Another good effort by

freshman Nicky

Maddison in Alabama

Newcastle's Nicky Maddison, a freshman student at Hutchinson Community College, Kansas, gave another sound performance in the 2008 NJCAA National Preview tournament at Hampton Cove, Huntsville in Alabama.

Over the course where the 2009 NJCAA divisional championship will be played next May, Nicky scored 73, 72 and 72 for a one-over-par total of 217, which earned him a share of sixth place in a field of 90 behind the winner, Matt Law (Western Texas) with 69, 69 and 72 for six-under-210.

Nicky did not get much support from his team-mates because, despite his noble effort, Hutchinson finished 13th of 18 in the team event, some 39 shots behind the winners.

Fourth place finish by Olivia

Jordan-Higgins at Daytona

Channel Islander Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Charleston Southern University) finished fourth in a field of 78 at the recent LPGA International Xavier Invite women's college tournament at Daytona, Florida.

Olivia, pictured above, had rounds of 75, 71 and 74 for a total of 221 over the par-72, 6065yd course. She finished six shots behind the winneer, Therese Nilsson (Lamark) who had scores of 72, 72 and 71 in winning by three shots.

The three English students at Bethune-Cookman College which is based at Daytona - did reasonably well.

Fern Grimshaw from Dorset came joint 12th with 75, 75 and 77 for a share of 12th place on 226.

A shot behind came Emma Taylor from Devon with 78, 75 and 74 for a share of 16th place.

Hannah Bews from Dorset finished joint 32nd on 234 with scores of 80, 81 and 73.

Nottingham's Harriet Owers-Bradley, a student at Yale University, was a member of the winning team but she herself finished in 38th position with scores of 78,79 and 79 for 236.

Yale (902) won the team title by a single shot from Florida Atlantic with Eastern Michigan (905) third of 15 teams. Bethune-Cookman (916) came fifth and Charleston Southern (932) 10th.

Troon Ladies are the West of Scotland Greenlees Champions

The Greenlees Trophy Winners (From L to R) Anne Robinson (Ranfurly Castle ) - Runners Up Division 1, Marion Mason (Milngavie - Winners Division 2) , Rosemary Donaldson (Troon - Division 1 Winners) and Jinty Roger (Williamwood - Winners Division 3) - Click to enlarge

The West of Scotland 2008 Greenlees Lunch & Trophy Presentation was hosted yesterday by Ranfurly Castle. Captain Mary Hardie extended a warm welcome to the 55 ladies attending and Fiona Roger the Greenlees Divisional Secretary hosted the Lunch. Willeen McCallum retired Greenlees Secretary was given a present from the clubs in recognition of the good job she had done in her 19 years as secretary.

The 2008 Greenlees Final Results
1st Division:
Troon 47.5
Ranfurly Castle 42.5
Cathkin Braes 40.5
Kilmacolm 40
Hilton Park 36.5
Prestwick St Nicholas 36
Kilmarnock Barassie 29.5
Douglas Park 27.5
Cochrane Castle 24
Douglas Park and Cochrane Castle are relegated to Division 2

2nd Division:
Milngavie 46.5
West Kilbride 45
Whitecraigs 42.5
Bothwell Castle 36.5
Cardross 35
Erskine 33.5
Old Ranfurly 33
Lanark 28
Cowglen 24
Milngavie and West Kilbride are promoted to Division 1 and Lanark and Cowglen are relegated to Division 3

Division 3:
Williamwood 52.5 --- 1st
Eastwood 52.5 ---- 2nd
Largs 46.5
Haggs Castle 45
Greenock 39.5
Cawder 37.5
East Renfrewshire 36.5
Lenzie 35
Turnberry 32
Cathcart Castle 28
Williamwood and Eastwood are promoted to Division 2

For all the season's results click on the following link: 2008 Greenlees Results

TO READ THE FULL REPORT AND SEE SOME PHOTOS GO TO WEST OF SCOTLAND WEBSITE

Holly Clyburn and Solheim Cup captain Alison Nicholas after their match at Woodhall Spa.

Rising star Holly Clyburn joins Mary

McKenna among early entries

for February's Spanish Festival

Holly Clyburn, one of the brightest young talents on the English amateur scene, has joined Curtis Cup captain Mary McKenna among the early entries for the 2009 Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival at the five-star resort in the south-east Spanish region of Murcia.

Four events make up a busy programme at Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort from Thursday, Febuary 12 to Tuesday, February 17.

Holly, who lives at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire and is a member of Woodhall Spa Golf Club, has entered the 36-hole Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open on the closing Monday and Tuesday of the 2009 Festival.

She will have her 18th birthday during the week before the Festival starts and she will be hoping to produce a performance to impress the Great Britain & Ireland selection committee who will be monitoring scores from far and near in the early months of 2009 as they work their way towards a team of nine for the Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe in Hamburg, to be named after the British women's open amateur championship in June.

The Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival is one of the few opportunities for prospective selection candidates to put some competitive results on the board - and sharpen up their game at the resort's five-star practice facilities - early in 2009.

Holly Clyburn helped England to win the girls' home internationls title at Panmure Golf Club, near Carnoustie this past summer and she was also in the England team which beat Wales and Scotland in the 2008 schoolgirls international matches.

Holly also played in a top-level exhibition match which launched the Single Figure Golfer Challenge Cup over her home course at Woodhall Spa.

In a Ryder Cup-style format, the "Single Figure Golfers" played "The Pros," a team consisting of former Ryder Cup, Walker Cup and Solheim Cup players, including Paul Way, Gordon Brand junior, Steve Richardson, Alison Nicholas, Roger Champman, Jim Payne, Ricky Willson, Philip Walton, John McHenry and Gary Wolstenholme.

Holly showed her class in partnering Richard Latham to victory against current Solheim Cup captain Alison Nicholas and Gary Wolstenholme, now a professional but arguably the most successful English male amateur over the past two decades.

In a match of high quality, Holly staged a grandstand finish to birdie the 17th and 18th for victory in the opening day's four-balls.

In the Day 2 foursomes, Holly partnered Liam Hannan to an 8 and 7 win over the very experienced pairing of Paul Way and Roger Chapman.

In the afternoon singles, Holly was drawn against Alison Nicholas and their tie went all the way to the 18th green before Alison won.

For the record, the Pro Challenge team won by 14.5 to 5.5.

Just a reminder of the 2009 Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival programme (every competitor is guaranteed a free practice round over the Dave Thomas-designed course which Ryder Cup player Miguel Angel Jimenez represents on the European Tour).

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 & 13

MURCIA LADIES OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP over 36 holes

Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14

HACIENDA DEL ALAMO ST VALENTINE'S DAY PRO-AM over 18 holes

Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.

+Entries from male amateurs, either as individuals or teams of three accepted for this event.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15

COSTA CALIDA PAIRS TOURNAMENT over 18 holes

First nine holes alternate shot; second nine holes foursomes.

Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.

+Teams can be two professionals or amateur-professional or amateur-amateur.

Entries from male amateurs, either as individuals or as a team or two, accepted for this event.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 & 17

HACIENDA DEL ALAMO LADIES OPEN over 36 holes.

Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.

NO ENTRY FEES TO BE PAID UNTIL YOU CHECK IN WITH TOURNAMENT CONTROLLER COLIN FARQUHARSON IN THE HACIENDA DEL ALAMO GOLF RESORT CLUBHOUSE

Gemma Webster puts her name down
for US Futures Tour Q School

Former Scotland international Gemma Webster from Glasgow, currently a student at Ohio State University, and Alison Walshe, the Irish-born girl who played in the winning United States Curtis Cup team at St Andrews this year, are among a capacity entry list of 258 for the United States Futures Tour Qualifying School, to be held over three courses at Lakeland, Florida from November 4 to 7.
Other entries include Natasha Morgan from Monmouthshire, who played in the inaugural Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival in February, Dublin amateur Louise Harris and Belfast's Brenda McLarnon who has played on the Futures Tour since her US college days.
The Q School is over four rounds. There will be a cut after everyone has played each of the qualifying courses.
The courses to be used are Cleveland Heights and Huntington Hill at Lakeland and Imperial Lakes at neighbouring Mulberry, Florida.
So many entries have been received that a waiting list has been opened.

Hannah Burke and Hannah Lovelock make top 20 in

New Mexico tournament

England's Hannah Burke (Baylor University, Texas) and Hannah Lovelock (Missouri University) finished joint eighth and 15th respectively in a field of 90 players for the Price's Give Em Five Intercollegiate women's tournament at the New Mexico State University course at Las Cruces.

Hannah Burke, picture right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, was in contention for a top five place after opening rounds of 72 and 74 but she fell away to a closing round of 79 and a total of 225 over the par-72, 6319yd course.

By contrast, Hannah Lovelock started slowly with an 81 but improved to a second-round 75 and then closed with a one-under-par 71, one of the better last-day rounds. She finished joint 15th on 227.

Individual winner by four shots was Jane Chin (UC Irvine) with 70, 74 and 68 for 212.

UC Irvine (881) won the team event ahead of Baylor (899) with Oklahoma (903) third, Oral Roberts (906) fourth and Missouri (908) fifth in a field of 17 squads.

Meanwhile, Glasgow's Gemma Webster (Ohio State) finished joint 50th in a field of 82 at the Lady Northern college tournament over the Kampen course at West Lafayette, Indiana.

Over a par-72, 6297yd course, the former Scotland international scored 79, 79 and 84 for 242.

Winner was Spanish girl Maria Hernandez (Purdue) with 75, 71 and 71 for one-over-par 217.

She won by four shots from Laura Kueny (Michigan State) and French-Canadian Maude Aimee Leblanc (Purdue) who both totalled 221. Laura scored 77-72-72 and Maude Aimee 74-71-76.

Purdue (895) won the team event from Michigan State (912) and Notre Dame (913) with Ohio State (938) finishing sixth of 14 teams.

FULL LIST OF NICK FALDO SERIES GRAND FINALISTS

For the full list of competitors in the Nick Faldo Series Grand Final, to be held in Brazil from October 25 to 31, switch over to www.scottishgolfview.com

Runner-up Carley Warrington

helps Belmont Abbey win

team event in North Carolina

Carley Warrington from Bradwell, Derbyshire, a student at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, finished joint second and Belmont Abbey College won the team event at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational women's college tournament at the Country Club of Salisbury, North Carolina.

Carley (pictured right) scored 78 and 74 for a total of 152 over the par-72, 5,983yd course. She finished six shots behind the winner, Franziska Blum (Newberry), who had a pair of 73s for 146.

Charlene Reid (Pfeiffer) from Northern Ireland came ninth equal with 76 and 80 for 156 in a field of 61 players.

Belmont Abbey (616) won the team event ahead of Pfeiffer (635) and Newberry (641) in a field of 11 teams.

Shirley Harvey joint 13th in America

Shirley Harvey from Ballyclare, Antrim in Northern Ireland, a student at South Alabama University, finished joint 13th in the LDR Investments Intercollegiate women's tournament at The Bridges Golf Resort, Mississippi this week.
She had rounds of 75 and 79 for a total of 154 over the 6,147yd, par-72 course.
Triple joint winners on 147 were Lacy McKinley (McNeese State) (78-68), Maggie Welsh (McNeese State) (73-73) and Sara Hunt (Samford) (75-71).
McNeese State (597) won the team event from Sam Houston State (607), Samford (611) and South Alabama (621) in a field of 10.

Katy McNicoll finishes jt 7th
in Saint Leo Invitational

Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll, a student at Lynn University, Boca Raton in Florida, finished joint seventh in a field of 61 players for the Saint Leo Invitational women's college tournament at Tampa Palms Country Club, Tampa in Florida this week.
Katy, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had rounds of 80 and 73 for a total of 153 over the par-72, 5,881yd course. She finished 11 shots behind the winner, Heather Burgner (Florida State University) who scored 74 and 68 for a four-shot victory from team-mate Marianne Anderson (75-71).
Lynn University finished runners-up to Florida Southern in a field of 12 for the team event.

Oklahoma victory No 2 for

Laura Jones from Cheshire

Laura Jones from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, picture right by courtesy of leaderboardphotography.com, a second-year student at Oklahoma City University, has won for the second time on the American women's college circuit.

A winner in her rookie year in the States, 19-year-old Laura, a member at Royal Liverpool Golf Club and winner of the Formby Leveret tournament last summer, has captured her own college's open tournament, the Oklahoma City Star Classic, over the 6,137yd, par-73 Lincoln Park course.

A former Cheshire girls champion, Laura headed a field of 45 players with steady rounds of 73 and 72 for a one-under-par total of 145 - three shots ahead of team-mate Sydney Cos (73-75) and Meghann Stevens (Northwood-Texas) (75-73).

Not surprisingly, Oklahoma City won the eight-team event by a big margin from runners-up Southern Nazarene University.

Great Scott! Anna makes good

comeback from elbow injury

Anna Scott, pictured right, from Consett, Co Durham, a final-year student at Georgia State University, has made an excellent comeback from an elbow injury which ruled her out of the first two tournaments of the new American college season.

After finishing fifth in the Starmount Classic at Greensboro, North Carolina, Anna's joint 12th performance in a field of 102 players for the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate tournament at Greenville Country Club, North Carolina, this week helped Georgia State (862) win the team event by the resounding margin of 37 strokes from East Carolina with Miami a distant third on 913 in a field of 20 teams.

Anna's opening rounds of 76 and 77 over the 5,939yd, par-71 course left her in joint 20th position with one day to go. Then a good effort of 73 for a total of 226 moved her up eighth places in the final standings behind South African team-mate Iliska Verwey who shot 75, 678 and 73 for 216.

Sinead O'Sullivan (East Tennessee State) from Galway came joint 40th with 78, 77 and 78 for 234, two shots ahead of team-mate and twice former Welsh girls champion Lucy Gould from Bargoed. Lucy scored 81, 76 and 79 to finished joint 51st.

Laura Holmes from Co Mayo, Ireland shared 84th place with 86, 84 and 78 for 248.

East Tennessee State (927) finished ninth in the team event.

Last week, Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) from Catterick, Yorkshire hit form late in the Stanford Intercollegiate tournament in California with a two-under-par 69 over the 6,092yd course, over which Tiger Woods used to play when he was a Stanford student.

Jodi finished on 215, rocketing up through the field from joint 41st after rounds of 70 and 76 to a final placing of joint 14th in a good-class field of 90 players, including runner-up Caroline Masson (Oklahoma State), German-born winner of the Spanish women's open amateur title earlier this year, and third-placed Belen Mozo (Southern California), the Spaniard who won both the British girls' and women's open amateur titles at Northern Ireland venues in 2006.

Lizette Salas (Southern California) won the Stanford Intercollegiate individual honours with 66, 72 and 68 for 206, two shots ahead of Masson and three clear of Mozo.

Roseanne Niven (California), playing as an individual, finished joint 74th with scores of 81, 74 and 75 for 230.

UCLA (844) won the team event from Southern California (847) with Stanford (857) third.