LPGA Tour School qualifying dates for 2009

The 2009 schedule for the LPGA Qualfiying Tournaments has been announced.
The two sectional qualifiers will be held first from Thursday, Sept. 17 to Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California., followed by Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Fla., from Tuesday, Sept. 29 to Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.
The top-30 finishers, including ties, from each event will go on to compete in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, from Wednesday, Dec. 2 to Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.
Current LPGA Tour members needing to re-earn their cards or looking to improve their status will automatically advance to the final stage. Last year, Stacy Lewis won the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament by three strokes over Amy Yang.

Meet the original Milky Bar

Kid as he is today ... living

at Hacienda del Alamo

Golf Resort in Spain

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Here's your starter for 10. What is the link between the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival and The Milky Bar Kid?
Answer: The original boy actor who played The Milky Bar Kid in the television commercial in the 1960s was Terry Brooks ... and he has a villa at the five-star Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort.
I was introduced to Terry during the 2nd Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival by Director of Golf Billy Sim in the palatial resort golf clubhouse.
And this is the picture I took of The Milky Bar Kid as he looks today. Pity I can't display Terry as he was in the 1960s. But those of you of my vintage will remember him.
Apparently, he went into the building business once he grew too old to be The Milky Bar Kid.
FROM WIKEPAEDIA
The Milkybar Kid has been used in television advertising promoting Nestlé Milkybar in the countries where it is sold. The Milkybar Kid is a blonde, spectacle-wearing young boy, usually dressed as a cowboy, whose catch phrase is "The Milkybars are on me!". The advertisements usually take place in a Wild West setting. Both live-action and animated ads have been produced. In the UK and Australia the advertisements were originally accompanied by a jingle extolling "the goodness that's in Milky Bar."
In more recent revivals of the campaign, probably due to tighter advertising regulations, the jingle has been revised to refer to "the good taste that's in Milkybar". The pronunciation of the company's name has also changed from "nessul" to the more correct "ness-lay".
The Milkybar Kid made his debut in 1961 and has been played by a number of actors down through the years. Sam Dolan is the incumbent.

Another top 10 finish by Katy

McNicoll at Kiawah Island

Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, a student at Lynn University, Boca Raton in Florida, tied for eighth place with a pair of 74s for 148 in the Tusculum/Kiawah Island Intercollegiate women's tournament at Cougar Point Golf Club, South Carolina.
It was Katy's third top-10 tournament finish in a row. Her 148 total was the Scot's 2008-2009 college season best and just three shots away from equalling her US college career low.

Today is Katy's 21st birthday.
Joanna Coe (Rollins) won the individual hours with scores of 68 and 70 for a six-under-par total of 138 over the 5,876yd par-72 course.

Antrim's Charlene Reid (Pfeiffer) had scores of 76 and 76 for 149 and a share of 11th place.

Carley Warrington (Belmont Abbey) from Derbyshire tied for 29th place in the field of 84 with rounds of 79 and 78 for 157.
Lynn University (602) finished third behind Florida Southern (586) and Rollins (588) with Pfieffer (605) and Barry (606) fourth and fifth in a field of 17 teams.

International Junior Golf Academy students score

Young Brits Currie and

Kelly win age-group

titles at Kiawah Island

Two young British golfers, students at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, both scored victories at the same International Junior Golf Tour competition at the famous Kiawah Island Resort, near Charleston at the weekend.
The Turtle Point Course was the site of the opening round, while the final 26 holes were
played over the Ocean Course, the 1991 Ryder Cup venue and named "America's Toughest Resort Course."
Soggy conditions along with narrow fairways, water hazards, and plenty of out-of-bounds areas tested players' accuracy and determination in the opening round. On Sunday at the Ocean Course, they were confronted with meandering lagoons, pristine marshlands, and large waste bunkers accompanied by firm, fast greens and strong ocean winds challenged players' ball- striking.
Monday’s final-round featured plentiful sunshine and calm winds, giving players an opportunity to shoot lower scores at a tough venue.
James Currie from Worcester, England cruised to a nine-shot victory in the Boys' 16 to 19 years division. It his first ever victory on the International Junior Golf Tour.
Currie 's emphatic win qualifies him for the Rice Planters Amateur tournament.
After opening with a one 1-over-par 73 at Turtle Point, James stood two shots back of the lead. Currie would back his 73 up with an impressive 4-over-par 76 in blustery conditions at the Ocean Course, giving him a six shot advantage heading into the final-round.
James would never look back as he cruised to a nine shot victory with a
closing 74, giving him a tournament total of 223.
Currie accredited his win to preparation leading up to the tournament and keeping the ball in play all weekend. James had this to say after his round on Monday;
“It feels good to win because I was not playing well coming into this weekend’s tournament. I played in this event last year, so I knew coming into it that I had to keep the ball in play, play sensible, and keep the ball low if I was going to score well.
"All of my coaches (at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy) really helped me prepare for this event. They had me practising a lot of bunker shots, chips and putts from off the green which I used a lot and really helped me feel in control out there.”
Second place honours went to Yifan Liu (HH IJGA) of Guangzhou, China who shot consistent rounds of 77, 78 and 77 for a 16-over-par 232 total. In third was Charles Valluzzo of Mt Pleasant, South Carolina, who finished one shot back of Liu with a tournament total of 233.
Kelly Miller, picture above by courtesy of Tom Ward Photography, from Llanrhystud, Wales - like James Currie a resident student at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy - won the Girls' 19 and Under years Division even more emphatically than Currie.
She shot rounds of 78, 77 and 84 for a total of 239, 23 over par in the so testing conditions, but still good enough to see her finish 14 shots clear of the field.
Consistency throughout all aspects of her game helped Kelly on such windy weekend, where scores were anything but consistent for the rest of the field.
Minami Levonowich of Hilton Head Island, SC finished second after a final-round 81 gave her a 253 tournament total.
*The International Junior Golf Tour was founded in 1995 for golfers aged 11 to 19 years. Its purpose is to provide aspiring collegiate players the opportunity to compete in a series of events against the highest quality U.S. and international competition. Nearly 2000 junior golfers compete on the IJGT, representing 45 states and over 30 countries. KIAWAH ISLAND, SC—
LEADING TOTALS
BOYS (16 to 19 years)
1 James Currie - Worcester, England - 73 76 74 223
2 Yifan Liu - Guangzhou, China - 77 78 77 232
3 Charles Valluzzo - Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina - 71 84 78 233
4 Michael Balzer - Bismark, North Dakota - 76 82 77 235
4 Christian Bruhn - Mexico - 78 80 77 235
4 Jack Watson - Lincolnshire, Illinois - 78 80 77 235
7 Miguel Constantin Siercke - Hamburg, Germany - 77 82 79 238
Girls 19 & Under Division (Silver Tees)
1 Kelly Miller - Llanrhystud, Wales - 78 77 84 239
2 Minami Levonowich - Hilton Head Island, South Carolina - 82 90 81 253
3 Kellie Edelblut - New Hope, Pennsylvania- 86 94 84 264
4 Sammi Lee - Winter Park, Florida - 93 96 98 287

Jodi Ewart joint 7th in Lady Puerto Rico

Classic at Coco Beach, San Juan

Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart from Catterick, a student at New Mexico University, finished joint seventh in a field of 87 for the Lady Puerto Rico Classic at Coco Beach, San Juan over a par-72, 6168yd course.
Jodi, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had rounds of 74, 74 and 75 for a total of 223 - four shots behind Laura Nochta (Indiana) and Maria Herenandez (Purdue) who both totalled three-over-0par 219.
Laura scored 72, 74 and 73, Maria 75, 72 and 73.
Nathalie Manson (Tennessee) came third on 220 with scores of 77, 70 and 73.
Spain's Marta Silva (Georgia) (73-74-74) and French-Canadian Maude Aimee Leblanc (75-73-73) shared fourth place on 221.
Scotland's Rebecca Watson (Tennessee) came 32nd on 233 with scores of 79, 79 and 75.

PRESS RELEASE FROM ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION

***Jodi Ewart has been awarded another honour in US college golf. She’s been selected for an anniversary team of 10 top college players, chosen to celebrate the first decade of the Mountain West Conference. Jodi, 21, from Catterick in Yorkshire, is a student at the University of New Mexico, which is part of the Mountain West Conference. Anniversary teams will be chosen for each of the 19 conference-sponsored sports during the 2008-09 season.

The women’s golf anniversary team was picked by a combined panel of media, institutional and conference personnel, and an online fan poll. Jodi, a Curtis Cup golfer, is the only player in conference history to win two individual titles (2007 and 2008). She was named MWC Freshman of the Year and co-Player of the Year in both 2007 and 2008.

CHARLENE REID (4th) HELPS PFEIFFER WIN TEAM TITLE

Northern Ireland's Charlene Reid (Pfeiffer University) from Antrim tied for fourth place in a field of 71 for the two-round Newberry College Invitational at Moss Creek Golf Club, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Charlotte had scores of 78 and 80 for a total of 158 -11 shots behind the winner, Daniela Iacobelli (Florida Tech), who scored 75 and 72 for three-over 147 - but only one behind the joint second paire, Brittany Beltran (77-80), also of Pfeiffer, and Newberry's Maria Luz (76-81).
Charlene's effort helped Pfeiffer win the team title by the big margin of 22 shots from North Carolina Pembroke in a field of 15 teams

Anna Scott's 4th place helps Georgia

State win Qdoba team title

English students Anna Scott (Georgia State University) and Laura Jones (Oklahoma City University) finished joint fourth and 16th respectively in the Qdoba Invitational women's college tournament at Don Shula's Golf Resort, Miami Lakes in Florida.

Anna, pictured above, from Consett, Co Durham scored 71, 76 and 76 for a seven-over-par total of 223, finishing five shots behind the winner, Cindy LaCrosse (Louisville), who shot 74, 72 and 72 for 218.

Laura, a Royal Liverpool GC member from Cheshire, had scores of 73, 77 and 77 for 227.

Anna Scott's performance helped Georgia State win the team event with a total of 891, nine shots ahead of runners-up Tulane with Louisville (901) third in a field of 14 teams.

Ellie Givens leading GB&I player as Carlota

finishes second on US college debut

Ellie Givens (Denver University) from Darlington was the highest-placed British or Irish student in the recent Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge women's college tournament at Palos Verde Golf Club, California.
Ellie had scores of 75, 77 and 76 to fill joint ninth place on 15-over-par 228 over the par-71, 5912yd course.
Hannah Burke (Baylor) from Hertfordshire tied for 24th place on 234 with scores of 79, 80 and 75.
Ellie Givens' team-mate at Denver, Sarah Faller from Galway, scored 85, 79 and 78 for a share of 54th place on 242.
British women's open amateur stroke-play champion Roseanne Niven (California Berkeley) had a disappointing tournament, like most of the girls, her first of the second half of the 2008-2009 college season.
Crieff Golf Club member Roseanne scored 86, 82 and 82 for a total of 250 and a share of 73rd place in a field of 83.
Spanish ace Carlota Ciganda made her US college circuit debut for Arizona State but had to settle for second place on 222 with rounds of 76, 72 and 74.
Arizona State team-mate Juliana Murcia blew away the opposition with rounds of 70, 71 and 73 for a two-under total of 214 and victory by eight strokes from Ciganda.
Not surprisingly, Arizona State (898) won the team title by a big margin from Wake Forest (916), UCLA (17), Southern California (929) and Denver (929) in a field of 16 teams.