MAURA DIAMOND JOINS SLGA STAFF AS GOLF ADMINISTRATOR

FROM THE SLGA WEBSITE
 
The SLGA is pleased to welcome Maura Diamond (pictured above) to its staff as Golf Administrator.  
Maura, originates from Northern Ireland but has been in Scotland for nearly 10 years.
She is a keen golfer, playing off a handicap of 3, and she is extremely passionate about ladies golf.

YORKSHIRE'S ALISON KNOWLES SETS LOUISIANA-MONROE LOW RECORD WITH AN EIGHT-UNDER 64

Alison Knowles (left) receives the winner's trophy from the Arkansas State women's head golf coach M J Desbiens Shaw after her victory in the Lady Red Wolf Classic

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA-MONROE WEBSITE

MONROE, La. --  ULM’s Alison Knowles broke individual low round records for both men and women’s golf with her score of 8-under par 64, posted in the second round of the Lady Red Wolf Classic, held in Jonesboro, Arkansas
The previous individual low round record for the women’s team was held by Jennifer Park, who shot a 68 in the 2011 Great Smokies Intercollegiate.
So far this season, Knowles, a sophomore from Mexborough, England, has broken three ULM individual records. During the Lady Red Wolf Classic, Knowles broke the individual 36 hole record with a score of 10-under 134. The previous record, held by Jennifer Park, was a 138 carded in the 2011 Great Smokies Intercollegiate. In the Fred Marx Invitational, held at the Bayou DeSiard Country Club on September 23^rd and 24^th, Knowles broke the individual 54 hole record when she carded a 4-under 212. The previous individual 54 hole record was a 215, shot by Angela Drane in the 2009 Chris Banister Gamecock Classic.  
The Lady Red Wolf Classic, hosted by Arkansas State, was the second consecutive tournament for Knowles to finish first in individual competition.
She had scores of 70, 64 and 74 for a total of eight-under-par 208 over a 6137yd course with a par of 72.
She won by trhee shots in a field of 35 players.
Louisiana-Monrose wont the team title by 14 shots from Western Kentucky with hosts Arkansas State third, 21 shots behind the winners.

MEGAN THOMPSON THIRD IN PAYNE 
STEWART MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

Elsewhere on the US women's college golf circuit, Megan Thompson (Missouri State), a third-year student from Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, finished third on 219 with scores of 76, 70 and 73 over a par-72 course of 6082yd.
She finished four shots behind the winner of the Payne Stewart Memorial 54-hole tournament at Rivercut Golf Club, Springfield, Missouri.
Lina Aguillon (Redlands) won by a shot with scores of 73, 71 and 71 for one-under 215.
Runners-up on 216 was Megan Schueltz (Wichita State) with scores of 72, 73 and 71.
Missouri State (914) finished fourth of 17 teams behind title winners Oral Roberts. 

ELIZABETH SWALLOW TIES FOR SIXTH
IN PATSY RENDLEMAN INVITATIONAL 
 
Elizabeth Swallow (King Univesity) finished joint sixth in the Patsy Rendleman Invitational over 36 holes at the Country Club of Salisbury, North Carolina.
Over a par-72 course of 5,990yd, the English sudent shot a pair of 77s for a total of 154 - only five shots behind the winner in a high-scoring tournament (presumably bad weather), Marianna Monaco (Newberry) who shot 72 and 77 for five-over 149 and headed a field of 90 players by two strokes.

NORDQVIST AND HULL-KIRK LEAD LPGA EVENT IN SOUTH KOREA WITH A ROUND TO GO

FROM THE LPGA TOUR WEBSITE
Anna Nordqvist and Katherine Hull-Kirk stand atop the leaderboard at the LPGA KEB·HanaBank Championship after firing a pair of 2-under-par 70’s at the Sky 72 Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea. 
The duo will head into tomorrow’s final-round with a 1-stroke lead over Norwegian Suzann Pettersen and South Koreans Amy Yang and Ju Young Pak.
It was an up-and-down day for Hull-Kirk on Saturday as she carded one eagle, five birdies, three bogeys, and one double-bogey. Despite getting off to a quick start with birdies at two of the opening three holes, the wheels came off a bit for Hull-Kirk after a double-bogey at the par-4 ninth.
The two-time LPGA Tour winner recovered nicely however as she went on to record two birdies and one bogey on the closing nine holes to stand at 7-under-par for the tournament.
“Yeah, there was obviously a lot of kind of mistakes today,” said Hull-Kirk. “I was fortunate I made enough birdies to kind of make up for it.  My golf swing is all right but I'm just going to go hit some balls on the range when I'm done here and just get a bit of time back. But I feel confident with where my game is, and really happy to be in this position.”
It was a bit of an easier day for Nordqvist who, despite a couple of errant shots due to the gusty winds, carded four birdies and two bogeys to grab a share of the lead. The Swede headed into the eighth hole at even-par for the day but recorded back-to-back birdies and holes eight and nine to make the turn at 2-under.
Despite making a charge late in the front-nine, Nordqvist cooled off a bit on the back-nine and recorded one birdie and one bogey for a two-day total of 7-under-par.
“I played really solid today,” said Nordqvist. “I had a lot of opportunities and I putted a lot of good putts that seemed to go in. I had a couple really good shots that just caught the wind, but overall I'm in a good spot going into tomorrow so I'm very happy.”
Both players are looking to put an end to a lengthy winless drought as Nordqvist’s last victory came at the 2009 LPGA Tour Championship Presented by Rolex and Hull-Kirk’s last trip to the winner’s circle came at the 2010 Navistar LPGA Classic.
If Nordqvist and Hull-Kirk want to make their way to hoist the trophy on Sunday, they will have to fight off KLPGA standout and younger sister of Hee Young Park, Ju Young Pak, Amy Yang, and defending champion, Suzann Pettersen.
“I don't think about a whole lot,” said Hull-Kirk. “Just grabbing some dinner and talking to my husband and going to sleep. Like Anna said before, there are so many good players on the leaderboard and it's really close.  It's anyone's day tomorrow, you just go out there and do your best, add them up at the end, and whoever has the lowest wins. You can't control what everyone else is doing. You can only do your best.”

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