KirkwoodGolf: DANIEL YOUNG FINISHES FIFTH IN FLORIDA

Friday, October 12, 2012

DANIEL YOUNG FINISHES FIFTH IN FLORIDA



Perth's Daniel Young (Lynn University, Florida) finished fifth in a field of 75 at this week's Guy Harvey Invitational at the PGA National's Champions' course at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Daniel, pictured, had rounds of 71, 71 and 69 for a five-under-par total of 211. He finished four shots behind the winner by three, Ian Facey (Nova Southeastern) (66-70-71).
Mitch Farrer from West Sussex, also a student at Nova SE, finished T28 on 223 with scores of 75, 73 and 75 
Nova SE won the team title - as their women's team did in the women's section of the tournament - with Barry 10 shots behind in second place and Lynn third on 872, 24 in arrears of Nova SE in a field of 14 teams.

FORREST MAKES TOP TEN IN JACK
NICKLAUS INVITATIONAL

Scottish amateur champion Grant Forrest from North Berwick, a second-year student at San Diego University, California, finished joint ninth in a field of 60 at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational college tournament at Muirfield Village, Dublin in Ohio.
Forrest, pictured by Kenny Smith, scored 73 and 77 for 150 - 10 shots behind the winner by six, Greg Eason (Central Florida) with a pair of 70s over a long course (7,352yd) with a par of 72.



ADAM HEDGES THIRD IN TENNESSEE

Adam Hedges (Belmont Abbey College, Charlotte, North Carolina) finished third in a field of 47 players at the King College Invitational at Bristol Country Club, Tennessee.
Over a par-70 course of 6,474yd, Hedges (pictured) had rounds of 69 and 71 for 140, finished three shots behind the winner, Taylor Gouge, also of
Belmont Abbey College. Gouge scored 68 and 69 for 137.
Edward Thomas (Barton) was runner-up on 139 (71-68)
Matthew Reid from Dundee, another Belmont Abbey student, finished 16th with 76 and 72 for 148.
Barton College (568) shaded Belmont Abbey and King College (both 570) for the team title in a field of seven squads.

MARK GEDDES SECOND IN CALIFORNIA

Mark Geddes (Grand Canyon University, Arizona) from Cheshire finished second in a field of 80 at the InterWest Wildcat Invitational at Sevilliano Links, Corning, California.
Geddes had rounds of 68, 71 an d71 for a total of six-under-par 210 over a par-72 course of 6,885yd.
He was beaten by one shot by Bob Damschen (CSU-Stanislau) who scored 66, 69 and 74 for 209. 

EDITOR'S NOTE: We would have displayed a picture of Mark Geddes if we had one - but we don't. There is no picture of Mark on the Grand Canyon University website. If Mark's folks back home would like to send us a picture, Colin@scottishgolfview.com is the E-mail address. 

EAMON BRADLEY FINISHES FIFTH 
 
We have added another British student - a Scot - to our list for tracking in US college events. Thanks to Eamon Bradley's dad we now know that Eamon, a former Scotland boy international, is a freshman student at Southeastern Louisiana Univesity.
Earlier this month, Eamon, from Glasgow, finished joint fifth in the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate at Squire Creek Country Club, Choudrant, Louisiana.
Eamon outscored all his team-mates comfortably with rounds of 75, 67 and 71 for a total of 213 - seven shots behind the winner, Travis Wilmore (Louisiana Tech) who had rounds of 70, 68 and 68 for 206.
SE Louisiana finished joint fifth ina  field of 14 teams behind winners Central Arkansas. 

NOTE TO PARENTS: If you have a golfing son or daughter at college in America and they have not got a mention in our US college golf service, it may be that we don't know they are over there! Please E-mail the relevant info to Colin@scottishgolfview.com and feel free to update us with their performances.

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