MEGHAN MACLAREN SCORES SECOND US WIN IN THREE STARTS

    

   MEGHAN MACLAREN (extreme right) WITH THE WINNING FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TEAM

Meghan MacLaren seems to be enjoying life in America as she has just scored victory no 2 out of 3 starts. The 35^th Pat Bradley Invitational took place last weekend on the Cypress Links course (Par 72, 6261 yards) at Lakewood Ranch G and CC near Sarasota, Florida.  A field of 14 teams with a total of 75 college girls took part in this annual event, which was hosted by the winning team, Florida International University. 

Pat Bradley was the first female golfer to attend FIU in the 1970’s and certainly extends a strong legacy for future FIU golfers to follow.

 Meghan’s score of 2 under 70 and 1 under 71 on the final 2 days made her the most consistent performer in the field and gave her a 2 shot victory over Daytona State’s So Young Hwang. 

Meghan said “the greens were really slick here and the wind featured a lot on the final day but I managed to keep hitting greens in regulation and that helped me produce a steady round”. FIU’s team score of 876 was the second lowest team total in the history of the event and was 26 strokes ahead of the tournament runners up, Cincinnati.  

Another of the FIU Panthers to feature on Day 1 and 2 was Yorkshire’s Sophie Godley – Sophie opened with a  1 under 71 to be in 2^nd place and held onto her 2^nd position with a 2^nd day 74. Sophie finished on 8 over par to take 9^th spot.

  Meghan’s 2^nd victory comes only a couple of weeks after being named the Sun-Belt Conference Women’s Golfer of the Month – and this accolade was awarded due to her win in the Wolverine Invitational at Ann Arbour, Michigan and a 3^rd place finish level par score at the 6^th Johnie Imes Invitational in Missouri.

 Next week sees the FIU Panthers make their way to Hawaii (what a tough life) and the Rainbow Waihine Invitational in Oahu.

 

MARY MACLAREN