on 588. College of Charleston are joint fifth on 595 in a field of 10 teams.

KIRTON MOVES INTO TOP 20 IN KENTUCKY

Oldmeldrum's Lewis Kirton, a first-year student at Louisville University, Kentucky is lying joint 17th after two rounds of the Big East Conference college golf championship at the Cardinal Club, Simpsonville in Kentucky today.
After an opening round of 76, Lewis improved 11 places in the individual standings by matching the par of 72 in atrocious conditions of wind and rain for a 36-hole tally of 148 - nine shots behind team-mate Daryl Father who leads the field with 71 and 68 for 139.
Louisville (562) lead the team event by 16 shots from Notre Dame.

ALAN GLYNN JOINT NINTH IN MICHIGAN

Alan Glynn from Middlesex, a student at Xavier Univesity, Cincinnatii, finished joint ninth in the quaintly-named The Fossum by Red Cedar Lodge college tournament at Forest Akers Golf Club, East Lansing, Michigan.
Alan had scores of 66, 72 and 74 for a fur-under-par total of 212 over the par-72, 7,013yd course.
There was a triple tie at the top of the leaderboard on 10-under-par 206 between Jack Newman (Michigan State) (67-72-67), Jason Kokak (Xavier) (69-68-69) and Matt Harmon (Michigan State) (73-66-67).
Michigan State (841) won the team title from Charlotte (855) and Xavier (858) in a field of 13 college squads.

TOM AND BEN MAKE TOP 20 IN VIRGINIA

Georgia State’s English-born students, Tom Sherreard from Maidstone, Kent and Ben Taylor from Hexham, finished joint 12th and joint 17th in the Colonial Athletic Association college championship at The Homestead-Cascades Golf Club, Hot Springs in Virginia.
Sherreard had scores of 75, 76 and 68 – second best score of the third round – for a total of 219 over the par-70, 6,679yd course. Ben had rounds of 73, 72 and 76 for 221.
John Murphy (Old Dominion) won by four shots with an even par total of 210 (69-69-72).
Old Dominion (859) won the team title from Georgia State (863) with Virginia Commonwealth University third of 11 on 872.

LORENA TAKES OVER WORLD NO 1 POSITION
FROM SIDELINED ANNIKA
Mexico's Lorena Ochoa, 25, has taken over from Annika Sorenstam at the top of the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings - even though there was no LPGA Tour event at the weekend.
Annika had held the No 1 spot since the rankings were introduced on February 20 last year.
It's all done by computers.
Ochoa's total number of events calculated by the Rolex Rankings' two-year rolling calendar dropped from 51 to 50. Her 642.19 total points now average to 12.84 – up from 12.75 on April 16 – while Sorenstam has 546.22 points in 43 events for an average of 12.70.
Performances in the most-recent 13-week period are given more weight than those beyond that time period.
Lorena is certain to hold down the top spot in the Rolex Rankings for some time as Sorenstam, on the sidelines with a back injury, is not expected to play again until late in May.

JENNA TOP SEED AS SHE CHASES
LANARK COUNTY TITLE TREBLE

Strathaven’s Jenna Wilson made a good start to her bid to win the Lanarkshire women’s county golf championship three years in a row at Cathkin Braes Golf Club today (MONDAY).
The 22-year-old Scotland international, pictured right, headed the 16 qualifiers for the match-play stages on a very wet and sometimes windy day with a par-matching round of 72 which was one under the CSS.
Jenna highlighted her card with an eagle and two birdies.
Teenager Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) did well to claim the No2 seed berth, only one shot behind Jenna.
Then there was a three-shot gap to the No 3 qualifier Susan Wood (Drumpellier).
The fourth seed, after an 81, is May Hughes (Lanark), Lanarkshire champion three times between 1993 and 2004 and also beaten finalist on three occasions.
QUALIFIERS
Par 72. CSS 73
72 Jenna Wilson (Strathaven).
73 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle).
76 Susan Wood (Drumpellier).
81 May Hughes (Lanark).
82 Elaine Cuthill (Lanark).
83 Angela Devine (Hamilton).
85 Fiona Scott (Bothwell Cstle).
89 Joanna Scott (Cathkin Braes).
90 Pat Milligan (Hamilton), Gillian Scanlan (Hamilton).
91 Jennifer Wiles (Drumpellier), Isa Robertson (East Kilbride).
92 Jan mcMillan (Hayston).
98 Liz Lees (Hamilton).
99 Dorothy McTaggart (Cambuslang).
100 Marion Brodie (Strathaven).
AUTOMATIC DRAW
Wilson v Brodie, Milligan v J Scott, Cuthill v Robertson, McMillan v Hughes, Wood v Lees, Wiles v Devine, F Scott v Scanlan, McTaggart v Pretswell.
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CALLUM HAS FIVE DOUBLE BOGEYS
BUT STILL MAKES TOP TEN AT
SEA ISLAND, GEORGIA

Callum Macaulay, in his final month or two of a four-year course at Mississippi University, finished joint ninth in the Southeast Conference men’s college championship at Sea Island Golf Club, Georgia.
The Tulliallan Golf Club member must have been pressing too hard to produce results for he had an uncharacteristic five double bogeys over the 54 holes. Three of them came in his final round of three-over-par 73.
He had 6s at the par-4 eighth, 14th and 18th which wiped out the birdies he achieved at the sixth, seventh, 15th and 17th.
The Scot’s earlier rounds were 75 and 71, giving him a total of nine-over-par 219 over a tough par-70 course (6,991yd) where even the winner, Patton Kizzire (Auburn) was over par, returning 72, 69 and70 for 211 and a four-stroke advantage over a field of 60.
It may have been some consolation for Callum that he had three of the recently announced United States college team for the Palmer Cup match against Europe – Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk and Luke List – behind him in the final standings.
Chris Paisley (Tennessee) from Newcastle and team-mate Tino Weirr finished joint runners-up on 215. Paisley shot 76, 70 and 69.
Not surprisingly, Tennessee (869) won the team title from Alabama (871) with Auburn (874) third and Mississippi fourth (876) in a field of 12 college squads.

TARA THIRD, GEMMA JT 18TH

IN FINAL LADY BUCKEYE

INVITATIONAL PLACINGS

Ireland international Tara Delaney (Kent State University) and Scottish cap Gemma Webster (Ohio State University) finished third and joint 18th respectively in the Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational women’s college tournament over the Ohio State University’s Scarlet course at Dublin, Ohio.
Tara had scores of 76, 73 and 74 for a total of 224 eight over par for the 6,228yd, par-72 course.
She had birdies at the fifth, 11th, 14th and 15th but also ran up a double boghey at the ninth and dropped single shots at the seventh, 12th, 13th, 17th and 18th. In her first round, Tara had a double-bogey 5 at the short eighth.
Gemma Webster, pictured, scored 80, 78 and 79 for 237. She had no birdies in her final round which included a triple bogey 8 at the lont 14th and a double bobey 6 at the 11th. Over the 54 holes, the Scot had two triple bogeys and three double bogeys.
Tara’s older sister Karen Delaney, also a student at Kent State, scored 83, 85 and 83 for 251 and a share of 60th place in a field of 87. She had six consecutive bogeys from the 11th to the 16th in her final round.

Spaniard Maria Hernandez (Purdue University) scored her second win within a few weeks, scoring 72, 70 and 73 for one-under-par 215. Team-mate Christel Boeljon was runner-up on 218 with 71, 71 and 76.
Purdue won the team title by 20 shots with a total of 891. Michigan State (911) were runners-up with Kent State (933) third and Ohio State (935) fourth of the 14 competing teams.

SALLY RUNNER-UP TO JUNIOR RYDER CUP
PLAYER IN FLORIDA GIRLS’ EVENT

Sally Watson from South Queensferry finished runner-up to European Junior Ryder Cup team player Giula Molinaro from Turin, Italy in the IMGA/DLGA Junior Girls championship at IMG Academies Golf & Country Club, Bradenton, Florida at the weekend.
Sally, a 15-year-old student at the IMG David Leadbetter Academy, at Bradenton, had rounds of 76 and 69 for an aggregate of one-over-par 145.
Molinaro scored 72 and 69 for three-under-par 141.
Jessica Korda from Florida finished third on 146 with scores of 75 and 71.
Laetitia Beck (Israel) came fourth with 74 and 73 for 147.

LOUISANA PELICAN CLASSIC WINNER

Janell Howland from Boise, Idaho won the US Futures Tour event, the Louisiana Pelican Classic at The Wetlands golf course, for which Vicki Laing and Brenda McLarnon failed to qualify for the final round.
Janell scored 65, 72 and 68 for an 11-under-par total to win the first prize of $10,500 by one stroke.
Runner-up was Mollie Fankhauser from Columbus, Ohio with 72, 68 and 66 for 206.