KirkwoodGolf: MELISSA SIVITER WINS CONFERENCE CAROLINAS TITLE AGAIN

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

MELISSA SIVITER WINS CONFERENCE CAROLINAS TITLE AGAIN

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Melissa Siviter from Coseley in the West Midlands and a sophomore (second-year) student at Belmont Abbey College, Charlotte, North Carolina, has this week won the Conference Carolinas Women's Championship for the second year.
She did it in style with a seven-stroke victory, achieved with rounds of 76, 71 and 75 for a total of 222 over the par-72, 5,848yd course at Maples Golf Club, Woodlake Resort, Vass in North Carolina.
Melissa, pictured, led a Belmont Abbey College 1-2-3 finish with American team-mates Michele Low (78-75-76 for 229) second and Meagan Wallace (79-75-78 for 232) finishing third.
Another Belmont Abbey College, senior student Ashton Ingram from Fort-William, finished tied 12th in a field of 37 players with scores of 87, 79 and 81 for 247.
Not surprisingly, Belmont Abbey College (917) retained the title by the massive margin of 54 shots from runners-up Queen's University of Charleston (971) with Pfeiffer University (988) third of eight teams.
It was Belmont Abbey College's third victory in the women's team championship over the past six years.
The Belmont Abbey College men's team finished fifth of 10 in the men's championship at the same venue and their highest-placed player was Peter Tarver-Jones from Worthing. Peter had rounds of 74, 75 and 76 for a total of 225 over the par-72, 6,882yd men's course.
He finished tied seventh in the field of 50. Team-mate Adam Hedges from Bromley shared 10th place on 229 with scores of 77, 70 and 82C J DeBerg (Queen's University) won the individual title by three shots with a one-over-par total of 217 (75-70-72).
In the Oklahoma City Spring Classic, Elliot Groves from Winchester, a student at Oklahoma City University, finished joint 13th with scores of 75, 75 and 72 for 222 over a par-70 course of 6,586yd. Bradley Sinnett (Wayland Baptist University) won the title with scores of 73, 71 and 70 for 214.

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