WHERE ARE THEY NOW? JULIE YANG, THE SHOOTING STAR OF 2010

Julie Yang with one of the age-group prizes and Royal Belfast Golf Club officials - with Gillian Kirkwood in the background at the table - at the conclusion of last summer's British girls' open amateur championship in Northern Ireland (image by Cal Carson Golf Agency).

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
She was the shooting star of the Scottish female golf scene in 2010.
Now ex-Loretto School pupil Julie Yang - she will be 16 on July 8 - is back in the news.
The LPGA Tour's Kia Classic tournament committee announced today that its final two sponsor exemptions for its March 24-27 at Industry Hills Golf Club, Pacific Palms, Los Angeles would be LPGA rookie Shasta Averhardt .... and "Korean amateur Julie Yang."

Averyhardt and Yang will be part of a star-studded field of 144 of the world’s best female golfers competing in the $1.7 million Kia Classic. The tournament brings the LPGA back to Los Angeles for the first time in six years.

Out of nowhere, Julie Yang won the Scottish schoolgirls championship at Murrayshall last June ... then the Welsh women's open amateur title ... and was pipped for the German women's open amateur championship, all at the age of 14 going on 15.

Then she left Loretto, played out of Kings Acre Golf Centre for a spell and then departed these shores for goodness knows where.

Maybe she went back to Phoenix which seemed to be classed as "home" when she was winning American Junior Golf Association events by the barrowload.

Now Julie - her Korean name is actually Cha Ryung Yang - pops up again in the States. I for one will be looking out for her scores in the Kia Classic later this month.

MAGUIRE TWINS THROUGH TO LAST EIGHT IN SPAIN

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Sixteen-year-old twins Leona and Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell), pictured right, are into the quarter-finals of the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship at Sherry Golf Jerez, Cadiz.

Seventeenth of the 32 match-play qualifiers, Lisa continued her strong run of form, dispatching Spain's Luna Sobron Galmes on the 13th green in the afternoon's second round.
Galmes had earlier defeated the leading qualifier, France's Ines Lescudier, while, also in the opening round of match-play, Lisa had to go to the third extra hole to dispose of Curtis Cup team-mate Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down Ladies).
Third qualifier Leona beat British girls' open champion Alexandra Bonetti from Paris on the 18th green. It was sweet revenge for the Cavan teenager who had lost the deciding match to Bonetti in the 2010 European girls team championships that saw Ireland having to settle for silver medals.
The Maguire twins are in opposite halves of the draw so they could meet in the final.

Leona, pictured left, now faces another French star, Emilie Alonso, in Saturday morning's quarter-finals while Lisa plays England’s Holly Clyburn, also a member of the GB and I 2010 Curtis Cup team, for a place in the last four.
The semi-finals will be played on Saturday afternoon with the 18-hole final scheduled to be played on Sunday morning.


RESULTS:


FIRST ROUND
Top half
LUNA SOBRON GALMES (ESP) bt INES LESCUDIER (FRA) 2 holes.
LISA MAGUIRE (IRE) bt DANIELLE MCVEIGH (IRE) at 21st
HOLLY CLYBURN (ENG) bt ARIANE PROVOT (FRA) at 19th
CHARLOTTE DE CORTE (BEL) bt ANNA-LENA KRAEMER (GER) 3 and 2.
NOEMI JIMENEZ MARTIN (ESP) bt FRIDA GUSTAFSSON-SPANG (SWE) at 19th
ANTONIA SCHERER (GER) bt STEPHNAIE KIRCHMAYR (GER) 6 and 5.
JENNY HAGLUND (SWE) bt ALESSANDRA AVERNA (ITA) 4 and 3.
MADELENE SAGSTROM (SWE) bt ROBERTA ROELLER (GER) 5 and 4.
Bottom Half
LEONA MAGUIRE (IRE) bt MANDY GOYOS BALL (ESP) 2 and 1.
ALEXANDRA BONETTI (FRA) bt BIANCA MARIA FABRIZIO (ITA) 6 and 5.
AMY BOULDEN (WAL) bt CLARA BAENA SANCHEZ (ESP) 2 holes.
EMILIE ALONSO (FRA) bt JESS WILCOX (ENG) 2 holes.
LÉA CHARPIER (FRA) bt NATALIA ESCURIOLA MARTINEZ (ESP) 4 and 2.
JULIA NEUMANN (GER) bt JANA NIEDBALLA (GER) 2 and 1.
EMMA NILSSON (SWE) bt BELEN BUENDIA GOMEZ (ESP) 7 and 5.
VICKI TROELTSCH (GER) bt AUDREY GOUMARD (FRA) 1 hole.

SECOND-ROUND
Lisa Maguire bt Sobron 6 and 5.
Clyburn bt De Corte 3 and 2.
Scherer bt Jimenez 4 and 2.
Sagstrom bt Haglund 2 holes.

Leona Maguire bt Bonetti 1 hole.
Alonso bt Boulden 4 and 3.
Neumann bt Charpier 5 and 3.
Nilsson bt Troeltsch 3 and 1.


QUARTER-FINALS LINE-UP
Lisa Maguire v Holly Clyburn.
Scherer v Sagstrom.
Leona Maguire v Emilie Alonso.
Neumann v Nilsson.
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JESSICA SCHIELE JOINT FIFTH IN AUSTIN, TEXAS

Jessica Schiele, pictured right, from Grimsby, a student at Redlands College, El Reno in Oklahoma, did best of the three British players in a field of 86 for this week's St Edwards Invitational women's college 36-hole tournament at Grey Rock Golf Club, Austin in Texas.

Over a par-71, 6,060yd course, Jessica finished joint fifth on 150, thanks to a splendid sub-par second round of 70, which represented a 10-shot improvement on her opening score.

Linzi Allan (Newman University, Wichita) from Ayrshire shared 52nd place with scores of 89 and 81 for 170.

Team-mate Megan Birdsey from Bedfordshire shot 84 and 89 for 173 and joint 66th place.

The winner, Joanna de Sa Peirera (Incarnate Word University) shot a pair of 72s for two-over-par 144.

Redlands finished third in a field of 16 for the team event.

SIAN AND KATIE MAKE TOP 20 IN FLORIDA

In another US women's college event this week, the Sir Pizza Cards Challenge, at Weston Hills Country Club, Florida, Sian Evans (East Tennessee State University) from Gillingham and Katie Mundy (Florida International University) from Hampshire finished joint 15th in a field of 78.

Sian, pictured left, the Kent women's county champion had rounds of 73, 80 and 74 for 227, while Katie, pictured right by courtesy of the English Women's Golf Association, hit that mark with scores of 78, 73 and 76 over the par-72, 6,211yd course.

Anna Carling (Arkansas State University) from the Vale of Glamorgan tied for 21st place on 229 with scores of 80, 74 and 74.

Lauren Smith from Cramlington, an East Tennessee State team-mate of Sian Evans, scored 84, 89 and 92 for 265.

Florida International finished runners-up in the team event to Texas State. East Tennessee State finished ninth of 14.


JACQUELINE AND TIFFANY SHARED THIRD PLACE AT PHOENIX

Jacqueline Sneddon from Meigle, Perthshire and Tiffany Hewetson from Brighton - both students at Grand Canyon University, Arizona -  tied for third place in the Arizona Christian Spring Invitational women's college tournament at Moon Valley Golf Club, Phoenix.
Grand Canyon students dominated the small-field competition, filling the first first five places.
Jacqueline, in her fourth and final year at GCU, and freshman Tiffany both scored 77s over the par-72, 6,000yd course.
Team-mate Phoebe Cipa won by two shots with a round of 71.


Life on the American college golf circuit is sometimes far from the glamorous image it may have when viewed from this side of the Atlantic by young men and women who would like to be playing over there.

IT'S NOT ALL WINE AND ROSES ON THE US COLLEGE CIRCUIT

At the conclusion earlier this week of the Golfweek Division 11 Spring Invitational at Reunion Resort, Florida, the Barton College men's team, joint winners with Lynn University from Boca Raton, did not fly back to their base at Wilson, North Carolina. They did not even make the journey by train.
No, it was a 10-hour, 640-mile van ride, starting soon after the end of the tournament, right through the night, to arrive back at the campus around 4.30am.
Most of the players then had classes at 8am.

SUNCOAST LADIES SERIES PRO TOUR SCOREBOARD

LPGA INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS' COURSE
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72). Yardage 6,4501 Paige MACKENZIE, Scottsdale, Arizone 72-72-69--213 ($2,200).
2 Chella CHOI, South Korea 67-71-75--213 ($1,100)
3 Miriam NAGL, Berlin, Germany 72-70-72--214 ($1,000).
4 Jodi EWART, North Yorkshire, England 76-69-71--216 ($900).
5 Stephanie SHERLOCK Barrie, Ontario CAN 71-72-76--219 ($800).
T6 a-Anais Maggetti Switzerland 73-74-73--220 (amateur)
T6 Danah BORDNER Indianapolis, IN 71-76-73--220 ($658.33)
T6 Ashley PRANGE Noblesville, IN 74-73-73--220 ($658.33).
T6  Hannah YUN Bradenton, Fl 72-72-76--220 ($658.33).
T10 Marlowe BOUKIS Lutherville, MD 74-71-76--221 ($575).
T10 Jane PARK Los Angelas, CA 74-70-77--221 ($575).
12 Erika KUWAHARA Tokyo, Japan 72-77-73--222 ($540).
T13 Song Yi CHOI, Seoul, South Korea 77-75-71--223 ($526.67).
T13 Abby BOOLS, Hickory, NC 75-73-75--223 ($526.67).
T13 Candace SCHEPPERLE Birmingham, Alabama 74-74-75--223 ($526.67).
16 Erika MALIK Hinsdale, IL 77-75-72--224 ($510).
T17 Christina JONES Jensen Beach, FL 72-79-74--225 ($502.50).
T17 Alexandra CASI, East Palestine, OH 79-73-73--225 +9 $502.50
19 Lene KROG, Lier, Norway 79-70-77--226
T20 Rachel CONNOR, Manchester, England 79-76-72--227 
T20 Jenny SUH Fairfax, VA 77-75-75--227
T22 Stephanie CONNELLY Pasadena, MD 76-74-79--229 
T22 Vanessa VELA Bogota, Colombia 76-74-79--229
24 Lorie KANE Charlottetown, PEI CAN 76-78-76--230
T25 Ashley SHOLER Hamilton, Ontario CAN 74-80-77--231
T25 Christine SONG Fullerton, CA 77-75-79--231
T25 Laura NOCHTA Cortland, OH 78-78-75--231
T25 Valeria Martinoli Switzerland 80-77-74--231 (amateur)
T25 Saehee SON Seoul, South Korea 76-76-79--231
T25 Jennifer HONG Granger, IN 78-80-73--231
T31 Kristen SIMPSON Norfolk, VA 81-77-74--232 
T31 Ashley SMITH Calgary, Alberta, Canada 76-75-81--232 
T33 Rachael SCHMIDT Elk River, MN 75-78-80--233
T33 Danielle MILLS Pointe-Claire Quebec, CAN 83-75-75--233 
35 Briana VEGA Andover, MA 79-76-79--234
T36 Nikki HADD Crestview, FL 77-77-81--235
T36 Carrie Rowe St. Augustine, FL 80-79-76--235 (amateur).
T38 Kelly FROELICH Raizeux, France 79-79-78--236
T38 Whitney NEUHAUSER Charlottesville, VA 83-75-78--236 
T40 Amber PEDERSEN St. Petersburg, FL 78-79-80--237 
T40 Sookhee BAEK Orlando, Fl 78-82-77--237 
42 Alison MEYER Duluth, MN 79-82-78--239
T43 Ginny BROWN Austin, TX 80-78-82--240
T43 Elise SWARTOUT Ann Arbor, MI 83-77-80--240 
T43 Melissa EATON-JACKSON Port Shepstone, S. Africa 83-81-76--240