PAUL LAWRIE FOUNDATION JUNIOR TOUR SEASON FINALE

 L-R – Henri Charles, Calvin Duffton, Kevin Duncan, David Law, Kris Nicol, Calum Bruce, Connor Brown, Callum Sheal

By IAIN POWELL
Paul Lawrie Foundation Organiser 

 

The Paul Lawrie Foundation Junior Tour season finale pro am at Newmachar was a great success with 10 teams playing and both the boys and the pros having a lot of fun. 

Many thanks to the pros for making the day so good. Despite the overnight rain the greens held up and the course was in great shape.

Kris Nicol (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) led his team of Connor Brown (Peterculter), Calum Sheal (Cruden Bay) and Calum Bruce (Duff House) to victory with a very impressive seventeen under par total. 

Two shots further back we had David Law (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) and his team consisting of order of merit winner Henri Charles (Deeside), Calvin Duffton (Torphins) and Kevin Duncan (Keith).

 

We had 3 nearest the pin prizes and they all went to the Gray family with Cameron winning the 6th and 9th and cousin Ellis closest at 15th.

 

17 under

Kris Nicol (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre)

Connor Brown (Peterculter)

Calum Sheal (Cruden Bay)

Calum Bruce (Duff House)

15 under

David Law (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre)

Henri Charles (Deeside)

Calvin Duffton (Torphins)

Kevin Duncan (Keith)

14 under

Billy Fyfe (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre)

Calvin Cheyne (Newmachar)

Aidan Smith (Edzell)

Ross Cooper (Peterculter)

14 under

Greig Hutcheon (Banchory)

Craig Leith (Royal Aberdeen)

Ellis Gray (Duff House)

Jonathan Bell (Royal Aberdeen)

13 under

Malcolm Issacs (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre)

Finley Symon (Deeside)

Cameron Fraser (Oldmeldrum)

Finlay Smith (Royal Aberdeen)

L-R: Sophie Alexander, Kimberley Beveridge, Lewis McWilliam, Craig Lawrie

 

ABOYNE'S KIMBERLEY, LEWIS WIN

PLF JUNIOR MATCH-PLAY TITLES

 

Both the Paul Lawrie Foundation Junior Tour Boys and Girls match-play titles went to Aboyne with Lewis McWilliam beating Craig Lawrie (Deeside) on the final green and Kimberley Beveridge successfully defending her title against Sophie Alexander (Deeside).

Lewis was never down during the match but Craig fought back after being three down at the turn.
He was one down playing the last and could not better Lewis's rock solid par.

Craig was always up in his semi, eventually beating Ben Murray (Portlethen) 5 and 4. Lewis made it to the final by beating Kerr Baptie (Duff House Royal) on the final green.

In the Girls final defending champion Kimberly was always in control, winning 4 and 3.

Kimberley beat Tegan Seivwright (Deeside) 5 and 4 to make it to the final and Sophie was taken to the final green in her semi against Molly Stewart (Murcar Links).

 

DANIELA IACOBELLI WINS DAYTONA BEACH INVITATIONAL

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It was just another day for Daniela Iacobelli at the start of Sunday’s final-round but it proved to be special as she fired a 4-under par 68 to win the Daytona Beach Invitational Presented by Embry-Riddle.

“I looked at my him (her caddy) when we were walking down number one and I was like it’s just another day back at home except you’re carrying the bag,” said Iacobelli. 

Iacobelli entered Sunday’s final round tied atop the leaderboard with Nicole Smith and Courtney Massey at 7-under par. Iacobelli didn’t waste any time as she quickly moved to 1-under par for the day after a birdie at the par-4 first. She then immediately gave the stroke back after a bogey at the par-4 second.

Despite Esther Choe nipping on her heels, Iacobelli stayed focused and utilized her distance to birdie the par-5 fifth.

From that point on, Iacobelli was in total control of her own destiny. The Viera, Fla. native recorded back-to-back birdies on the par-4 12^th and par-5 13^th to take a one-stroke lead after Choe bogeyed the par-3 14^th.

Stephanie Connelly, determined not to go out without a fight, birdied the par-4 16^th to move to 3-under par for the day and join Choe one-stroke behind Iacobelli. Meanwhile behind Connelly, Iacobelli was in the dark about where she stood on the leadboard.

“We made the turn 1-under and we didn’t see a scoreboard until 15, 16, 14, somewhere in there and I never looked at it,” said Iacobelli. “I told him (her caddy) coming up 16 you can look at, I was like I’m not looking at it.”

Filled with nerves, Iacobelli didn’t record another birdie until the par-5 18^th where she reached the green in two using a 6-iron from 158 yards.

“I have never shook over anything like that and it was uncontrollable shake,” Iacobelli said of her tap-in birdie putt on the 18^th. “I was just trying to go straight back and straight through.”

Tag Team…After the last putt dropped on Sunday to give Daniela Iacobelli her first-career victory, the first set of arms to congratulate her were of her caddie and one of her closest friends, Tyler Del Buono. Decked out in matching purple paisley shorts on Sunday, it was evident that the victory was a team effort. The duo has been together since the Tour’s stop in Mexico but Iacobelli said it wasn’t a perfect match at first sight.

“He actually took my job (at Bay Tree) when I first went two or three years ago,” said Iacobelli. “I go out and I’m like ‘who is this guy?’ But we ended up being best friends. So I asked him if he’d go down to Mexico and caddie and he was like ‘duh.’ So we went down to Mexico and we said let’s do this full time.”

After an up and down year with plenty of highlights but missed cuts mixed in, Iacobelli was quick to point the finger Del Buono’s way when asked how she made it through the season-long haul of 16 events.

“He’s my BFF,” said Iacobelli. “He’s my rock.”

SCOTS GIRLS JT 30TH FINISH IN TURKEY

Scotland's Sally Watson (Elie and Earlsferry), Laura Murray (Alford) and Kilmacolm's Eilidh Briggs finished joint 30th as a team in a field of 53 countries at the women's world amateur team golf championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy at Gloria Golf Club, Antalya in Turkey. The Scots lost a lot of ground on the leading teams in Thursday's first round and though they steadied up after that they never looked like getting into contention and, with a total of 593, finished behind England (jt 13th on 579, Ireland (jt 15th on 580) and Wales (23rd on 588). South Korea retained the world title with a 13-under-par total of 563. Germany (566) were second. Finland and Australia (both 567), were joint third. Lydia Ko, 15-year-old New Zealander of South Korea extraction, consolidated her position as the world No 1 in women's amateur golf by winning the individula title by six shotrs with a 14-under-par total of 274. She had scores of 70, 69, 67 and 68. Sally Watson, a student at Stanford University, California, was Scotland's best individual, finishing joint 29th on 290 with scores of 77, 70, 72 and 71, which put her ahead of three members of GB and I's winning Curtis Cup team at Nairn -  British amateur champion Stephanie Meadow (Ireland) on 292, Charley Hull (England) on 293 and Amy Boulden (Wales) on 307 Scottish champion Laura Murray came joint 80th on 306 with scores of 80, 76, 75 and 75. Eilidh Briggs shot 77, 78, 77 and 77 for a share of 100th place on 307. The highest placed British finisher was England's Emily Taylor from Hillside, Lancashire with rounds of 75, 69, 72 and 71 for a share of 18th place on 287.The next Women’s World Amateur Team Championship will be played in Karuizawa, Japan, in 2014. For complete results, visit www.internationalgolffederation.org and click on the Golfstat icon. LEADING TEAM TOTALS Par 576 (72x8) 563 South Korea 566 Germany 567 Finland, Australia 568 Spain, New Zealand 569 Canada 570 United States 572 France 574 Japan 577 Italy 578 Belgium 579 Sweden, England. SELECTED TOTALS 580 Ireland (T15) 588 Wales (23rd) 593 Scotland (T30) LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS Par 288 (4x72) 274 Lydia Ko (NZ) 70 69 67 68 280 Krista Bakker (Fin) 72 70 69 69, Camilla Hedberg (Spa) 70 72 70 68 281 Hyo-Joo Kim (SKo) 72 67 70 72, Lisa McCloskey (US) 70 71 67 73 SELECTED TOTALS 287 Emily Taylor (Eng) 75 69 72 71 (T18) 288 Leona Maguire (Ire) 70 72 72 74 (T22) 290 Sally Watson (Sco) 77 70 72 71 (T29) 292 Becky Harries (Wal) 69 73 74 76, Stephanie Meadow (Ire) 75 74 72 71 (T33) 293 Charley Hull (Eng) 75 69 74 75 (T41) 299 Chloe Williams (Wal) 80 75 74 70 (T66) 300 Georgia Hall (Eng) 76 72 78 74 (T70) 306 Laura Murray (Sco) 80 76 75 75 (T90) 307 Amy Boulden (Wal) 81 73 73 80 (T94) 309 Eilidh Briggs (Sco) 77 78 77 77 (T100) 311 Paula Grant (Ire) 81 76 78 76 (T108).

SYMETRA TOUR REPORT FROM DAYTONA BEACH

Smith, Iacobelli and Massey Share Second-Round Lead

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Nicole Smith and Daniela Iacobelli both sat three shots off the lead after the first round of the Daytona Beach Invitational, and with only two days left in the 2012 season, the third-year pros had a sense of urgency  to make their way to the top of the leaderboard. 
The duo carded rounds of 4-under par 68 to go 7-under after 36 holes of play and hold a share of the lead with first-round leader Courtney Massey.

Smith had her work cut out for her early during Saturday’s second round as she found herself 3-over for the day after only two holes. Currently ranked No. 9 on the Volvik Race for the Card standings, Smith started with a three-putt double-bogey on the par-4 first followed by a bogey on the par-4 second.

She immediately rebounded to card three birdies on the front-nine and made the turn at even-par for the day. 
The birdies continued for Smith on the back-nine as she recorded four additional birdies to finish the day with a 4-under par 68.

Iacobelli had a less eventful front nine and carded one of her five birdies before she made the turn on the par 4 seventh. She got two more birdies on Nos. 11 and 13 before she carded her only bogey of the day on the par-4 16^th. 
But the Viera, Florida native insisted on a strong finish a rattled off back-to-back birdies on her final two holes to finish 4-under for the day.

Massey put on quite the putting demonstration during Friday’s first round but Saturday proved to be just the opposite for the overnight leader. While Massey struggled with her ball striking on Friday, that was just the key to her 1-under par 71 on Saturday.

Massey began the day with a birdie on the par-4 first but immediately dropped a shot after a bogey at the par-4 second. Massey then reeled off a string of pars until a birdie at the scoreable par-5 18^th.

The trio holds a one-shot lead over a group of four including No. 3 Victoria Elizabeth, No. 10 Sara-Maude Juneau, Stephanie Connelly and Erica Moston who sit at 6-under 138.

SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS
 Nicole Smith is in the midst of a stellar season that has been highlighted by four top-10 finishes including tied for second at the Florida’s Natural Charity Classic and for the University of Tennessee graduate, a year has made all the difference in the world.

Last year, Smith made $17,121 which landed her 32^nd on the season-ending money list and only made nine out of 16 cuts. This year has been the complete opposite for the third year Symetra Tour member who stands No. 9 on the Volvik Race for the Card standings and is the only player inside the top-10 that has failed to miss a cut all season.

“I didn’t want to talk about that, but I can talk about it now,” Smith said after safely making the cut this week. 
“I started noticing that a little over halfway through the season. I made all of them after missing over half of them last year and it feels really good, I like it.”

Smith has placed a large emphasis on improving her swing and the hard work has paid off as this year on tour she ranks 11^th in scoring average, second in average driving distance, first in greens in regulation, and first in birdies.
“I work really hard on my swing and I’m very proud of how I guess, they tell me it looks easy,” said Smith. “It doesn’t feel easy all the time but it’s good, it’s very simple, I work very hard at getting it that way. I think my swing coach has done a really good job.”

A total of 72 players made the cut which fell at 1-over par 145. They did not included Rachel Connor from Manchester, England nor Olivia Jordan-Higgins from the Channel Islands. Olivia withdrew, either injured or ill.
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SYMETRA TOUR SCOREBOARD

$125,000 Daytona Beach Invitational
LPGA International, Daytona Beach, Florida
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)

1    Daniela Iacobelli (Viera, Fla.)                         69-68 - 137
     Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.)                        69-68 - 137
     Courtney Massey (Gold Coast, Australia)          66-71 - 137

4    Sara-Maude Juneau (Quebec, Canada)              69-69 - 138
     Victoria Elizabeth (Dayton, Ohio)                       69-69 - 138
     Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.)                          70-68 - 138
     Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.)                  71-67 - 138

8    Macarena Silva (Santiago, Chile)                        70-69 - 139
     Katie Kempter (Albuquerque, N.M.)                       70-69 - 139
     Brooke Pancake (Chattanooga, Tenn.)                  67-72 - 139
     Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario)                      70-69 - 139
     Fiona Puyo (Epernay, France)                            70-69 - 139
     Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.)                        70-69 - 139
     Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.)                              72-67 - 139

15   Sue Kim (Langley, British Columbia)                     71-69 - 140
     Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.)                         71-69 - 140
     Jackie Barenborg (Vero Beach, Fla.)                     70-70 - 140
     Camilla Lennarth (Stockholm, Sweden)                    69-71 - 140
     Dolores White (Lakeland, Fla.)                          72-68 - 140

20   Saehee Son (Seoul, South Korea)                         71-70 - 141
     Molly Aronsson (Shelburne, Vt.)                         71-70 - 141
     Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.)                          70-71 - 141
     Ulrika Van-Niekerk (Cape Town, South Africa)            69-72 - 141
     Andy Jun (Asuncion, Paraguay)                           69-72 - 141
     Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.)                             70-71 - 141
     Nicole Vandermade (Brantford, ON Canada)                73-68 - 141

27   Paola Moreno (Cali, Colombia)                           72-70 - 142
     Laura Kueny (Whitehall, Mich.)                          72-70 - 142
     Ginger Howard (Bradenton, Fla.)                         72-70 - 142
     Joanna Coe (Mays Landing, N.J.)                         71-71 - 142
     Thidapa Suwannapura (Bangkok, Thailand)                 70-72 - 142
     Brianna Do (Lakewood, Calif.)                           71-71 - 142
     Jennifer Hong (Granger, Ind.)                           72-70 - 142
     Julia Boland (Tamworth, NSW, Australia)                 72-70 - 142

35   Katie Burnett (Brunswick, Ga.)                          73-70 - 143
     Jessica Speechley (Perth, Australia)                    73-70 - 143
     Hannah Jun (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.)                   72-71 - 143
     Marina Choi (Los Angeles, Calif.)                       71-72 - 143
     Paz Echeverria (Santiago, Chile)                        71-72 - 143
     Kristin Walla (Aspen, Colo.)                            71-72 - 143
     Aimee Neff (Carmel, Ind.)                               71-72 - 143
     Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea)                         74-69 - 143
     Selanee Henderson (Temecula, Calif.)                    73-70 - 143
     Mi Hyang Lee (Incheon, South Korea)                     73-70 - 143
     Stefanie Kenoyer (Lighthouse Point, Fla.)               72-71 - 143

46   Natalie Sheary (West Hartford, Conn.)                   72-72 - 144
     Emma Jandel (Dayton, Ohio)                              73-71 - 144
     Emma De Groot (Coffs Harbour, Australia)            74-70 - 144
     Joy Trotter (Chino Hills, Calif.)                       72-72 - 144
     Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec)                  71-73 - 144
     Izzy Beisiegel (St. Hilaire, Quebec)                    69-75 - 144
     Anya Alvarez (Tulsa, Okla.)                             70-74 - 144
     Ashley Tait (Littleton, Colo.)                          74-70 - 144
     Calle Nielson (Nashville, Tenn.)                        72-72 - 144
     Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Mich.)                        72-72 - 144
     Jessy Tang (Daytona Beach, Fla.)                        73-71 - 144
     Alejandra Llaneza (Mexico City, Mexico)                 72-72 - 144

58   Jean Chua (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)                      73-72 - 145
     Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea)                       73-72 - 145
     Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.)                            72-73 - 145
     Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico)                        74-71 - 145
     Marissa Steen (West Chester, Ohio)                      75-70 - 145
     Jaclyn Sweeney (Bradenton, Fla.)                        71-74 - 145
     Therese Koelbaek (Copenhagen, Denmark)                  71-74 - 145
     Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, S. Africa)               76-69 - 145
     Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio)                      78-67 - 145
     Leah Wigger (Louisville, Ky.)                           78-67 - 145
     Lisa Meldrum (Montreal, Quebec)                         70-75 - 145
     Kristie Smith (Perth, Australia)                        74-71 - 145
     Allison Duncan (Indianapolis, Ind.)                     73-72 - 145
     Britney Choy (Wahiawa, Hawaii)                          73-72 - 145
     Jessi Gebhardt (Bellingham, Wash.)                      72-73 - 145

MISSED THE CUT

Michelle Shin (Cape Coral, Fla.)                        73-73 - 146
Kelly Jacques (Longmont, Colo.)                         75-71 - 146
Alice H. Kim (Walnut, Calif.)                           74-72 - 146
Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas)                         71-75 - 146

Megan McChrystal (Stuart, Fla.)                         73-74 - 147
Hye-Joo Han (Seoul, South Korea)                        74-73 - 147
Taylor Collins (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)                   71-76 - 147
Blair O'Neal (Scottsdale, Ariz.)                        75-72 - 147
Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, B.C.)                      76-71 - 147
Juliana Murcia Ortiz (Bogota, Colombia)                 76-71 - 147
Jamie Hullett (Mesquite, Texas)                         76-71 - 147
Laura Martin (West Chester, Ohio)                       76-71 - 147
Victoria Alimonda Lovelady (Sao Paulo, Brazil)          75-72 - 147
Allison Hanna (Portland, Ore.)                          76-71 - 147
Inhong Lim (Melbourne, Australia)                       75-72 - 147
Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea)                       75-72 - 147
Cathryn Bristow (Auckland, New Zealand)                 71-76 - 147
Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia)           74-73 - 147
Cara Freeman (Chandler, Arizona)                        71-76 - 147
Dawn Shockley (Estes Park, Colo.)                       72-75 - 147
Tara Goedeken (Dodge City, Kan.)                        73-74 - 147
Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.)                                72-75 - 147

Rachel Connor (Manchester, England)                     74-74 - 148
Birdie Kim (Seoul, South Korea)                         77-71 - 148
Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.)                        77-71 - 148
Mitsuki Katahira (Tokyo, Japan)                         75-73 - 148
Candace Schepperle (Birmingham, Ala.)                   74-74 - 148

Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.)                       74-75 - 149
Alexandria Buelow (Palm City, Fla.)                     77-72 - 149
Jessica Wallace (Langley, British Columbia)             79-70 - 149

Kendall Dye (Edmond, Okla.)                             77-73 - 150
Kendall Wright (Sugar Hill, Ga.)                        73-77 - 150

Gloriana Soto (San Jose, Costa Rica)                    75-76 - 151
Britney Hamilton (Lake Orion, Mich.)                    81-70 - 151
Amy Eneroth (Spokane, Wash.)                            77-74 - 151
Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico)                          74-77 - 151
Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.)                    73-78 - 151
Victoria Park (Irvine, Calif.)                          72-79 - 151

Mary Narzisi (Omaha, Neb.)                              75-77 - 152
Catherine Matranga (Fort Worth, Texas)                  79-73 - 152

Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.)                            79-74 - 153

Martina Gavier (Cordoba, Argentina)                     77-77 - 154

Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway)                     76-81 - 157

Nikki Hadd (Crestview, Fla.)                            74-84 - 158

Bea Serra (a) (Barcelona, Spain)                        85-84 - 169

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Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Jersey, Channel Islands UK)      WDI
Seul-Ki Park (Northbrook, Ill.)                         WDI

Rhea Nair (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)                 DQ