ANN MARIE DALTON SIGNS OFF
US COLLEGE DAYS WITH
BIG SOUTH TITLE VICTORY

Ireland's Ann Marie Dalton, pictured right, has scored her first win on the US college circuit in her very last tournament after four years at High Point University, North Carolina.

Ann Marie capped her collegiate career by winning the Big South Conference Championship after rallying in the final round to force a play-off with Channel Islander Olivia Higgins (Charleston Southrn) and then winning the title at the fifth extra hole at the Patriot Golf Club, South Carolina.

Dalton, a native of Carlow, Ireland, carded a tournament-best round 73 on the final day making up a seven shot deficit on tournament leader Higgins of Charleston Southern to force the sudden-death play-off.

Both players finished with 54-hole totals of 229 and then matched each other shot-for-shot through four extra holes until Dalton parred the par-5 fifth hole to edge Higgins for the crown.

"It is just an amazing feeling," said Dalton. "I am so excited to finally win a collegiate tournament and I can't think of a better way to end my career than by winning the Big South Championship. I felt like I played pretty well all three days, but today I was very relaxed on the course. I was just out there having fun and trying to enjoy the round. I feel like my putting was the difference in the play-off. This is a huge success not only for me but also the High Point University golf program."

There was some consolation for Olivia Higgins in that her college, Charleston Southern, led wire-to-wire in capturing the team title with a total of 931 and will go forward to the post-season NCAA Regional championship.. Coastal Carolina (935) were runners-up. High Point finished sixth of eight.

Dalton, who will be 23 on May 12, is the first High Point University golfer to win a Big South Conference title. In addition, her play earned her a spot on the All-Big South squad to go along with her Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year award she garnered earlier.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3 x 72). 5950yd.

229 Ann Marie Dalton (High Point) 80 76 73, Olivia Higgins (Charleston Southern) 73 76 80 (Dalton won play-off at fifth extra hole).

230 Sara Hester (Winthrop) 76 76 78.

REST OF US COLLEGE NEWS IN BRIEF


*Roseanne Niven (California) from Crieff finished joint 21st on 152 with rounds of 73 and 79 in the Peg Barnard Invitational over the par-71 Stanford University golf course of 6,117yd. Karinn Dickinson (Washington) was the individual winner with a pair of 71s for 142.

*Jacqueline Sneddon (Grand Canyon) from Meigle came joint 10th on 174 with scores of 88 and 86 in the Maverick Invite tournament over a par-72 course of 6031yd. The Scot finished 18 shots behind winner Cicilia Chudivan (CSU-Monterey Bay) with 71 and 85 for 156.

*Grant Carnie (Brevard College) from Ellon finished joint fifth with scores of 77, 74 and 74 for a total of 225 in the Southern Atlantic Conference championship at Hickory Golf Club, North Carolina. Grant, who had finished joint seventh only a week or two earlier in the Independent Collegiate Invite, took 17 shots more than the eight-stroke winner, Ben Lown (Newberry College) with 70, 68 and 70 for 208.
Carnie's team-mates, Myles Johnston from Bo'ness and Craig Galloway from West Lothian, finished joint 26th and 35th respecitively with totals of 233 (80-75-78) and 240 (79-79-82).

*Adam Lindsay (Ohio Wesleyan) from Banchory finished joint 37th in the Wartburg Invitational at Centennial Oaks Country Club. Adam scored 83 and 78 for 161 - 22 shots behind the winner Nick Profancik (Maryville) with 72 and 67. Profancik was different class. He won by nine strokes.

*Natasha Podmore (San Francisco) from Appleton came seventh of 25 in the West Coast Conference championship at Chambers Bay GC, Washington State. Natasha scored 77, 78 and 82 for 237. Two Pepperdine University players, Leanne Bowditch and Taylor Karle, tied for victory on 220 - 12 shots ahead of third-placed Jessica Potter (San Francisco).

*Harriet Owers-Bradley (Yale University) from Nottingham scored 83, 86 and 85 for a total of 254 and joint 30th place in the quaintly-named Roar-ee Invitational at Hampshire Country Club in Mamaronek, New York State.
It must have been tough going over the par-71, 5,833yd course because the winner, Natalia Jimenez (Brigham Young), was 16 over par at the death with scores of 77, 76 and 76 for 229 to win by four strokes. Yale (988) finished third of 14 behind Brigham Young (942) and Harvard (965).

Krystle joint second after first
round of SEC Championship

Krystle Caithness (Georgia University) was lying in joint second place, two shots behind US Curtis Cup team selection Stacy Lewis (Arkansas) at the end of the first round in the South-East Conference Women's Championship over the par-72, Tennessee National course of 6,293yd.
Krystle, who will be making her Curtis Cup debut for GB&I over the Old Course, St Andrews at the end of May, had birdies at the long second, the long 14th and the 18th. She bogeyed the sixth and 13th.
Rebecca Watson from South Queensferry, a student at Tennessee University, was sharing 35th place on 79.
LEADERBOARD
Par 72, 6293yd
69 Stacy Lewis (Arkansas).
71 Krystle Caithness (Georgia), Dori Carter (Mississippi), Beredicte Toumpsin (South Carolina).
Other score:
79 Rebecca Watson (Tennessee) (jt 35th of 60).

Rookie Jenna Wilson misses cut in Spain

Ladies European Tour Scoreboard
OPEN DE ESPANA FEMENINO
Panoramica Golf & Country Club, San Jordi, Castellon, Spain.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
139 Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 72 67
140 Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 72 68
141 Rebecca Hudson 68 73
142 Lora Fairclough 74 68, Samantha Head 71 71
143 Lisa Sorensen (Den) 70 73, Tania Elosegui 74 69, Marta Silva 72 71
144 Frances Bondad (Aus) 72 72, Laura Cabanillas Gomez 72 72, Stefania Croce (Ita) 72 72, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 69 75
145 Karen Lunn (Aus) 75 70, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 71 74, Katharina Schallenberg (Ger) 71 74, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 75 70
146 Anja Monke (Ger) 73 73, Ana Larraneta 77 69, Natalie Booth 73 73, Elisa Serramia Neundorf 75 71, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 75 71, Clare Queen 74 72
147 Mianne Bagger (Den) 74 73, Caroline Masson (Ger) 74 73, Martina Eberl (Ger) 70 77, Iben Tinning (Den) 68 79, Lill Saether (Nor) 75 72, Georgina Simpson 76 71, Joanne Mills (Aus) 74 73, Ana-Belen Sanchez 75 72, Marta Prieto 75 72, Trish Johnson 70 77, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 71 76
148 Lotta Maria Wahlin (Swe) 76 72, Julie Greciet (Fra) 75 73, Amy Yang (USA) 71 77, Maria Boden (Swe) 72 76, Lara Tadiotto (Bel) 78 70, Fame More 79 69, Elizabeth McKinnon (NZ) 74 74, Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 73 75, Julie Tvede (Den) 74 74, Krista Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 73 75, Bettina Hauert (Ger) 69 79, Anna Knutson (Swe) 72 76, Anna-Lise Caudal (Fra) 71 77, Emma Lyons 73 75, Diana Luna (Ita) 75 73
149 Felicity Johnson 74 75, Rebecca Coakley 74 75, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 76 73, Paula Marti 70 79, Maria Verchenova (Rus) 75 74, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 76 73, Asa Gottmo (Swe) 77 72, Leah Hart (Aus) 70 79, Camille Fallay (Fra) 75 74, Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 77 72, Eleanor Pilgrim 73 76, Danielle Masters 75 74, Carmen Alonso 67 82.
150 Stephanie Arricau (Fra) 71 79, Dana Lacey (Aus) 75 75, Lee-Anne Pace (USA) 72 78, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 74 76, Kirsty S Taylor 74 76, Sofia Renell (Swe) 72 78, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 75 75, Lynn Kenny 76 74
MISSED THE CUT
151 Sara Beautell Largo 75 76, Lisa Hall 71 80, Olof Jonsdottir (Ice) 75 76, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 73 78, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 72 79, Becky Brewerton (Gbr) 73 78, Florence Luscher (Swi) 76 75, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 68 83, Elin Ohlsson (Swe) 74 77, Adriana Zwanck 74 77, Jehanne Jail (Fra) 76 75, Anna Tybring (Swe) 71 80, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 76 75, Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor) 76 75, Eva Steinberger (Aut) 76 75
152 Martina Gillen 72 80, Zuzana Kamasova (Sk) 75 77, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 72 80, Ellen Smets (Bel) 75 77, Natascha Fink (Aut) 78 74, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 72 80
153 Laura Terebet (USA) 74 79, Marina Arruti 76 77, Jenna Wilson 77 76, Maria Beautell 78 75
154 Mireya Prats 78 76, Lin Tzu-chi (Chn) 78 76, Joanne Morley 76 78, Denise Becker (Ger) 75 79, Itziar Elguezabal 77 77
155 Karen-Margreth Juul (Den) 75 80, Mette Buus (Den) 76 79, Melissa Reid 74 81, Janice Olivencia (Pue) 79 76
156 Nathalie David-Mila (Fra) 76 80, Beatriz Recari 79 77, Anne Hansen (Den) 76 80, Joanne Clingan 76 80
157 Nuria Clau 81 76, Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 83 74, Federica Piovano (Ita) 73 84, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 77 80
158 Anna Rossi (Ita) 75 83, Sophie Walker 75 83, Patricia Beliard (Fra) 79 79, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Aus) 76 82, Emma Cabrera Bello 74 84, Lena Kirstina Viola Tornevall (Swe) 76 82
159 Rachel Bell 81 78, Lydia Hall 83 76, Ines Tusquets 79 80
161 Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz 81 80
162 Vittoria Valvassori (Ita) 79 83, Maria Ohlsson (Swe) 81 81, Nora Angehrn (Swi) 83 79
172 Maria a Jimenez 86 86

EWGA Press Release

Sue Dye completes English
senior women's double

Sue Dye claimed her second national title when she beat Barbara Laird by 3 and 2 in an all-Cheshire final of the Senior Women’s English Amateur Championship at Stoneham, Hampshire today.
Sue, from Delamere Forest, already holds the English senior stroke-play title and she said of her double: “It’s very special.”
She took a break from golf over the winter, returning to competition only last month and insists her long game is still a little rusty. However, spectators judged her play to be extremely steady and it was supported by impressive scrambling skills when necessary.
“I just focussed on playing shot by shot, hole by hole. All week I’ve just tried to play each round better than the one before.”
The first half of the final was very finely balanced. Eight of the first nine holes were halved but, crucially, Sue moved ahead by winning the third when her opponent three-putted. As the players approached the turn Barbara had a couple of opportunities to win holes but wasn’t able to capitalise on them.
Then, Sue took a firm grip on the match, winning the 11th, 12th and 13th with a sequence of par, birdie, par. She made a rare mistake on the long 14th when she had a birdie putt to win the hole and the match – but went for it too boldly and three-putted.
Barbara pulled back another hole when she won the 15th – despite her drive finishing in a horrid spot in the rough. However Sue settled matters on the short 16th with a textbook par which secured the title.
It’s her latest success in a short but spectacular seniors career which began in 2006 when she was runner-up in the stroke-play championship.
The Division B title was won by Sue Pidgeon of Shropshire who defeated Sue McKeon of Buckinghamshire by two holes.
Sue Pidgeon also got to four up during her match but was made to fight to the end for her title. “I am delighted with this, I didn’t know I could still do it!” she said.
Results:
Division One
Semi-finals
Barbara Laird (Sandiway) bt Janet Collingham (Sherwood Forest) 1 hole.
Sue Dye (Delamere Forest) bt Carolyn Kirk (Ganton) 1 hole.
Final
Dye bt Laird 3 and 2.
Division Two
Semi-finals
Sue McKeon (Harleyford) bt Karen Lobb (Northants Co) 1 hole.
Sue Pidgeon (Wrekin) bt Jose Kellenberger (Camberley Heath) 5 and 3.
Final
Pidgeon bt McKeon 2 holes.

Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
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Teams for Mary McKenna Trophy

match in Dublin this weekend

Teams for this weekend's seniors match for the Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy at St Margaret's Golf Club, Dublin are:

SCOTLAND

Heather Anderson (Northern).
Lorna Bennett (Midland).
Fiona de Vries (Midland).
Helen Faulds (West).
Fiona Hunter (East).
Kathleen Sutherland (Northern).
Margaret Tough (Midland).
Pamela Williamson (East).

IRELAND

Carmel Cahill (Hermitage).

Nano Brennan (Elm Park).

Valerie Hassett (Ennis).

Marilyn Henderson (Castlerock).
Eileen MacMullen (Donegal).

Mary Madden (Ballinasloe).

Violet McBride (Belvoir Park).

Mary McKenna (Donabate).

Pamela Morgan (Lahinch).

Sheena O’Brien Kenney (Grange)

Rhona Fanagan (Captain).

Roma English (Manager)

PROGRAMME
Sunday: 4 x four-balls.

Monday: 8 singles.

Australian women's open amateur match-play

Only Kerry Smith, Rachel
Jennings make last eight

Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) and Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton) are the only two English players left in the quarter-finals of the Australian women's open amateur match-play championhip at Royal Adelaide Golf Club - and they play each other on Saturday morning for a place in the semi-finals.
Kerry Smith, the No 30 qualifier, upset the No 3 seed, Australian Rebecca Flood, beating her 4 and 3 in the first round. Then Kerry, who is not in the GB&I Curtis Cup squad, claimed the scalp of one of the Curtis Cup line-up, Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale), the 19th qualifier, by one hole.
Rachel Jennings, seeded sixth, beat two Australians as she progressed to the last eighth.
Fourth seed Liz Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor), one of the Curtis Cup team, surprising lost in the first round to the 20th qualifier, Australian Whitney Hillier.
English champion Naomi Edwards (Ganton), seeded 12th, beat an Australian in the morning but lost by one hole to another in the afternoon.
Results:
First round
(Seeded number in brackets)
Stephanie Na (1) bt Ainil Abu Bakau (32) 5 and 3.
Whitney Hillier (20) bt Liz Bennett (4) 4 and 3.
Naomi Edwards (12) bt Jessica Noh (21) 2 abd 1,
Kerry Smith (30) bt Rebecca Flood (3) 4 and 3.
Florentyna Parker (19) bt Jayde Panos (14) 6 and 5.
Rachel Jennings (6) bt Christabel Goh (27) 1 hole.
Second round
Nah (1) bt J Boland (16) at 20th.
S Keating (8) bt H Dewhurst (9) at 19th.
Hillier (4) bt B Arthur (13) at 19th.
J Lee (5) bt Edwards (12) 1 hole.

Kristie Smith (2) bt C Ikeda (15) 3 and 2.
E Heard (26) bt C Guest (23) 2 and 1.
Kerry Smith (30) bt Parker (19) 1 hole.
Jennings (6) bt J Bozanic (27) 7 and 6.

Jodi Ewart in action on the US women's college circuit.

Jodi Ewart's good start to Mountain West

Conference championship defence

Curtis Cup selection Jodi Ewart, a sophomore student at New Mexico University, has made a good start to her defence of the Mountain West Women's Conference championship over her home college course (par 73, 6167yd) at Albuquerque.

Jodi, winner of the English women's amateur stroke-play championship at Silloth last summer, shook off a bogey 6 at her first hole to return a one-under-par 72 and take a one-stroke lead from Therese Koelbaek (UNLV) into the second round.

On a cold and windy day, 20-year-old Jodi, a Catterick Golf Club member from Middleham, Yorkshire, must have felt at home with the conditions. She birdied the short seventh and the long ninth to be out in 36.

After the turn, she bogeyed the par-4 13th but finished on a high with a birdie 4 at the long 18th.

New Mexico University have jumped into a nine-stroke lead from Brigham Young in the team event.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL SCORES

Par 73

72 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico).

73 Therese Koelbaek (UNLV).

74 Britney Choy (New Mexico), Natalia Jimenez (Brigham Young), Jonelie Martinez (Wyoming).

LEADING TEAM SCORES

298 New Mexico.

307 Brigham Young.

308 UNLV.

Seven teams are taking part

LPGA Tour Scoreboard
GINN OPEN
Reunion Resort & Club, Orlando, Florida.
FIRST ROUND
Par 72
67 Teresa Lu (Tai), Carin Koch (Swe).
68 Ya-Ni Tseng (SKor), Karrie Webb (Aus), Lorena Ochoa (Mex), Charlotte Mayorkas, Mhairi McKay (Sco), Suzann Pettersen (Nor), Allison Fouch.
69 Minea Blomqvist (Fin), Il Mi Chung (SKor), Jill McGill, Sun Young Yoo (SKor), Young Kim (SKor), Juli Inkster, Lindsey Wright (Aus), Kristy McPherson, Katie Futcher, Brittany Lang, Kyeong Eun Bae (SKor), Danielle Downey.
70 Laura Davies (Eng), Karen Stupples (Eng), Annika Sorenstam (Swe), Cristie Kerr, Pat Hurst, Ai Miyazato (Jpn), Angela Stanford, Amy Hung (Tha), Meg Mallon, Heather Daly-Donofrio.
71 Stacy Prammanasudh, Michele Redman, Wendy Ward, Song-Hee Kim (SKor), Russamee Gulyanamitta (Tha), Leta Lindley, Kris Tamulis, Marisa Baena, Candy Hannemann, Jimin Kang (SKor), Momoko Ueda (Jpn), Becky Morgan (Wal), Janice Moodie (Sco), Jeong Jang (SKor).
72 Diana D'Alessio, Karine Icher (Fra), Grace Park (SKor), Seon Hwa Lee (SKor), Jimin Jeong, Yu Ping Lin (Tai), Kelli Kuehne, Wendy Doolan (Aus), Morgan Pressel, Eun Hee Ji (SKor), Brandie Burton, Hee-Won Han (SKor), Christina Kim, Dina Ammaccapane, Paula Creamer, Na Yeon Choi (SKor), Mollie Fankhauser, Tracy Hanson, Karin Sjodin (Swe), Katherine Hull (Aus).
73 Jane Park, Meena Lee (SKor), In-Bee Park (SKor), Helen Alfredsson (Swe), Julieta Granada (Par), Gloria Park (SKor), Rachel Hetherington (Aus), Soo-Yun Kang (SKor), Audra Burks, Jan Stephenson, Emily Bastel, Moira Dunn, Sarah Kemp (Aus), Hee Young Park (SKor), Johanna Head (Eng), Giulia Sergas (Ita), Na On Min (Jpn), Jin Joo Hong (SKor), Beth Bader, Sarah Lee, Nancy Scranton, Sherri Turner, Natalie Gulbis, Alena Sharp, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita).
74 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (Fra), Angela Park, Brittany Lincicome, Reilley Rankin, Lorie Kane (SKor), Jackie Gallagher-Smith, Jee Young Lee (SKor), Mi-Hyun Kim (SKor), Carri Wood, Mikaela Parmlid (Swe), Shi Hyun Ahn (SKor), Becky Iverson, Sandra Gal (Ger), Dorothy Delasin, Candie Kung (Tai), Vicki Goetze-Ackerman, Eva Dahllof (Swe), Laura Diaz, Sophie Gustafson (Swe), Nicole Castrale.
75 Young-A Yang (SKor), Jennifer Rosales (Phi), Jamie Hullett, Stephanie Sparks (Col), Nicole Perrot (Chi), Ji-Young Oh (SKor), Kate Golden, Meaghan Francella, Birdie Kim (SKor), Marcy Hart, Shanshan Feng (Chn).
76 Becky Lucidi, Catriona Matthew (Sco), Seol-An Jeon (Kor), Kim Hall, Miriam Nagl (Ger), Seo-Jae Lee, Se Ri Pak (SKor), Erica Blasberg, Violeta Retamoza (Mex), Hye Jung Choi (SKor).
77 Louise Friberg (Swe), Liz Janangelo, Maria Hjorth (Swe), Su A Kim.
78 Linda Wessberg (Swe), Michelle McGann, Sophie Giquel (Fra).
79 Lindy Duncan, Sung Ah Yim (Kor), Carolina Llano, Meredith Duncan.
80 Nina Reis (Swe), Liselotte Neumann (Swe).