FORMER BRITISH GIRLS CHAMPION LEADS AT DAYTONA BEACH

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Parisienne Perrine Delacour, who beat Elizabeth Mallett in the final of the British Under-18 girls open amateur championship at West Lancs GC in 2009, is leading the field by a shot at the end of the first round of the Suncoast Ladies Series 54-hole tournament over the Legends Course at LPGA International, Daytona Beach in Florida.
Perrine, pictured left by Cal Carson Golf Agency, is still an amateur and she won the inaugural irish Under-18 girls open amateur stroke-play earlier this year.
There are four French amateur players in all in the field.
England's Jodi Ewart from Middleham, Yorkshire is lying joint third with a 72.
Compatriot Anna Scott from Consett, County Durham is T18 on 74. Both Jodi and Anna were students at American colleges before they turned professional.

FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 72. Yardage 6,480.
1 Perrine Delacour (France) (amateur) 35-35--70
2 Rhea NAIR (India) 36-35--71
T3 Celine Boutier (France) (amateur) 36-36--72 
T3 Veronica FELIBERT (Caracas, Venezuela) 34-38--72 
T3 Jodi EWART (North Yorkshire, England) 37-35--72 
T3 Brittany JOHNSTON (Akron, Ohio) 35-37--72
T3 Jaclyn SWEENEY (Sarasota, Florida) 36-36--72 
T3 Jamie HULLETT (Mesquite, Texas) 34-38--72
T9 Rebecca LEE-BENTHAM (Toronto, Canada) 36-37--73
T9 Rebecca DURHAM (St Simons Island, Georgia) 35-38--73 
T9 Karlin BECK (Pike Road, Alabama 37-36--73
T9 Cassandra BLANEY (Championsgate, Florida) 36-37--73 
T9 Tracy STANFORD (Midland, Texas) 37-36--73 
T9 Jordan HARDY (Sylacauga, Alabama) 36-37--73 
T9 Ayaka KANEKO (Honolulu, Hawaii) 36-37--73
T9 Megan McCHRYSTAL (Stuart, Florida) 36-37--73
T9 Martina GAVIER (Cordoba, Argentina) 38-35--73
T18 Shannon Aubert (Champions Gate, Florida) (amateur) 39-35--74
T18 Anna SCOTT (Consett, England) 33-41--74 
T18 Seul-Ki PARK (Northbrook, Illinois) 39-35--74 
T18 Mariajo URIBE (Bucaramanga, Colombia) 40-34--74 
T18 Katie KEMPTER (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 39-35--74 
T18 Mitsuki KATAHIRA (Japan) 37-37--74
T24 Fiona Puyo Pau (France) (amateur) 37-38--75 
T24 Ginger HOWARD (Bradenton, Florida)36-39--75 
T24 Lehua WISE (Lihue, Hawaii) 37-38--75
T24 Katy HARRIS (Houston, Texas) 39-36--75 
T24 Junko NAKADA (Japan) 40-35--75
T24 Juliana MURCIA ORTIZ (Bogota, Colombia 39-36--75 
T24 Caroline WESTRUP (Tallahassee, Florida) 38-37--75 
T24 Allison FOUCH (Grand Rapids, Michigan) 37-38--75 
T24 Stephanie KIM (Whitestone, New York) 39-36--75 
T24 Sarah BROWN (Lopatcong, New Jersey) 40-35--75 
T34 Natalie SHEARY (West Hartford, Connecticut) 37-39--76 
T34 Laura JANSONE (Jurmala, Latvia) 37-39--76 
T34 Emily FLANIGAN (Reunion, Florida) 38-38--76
T34 Jacqui CONCOLINO (Orlando, Florida) 36-40--76 
T34 Dori CARTER (Valdosta, Georgia) 37-39--76
T34 Taylor COLLINS (Davie, Florida) 37-39--76
T40 Emma Broze (France) (amateur) 39-38--77
T40 Dawn SHOCKLEY (Estes Park, Colorado) 38-39--77
T40 Victoria LOVELADY (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 40-37--77
T40 Tatiana Kernen (Schoenried, Switzerland) (amateur) 40-37--77
T40 Jackie BARENBORG (Vero Beach, Florida) 40-37--77

ELIZABETH MALLETT SIGNS FOR UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 Elizabeth Mallett signs a Letter of Intent to join the University of North Carolina in August next year.

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
England golf international Sutton Coldfield teenage golfer Elizabeth Mallett has accepted an offer and has signed a National Letter of Intent for a golf scholarship to join The University of North Carolina women’s golf team.
The signing ends a busy period of negotiation for the 17 year old Elizabeth where she has been considering several options and finally secures her four- year placement at UNC that will begin in August 2012.
The 2010 English Girls Champion explained “It’s been the most important golfing decision I’ve had to make in my career to date. Not so much about my golfing journey continuing over in America, as I made that part of the decision some time ago that my future would involve playing and competing in the US - but because I’ve had four other great written offers to consider to join other US universities on the table in the last couple of weeks.
"They were all highly valuable offers with slightly differing strengths and emphasis to them, so it’s been a difficult choice to make “
Elizabeth recently flew over to America on an official short trip visit to some of the possible university options and meet both their golf coaches and university academic advisors about her future.
Elizabeth enthused, “It was my first time in America and it was a great experience to see it for myself. Each university really gave me the red carpet treatment which made me realise how serious a commitment the university make when taking on a new recruit.
"I was taken out for breakfast meetings, lunch appointments and had dinner with the other team members, visited local sights as well as being shown the university campus and golfing facilities. They were all really impressive“
As part of the ongoing decision making process, Elizabeth has recently had to sit the SAT academic exam in early October to fulfil US university entrance eligibility which opened up the way for the offers - as the four-year scholarship is dependent on Elizabeth maintaining her academic level for her degree course as well as her ongoing golfing commitments.
In reasoning her choice Elizabeth added “ My search has been to seek out my best option and I finally decided that UNC would set challenging demands for me both on the golf course as well as in the classroom. The university has fantastic golfing facilities and a proven coaching system and so it’s a real honour for me to join their program. I have a lot to learn about American conditions so am quite excited about the challenges ahead. “
Jan Mann, the head women’s golf coach at UNC, said “We are excited that Elizabeth has chosen to attend Carolina and join the UNC women’s golf program. Her junior success speaks for itself. Elizabeth has a proven track record not only in England but an international level. She will bring a great deal of depth to the team, we are looking forward to Elizabeth joining our Carolina family “
+Elizabeth, who was only 15 when she reached the final of the British girls' open championship at West Lancs GC in 2009 before losing to France's Perrine Delacour, was a member of the title-winning England team at the Girls' Home Internationals at Gullane last August

GIRL QUALIFIERS FOR DAILY TELEGRAPH ABU DHABI JUNIOR GOLF

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH GOLF WEBSITE
The nine girls who have qualified for the 2011 Abu Dhabi Junior Golf Championship finals include the top seven from this year's National Leaderboard, one 10 UK invite and the defending champion.

GIRL QUALIFIERS
Name: Hayley Davis
Qualifying Score (against CSS): N/A
Age: 18
Handicap: +3
Interesting Information: Currently at Baylor University, Texas.

Name: Lauren Taylor
Qualifying Competition Club: UK Sponsors Invitation
Qualifying Score (against CSS): N/A
Age: 17
Handicap: +3
Interesting Information: Weighed less than a bag of sugar when she was born.

Name: Brogan Townend
Qualifying Competition Club: Wilpshire GC
Qualifying Score (against CSS): -6
Age: 17
Handicap: +2

Name: Amy Boulden
Qualifying Competition Club: Maesdu GC
Qualifying Score (against CSS): -4
Age: 18
Handicap: +3
Interesting Information: Played golf in the company of Tiger Woods using his clubs earlier this year.

Name: Lesley Atkins
Qualifying Competition Club: Gullane GC
Qualifying Score (against CSS): -3
Age: 16
Handicap: 1
Interesting Information: Played table tennis for Scotland and No 1 for Scotland in U15s, aged 13.

Name: Samantha Giles
Qualifying Competition Club: St Mellion GC
Qualifying Score (against CSS): -3
Age: 16
Handicap: 2.2
Interesting Information: Loves surfing.

Name: Rachel Walker
Qualifying Competition Club: Crichton GC, Dumfries.
Qualifying Score (against CSS): -3
Age: 17
Handicap: 2

Name: Elizabeth Stebbings
Qualifying Competition Club: Fleetwood GC
Qualifying Score (against CSS): -3
Age: 17
Handicap: Scratch
Interesting Information: Just passed driving test. Wants to study Geography at University.

Name: Meghan MacLaren
Qualifying Competition Club: Stoke Rochford GC
Qualifying Score (against CSS): -3
Age: 17
Handicap: +3
Interesting Information: Played football for Rushden and Diamonds Centre of Excellence aged 9-13. Player of the tournament in USA tournament aged 10 (tournament was for U12s).