US COLLEGE NEWS

Darren Renwick's top 20 finish in

Bridgestone Collegiate

England's Darren Renwick (Worthing), winner of the Scottish Under-16 boys' open stroke-play championship in 2005 at Longniddry and now a second-year student at the University of Tennessee, finished joint 15th in a field of 84 at the UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate tournament at Forest Oaks Country Club, Greensboro in North Carolina.

Darren, pictured, had tidy scores of 72, 72 and 70 for a totalof two-under-par 214 over a par-72 course of well over 7,000yds: 7,217 to be precise.

Winner was Virginia's Amory Davis with an 11-under-par total of 205, made up of scores of 70, 68 and 67.

Tennessee (861) finished fifth of 15 in the team event won by George Tech (843) from Virginia (850) and Michigan (853).

Scottish Universities' Ladies Golf League

gets going at Scotscraig, Dundonald next

By SUZIE McINALLY
The Scottish Universities Ladies Golf League played its first competition of the year at Scotscraig Golf Club, Tayport in Fife on Sunday.
It was a great test of golf for all abilities and fortunately we had a much better day than we had expected weather wise. We were lucky after torrential downpour and 75 mph winds on Saturday night to have no rain at Scotscraig and only a moderate breeze.
The field consisted of 33 players from eight universities with a healthy mix of low, middle and high handicaps, and the results were as mixed as the field!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Scotscraig Golf Club for their assistance, both on Sunday and in the lead-up to the competition. They were fantastic and could not have been more help.
The course was in awesome condition and, quite honestly, a joy to play. The food was great and the bar staff were extremely friendly and helpful.
Extra credit should go to Barrie Liddle, the managing secretary, and Alison Harvey, Barrie's assistant, without whom we would not have been able to play the competition.
I would especially like to thank Susan Jackson from Edinburgh and Eleanor Pike from St Andrews who did a bit of running around for me last week and Katie Marshall from Glasgow who consented to going out last to get the girls started so that I could go first and collate the cards when the rest of the field returned. It's all about teamwork!
I hope that this is the start of a great year for Scottish Universities Ladies Golf, and with our new found alliance with the SLGA, I hope that we can go from strength to strength.
The next Stableford will be held at Dundonald Links on Sunday, November 8 and I require the final entries in by Friday, October 30, so if you have any additional ladies to add please do so as soon as possible.
If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to contact me either through E-mail, or on my mobile (07917 584063).
STABLEFORD ONE
POINTS SCORES
Par 72. SSS 74. CSS 75
1 Katie Macpherson St Andrews 36 bih
2 Emma Bisset Aberdeen 36
3 Harriet Beasley Stirling 35
4 Jilly McKie Aberdeen 34
5 Gemma Bradbury St Andrews 33
6= Nicola Robinson Edinburgh 30
6= Alison Brady Glasgow 30
6= Susan Jackson Edinburgh 30
9= Suzie McInally GCU 29
9= Hannah Gaunt Stirling 29
9= Isla Craigie Edinburgh 29
12 Rebecca Wilson Stirling 28
13 Catriona Brady St Andrews 27
14= Katie Marshall Glasgow 26
14= Helen Goodwin Glasgow 26
16= Claire Mulholland Dundee 25
16= Marie Stranberg Edinburgh 25
16= Daniella Dudysova Glasgow 25
16= Eleanor Franks Glasgow 25
20= Katie Allan St Andrews 24
20= Vanessa Jones Edinburgh 24
20= Lucy Bannerman Aberdeen 24
23= Eleanor Pike St Andrews 22
23= Nicky Wilson Strathclyde 22
23= Jenny Linklater St Andrews 22
23= Jordana Graham Stirling 22
23= Jenny Henderson Aberdeen 22
28 Jill Meldrum GCU 21
29 Fiona Rentoul St Andrews 20
30 Lisa Byrne Dundee 19
31 Rachel Cassidy Stirling 17
32 Tina Oman Strathclyde 10

Team Standings after Stableford 1
1 Aberdeen 70
2 St Andrews 69
3 Stirling 64
4 Edinburgh 60
5 Glasgow 56
6 GCU 50
7 Dundee 44
8 Strathclyde 32

A fine action study of Andrew McLachlan by courtesy of Tom Ward Photography. Andrew will be defending the boys' Junior Champion of Champions title at The Duke's on Sunday.

57 Varieties of Scottish junior skill on

parade at The Duke's on Sunday

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION
By ROSS DUNCAN

The curtain comes down on the Scottish Golf Union’s domestic playing season on Sunday (November 1) with 57 of the country’s leading youngsters competing in the Junior Champion of Champions event at The Duke’s Course, St Andrews.
Some 39 boys and 18 girls form the starting field, comprising of this year’s junior champions at national, area and county level across Scotland, which will be contested over The Duke’s for the first time.
Defending the boys’ title will be Bonnyton’s Andrew McLachlan, who took the honours at Kingsbarns 12 months ago with a superb five-under-par 67. The 17-year-old Scottish boys' international will be looking to end his season on a high but faces tough opposition from a strong group of emerging young talent.
Among his challengers will be firstpointusa.com Scottish boys' stroke-play champion Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) who has enjoyed a fantastic season on the junior circuit. The 16-year-old was a double winner on the SGU Junior Tour with victories at North Berwick and his home course before clinching his maiden national title with an impressive five-shot win at Ladybank.
St Andrews’ Ewan Scott will be another name to watch on Sunday, having made history earlier this year by becoming the first Scot to lift the English U14s boys' championship. The young Fifer also finished runner-up in the Scottish boys' U14s championship at Largs in July and will be hoping to make local knowledge count.
Ailsa Bain (Peebles) will be one of the favourites in the girls’ event, having won the Scottish girls' title at Lanark this summer before going on to record two out of two singles wins in her home internationals debut at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire.
Defending champion Carly Booth and young Borders sensation Lesley Atkins miss out, having qualified to play in the Faldo Series Grand Final in Brazil (starting tomorrow), but SLGA Performance Squad members Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) and Rachel Watton (Mortonhall) take their place in the line-up at The Duke's.
David Scott, manager at The Duke’s, who helped the SGU launch the event two years ago at Kingsbarns, is looking forward to welcoming the youngsters this weekend:
“We are very proud to support the Scottish Junior Champion and Champions and it will be great to see so many talented young golfers playing at The Duke’s. The course is in great condition and will provide the golfers with a testing but very enjoyable challenge.”
“Bringing together the various champions from across the country, both boys and girls, is a great way to round off the season and celebrate the achievements of our junior golfers.” he added.
Click here for the draw.

For results from the Scottish Junior Champion of Champions on Sunday, please visit http://www.scottishgolf.org/

Yale's Harriet Owers-Bradley from

Nottingham scores first US win

FROM THE YALE UNIVERSITY WEBSITE

(with some additional comments by Colin Farquharson)

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania - Yales University, Connecticut junior-(third) year student Harriet Owers-Bradley from Nottingham has scored her first individual win on the US women's college golf circuit.

She won the Kelly Gutshall Invitational 36-hole women's college tournament at Saucon Valley Country Club in a play-off after two rounds of stroke-play had produced a tied result (October 17-18).

Owers-Bradley, pictured with the trophy, came into the final day two shots off the lead and tied for seventh, but after shooting the lowest score (a three-over-par 75 over the 6158yd course) of the tournament, she found herself in a tie for first with Lehigh's Rosie Davies. It only took one play-off hole and a 15ft clutch putt for the English student to wind up holding the first-place plaque.
"The conditions were much better today," said Owers-Bradley. "It was a bit damp and cold, but it didn't rain."
Owers-Bradley had shot a 79 in the first round when the tough conditions got the better of the players. Saturday's round saw just nine rounds in the 70s with everyone else in the 80s or higher. The players played the front nine twice due to the awful conditions and slow play by the men's team. In Sunday's second round, the girls played the back nine twice.
"It was tough because you didn't know what was going on," said Owers-Bradley. "It was a really weird tournament. I think our team just had an off weekend."
Owers-Bradley's 75 (+3) brought her even with Davies after 36 holes and it would take one more to decide the tournament champion. The players teed up on the first hole and Owers-Bradley blasted her drive into the rough. Davies ball sailed down the fairway and it was advantage Davies. Owers-Bradley's second shot ended up in the bunker just right of the green, while Davies ended up in the left bunker, and the players were back on even ground.

Owers-Bradley's bunker recovery landed 15ft under the pin. Davies' shot out of the bunker landed six feet above the pin.
"I had a pretty easy putt straight up hill and even though her putt was shorter, it was tougher and downhill," said Owers-Bradley.
Owers-Bradley drained her clutch putt and Davies missed hers, giving Owers-Bradley the win.
"I really wanted to get revenge on the Lehigh course," said Owers-Bradley. "I played this course as a freshman and shot a 14 on one hole. My goal was just to par it (that hole) which I did both days. The whole thing was pretty exciting though."
The rest of the Bulldogs did not find the same success as Owers-Bradley, finishing in fifth place with a total score of 655. A trio of Ivy League teams finished at the top of the leaderboard. Harvard won the whole tournament with a score of 633. Columbia finished three shots behind Harvard in second, with Penn seven shots behind the Lions.
Yale struggled under the conditions in Bethlehem all weekend. Junior Alyssa Roland and freshman Alexandra Lipa finished in a tie for 18th. They matched each other's scores on both days shooting 85 (+13) and 81 (+9). They finished with a two-round total of 166 (+22).

Harriet finished 12 shots ahead of her nearest Yale team colleagues who were placed joint 18th.

The Bulldogs are now done for the fall season and will head into the off-season with one team victory and two individual victories.
"We need to work on a bit of everything this off-season," said Owers-Bradley. "It is going to take a lot of hard work especially on our mental toughness."
LEADING RESULTS IN BRIEF

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL

Par 144 (2x72) 6158yd.

154 Harriet Owers-Bradley (Yale) 79 75, Rosie Davies (Lehigh) 78 76 (Owers-Bradley won at first sudden-death play-off hole).

155 Katie Sylvan (Harvard) 78 77.

157 Alejandra Estrada (Towson) 81 76, Livia Amado (Lehigh) 77 80.

TEAMS

635 Harvard. 636 Columbia. 643 Pennsylvania. 650 Lehigh. 655 Yale. 10 Teams took part.

Another highlight in Fifer's best season since 2000-2001

Action image of Louise Kenney by Cal Carson Golf Agency, taken at the Women's Home Internationals last month at Irvine Golf Club. Click on it to enlarge.

LOUISE WON'T LET APPENDIX OP KO HER FROM SCOTS TEAM FOR TEXAS By COLIN FARQUHARSON SLGA Order of Merit winner Louise Kenney is not going to let a recent operation for the removal of her appendix prevent her achieving another highlight in her best season since she was Scottish girls match-play champion in 2000 and beaten finalist the following year. Pitreavie member Louise, Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle), Paul Shields (Kirkhill) and Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) make up the combined Scotland team who fly out this weekend to Texas for the biennial The Spirit tournament at Whispering Pines Golf Club, Houston, from November 4 to 7. "I am still going to The Spirit tournament in America," said Louise, a supply schoolteacher. "I got the go-ahead from the doctor at the Scottish Institute of Sport last week. Obviously I'm not allowed to be hitting hundreds of balls but I'm recovering well and very much looking forward to the trip." Louise, 26, was beaten finalist in the Scottish women's amateur championship at Southerness in May and won the Angela Uzielli Trophy for finishing fourth in the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Balgownie in August. She is coached by Spencer Henderson, the Scottish Golf Union's national junior coach. Final top 10 placings in the 2009 Scottish Ladies Golfing Association Order of Merit are: 1 Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) 3090pt 2 Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) 2740. 3 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 2455. 4 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 2375. 5 Laura Murray (Alford) 2120. 6 Carly Booth (Comrie) 1788. 7 Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 1613. 8 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 1398. 9 Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 1255. 10 Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie) 1140.