Stephanie Meadow's jt 16th finish in Annika Invitational

Stephanie Meadow from Northern Ireland finished joint 16th in a quality field of 62 players for the Annika Sorenstam Girls' Invitational tournament over three rounds at the Indepence Course at Reunion Resort, Florida.
Stephanie, a student at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, had rounds of 76, 74 and 76 for a total of 226 over the 6420yd course.
The winner was 16-year-old Victoria Tanco from Argentina. She had rounds of 73, 66 and 72 for 211. She finished three shots ahead of Israel's Laetitia Beck who is a student at a golf academy in Florida but will be enrolling at Duke University, Durham in North Carolina in the autumn.
Laetitia had scores of 68, 71 and 75, having been level with Victoria at the start of the final day's play.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
211 Victoria Tanco (Argentina) 73 66 72.
214 Laetitia Beck (Israel) 68 71 75.
216 Karen Chung 75 70 71.
218 Jessica Korda 77 72 69.
221 Ashlan Ramsay 77 71 73, Tiffany Lim 73 72 76.
Selected scores:
226 Stephanie Meadow (Northern (Ireland) 76 74 76 (jt 16th).
239 Daniela Lendl 81 76 82 (57th).

3rd HACIENDA DEL ALAMO WOMEN'S & GIRLS' FESTIVAL

Charlie Douglass is swinging and singing in the rain with a two-

under par 70 to lead by two strokes from Kelsey MacDonald

English amateur champion Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) made light of untypical Spanish weather for the start of the 36-hole Murcia Ladies Open, the first individual stroke-play event of the 3rd Hacienda del Alamo Women's & Girls Festival at the five-star resort in the Murcia region of south-east Spain.

On a day when the rain in Spain certainly did not stay mainly on the plain - the start was delayed an hour because it was so wet and it continued to rain all day - left-hander Douglass

coped brilliantly with the conditions and the testing Dave Thomas-designed par 72 course.
She shot a two-under-par 70 to lead Stirling University student Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), the Scottish Under-21 champion for the past two years, by two shots.

Douglass had a bogey-bogey start and then bogeyed the par-3 fifth, before bouncing back with birdies on six and nine for a one over 37 on the way out.

The Brocket Hall left-hander, who has enjoyed previous Festival success over the course, then came home in 33 with birdies on 10, 12, 14 & 16, but she was disappointed to three-putt the final hole for bogey when a par would have given her a 69.
Kelsey Macdonald had level par halves of 36 with three bogeys and three birdies going out, and three bogeys, one birdie and an eagle on the par-5 14th on the way home.
Five players named in the preliminary Curtis Cup squad for the June match against the Americans at Essex County Club, near Boston, Massachusetts, are in the field and they fill the first five places after 18 holes.
English girls champion Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) is lying third on 73 with Welsh international Amy Boulden (Maesdu) fourth on 75, a shot ahead of former English champion Hannah Barwood (Knowle).

Young Jess Wilcox (Blankney) is on the 78 mark.

Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) had a 79 which puts her at the top of the Under-16 years section.

Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) had an 80 - two better than Hayley Davis (Ferndown) and Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted), who is lying second in the Under-16s section.

Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) had an 83 and is in third place in the Under-16s.

Lydia Johnston (Harleyford) is leading the Under-18s with a 91, two shots ahead of Lucie Walker (Ormskirk).

Gillian Gardiner (Fleetwood) is leading the Murcia Seniors Open, which is being decided on Stableford points over two rounds. Gillian, playing off 27 of a handicap, scored 26pts today, one better than Carnoustie Ladies' Sheila Brunton, playing off eight.

Penny Burroughs (Hacienda del Alamo), who has 22 of a handicap, is lying third in the over-50s category with 22 points.

In the children's section, Spain-based Sophie Phillips (El Soto) had a great Stableford score of 33 off a handicap of 28.

Whether they were playing well or not, all the competitors appreciated a free cup of hot chocolate at the turn, organised by Tournament Controller Lee Harrington and Director of Golf Billy Sim.

MURCIA WOMEN'S OPEN - Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort

First round over the Dave Thomas-designed championship course (5,534 metres, Par 72)
70 Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall).
72 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar).
73 Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa).
75 Amy Boulden (Maesdu).
76 Hannah Barwood (Knowle).
78 Jess Wilcox (Blankney),
80 Daisy Dyer (Chigwell).
82 Hayley Davis (Ferndown).
84 Mary MacLaren (Wellingborough).
86 Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham).
88 Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough).
90 Shauna Brady (Co Sligo).
100 Shula McCarthy (Clonmel).
103 Ana Wright (Hacienda del Alamo).
118 Gina Sim (Hacienda del Alamo).

UNDER-18s: First Round

91 Lydia Johnston (Harleyford).

93 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk).

95 Holly Robinson (Co Sligo).

UNDER-16s: First Round

79 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham).

82 Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted).

83 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer).

85 Emma Harris (Peel).

88 Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough).

89 Dulcie Sverdloff (Thorpe Hall).

90 Nicola Callander (Mill Green).

93 Katherine Carragher (John O'Gaunt).

95 Charlotte Humphries (Burnham & Berrow), Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links).

97 Ella Ofstedahl (Mill Green).

SENIORS (Stableford): First Round
26 Gillian Gardiner (Fleetwood) (27).
25 Sheila Brunton (Carnoustie Ladies) (8).
22 Penny Burroughs (Hacienda del Alamo) (22).
20 Marilynn Pearce (Hacienda del Alamo) (19).
16 Linda Marr (Fleetwood) (26).
7 Audrey Lee (Fleetwood) (21).

5 Linda Wilson (Ashton & Lea) (32).

CHILDREN (Stableford): First Round
33 Sophie Phillips (El Soto, Spain) (28).
9 Rebecca MacLaren (Wellingborough) (36).

Double whammy by Scots on US college circuit

Scott Crichton (Western New Mexico University) and Sally Watson (Stanford University)

Sally and Scott at their Sunday best

Two Scottish students scored victories on the United States college golf circuit on Sunday.
Curtis Cup team player Sally Watson, a first-year student at Stanford University, California and originally from South Queensferry, Edinburgh, finished joint first in the Peg Barnard Invitational over the Stanford course - Tiger Woods' old stamping ground - with Joanne Lee (California).
Sally had rounds of 73 and 71 for a two-over-par total of 144 over the 6,092 women's course (par 71). Joanne had scores of 74 and 70.
Watson had a double bogey 6 on her outward half of 37 but back-to-back birdies at the long 12th and par-4 13th put her back on track.
Former British women's stroke-play champion Roseanne Niven (California) from Crieff finished joint 22nd with scores of 75 and 80 for 155.

LEADING TOTALS

Par 142 (2x71)

144 Sally Watson (Stanford) 73 71, Joanne Lee (California) 74 70.

147 Rebecca Durham (Stanford) 77 70.

149 Anya Alvarez (Washington) 72 77.

Selected score:

155 Roseanne Niven (California) 75 80 (jt 22nd).
Watson's effort helped Stanford pip California by a single shot for the team title in a field of 11 teams. Placings:

1 Stanford (596), 2 California (597), 3 Oregon (607), 4 Washington (609), 5 UC Davis (615), 6 San Jose State (622). Eleven teams took part.
Scott Crichton, from Dalgety Bay, Fife, in his senior (final) year at Western New Mexico University, had a pair of 68s for a six-under-par total of 136 to win the Cactus Thaw college tournament at Silver City, New Mexico.
Crichton, runner-up for the Scottish youths title last year, won by a stroke from Branden Barron (South Mountain) who had rounds of 68 and 69.

The Scot is rated by his college golf coach to have made "tremendous improvement" over the past four years and is now one of the best, if not the best, male college golfers in New Mexico.
Another Western New Mexico Scottish student, Steven Maxwell, a junior (third year) student from Glasgow, finished sixth in a field of 52 with a pair of 71s for 142. Team-mate Edward Parker from Sandbach came fifth on 141 with scortes of 72 and 69.

And completing the Western New Mexico performances Chris Davis, a freshman from London, came joint 31st on 149 with scores of 72 and 77.
Western New Mexico won the team event by five shots from Scottsdale in a field of five teams.

In the Cactus Thaw women's college event over a par-72 course (5811hd) at the same venue, Jacqueiline Sneddon (Grand Canyon) from Meigle tied for 11th place with scores of 85 and 83 for 168.

Winner by six strokes was team-mate Jennifer Lutz with scores of 75 and 73 for 148.

Elsewhere, Tom Sherreard from Maidstone, Kent, a senior year student at Georgia State University, tied for 36th place in a field of 75 at the Sun Trust Gator Invitational over the Florida of University's Mark Bostick course at Gainesville.

Sherreard scored 75, 76 and 71 for 222 over the par-70, 6701yd course.

Cathal O'Malley (Alabama-Birmingham) from Westborn, Ireland tied for 67th place with scores of 78, 79 and 76 for 233.

Individual winner was Jonathan Randolph (Mississippin) with scores of 71, 72 and 67 for 210 - a shot ahead of Andrew Loupe (Louisiana State) with rounds of 71, 71 and 69.

Florida (841) won the title over their home course with Florida State (859) second and Chattanooga (869) third in the 14-team line-up.