NEW SOUTH WALES WOMEN'S OPEN

Laura loses it with a final round of 74

Overnight leader and defending champion Laura Davies left the door open for her challengers with a third and final round of 74 in the $100,000 Bing Lee Samsung New South Wales Women's Open.
First through the door was New South Wales player Sarah Oh who turned over seven shots of big Laura (pictured) on the final day with a 67, after earlier rounds of 67 and 73, for a nine-under-par total of 207 to win the title and the $15,000 first prize.
Oh won by a single shot from Queensland's Katherine Hull who had scores of 68, 72 and 68 for 208 to collect the runner-up cheque for $10,250.
Laura Davies and Rebecca Coakley (Team Ireland) were the leading European finishers in joint 10th place on 213. Laura's scores were 69, 70 and 74 for 213; Rebecca 70, 71 72. Both earned $2,008.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) 5494metres
1 SARAH OH (New South Wales) 67 73 67 207 ($15,000).
2 KATHERINE HULL (Queensland) 68 72 68 208 ($10,250).
3 NIKKI CAMPBELL (Australian Capital Territory) 70 75 64 209 ($6,000).
3 KAREN LUNN (New South Wales) 69 71 69 209 ($6,000).
5 SARAH-JANE SMITH (Queensland) 70 72 68 210 ($3,950).
5 RACHEL L BAILEY (New South Wales) 68 72 70 210 ($3,950).
7 WENDY DOOLAN (New South Wales) 69 72 71 212 ($3,066).
7 CATHRYN BRISTOW (New Zealand) 68 74 70 212 ($3,066).
7 SARAH NICHOLSON (New Zealand) 66 75 71 212 ($3,066).
10 LAURA DAVIES (England) 69 70 74 213 ($2,008).
10 VICKY THOMAS (13th Beach) 70 75 68 213 ($2,008).
10 STEPHANIE NA (South Australia) 70 74 69 213 ($2,008).
10 REBECCA COAKLEY (Team Ireland) 70 71 72 213 ($2,008).
10 JOANNE MILLS (New South Wales) 70 70 73 213 ($2,008).
15 LEANNE BOWDITCH (Queensland) 73 72 69 214 ($1,475).
15 SOPHIE WALKER (England) 70 72 72 214 ($1,475).
17 JESSICA NOH (New South Wales) 73 72 70 215 ($1,275).
17 NIKKI GARRETT (New South Wales) 72 74 69 215 ($1,275).
19 JANE KIM (New South Wales) 74 71 71 216 ($1,093).
19 SARAH KEMP (New South Wales) 73 73 70 216 ($1,093).
19 FRANCES BONDAD (New South Wales) 72 73 71 216 ($1,093).
19 KAREN PEARCE (Queensland) 71 73 72 216 ($1,093).
19 KRISTIE SMITH (Western Australia) 71 70 75 216 ($1,093).
19 DANA LACEY (Western Australia) 70 73 73 216 ($1,1093).
25 TAMARA BECKETT (Queensland) 74 71 72 216 ($930).
25 STACEY TATE (New Zealand) 72 74 71 217 ($930).
27 MELANIE BRYDEN (Victoria) 70 74 74 218 ($814).
27 REBECCA FLOOD (New South Wales) 71 76 71 218 ($814).
27 STACEY KEATING (Victoria) (amateur) 68 78 72 218.
27 KATE COMBES (Victoria) 70 77 71 218 ($814).
27 LEAH HART (Queensland) 74 73 71 218 ($814).
27 BREE ARTHUR (Queensland) 70 74 74 218 ($814).
33 JESSICA SPEECHLEY (Western Australia) (amateur) 72 75 72 219.
33 JEAN CHUA (Malaysia) 72 75 72 219 ($730).
33 ALLYCE WATKINSON (The Lakes) (amateur) 71 79 69 219.
33 ASHLEY ONA (Australia) (amateur) 71 74 74 219.
37 SUSIE MATHEWS (South Australia) 77 74 69 220 ($710).
38 SU-HYUN OH (South Korea) (amateur) 69 80 72 221.
38 ELISSA ORR (Victoria) (amateur) 74 72 75 221.
38 BRONWYN MULLINS (Queensland) 73 75 73 221 ($690).
38 BREANNA ELLIOTT (Victoria) (amateur) 73 73 75 221.
38 ESTHER YOON (Australia) (amateur) 72 76 73 221.
43 COURTNEY MASSEY (Southport GC) (amateur) 73 76 73 222.
43 JODY FLEMING (Victoria) 75 76 71 222 ($670).
43 ELLE SANDAK (New South Wales) (amateur) 77 73 72 222

43 CHANTAL HODSON (New South Wales) (amateur) 76 74 72 222.
47 BREE TURNBULL (Western Australia) 71 80 72 223 ($600).
48 TAMARA HYETT (Victoria) 76 73 75 224 ($553).
48 CLARE CHOI (Victoria) 74 75 75 224 ($553).
48 JOO LEE YEOM (South Korea) 71 79 74 224 ($553).
51 KASEY HENSHAW (New South Wales) 75 76 74 225 ($520).
51 DONNA SOUTHAM (New South Wales) 75 76 74 225 ($520).
51 EBONY HEARD (South Australia) (amateur) 70 78 77 225.
51 HIROMI KAMATA (Japan) 67 77 81 225 ($520).
55 YEON SU CHO (South Korea) (amateur) 76 73 77 226.
55 JASMINE FINLAY (Queensland) (amateur) 75 76 75 226.
55 AMANDA CHIN (Malaysia) (amateur) 74 77 75 226.
55 ALIZAH KENDLER (Monash GC) (amateur) 74 76 76 226.
55 JANE WALL (New South Wales) 73 77 76 226 ($500).
55 SAKI SUZUKI (Japan) (amateur) 76 75 75 226.
61 VIKKI TUTT (New South Wales) 77 74 77 228 ($500).
MISSED THE CUT
CARLY BECK (New South Wales) (amateur) 78 74 152.
CORINNE FURNELL (New South Wales) 77 75 152.
KAREN QUINN (New South Wales) 75 77 152.
CLAUDIA LIM (New South Wales) (amateur) 73 79 152.
HELEN OH (New South Wales) 73 79 152.
POLLY TRAVICA (New South Wales) 75 78 153.
EMMA ASH (South Australia) (amateur) 72 81 153.
SUNNY PARK (New South Wales) 73 80 153.
ANGELA TATT (Victoria) 75 78 153.
CORINNE SWAN (Queensland) (amateur) 77 76 153.
HONEY KAMATA (Japan) 77 76 153.
PHILLIS METI (New Zealand) 78 75 153.
NERIDA GREGORY (New South Wales) (amateur) 74 79 153.
KATY JAROCHOWICZ (New South Wales) 78 76 154.
YEE YEON KIM (South Korea) (amateur) 78 76 154.
JUSTINE LEE (Bankstown GC) (amateur) 76 78 154.
CATHLEEN SANTOSO (New South Wales) (amateur) 75 79 154.
VERITY KNIGHT (South Australia) 74 80 154.
ADRIANA BRENT (The Lakes GC) (amateur) 74 80 154.
SHEREE HASSON (Queensland) (amateur) 77 78 155.
REBECCA GREEN (South Australia) 75 80 155.
SHARON HEMPSTOCK (Queensland) 79 77 156.
MICHELLE COETZEE (Queensland) (amateur) 78 78 156.
BELINDA DIAMOND (South Korea) (amateur) 81 75 156.
WENDY HAWKES (New Zealand) 76 80 156
CARA GUEST (South Australia) (amateur) 80 77 157.

OLIVIA WILSON (New South Wales) (amateur) 78 79 157.

AMY SMITH (New Zealand) (amateur) 78 79 157.

SUZANNE FAIRHURST (New South Wales) (amateur) 77 80 157.

ANGELA HARRIS (Queensland) 80 78 158.

NICKY HENDERSON (New South Wales) 80 78 158.

LAURA HOLDSWORTH (New South Wales) (amateur) 78 80 158
TEGAN SMITH (New South Wales) 77 81 158.

CHRISTABEL GOH (Singapore) 75 83 158.

ANGELA TUNCHON (New South Wales) 75 83 158.

ANGELA HAWKES (New Zealand) 75 84 159.

GILLIAN RAE (New South Wales) 81 78 159.

GRACE LENNON (Victoria) (amateur) 84 77 161.

JOANNE BANNERMAN (New South Wales) 79 82 161

JANA WELSFORD (Australian Capital Territory) (amateur) 82 80 162.

ELLY CHEON (South Korea) (amateur) 74 88 162.

Selected scores:

TAMRA MOORE (Norway) (amateur) 82 82 164.

KATIE DUKE (Canada) 86 81 167.

ASHLEE CLAYDON (Canada) 88 NR.

Jodi Ewart in action for the University of New Mexico on the US women's college circuit.

Blow to GB&I hopes: Jodi Ewart

to turn pro before Curtis Cup

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Great Britain & Ireland's hopes of regaining the Curtis Cup from the grasp of the United States in the June 11 to 13 match at Essex County Club, Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts have taken a knock with the news that Jodi Ewart will be ineligible for selection.
She has decided to turn professional without delay after she completes her four-year degree course at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
She will also miss the Ladies British open amateur championship at Ganton Golf Club (June 22 to 26) in her home county of Yorkshire over a course she knows well and would have been one of the title contenders.
Miss Ewart (pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency) from Middleham, Yorkshire and a member at Catterick Golf Club, had her 22nd birthday on January 7 this year. She was the English women's stroke-play champion in 2008 and has won several events on the US women's college circuit over the past four years.
Most pundits would have considered her a certainty to be one of the eight-strong Great Britain & Ireland team for this years Curtis Cup match.
Her circumstances changed when, competing as an amateur, she gained playing rights for the 2010 Duramed Futures Tour, America's No 2 ladies pro circuit, at its Qualifying School late last year.
In an E-mail from Albuquerque, Jodi said:
" I have decided to make myself unavailable for Curtis Cup team selection. This was not an easy decision, and one that I have been going back and forth over for the past two months.
" I came to the decision that for my future I need to play in as many Futures Tour events as I can, and playing in the Curtis Cup would make this very difficult.
" I know that there is a huge amount of young talent in Britain at the moment, and what ever GB&I team gets selected they will win. I feel that my experience at St.Andrews (the 2008 Curtis Cup match over the Old Course) is one that can never be topped and it's time to give that experience to someone else.
"It was a decision I needed to make by myself and believe that I made the right one for my future. I know people will be disappointed but I hope they understand my very difficult situation."

Any comments? You can E-mail them to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

St Margaret's School for Girls, Aberdeen head of PE, Georgeana Parker, teaching the introductory golf game of firstclubgolf to pupils (image by Rob Eyton-Jones; click to enlarge).

St Margaret’s on the ball with clubgolf

NEWS RELEASE
Golf loving girls from one of Scotland’s leading independent schools are bringing the game to the fore – thanks to a new partnership with clubgolf.
St Margaret’s School in Aberdeen has become one of the country’s first independent schools to work with clubgolf, an initiative which aims to give all primary five pupils the opportunity to play golf.
The clubgolf programme has already introduced almost 80% of primary 5 years in Aberdeen to the game – St Margaret’s is the first independent school in the city to run a clubgolf programme. Clubgolf, a direct result of Scotland’s successful bid to host the 2014 Ryder Cup, offers a structured programme which can take children from entry levels to the highest stages of achievement. As well as helping children reach their potential, it also allows a large number of youngsters to experience the sport.
Keen to raise the profile of golf among girls at the school, Georgeana Parker, head of PE at St Margaret’s, contacted clubgolf.
“We had a visit from Audra Booth who is the organisation’s regional manager for Grampian and she gave the girls a lesson which was fantastically well received,” she said.
“We have a number of girls who already play regularly but this was a perfect opportunity to introduce a new sport to an entire year group of pupils and they have loved learning how to play.
“Not only is golf a great way to exercise but it can be played by people of all ages which means that the girls can hit the golf course or driving range with friends and family in their spare time. Sport is such an important part of life at St Margaret’s and this underlines the school’s commitment to providing a wide and varied range of activities.”
Audra Booth says she is delighted that St Margaret’s has signed up for the national initiative – and encourages other schools to follow suit.
“St Margaret’s is one of the first independent schools in Scotland to run the clubgolf programme and this underlines the popularity of the introductory game,” she said.
“Eighty eight percent of the region’s schools are giving their children an early introduction to the game and 50 Grampian clubs are on board offering clubgolf programmes where they can develop their skills. This is really opening up the sport to youngsters and encouraging their early development as golfers.”

Rob Eyton-Jones
clubgolf Media Manager
e: rob@eyton-jones.co.uk
website: http://www.clubgolfscotland.com/