NICK FLYNN PIPPED IN PLAY-OFF FOR TITLE AT SAN ANTONIO

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Nick Flynn from Surrey, a student at Western Texas College, was pipped in a play-off for the title in the Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) Classic at the Golf Club of Texas in San Antonio, Texas on Tuesday.
Nick tied with Nick Chacon of the host university on 142 after rounds of 70 and 72 over a par-72 course of more than 7,000yd (7022 to be precise). Flynn's 70 was the joint best score of the first round.
Chacon matched the 142 total with a pair of 71s.
Chacon then won the play-off - US college websites treat play-offs in a funny way: they barely mention them and they don't go into the detail we would consider essential i.e. the OLLU website simply said that Chacon won the tie-break - end of story!
Flynn's Western Texas team-mates James Kerr from Solihall and Nick Martin from London finished 17th and tied 31st respectively in a smallish field of 37 players. Kerr scored 77 and 76 for 153, Martin 85 and 80 for 165.
Nick Flynn's consolation for losing the individual title play-off was the fact that Western Texas College (590) won the team title by two shots from OLLU in a field of five teams.
Editor's note: We would like to show you a picture of Nick Flynn but there's not one on the Western Texas College website.

SCOT MAXWELL JOINT THIRD IN MUSTANG INTERCOLLEGIATE

Steven Maxwell from Glasgow, a student at Western New Mexico University, finished joint third in a field of 95 players at the Mustang Intercollegiate over the University of New Mexico's championship course at Albuquerque.
Steven, pictured right, had rounds of 77, 73 and 77 for a total of 227 over the very long par-72 course of 7,351yd.
The Scot finished only two shots behind the winner, John Jackson (CSU-Monterey Bay) who had scores of 75, 78 and 72 for 225, winning by one stroke from Justin Spray (Fort Lewis College) (74-75-77).
CSU-Monterey Bay (914) won the team title ahead of Fort Lewis College (921) with Western New Mexico (957) 10th in a field of 18 teams.

TOP 15 FINISH BY GROVES HELPS OKLAHOMA CITY WIN TEAM TITLE

Elliot Groves (Oklahoma City University) from Winchester tied for 14th place in a field of 85 players at the CBA Spring Break Intercollegiate tournament at Primm Valley Golf Club, Primm in Nevada.
Over another 7,000yd+ course (7,126) - there seems to be a trend to lengthen the courses on the US men's college circuit - Elliot, pictured left, had roounds of 73, 79 and 70 for a total of six-over-par 222. Good last round which got him into the top 20.
On the same mark was Londoner Yousaf Khan (Grand Valley University, Des Moines) with scores of 75, 74 and 73.
Greg Richards (SCAD Savannah) won with a three-under-par total of 213. He started modestly with a 78  but then suddenly caught fire to shoot 69 and 66. 
Elliot's effort helped Oklahoma City (870) win the team title ahead of SCAD Savannah (875) with Grand View (877) third of 15 teams.

THREE ENGLISH STUDENTS IN TOP 10 AT QUAIL RIDGE

Three English students at Bethany College, Kansas finished in the top 10 of the South Central Kansas Spring Intercollegiate tournament at Quail Ridge Golf Club, Winfield in Kansas.
Jack Hiscock, pictured right, from Swindon finished fourth on his own in a field of 78 players with a pair of 76s for 152 over a par-72 course of 6,761yd.
James Tisdale from Liverpool shared seventh place on 154 with scores of 81 and 73.
Adam Glover, from Brentwood, Essex, the third Bethany College student, just made the top 10 in joint ninth position on 155 with scores of 74 and 81.
Klay Dodd (Seminole State CC) won the individual honours with 73 and 76 for 149. 
Bethany College, not surprisingly won the team title by eight shots from Seminole State CC in a field of 13 teams.

DAVID McGREGOR JOINT 23rd IN CALIFORNIA

Helensburgh's David McGregor, son of the former world swimming ace Bobby McGregor, is not enjoying the form he displayed for Post University, Connecticut in previous seasons.
This week, David, pictured left in action for Post, made the long haul from the East Coast to the West Coast of the States for the Southern California Intercollegiate championship. 
David finished joint 23rd in a field of 78 players - which, in itself, was not too bad a result but his scoring has gone back some way: three rounds of 79 for a total of 237 over a par-71 course of 6,794yd. Which means McGregor was 24 over par for 54 holes.
Team-mate Thomas Rees from Wales was worse. He scored 84, 83 and 84 to finish joint 53rd on 251.
I suspect the weather, even at the California venue of Mission Viejo Country Club, was not all that it might have been because even the winner, Colby Shrum (Central Oklahoma) was five over par with rounds of 75, 73 and 70 for 218 to win by one shot.
Post University (977) finished 10th of the 14 teams behind winners Central Oklahoma (884).

TWELVE BRITISH AND IRISH STUDENTS IN SAME US COLLEGE EVENT

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Is it a record? A total of 12 Scottish, English and Irish students played in the same US college golf tournament this week - the Bobcat Invitational at Cuscowilla, Lake Oconee, Eatonon in Georgia.

Paul McPhee, from Perth and Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida, one of the six Scots in the field of 90 players, finished highest of the dozen from this side of the Atlantic  with a return to something like his best form.
Paul, pictured right, winner of the Scottish Under-14s boys' title at Deeside GC in 2006, finished joint eighth with three steady rounds of 71, 70 and 72 for a total of three-over-par 213 at a testing par-70 lay-out of 6,730yd.

Next came Scott Lambert from Matfen Hall GC, Northumberland and a student at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke, and Adam Hedges from Bromley, a student at Belmont Abbey College. They tied for 20th place on 217. Scott, pictured left, scored 72-72-73, while Adam had a sub-par first round of 69 but went off the boil a bit with subsequent rounds of 73 and 75.

Two Nova Southeastern students, Mitch Farrer from West Sussex and Jack Bartlett from Worthing finished in the 30s - Mitch joint 32nd on 219 with scores of 76, 72 and 72, Jack in joint 35th position with scores of 76, 72 and 72 for 220.

Paul McPhee's Lynn team-mate and fellow-Scot Daniel Young filled joint 38th place on 221 with scores of 73, 72 and 76.
Liam Ashby (Carson-Newman) from Dublin came joint 57th on 226 with scores of 76, 76 and 74.
Scot Chris McManus (Clayton State) from Bearsden finished joint 63rd on 227 with scores of 81, 73 and 73.
Three more Scots came next - Gavin Hay (Carson-Newman) from Glasgow on 230 alongside Edinburgh's Mark Dickson (USC-Aiken) and Clark Nelson (Clayton State) who crossed the Atlantic from Stirling University. Clark totalled 232.
Hay scored 74, 75 and 81 for joint 68th position, the same as Mark Dickson whose rounds were 79,75 and 76.
Clark Nelson finished joint 76th with scores of 80, 72 and 80.
And finally Tom Stephenson (Belmont Abbey College) from Bury St Edmunds finished joint 85th on 239 with scores of 79, 81 and 79.
Individual winner was Otto Bonning (West Florida) with rounds of 70, 66 and 71 for 207. He won by four strokes.
Paul McPhee and Daniel Young had been celebrating at the finish because Lynn University (854) shaded the team title by a single stroke from joint runners-up Barry and West Florida.

JACK'S THE LAD WITH TOP-10 FINISH AT EAGLE INVITATIONAL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Jack Bingham from Stockport, a junior (third-year) student at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort, finished joint eighth in a field of 60 players at this week's Eagle Invitational men's college tournament at Pelican Bay Country Club, Daytona Beach in Florida.
Jack, pictured right, had rounds of 71, 74 and 77 for a total of six-over-par 222 over the par-72, 6,836yd course.
He finished 13 shots behind the runaway winner - by eight strokes - Casey Flenniken (Tennessee Wesleyan) who had scores of 74, 65 and 70 for a seven-under tally of 209.
Bingham's compatriot and team-mate George Thacker from Ashbourne, Derbyshire finished joint 121th on 223 with scores of 72, 77 and 74.
Webber International students Connor O'Dell from Taunton and Tom Gamble from Walton on Thomas finished joint 21st and 24th respectively. O'Dell had scores of 77, 71 and 79 for 223;  Gamble 80, 75 and 73 for 228.
Johnson and Wales (888) won the team title by three shots from runners-up USC-Beaufort. Webber InternatIonal (914) came eighth of 10 teams.

SCOTS FORSYTHE AND YOUNG MAKE TOP 20 IN WEST VIRGINIA

Glasgow-born student Alasdair Forsythe (Davis and Elkins College, West Virginia) finished joint 17th in a field of 68 players at the Concord University Invitational at Glade Springs Resort in Daniels, West Virginia.
Forsythe, pictured right, had rounds of 78, 78 and 73 for 229 over a longish par-72 course of 7,151yd.
Team-mate Christopher Young from Cardross finished joint 24th with rounds of 76, 80 and 78.
Two players finished four shots ahead of the field - Ryan Terdik (Concord) (70-69-76 for 215) and Sean Burke (Ohio Valley) (72-70-73).
Home-course university Concord, not surprisingly, won the team title by a comfortable margin (14 shots) from runners-up Wilmington. Davis and Elkins finished last of the 12 competing teams.

PORTEOUS TOP 30 FINISH IN SCHENKEL INVITATIONAL

Garrick Porteous (Tennessee University) from Northumberland finished joint 26th in a field of 84 players at the Schenkel Invitational men's college tournament at Forest Heights Country Club, Statesboro in the state of Georgia.

Porteous, pictured left, had rounds of 72, 73 and 74 over a par-72 course of 6,947yd

Thomas Sharkey from Helensburgh, a student at Georgia Southern, finished joint 32nd on 220 with scores of 73, 69 and 78.

GB and I Walker Cup team candidate from Ireland, Kevin Phelan (North Florida) finished joint 36th on 221 with scores of 72, 75 and 75.
Darren Renwick (Tennessee) from Woking had scores of 72, 72 and 79 for 223 and a share of 46th place.
Winner by one shot was Bank Vongvanij (Florida) with a nine-under-par total of 207, made up of scores of 66, 68 and 73.
Auburn University and Florida tied for the team title on the 848 mark. North Florida (863) shared fifth place, Georgia Southern (880) joint seventh and Tennessee (881) came 10th.

CHRIS ROBB OUTSIDE TOP 50 AT FURMAN INTERCOLLEGIATE

Former Scottish schoolboys champion Chris Robb (Chattanooga-Tennessee) from Banchory finished joint 51st in a big field of 124 players at the Furman Intercollegiate men's tournament over the Furman University course at Greenville, South Carolina.
Chris, pictured right, had ever-improving rounds of 78, 74 and 73 for 225 over a par-72 course of 6,994yd.
Andrew Weir from Montrose, a student at Francis Marion University, Florence in South Carolina, finished joint 11th with scores of 79, 76 and 80 for 235.
Winner by one shot was Purdue's William Sjaichudin with good scores of 65, 69 and 72 for 10-under-par 206.
Clemon (848) won the team title ahead of Kennesaw State (860). Chattanooga-Tennessee (878) came sixth of 22.

LEE (14) v DEWHURST IN AUSSIE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

Western Australia’s Minjee Lee became one of the youngest players to make the Srixon Australian Amateur Championship final where she will face Tasmanian Ashlee Dewhurst on Wednesday.
Fourteen-year old Lee completed her advance to the finals with an outstanding 6 and 5 win over World Number 1 amateur Cecilia Cho at Victoria Golf Club, Melbourne.
Lee defeated Korean Su-Hyun Oh in the morning quarter finals before setting out on her toughest task to date against Cho in the afternoon.
“I had some nerves at the start and did struggle over the first few holes,” Lee said.
“But after that I got going, played pretty solid, made the pars I needed to and took the birdie opportunities.”
“I haven’t played Ashlee before in match play but we’ve played together in stroke play so I’m looking forward to it,” she added.
Dewhurst claimed the other major win of the day, defeating new Srixon Australian Women’s Stroke Play champion Lydia Ko in the morning quarter final 2 and 1.
The Tasmanian then defeated National Squad member Jessica Speechley 2 and 1 in the semi-final to make her way into today's 36-hole final.

KYLIE WALKER WELCOMES TEAM HYDRO'S TWO-WOMEN DECISION

FROM THE SPORT.SCOTSMAN.COM WEBSITE
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By Martin Dempster

Kylie Walker, who spent the early part of her rookie season on the Ladies European Tour worrying if she could afford to play in the next event, has welcomed the decision that two women will be added to Team Scottish Hydro in 2012.

The absence of a female player from the five chosen for the first season of the new initiative led to criticism from Scottish No 1 Catriona Matthew, who has since been assured that similar support with playing expenses will be forthcoming for emerging Scottish women professionals in due course.

Walker, who finished 68th on the money list last season to retain the card she'd secured after turning professional at the end of 2009 following a successful amateur career that was highlighted by back-to-back wins in the St Rule Trophy at St Andrews, is hoping her name will be on one of those spots in 12 months' time.
Having staged a strong finish to her rookie campaign, the 24-year-old from Drymen is looking forward to starting her 2011 season in earnest in Morocco next week, when Agadir stages a ground-breaking double-header as events on the Ladies European Tour and the European Tour take place alongside each other.
However, she admits there were times last year when she wondered if a lack of financial support would prevent her from seeing out the season, which was a daunting enough prospect in itself as she found herself competing against the players she'd idolised growing up in the game.
"No matter what anyone says, turning professional is a big step and, to be honest, it doesn't matter how good you were as an amateur because, to try to fund a full season is massively difficult," said Walker, who, a year on from making that career switch, is in the fortunate position of having just clinched a deal to be The Carrick on Loch Lomond's touring professional.
"I went to the Tour School and secured a top-ten card, finishing as the leading British player. I thought that would stand me in good stead when I went to companies looking for sponsorship, but sadly it didn't."

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