AUGUSTA STATE v GEORGIA FOR NCAA TITLE ON SUNDAY

Title-holders Augusta State University will play Georgia University in an all-Georgia final at the NCAA men's championship over the Karsten Creek course, Stillwater in Oklahoma.
In today's semi-finals, Augusta State bt Oklahoma State 3-2 while Georgia downed Duke 3-2.
Georgia's Carter Newman birdied the 19th  to beat Oklahoma State's Sean Einhaus in the decisive match.
Newman had holed clutch putts on both the 17th and 18th greens.

The Jaguars will face Georgia in Sunday's championship. The Bulldogs beat Duke 3-2 with wins by Harris English, Russell Henley and Bryden MacPherson.

The final will pit Augusta State's Patrick Reed -- who hammered  US Amateur champion Peter Uihlein (Oklahoma State) 8 and 7 -- against his former school. He played for Georgia as a freshman before transferring to Augusta State.

Augusta State also got a 3 and 1 win by Henrik Norlander against Kevin Tway, a Ben Hogan Award finalist and the son of PGA golfer Bob Tway.
English beat Brinson Paolini 5 and 4, MacPherson beat Austin Cody 2 and 1, and Henley closed the match out by beating Tim Gornik 3 and 2. Julian Suri and Wes Roach won matches for Duke.

Talor Gooch beat Olle Bengtsson 7 and 5, and Morgan Hoffman beat Mitchell Krywulycz by one hole for Oklahoma State's two wins.

With the other four matches seemingly decided, it took a strong finish from Newman to put Augusta State back in the finals. He appeared set to go one down at the 17th  until  he sank a par putt from 25 feet. He then watched Einhaus get up and down from a bunker before holing from 7ft at the 18th.
That put them down the 19th
Newman got his chance to close it out from about 5 feet after Einhaus hit his drive into the rough and ended up with a far more difficult birdie putt.

"What's so ironic is he (Newman) struggled through his career with his putting and just recently switched to a long putter midway through the spring, and it has completely changed his putting and his approach to the game," coach Gregory said. "He's Captain Clutch."

The stunner for Oklahoma State was how Uihlein, who'll be playing in the U.S. Open in two weeks, and Tway crumbled against the Jaguars for the second straight year.

Reed won the first three holes with a birdie on No. 1 and then back-to-back pars while Uihlein made consecutive bogeys. Then he closed it out by winning six straight holes -- with birdies on Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11. He even won the 10th with a bogey when Uihlein made double.

"He hit it close and then whenever I actually had a chance to maybe hit one inside of him, I hit a bad shot. I just had no momentum. Nothing really just kind of went my way today. Obviously, I'm disappointed but we'll be a little better next year."

CATRIONA MATTHEW SETS CLUBHOUSE TARGET ON LPGA TOUR

Catriona Matthew set the clubhouse target of seven-under-par 135 (68-67) in the LPGA Tour's ShopRite Classic at Galloway, New Jersey today.

The North Berwick player came storming home in only 31 shots with birdies at the short 11th, 14th and 18th.

She had earlier bogeyed the first, birdied the fourth and fifth, bogeyed the sixth and birdied the long ninth to be out in one-under 36.

The Scot had only 26 putts and averaged 258 yd with her drives.
Fellow Scots Mhairi McKay and Janice Moodie were not going to survive the cut.
McKay had rounds of 79 and 76 for 155.
Moodie, who recently became a mother for a second time, had scores of 82 and 80 for 162.

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NORTH GIRLS LEAD TABLE AT BALLUMBIE CASTLE INTER-AREA

North, with two wins out of two, head the points table as the SLGA Inter-area girls team round-robin match-play tournament enters its second and final day at Ballumbie Castle Golf Club, near Dundee on Sunday.
North beat West 2-1 in the morning today and then topped South by 2.5 to 0.5.
In the other matches, South beat East 2-1 and East beat West 3-0.

DETAILS

SATURDAY MORNING

NORTH 2, WEST 1
North players first
Tegan Seivwright and Sophie Alexander bt Samantha Cowan and Alexandra Qayum 3 and 2.
Nicola Robertson and Claire Gadsby bt Katie McGarva and Heather Neilson 4 and 3.
Eilidh McTavish and Claire Robertson lost to Emma Kennedy and Grace Mackie 2 and 1.
SOUTH 2, EAST 1
Danni Ker and Leanne Wilson bt Alexis Hutton and Catherine Goodwin 5 and 4.
Mirren Fraser and Emma Kennedy bt Chloe Goadby and Sophie Maguire 1 hole.
Katie Wright and Emma Dodds lost to Alexandra Tait and Rosie Everett 5 and 4.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

WEST 0, EAST 3
Katie McGarva and Alexandra Qayum lost to Alexis Hutton and Catherine Goodwin 5 and 4.
Emma Kennedy and Grace Mackie lost to Chloe Goadby and Sophie Maguire 3 and 2.
Samantha Cowan and Heather Neilson lost to Alexandra Tait and Rosie Everett 4 and 3.

SOUTH 0.5, NORTH 2.5
Danni Ker and Leanne Wilson lost to Tegan Seivwright and Sophie Alexander 7 and 5.
Katie Wright and Emma Dodds lost to Nicola Robertson and Chloe Goadby 5 and 3.
Mirren Fraser and Emma Kennedy halved with Eilidh McTavish and Claire Robertson.

HOW THEY STAND
North 4pt, South 2pt, East 2pt, West 0.

SUNDAY MORNING FINAL MATCHES
North v East
South v West.

HOLLY AITCHISON TWO SHOTS CLEAR IN HOLLAND

By BETHAN CUTLER
Ladies European Tour Media Manager

England’s Holly Aitchison put herself in position for a maiden win on the Ladies European Tour after she established a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the Deloitte Ladies Open in Holland.

While several players struggled in the tough, windy conditions, the 24-year-old from Bedford mixed three birdies with two bogeys for a second round of 71 at Golfclub Broekpolder in Rotterdam on Saturday.

Starting out on the more difficult back nine, she navigated the three toughest holes from 10 through 12 in level par before adding birdies at the 14th and 16th.

She bogeyed the first after finding the trees and having to hit out sideways, but recovered with a birdie at the second, striking an eight-iron to eight feet and rolling in the putt.

She hit her second shot just short of the green at the eighth and raced the first putt past, resulting in a bogey, but said: “I’m hitting it well and putting well so I’m pretty happy.”

Keen to play down the significance of her position, she said: “I’ll just go out there and do much the same as what I’ve done the past two days.

“I made a few more mistakes today but I was patient. I knew I was going to make mistakes and I knew that I was going to make bogeys. I put my head down and kept going.”

Aitchison, at six under par, enjoyed a career-best tie for 10th at the Hero Honda Women’s Indian Open last season but it will be her first time in serious contention.

While she will be targeting her first victory in her third year as a professional, her closest challenger, Kiwi Lynnette Brooky, will be drawing on 16 years’ of Tour experience as she takes aim at her fifth Ladies European Tour title and her first since the 2006 Open de Espana.

The 43-year-old from Wellington has been struggling with an ankle injury this week after she fell down a flight of stairs on Thursday and almost pulled out of the tournament, but she added a 69 to her opening 71 to sit alone in second.

Brooky explained: “On Thursday night, I couldn’t walk. I was limping and I couldn’t walk on it because it was just so sore.

“I came to the physio and the doctor and they grabbed my ankle and twisted it and said, ‘You’ll play.’ I was really worried.”

After going through years of swing changes, she said: “This year I understand everything and I think I can play strongly. I haven’t held back on my game at all.”

Frenchwoman Anne-Lise Caudal also shot 69 and is two strokes further behind in third place. She said: “Today my putting and chipping was pretty good on my front nine, because I only hit five greens. I played much better on my back nine and hit eight greens, so, it was much better. I was patient and kept going. I tried to concentrate because it wasn’t easy with the wind.”

She is gunning for a second Tour victory after winning the 2008 Portugal Ladies Open and added: “I’m confident and I hope I’m going to catch up. I have a chance to win.”

The current European No.1 Christel Boeljon from the Netherlands (70) and England’s Melissa Reid (72) share fourth spot a shot back on one under par.

Boeljon, who claimed her maiden title at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open a month ago, drew a sizeable and vocal crowd.

She said: “I’m very pleased. It was playing pretty tough again with the wind. I played solid and I’m pleased with my score.

“I did the same yesterday. I just had one bad hole yesterday that put my score up but overall it’s pretty good. I hope I can have one more good round and see where I end up. A win would be amazing.”

With 18 holes to play, Swede Caroline Hedwall held a chance of claiming a third trophy in seven days, following victories at last week’s Allianz Ladies Slovak Open and PowerPlay Golf Ignition tournament.

She finished in a share of sixth place on level par with Italy’s Diana Luna, England’s Danielle Montgomery and Tara Davies from Wales.

SCOTSWATCH

Only two Scots survived the 36-hole cut. Young Carly Booth, pictured above, showed a welcome return to something like her true form with a 75 for 145 while Kylie Walker, the most consistent Scot this season, is on 150 after a 72.

The cut, on 151, eliminated Vikki Laing (75-152), Krystle Caithness (73-154), Pamela Feggans (77-156), Lynn Kenny (78) and Claire Queen (83), both on 157.

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SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)

138  Holly Aitchison (ENG) 67 71

140 Lynnette Brooky (NZ) 71 69

142 Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 73 69

143 Christel Boeljon (NL) 73 70, Melissa Reid (ENG) 71 72

144 Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 75 69, Tara Davies (WAL) 72 72, Diana Luna (ITA) 69 75, Danielle Montgomery (ENG) 72 72

145 Julie Greciet (FRA) 76 69, Sophie Giquel-Bettan (FRA) 74 71, Carly Booth (SCO) 75 70, Sahra Hassan (WAL) 74 71

146 Joanna Klatten (FRA) 77 69, Anna Rossi (ITA) 74 72, Stacey Keating (AUS) 71 75, Marina Arruti (ESP) 72 74, Rachel Jennings (ENG) 72 74, Sophie Walker (ENG) 75 71

147 Connie Chen (SA) 75 72, Caroline Masson (GER) 74 73, Bree Arthur (AUS) 75 72, Rebecca Hudson (ENG) 72 75, Frances Bondad (AUS) 72 75, Caroline Afonso (FRA) 76 71, Rebecca Flood (AUS) 77 70, Becky Brewerton (WAL) 74 73, Melodie Bourdy (FRA) 75 72

148 Thipada Suwannapura (THA) 74 74, Barbara Genuini (FRA) 75 73, Kaisa Ruuttila (FIN) 75 73, Stefania Croce (ITA) 76 72, Nikki Garrett (AUS) 71 77, Felicity Johnson (ENG) 73 75, Stacy Lee Bregman (SA) 79 69, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (FRA) 71 77

149 Lydia Hall (WAL) 77 72, Carin Koch (SWE) 77 72, Sharmila Nicollet (IN) 74 75, Laura Cabanillas (ESP) 76 73, Beth Allen (USA) 76 73, Florentyna Parker (ENG) 75 74, Rachel Bell (ENG) 74 75, Malene Jorgensen (DEN) 75 74

150 Margherita Rigon (ITA) 74 76, Kym Larratt (ENG) 72 78, Elizabeth Bennett (ENG) 72 78, Karlijn Zaanen (Am) (NL) 79 71, Christine Hallstrom (SWE) 74 76, Kylie Walker (SCO) 78 72, Anja Monke (GER) 72 78, Karen Lunn (AUS) 74 76, Linda Wessberg (SWE) 77 73, Valentine Derrey (FRA) 71 79

151 Caroline Bon (NZ) 77 74, Rebecca Codd (IRE) 71 80, Marjet van der Graaff (NL) 76 75, Kyra van Leeuwen (NL) 75 76, Jade Schaeffer (FRA) 78 73, Cassandra Kirkland (FRA) 71 80, Julie Maisongrosse (FRA) 74 77, Lee-Anne Pace (SA) 76 75, Jenni Kuosa (FIN) 77 74

MISSED THE CUT

152 Martina Gillen (IRE) 77 75, Kate Combes (AUS) 77 75, Riikka Hakkarainen (FIN) 75 77, Marieke Nivard (NL) 77 75, Kiran Matharu (ENG) 73 79, Vikki Laing (SCO) 77 75, Ashleigh Simon (SA) 82 70

153 Johanna Lundberg (SWE) 77 76, Sophie Sandolo (ITA) 78 75, Veronica Zorzi (ITA) 77 76, Tania Elosegui (ESP) 77 76, Lora Fairclough (ENG) 77 76, Henrietta Zuel (ENG) 82 71, Liebelei Elena Lawrence (GR) 77 76, Elena Giraud (FRA) 78 75, Carmen Alonso (ESP) 75 78, Hannah Jun (USA) 79 74

154 Krystle Caithness (SCO) 81 73, Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) 79 75, Chrisje de Vries (NL) 77 77, Lien Willems (BEL) 78 76, Kim Welch (USA) 75 79, Kristie Smith (AUS) 75 79

155 Line Vedel (DEN) 78 77, Benedicte Toumpsin (BEL) 75 80, Sara Ardstrom (SWE) 81 74, Federica Piovano (ITA) 76 79, Julie Tvede (DEN) 77 78, Morgana Robbertze (SA) 81 74, Jessica Ji (KOR) 79 76, Lisa Hall (ENG) 83 72

156 Emma Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 81 75, Pamela Feggans (SCO) 79 77, Lucie Andre (FRA) 80 76

157 Tandi Cuningham (SA) 78 79, Lynn Kenny (SCO) 79 78, Nontaya Srisawang (THA) 75 82, Zuzana Kamasova (SVK) 78 79, Marion Ricordeau (FRA) 82 75, Clare Queen (SCO) 74 83, Caroline Westrup (SWE) 75 82, Nicole Gergely (AUT) 81 76, Lisa Holm Sorensen (DEN) 76 81, Krista Bakker (Am) (NL) 81 76, Suzanne Dickens (ENG) 78 79

158 Helena Blomberg (SWE) 82 76, Mette Hageman (NL) 80 78, Corisande Lee (ENG) 81 77, Lara Tadiotto (BEL) 75 83

159 Johanna W Johansson (SWE) 82 77, Adriana Zwanck (ESP) 80 79, Jo Clingan (ENG) 80 79, Mariana Macias Capuzzi (ESP) 77 82

160 Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) 83 77, Kirsty S Taylor (ENG) 80 80

161 Louise Larsson (SWE) 84 77

162 Breanne Loucks (WAL) 80 82, Ana Larraneta (ESP) 79 83, Melanie Maetzler (SWI) 83 79

163 Emma Zackrisson (SWE) 78 85, Patricia Beliard (FRA) 84 79, Myrte Eikenaar (Am) (NL) 79 84, Eva Bjarvall (SWE) 85 78

Retired Klara Spilkova (CZE) 87 RTD

PALMER CUP TEAMS FOR NEXT WEEK'S MATCH IN AMERICA

Venue: The Stanwich Club, Greenwich, Connecticutt
Dates: Thursday to Saturday, June 9 to 11, 2011
Most wins: United States 7, Europe 6, Draws 1

UNITED STATES

Coach: Tim Poe (Central Missouri University)

Blayne Barner (Auburn).

Patrick Cantlay (UCLA)

Alex Carpenter (Abilene Christian)

Russell Henley (Georgia)

Daniel Miernicki (Oregon).

Bank Vonglanij (Florida).

Chris Williams (Washington)

Andrew Yun (Stanford)

EUROPE

Coach: Rickard Lindberg (Sweden).

Assistant: David Inglis (Scotland/Northwestern Univ)

Sebastian Cappelen (Denmark (Arkansas)

Nacho Elvira (Spain) (Texas A and M).

Nils Foren (Sweden) (Texas Tech)

Jeff Karlsson (Sweden) (Kennesaw State).

Robert Karlsson (Sweden) (Liberty).

Nick McAndrew (Scotland) (Aberdeen).

Henrik Norlander (Sweden) (Augusta State).

Pontus Widegren (Sweden) (UCLA).

ABOYNE STUDENT FINISHES jt 4th IN US JUNIOR COLLEGES' CH/SHIP

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Ross Milne from Aboyne, a sophomore (second-year) student at Dodge City College, Kansas - famous as being a "frontier town" in the old Wild West - came joint fourth in the National Association of Junior Colleges' national golf championship after sharing the lead with one round to go.
The 72-hole event was played over a long par-72 course (7,388yd) at Odessa Country Club, Texas and Milne, pictured, had rounds of 72, 75, 65 and 78 for a total of two-over-par 290.
His brilliant third-round 65 - the tournament lowest by anyone in the field if 117 players - included a purple patch of six birdies in a row from the first to the sixth. He also birdied the ninth hole to be out in seven-under-par 29.
Ross notched birdies Nos 8 and 9 at the 13th and 14th before he had his only slip of the day - a double bogey 7 at the long 17th.
Over the 72 holes, the Scot had 16 birdies and two double bogeys.
He finished seven shots behind the winner, William Anderson (Brevard College) who scored 71, 75, 67 and 70 for 283.

Volunteers to be a crowd marshal sought for Ricoh Women's British Open at Carnoustie at end of July

Carnoustie Links Committee is looking for volunteers to be a crowd marshal at the Ricoh  Women's British Open championship, to be played over the Carnoustie Championship Links from Thursday to Sunday, July 28 to 31 (practice days Tuesday and Wednesday, July 26-27).

If you are interested in volunteering your services (you will receive free waterproofs, meals and extra admission tickets) then fill in the form below and forward it to

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WIND DOESN'T BOTHER CATRIONA - BUT SLOW PLAY DOES!

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — For a change, the Bay Course at Seaview won a round at the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Third-ranked Jiyai Shin of South Korea shot a 5-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over playing partner Sandra Gal of Germany after the wind-whipped opening round on the course in the shadow of Atlantic City.

Catriona Matthew, pictured, from North Berwick was two shots back, and fourth-ranked ranked Cristie Kerr, No. 6 I.K. Kim, Karen Stupples, Vicky Hurst and Lindsey Wright opened with 69s.

Karrie Webb was in a trio at 70. Michelle Wie and Paula Creamer had 72s.

The surprise of the day was the conditions at the Bay Course at Seaview. For years, conditions have been calm at the links-type course in the shadow of Atlantic City, and there were birdies galore.

Gusts of 20 mph or more blew off the bay and only 13 players broke par (71) on a layout toughened by longer grass, quicker greens and the addition of knee-high fescue for those who missed the fairways. Only eight finished in the 60s.

"It played really tough," Kerr said. "I started out on the back nine, and that's probably the toughest it's ever played in all the years I've played here."

Six of the top eight players teed off in the afternoon, including the top three. Kerr and Wright were the only ones to play in the morning.

A year ago, 60 players broke par in the first round, including 43 in the 60s. Ai Miyazato won the 54-hole event at 16 under.

Miyazato was in a group at 73 on Friday along with top-ranked Yani Tseng.

Shin and Gal seem to do well together. They were paired for the final two rounds of the Kia event in the Los Angeles area earlier this year with Gal winning her first LPGA event, and Shin coming in second.

They were very good again Friday. Shin had six birdies and a bogey, while Gal had five birdies and a bogey. Both had birdies at the Nos. 2, 10 and 18.

"I've been practising a lot of the putting this week," said Shin, who blamed an inconsistent season on a balky putter. "Today my putting was great, good work, my shot also, and I didn't miss any fairways."

Gal said she wasn't bothered by the wind, noting she played in similar conditions in the pro-am earlier in the week.

"It's part of the golf course," she said. "Wind, no wind, you just have to take it as it is."

Gal has been one of the biggest surprises on the women's tour this year. The 26-year-old has played in five events and posted three Top 10 finishes.

Even she doesn't know what has led to her success.

"If I would know I would tell you," she said. "You know what, I'm just having a good time out there. And it's just fun playing with good other players and in front of a lot of crowds and just trying to entertain them, really."

For most of the players in the field, the first round wasn't enjoyable, particularly the amount of time they spent on the course. Most players needed more than 5 1/2 hours to complete play.

Kerr said her group, which included Grace Park (78) and Amanda Blumenherst (77), stopped 10 times to search for balls in the tall fescue.

Park hit two balls out of bounds and Blumenherst was in the whispy grass a couple of times.

Kerr even joked on the 14th hole hole, the trio got a surprise searching for a lost ball.

"That hole we found 15 golf balls in there," said Kerr, who finished second to Suzann Pettersen in the Sybase Match Play Championship last month. "But none of them were our group's. So, you know, I think the Pro-Am guys lost a few out there."

Matthew didn't mind the conditions, saying it reminded her of golf back home in Scotland. She had five birdies and two bogeys.

What bothered her was the length of the round.

"I mean, it was pathetic, the pace of play," Matthew said. "I don't know if it was just too many people in the field to get around. But, yeah, I don't know what we can do about that."
Compatriots Mhairi McKay and Janice Moodie did not do so well. Mhairi has a 79 and Janice an 82.

The 54-hole tournament is scheduled to end on Sunday.

LEADERBOARD

Par 71
Players from US unless stated
66 Jiyai Shin (S Korea).
67 Sandra Gal (Germany).
68 Catriona Matthew (Scotland)
69 Cristie Kerr, Lindsey Wright (Australia), Vicky Hurst, L K Kim (S Korea), Karen Stupples (England), Anna Grzebien.

Selected scores:
74 Alison Walshe (Ireland) (T54).
75 Becky Morgan (Wales) (T70).
76 Laura Davies (England) (T108).
79 Mhairi McKay (Scotland) (T107).
82 Janice Moodie (Scoland) (T144).

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KATHLEEN EKEY LEADS FUTURES TOUR EVENT BY THREE SHOTS

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MARION, Iowa, June 3, 2011 – Kathleen Ekey admits she has been sniffling and stuffy with a sinus infection since mid-May, but as the old adage goes, “beware of the sick and injured golfer.”

The former University of Alabama player drained a three-foot birdie putt on her second hole today and never looked back in the first round of the $110,000 Ladies Titan Tire Challenge. She carded five birdies in her bogey-free round to post an opening score of 5-under 67 for a three-shot lead.

“This is one of those courses that can be really penal when you miss shots, but I hit 17 greens today, and that makes it a lot easier,” said Ekey, 24, a second-year pro out of Sharon Township, Ohio.

Ekey used her length to pounce on the four par-5 holes at Hunters Ridge Golf Course, making birdie on each of the par-5s.

With strong winds blowing throughout the day, gusting up to 31 mph, players rose and fell on the leaderboard, but rookie Paz Echeverria moved into second place alone with her round of 2-under 70.

Playing in Iowa this week after tying for 11th place in Brazil last week at the HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup, the Chilean called today’s round a “mini-battle.”

“I always have problems playing in wind, so I’m really proud of myself for beating the wind today,” said Echeverria. “I hit the ball high, so I tried to punch it more.”

The Chilean recorded 11 putts on her front nine holes with one-putt greens on hole Nos. 2-8. She carded an eagle-3 on the par-5 sixth hole when she striped a 3-wood to just over three feet, adding a birdie from eight feet on No. 7.

“Maybe the way I played last week [in Brazil] was the key,” she added. “My confidence grew up.”

Mo Martin of Altadena, Calif., and Tracy Stanford of Midland, Texas are tied for third at one-under 71.

Jean Chua of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2011 Futures Tour tournament winner Lisa Ferrero of Lodi, Calif., and Sofie Andersson of Angelholm, Sweden are all tied for fourth at even-par 72 in the kickoff of the LPGA Futures Tour’s Midwest swing in Iowa’s Greater Cedar Rapids area.

Saturday’s second round of the third annual Ladies Titan Tire Challenge will begin at 7:50 a.m., off the first and tenth tees. The leaders will tee off at 12:30 p.m.

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Weather: Sunny and warm with temperatures in the high 80s with winds around 19 mph, gusting to 31 mph.

FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD

Par 72 (36-36). Yardage: 6,445.
1 Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 33-34 - 67

2 Paz Echeverria (Santiago, Chile) 33-37 - 70
3 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 36-35 - 71
4 Jean Chua (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 36-36 - 72
Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 40-32 - 72
Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 35-37 - 72
7 Tzu-Chi Lin (Taitung, Chinese Taipei) 38-35 - 73
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 36-37 - 73
Leanne Bowditch (Queensland, Australia) 34-39 - 73
Natalie Sheary (West Hartford, Conn.) 37-36 - 73
Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 38-35 - 73
Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Channel Islands, UK) 34-39 - 73
13 Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 37-37 - 74
Sara Maude Juneau (Quebec, Canada) 36-38 - 74
Ki-Shui Liao (Alameda, Calif.) 36-38 - 74
Dolores White (Lakeland, Fla.) 37-37 - 74
Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 37-37 - 74
Dawn Shockley (Estes Park, Colo.) 35-39 - 74
Jessi Gebhardt (Chandler, Ariz.) 34-40 - 74
Mallory Fraiche (New Orleans, La.) 37-37 - 74
Macarena Silva (Santiago, Chile) 36-38 - 74
Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 37-37 - 74
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 36-38 - 74
24 Lyndsay McBride (Elkhart, Ind.) 36-39 - 75
Rebecca Samuelsson (Gothenburg, Sweden) 37-38 - 75
Kitty Hwang (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 40-35 - 75
Molly Aronsson (Shelburne, Vt.) 38-37 - 75
Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 37-38 - 75
Izzy Beisiegel (St. Hilaire, Quebec) 38-37 - 75
Madeleine Holmblad (Stockholm, Sweden) 36-39 - 75
Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 36-39 - 75
Laura Jansone (Jurmala, Latvia) 38-37 - 75
Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 39-36 - 75
Brittany Johnston (Akron, Ohio) 37-38 - 75
Victoria Park (Irvine, Calif.) 37-38 - 75
Ulrika Van-Niekerk (Cape Town, South Africa) 39-36 - 75
37 Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 37-39 - 76
Courtney Mahon (Lee's Summit, Mo.) 38-38 - 76
Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, Canada) 35-41 - 76
Leah Wigger (Louisville, Ky.) 39-37 - 76
Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 36-40 - 76
Cara Freeman (San Tan Valley, Ariz.) 39-37 - 76
Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 37-39 - 76
Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 36-40 - 76
Rachel Connor (Manchester, England) 38-38 - 76
Ashley Medders (Alma, Ga.) 38-38 - 76
Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 40-36 - 76
Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 38-38 - 76
Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 39-37 - 76
Melissa Eaton-Jackson (Port Shepstone, South Afric 39-37 - 76
Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 37-39 - 76
Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 37-39 - 76
Kelsey Verbeten (New Franken, Wis.) 37-39 - 76
Jenna Pearson (Wheaton, Ill.) 37-39 - 76
Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 35-41 - 76
56 Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 37-40 - 77
Maiya Tanaka (San Diego, Calif.) 35-42 - 77
Abby Bools (Hickory, N.C.) 39-38 - 77
Katie Kempter (Albuquerque, N.M.) 37-40 - 77
Aimee Neff (Carmel, Ind.) 38-39 - 77
Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 38-39 - 77
Cathryn Bristow (Auckland, New Zealand) 35-42 - 77
Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 37-40 - 77
Johani Bakar (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 42-35 - 77
Victoria Elizabeth (Dayton, Ohio) 36-41 - 77
Yu-Ling Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) 38-39 - 77
Ashley Smith (Calgary, Alberta) 39-38 - 77
Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 38-39 - 77
Britney Choy (Wahiawa, Hawaii) 39-38 - 77
Alexandra Casi (East Palestine, Ohio) 40-37 - 77
Yi-Yu Cheng (Taichung, Chinese Taipei) 36-41 - 77
Sofi Toccafondi (Del Viso, Argentina) 35-42 - 77
Laura Nochta (Cortland, Ohio) 40-37 - 77
Kendall Dye (Edmond, Okla.) 35-42 - 77
Laura Kueny (Whitehall, Mich.) 40-37 - 77
Seul Ki Park (Northbrook, Ill.) 38-39 - 77
77 Stephanie Kim (Bayside, N.Y.) 39-39 - 78
Alexandria Buelow (a) (Palm City, Fla.) 39-39 - 78
Jodi Ewart (North Yorkshire, England) 40-38 - 78
Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 37-41 - 78
Mesha Levister (Louisburg, N.C.) 38-40 - 78
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 39-39 - 78
Erika Malik (Hinsdale, Ill.) 39-39 - 78
Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 38-40 - 78
Vanessa Vela (Bogota, Colombia) 40-38 - 78
Stefanie Kenoyer (Lighthouse Point, Fla.) 40-38 - 78
87 Gloriana Soto (San Jose, Costa Rica) 41-38 - 79
Pamela Ontiveros (Gomez Palacio, Mexico) 39-40 - 79
Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 37-42 - 79
Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 39-40 - 79
Kristen Simpson (Norfolk, Va.) 38-41 - 79
Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 38-41 - 79
Seema Sadekar (Toronto, Ontario) 40-39 - 79
Annie Brophy (Spokane, Wash.) 42-37 - 79
Caroline Park (Seoul, South Korea) 37-42 - 79
96 Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 40-40 - 80
Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla.) 39-41 - 80
Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Mich.) 37-43 - 80
Jordan Hardy (Sylacauga, Ala.) 41-39 - 80
Ai-Chen Kuo (Chinese Taipei) 40-40 - 80
Sue Kim (Langley, British Columbia) 40-40 - 80
Rachael Schmidt (Elk River, Minn.) 40-40 - 80
Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 36-44 - 80
Stacey Miller (Bloomington, Ill.) 39-41 - 80
Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 37-43 - 80
Rhea Nair (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) 38-42 - 80
Elise Swartout (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 41-39 - 80
Emily Powers (Quincy, Ill.) 41-39 - 80
Nina Rodriguez (San Jose, Calif.) 40-40 - 80
Lacey Agnew (Jonesboro, Ga.) 37-43 - 80
111 Mari Chun (Pearl City, Hawaii) 42-39 - 81
Xyra Suyetsugu (Honolulu, Hawaii) 39-42 - 81
Elizabeth Dotson (White Bluff, Tenn.) 40-41 - 81
Carrie Riordan (Spring Valley, Ill.) 38-43 - 81
Nikki Hadd (Crestview, Fla.) 39-42 - 81
Juli Erekson (Chicopee, Mass.) 43-38 - 81
Kristin Vincent (Bulrington, N.C.) 43-38 - 81
Jutta Degerman (Kaunianinen, Finland) 42-39 - 81
119 Rebecca Kim (Tigard, Ore.) 42-40 - 82
Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas) 38-44 - 82
Kelly Godwin (Centerville, Minn.) 42-40 - 82
Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 41-41 - 82
Stephanie Na (Adelaide, Australia) 40-42 - 82
Lucy Nunn (Lawton, Okla.) 42-40 - 82
Jackie Barenborg (Vero Beach, Fla.) 38-44 - 82
Brittany Kelly (Fishers, Ind.) 39-43 - 82
Rachel Ingram (Benton, Tenn.) 42-40 - 82
Esther Moon (Nashville, Tenn.) 40-42 - 82
129 Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 40-43 - 83
Saehee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 39-44 - 83
Whitney Neuhauser (Charlottesville, Va.) 39-44 - 83
Michelle Shin (Cape Coral, Fla.) 42-41 - 83
133 Jennifer Hong (Granger, Ind.) 40-44 - 84
Alison Meyer (Duluth, Minn.) 40-44 - 84
Samantha Troyanovich (a) (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) 42-42 - 84
136 Fiamma Felitch (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 41-44 - 85
Angel Sze (San Marino, Calif.) 42-43 - 85
Lisa LaFollette (Mililani, Hawaii) 42-43 - 85
139 Karlin Beck (Pike Road, Ala.) 41-45 - 86
140 Melissa Mabanta (Langley, B.C.) 43-44 - 87
--- Missed 18 Hole Cut (score too high to continue) --
Seira Nakashima (Northbrook, Ill.) 43-45 - 88
Sydnee Michaels (Temecula, Calif.) disqualified
Alison Whitaker (Melbourne, Australia) no show.
Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Illinois. no show.

CATHY PANTON-LEWIS INDUCTED INTO VARSITY HALL OF FAME

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By MARTIN DEMPSTER

IT'S been a week of visiting old haunts for Cathy Panton-Lewis. Yesterday she was back at Glenbervie, where her dad John, one of the true legends of Scottish golf, was the long-serving club professional.

Today it's Pitlochry, the family home to check up on her elderly uncle.

The 55-year-old has also been back at the University of Edinburgh, where she gained an MA in geography at the same time as she was showing golfing prowess in her early 20s, to be inducted into its Sports Hall of Fame along with Commonwealth shooting champion Shirley McIntosh and world champion orienteer Yvette Baker.

The trio - the first all-female list of inductees since the Hall of Fame was launched three years ago - join the likes of Sir Chris Hoy, Eric Liddell and Gregor Townsend in receiving the honour and, for Panton-Lewis, it was certainly a thrill to be back at her alma mater.

"I had a wonderful four years there and this is a great honour," she told The Scotsman. "It has changed a lot since I was there. They've golf scholarships now, for starters, and it was great to see round the facilities. The gym was the biggest one I had seen."

During her time there, Panton-Lewis was captain of the golf team and won the Scottish Universtities' Championship back in 1977. The year before, she claimed the best win of her amateur career, in the British Ladies' Championship, at Silloth-on-Solway and was voted as Scottish Sportswoman of the Year.

"It (the British title triumph] was just before my dissertation and I took a week's holiday to go to the seaside, so to win was certainly a nice surprise," she recalled. 

After graduating, Panton-Lewis turned professional and became a founding member of Ladies European Tour in 1978, won its first Order of Merit the following year and went on to claim 14 titles, including the Scottish Open in 1988. She's on the seniors' circuit these days and won the English Ladies' Open last year. 

More than 30 years after its launch, the LET is looking stronger than ever. "(South African] Lee-Anne Pace topped the Order of Merit last year with earnings of £300,000, which is fantastic," noted Panton-Lewis. "Hopefully it can continue to grow."

By the looks of things, girls' golf is definitely growing in Scotland, with teenagers Clara Young, Lauren Whyte and Jessica Meek all appearing to have bright futures ahead of them as the home of golf bids to produce someone who can follow in the footsteps of Panton-Lewis and, more recently, Catriona Matthew.

"There were a lot of good young ones in my day, too. The likes of Gillian Stewart, Muriel Thomson and Lorna Bennett, for example," Panton-Lewis said. "It comes and goes, but I think girl golfers in Scotland get a better chance than down south, for example."

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