SCOT LEADS FALDO FIELD IN BRAZIL

Scot Andrew Wallace leads at the end of the first round of the Nick Faldo Series' Grand Final in Brazil. Switch over to http://www.scottishgolfview.com/ for a full report.

EDITOR'S NOTE:

Better late (very late), than never ... the results from the Donald Ross Invitational girls' section, played at Royal Dornoch during the school holidays:

DONALD ROSS INVITATIONAL

GIRLS’ SCOREBOARD

LEADING 36-HOLE SCRATCH TOTALS
165 Sammy Vass (Tain) (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency).
170 Tara MacTaggart (Minto), Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw).
177 Linsey Stevenson (Glasgow).
178 Eline Askeland (Sweden), Kristin Scott (Milngavie).

ALL THE GIRLS' 36-HOLE NET TOTALS
146 Tara MacTaggart (Minto) (12) 70 68.
147 Alexis Hutton (Falkirk Tryst) (17) 74 73.
148 Permille Echberg (Sweden) (19/22).
149 Jordan Ferrie (Kirkintilloch) (23) 74 75.
156 Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) (7).
157 Tegan Seivwright (Peterculter) (16)
159 Emily Aird (Strathmore) (13) (bih), Sammy Vass (Tain) (3).
160 Kristin Scott (Milngavie) (9).
161 Linsey Stevenson (Glasgow) (8) (bih), Louisa Pelosi (Hilton Park) (16).
162 Jennifer Innes (Keith) (15).
164 Nicola Robertson (Dunblane) (16) (bih), Eline Askeland (Sweden) (7).
166 Donna MacKinnon (Durness) (12).
169 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) (12).
170 Karen Mackay (Durness) (15).
172Ashley Milne (Turriff) (19).
173 Nicole Underhill (Falkirk Tryst) (22) (bih), Christine Echberg (Sweden) (13).
174 Fiona Brown (Dunblane New) (20)
178 Kirsen MacCallum (McDonald Ellon) (11).
179 Fiona Fullerton (Huntly) (11).
181 Hannah McCook (Abernethy) (5).
Disqualified: Julie Vass (Tain) (8).
No Returns: Rachel Polson (Peterculter) (10), Nicola McLuchie (Wishaw) (10).

+The Donald Ross Invitational boys' results are available on www.scottishgolfview.com

Adam Lindsay joint 13th in Illinois

Banchory's Adam Lindsay, a student at Ohio Wesleyan University, seems to be playing tournament golf every week.
Up he pops again with a joint 13th place face in the NAIA Preview tournament at TPC @ Deere Run, Silvis in the state of Illinois.
Adam scored 78 and 79 for 157 - eight shots behind the joint winners, Sam Cyr (Point Loma Nazarene) and Samuel Del Val (Berry College). Cyr scored 73 and 76, Del Val 76 and 73.
There were 78 players in the field.

WINTRY WEATHER KOs CONCLUSION
OF STUDENTS' GOLF AT BLAIRGOWRIE

A combination of snow and frost forced the cancellation of the second day's play in the Scottish Universities Order of Merit stroke-play golf tournament at Blairgowrie today.
First round leaders John Corke (St Andrews) with a six-under-par 66 over the Rosemount course in the men's event and Jane Turner (Robert Gordon University), who led with a 76 in the women's section, were declared the winners.
The next competition is over the Dundonald Links in March.
+We'll have all the scores on display when we get them from organiser Dr Rob Macpherson.

Sally Hamilton and Gale Macpherson (Loudoun Gowf) with their prizes at the conclusion of the Daily Mail Women's Foursomes Grand Final at Dalmahoy (Thanks to Sally for providing the picture).

Daily Mail Women's Foursomes

Grand Final at Dalmahoy

Sally Hamilton (Loudoun Gowf) reports:

Due to the terrible weather over the weekend of the finals the format was changed on the first day to one Stableford round with the top four teams from 16 progressing to the semi-finals.

Loudoun Gowf (Sally Hamilton and Gale Macpherson) were lucky enough to be in the top four.
Again, due to the weather on day two, the format was changed from match-play to Stableford stroke-play and, unfortunately, we played the last four holes poorly.

Many thanks to Janet Thomson (partner of Nicola Gemmell as Anstruther's pairing) for E-mailing me the result sheet, which I had been unable to get from the organisers.

Here it is:

WINNERS

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY (Kelly Hanwell & Kirstie Jennings) 32pt.

RUNNERS-UP

WILLESLEY PARK (Joanne Morris & Tracy Bourne) 29pt.

SEMI-FINALISTS

SHANDON PARK (Jacqui Young & Jenny Young) 28pt.

LOUDOUN (Sally Hamilton & Gale Macpherson) 27pt).

QUARTER-FINALISTS

ANSTRUTHER (Nicola Gemmell & Janet Thomson) 37pt.

CAMBERLEY HEATH (Lesley Silver & Susan Evans) 34pt.

CARNOUSTIE CALEDONIA (Sheila Brunton & Ros Fletcher) 33pt (better back 9).

PENMAENMAWR (Carolyn O'Leary & Alison Hughes) 33pt.

LAST SIXTEEN

MANCHESTER (Elaine Clark & Karen Clayton) 30pt (better back 9).

OAKDALE (Karen Leake & Julie Hewson) 30pt.

MORRISTON (Nicola Torrington & Jayne Davies) 29pt.

STRATHMORE (Alexandra Bushby & Sandy Bushby) 27pt.

THE MILLBROOK (Sandra Gardner & Nikki Jackson) 23pt (best back 9).

STOKE BY NAYLAND (Margaret Bentley & Sybil Paton) 23pt (better back 9).

PRINCE'S (Elizabeth Carlotti & Pamela McGuirk) 23pt.

FINGLE GLEN (Sandra Townsley & Ann Short) 15pt.

Lewis Kirton improves to finish

jt 30th in North Carolina

Newmachar's Lewis Kirton (Louisville-Kentucky University) improved 15 places on his overnight position to finish joint 30th in a field of 75 players 40th in a field of 75 players for the UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate men's tournament at Forest Oaks Country Club, Greensboro in North Carolina.

Kirton, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, from Oldmeldrum, had rounds of 77, 74 and 73 for a total of 224 over the long par-72 course of 7,197yd.

He had a triple bogey 6 at the short fourth in his first round in which he also notched three birdies. He managed only three more birdies over the combined second and third rounds but he kept destructive double bogeys off his cards.

On the same 151 mark as Kirton with one round to go, former England boys international Jack Hiluta (South Alabama) from Chelmsford went in the opposite direction from the Scot with a closing round of 80 after earlier rounds of 78 and 73. Hiluta finished on 231 in a tie for 54th place.

Two players finished at the head of the field on 213 - Payne Gniewek (Michigan State) with rounds of 69, 70 and 74, and Max Scodro (Notre Dame with 70, 72 and 71.

Meanwhile in the Charleston Southern Fall Invitational, Banchory's Scott Larkin, a student at the host university, never really got going with rounds of 84, 80 and 81 for a total of 245 and a position of 46th in a field of 50 players at Crowfield Plantation Golf Club, Charleston in South Carolina.

Thomas Todd (Presbyterian College) won with a total of 215 over the par-72, 7026yd course, despite starting the tournament with an 80. He followed that up with sub-par scores of 69 and 66.

Holly Clyburn leads girls’

scoring against the boys

Junior international Holly Clyburn (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency) led the England Under-18 girls’ scoring in their annual match against the England Under-16 boys at Woodhall Spa.
Holly, 17, was playing on her home course and was unbeaten, contributing 1½ points to the scoreline. But her efforts were unable to prevent a comprehensive boys’ victory of 10-5.
However, Linda Bayman, performance director of the English Women’s Golf Association, was undismayed. “This was a very useful training match for a new, young team and it has provided us with plenty of information,” she said.

The girls made a slow start in the morning foursomes when they struggled around the greens. They managed only a half-point from five matches, courtesy of Holly and fellow girl international Heidi Baek.
However, they provided the boys with a much stronger challenge in the afternoon with some good, attacking play.
Holly, who was playing top, secured her singles point when she defeated Matthew Chapman on the final green. English schools’ champion Jamie-Leigh Voss beat James Carney – despite his albatross 2 on the sixth hole.

Other points for the girls were scored by Rachael Goodall, the Northern girls’ champion, and Hayley Davis, the South-west ladies’ scratch champion. Helen Searle, who played impressively for Yorkshire during the County Finals, halved her game.
RESULTS
Foursomes (1/2-4 1/2)

Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry) and Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) halved with E Peters and M Chapman.

Rachael Goodall (Heswall) and Ellie Robinson (Middlesborough) lost to L Johnson and J Carney 2 holes.

Sian Evans (Faversham) and Helen Searle (West End) lost to L Harper and T Tree 2 holes.

Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison) and Jamie-Leigh Voss (Kirby Muxloe) lost to O Carr and S Nixon 2 and 1.

Hayley Davis (Ferndown) and Lauren Taylor (Woburn) lost to W Chambers and C Walsh 4 and 3.
Singles (4 1/2-5 1/2)

Clyburn bt Chapman 1 hole.

Robinson lost to Peters 2 and 1.

Goodall bt Johnson 1 hole.

Baek lost to Harper 3 and 1.

Voss bt Carney 3 and 1.

Davis bt Chambers 3 and 2.

Taylor lost to Tree 4 and 3.

Turland lost to Walsh 4 and 3.

Searle halved with Carr.

Evans lost to Nixon 3 and 2.
Lyndsey Hewison

Press & PR Officer

English Women's Golf Association

Footnote from Colin Farquharson, Tournament Controller, 2009 Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Golf Festival:

Holly Clyburn is one of the early entries for the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Golf Festival at the five-star resort in Murcia, Spain - four tournaments over six days from February 12 to 17. Take your pick .. or play in them all.

The Hacienda Winter Golf Festival is on the list of recommended tournaments for players to bring themselves to the notice of the GB&I Selection Committee for the 2009 Vagliano Trophy match.