GINGER HOWARD BLOWS HER VICTORY CHANCE

CANADIAN JUNEAU SCORES FIRST WIN 

AS PROFESSIONAL DOWN FLORIDA WAY

Former US Junior Ryder Cup player Ginger Howard, the overnight leader, bogeyed the short 14th and double-bogeyed the par-4 15th to post a four-over 75 in her third round - and she was pipped for the $2,000 first prize on the SunCoast Series Lady Pro Tour event at West Orange County Club  by Sara-Maude Juneau's 69, the best score by anyone in the tough conditions for the final round

It was the Canadian's first victory as a professional and a welcome change of luck for Sara-Maude (pictured right) after a disappointing season in 2013 as a rookie on the LPGA Tour where she missed more cuts than she made, having stepped up after a couple of seasons on the Symetra Tour.
In the tournament just finished, Sara-Maude  scored 71-71-69 for two-under 211.
Howard shot 69, 68 and 75 for 216 and tied for second place with Sweden's Louise Friberg (70-69-73). The joint runners-up both earned $900.
Canada has players in first and fourth positions with 16-year-old world No 7 female amateur Brooke Mackenzie Henderson from Smith Falls near Ottawa, Ontario filling fourth place on her own with an aggregate of 213 (71-70-72).
The weather for the final day was cold by Florida winter standards and the chill factor was provided by a fresh wind.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
211 Sara-Maude Juneau (Canada) 71 71 69 ($2,000).
212 Ginger Howard (USA) 69 68 75, Louise Friberg (Sweden) 70 689 73 ($900 each). 
213 Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (Canada) (amateur) 71 70 72
216 Yueer Cindy Feng (China) 72 71 73 ($700).

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BRIGGS AND McKECHIN INSIDE TOP ELEVEN AT MONTADO

EILIDH AND ALYSON LET IT SLIP OVER

LAST FEW HOLES IN PORTUGAL

Scots Eilidh Briggs and Alyson McKechin both let sub-par scores slip out of their grasp over the closing holes in the first round of the Portuguese women's open amateur championship at Montado Golf Resort.

Stirling student Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), pictured, finished the day tied seventh on one-over-par 73 but she was two under par with only four holes to play after birdies at the third, fifth and 10th and only one off-setting bogey, at the sixth.
But she dropped shots at the 15th, 16th and 18th.
Scottish champion McKechin (Elderslie), pictured left, was two under par on the 14th tee after birdies at the sixth, 12th and 13th had wiped out a bogey at the long second.
But McKechin bogeyed the 14th, ran up a double bogey 7 at the long 15th and dropped another shot at the 17th for a disappointing 74 in the circumstances. She is joint 11th.
Lauren Whyte (St Regulus), the third Scot in the field, is sharing 19th place on 76. She birdied the sixth and 10th but bogeyed three holes on both halves.
Spain's Silvia Banon Ibariez leads with a 69, one ahead of England's Inc Mehmet and China's Xiaolin Tian.
Curtis Cup team contender Gabriella Cowley is in fourth place on 71.
Wentworth's Annabel Dimmock, winner of the Jones-Doherty Cup after being runner-up in the previous Orange Blossom Tour event, "The Sally,"
is T41 after a 78.

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72. Length: 5,474 metres
69 Silvia Banon Ibariez (Spa)
70 Inc Mehmet (Eng), Xiaolin Tian (Chi)
71 Gabriella Cowley (Eng)
72 Viriginia Elena Carta (Ita), Bethan Popel (Eng)
73 Eildih Briggs (Sco), Lucy Goddard (Eng), Olivia Mehaffey (Ire), Emma O'Driscoll (Ire)

SELECTED SCORES
74 Alyson McKechin (Sco) (T11)
76 Lauren Whyte (Sco), Chloe Rogers (Eng), Sarah-Jane Boyd (Eng), Becky Harries (Wal) (T19)
77 Paula Grant (Ire), Rochelle Morris (Eng) (T32)
78 Mary Doyle (Ire), Emma Allen (Eng), Sophie Madden (Eng), Charlotte Austwick (Eng), Annabel Dimmock (Eng), Chloe Williams (Wal), Alex Peters (Eng) (T41)
80 Emily Slater (Eng) (T59)
82 Chloe Frankish (Eng) (T70)
85 Jean O'Driscoll (Ire) (T83)
Field of 90 player.s






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US COLLEGE GOLF CIRCUIT NEWS

MEGHAN MacLAREN T14th IN 2014 OPENER

GB and I Curtis Cup team place contender Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough), a sophomore student at Florida International University, finished T14 in her first tournament of 2014 on the US women's college golf circuit at Black Diamond Ranch, Lecanto in Florida.

Meghan, pictured, a winner three times in her freshman year, had rounds of 77 and 71 for 149, seven shots behind the winner, Alex Milan (Florida State).
Meghan's team-mate, Sophie Godley, a sophomore from Worksop, finished 33rd in a field of 43 with scores of 77 and 78 for 155.
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
142 Alex Milan (Florida State) 72 70
143 Fanny Cnops (Central Florida) 70 73, Matilda Castren (Florida State) 72 71
SELECTED TOTALS
149 Meghan MacLaren (Florida International) 77 72 (T14)
155 Sophie Godley (Florida International) 77 78 (33rd).
Field of 43 players.
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
572 Central Florida
584 Florida State
591 Miami
593 Florida
604 Florida International
631 Southern Florida.

Therese Koelbaek clear of field after rounds of 66 and 67

GREAT DANE'S 2-SHOT CACTUS TOUR 

LEAD AT FOOTHILLS, ARIZONA
 
Therese Koelbaek from Copenhagen leads by two shots going into Wednesday's final round in the Arizona Cactus Women's Pro Tour event at the Foothills Golf Club, Phoenix.
She has had rounds of 66 and 67 for an 11-under-par tally of 133.
Kim Welch (67-68) is her nearest challenger on 135 - three shots ahead of the third placed Blair O'Neal (69-69).

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)
133 Therese Koelbaek (Denmark) 66 67
135 Kim Welch 67 68
138 Blair O'Neal 69 69
139 Britney Hayes 69 70
142 Kelsey Vines 70 72
143 Amy Simanton 73 70, Ashleigh Albrecht 71 72
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LISA AND LEONA BOUND FOR UNITED STATES COLLEGE IN AUTUMN

MAGUIRE TWINS SIGN UP FOR DUKE

UNIVERSITY, NORTH CAROLINA

 Lisa and Leona ... or it could be Leona and Lisa Maguire. Winners for Ireland of the international team trophy at the 2011 Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Troon.
                                           Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency

NEWS RELEASE

 

DURHAM, North Carolina– Duke University women’s golf head coach Dan Brooks announced on Tuesday the signing of Leona and Lisa Maguire of Cavan, Ireland to a national letter of intent to attend Duke in the autumn of 2014.

“Lisa and Leona have been stars on the European scene for several years,” said Brooks.  “Both have played in Curtis Cups already. They are hard workers, both in the classroom and in golf. 

"It’s clear to me that they want the whole package -- a degree from Duke, a chance to develop their games individually, and a great team experience.  I can’t wait for them to join us!”

The sisters will enter Duke with a very impressive international resume.  Leona is a winner of 20 amateur titles and has already played in the 2010 and 2012 Curtis Cup as a member of the Great Britain and Ireland squad.  

Lisa is a two-time member of the European Junior Solheim Cup team in 2009 and 2011, played on the Great Britain and Ireland  Curtis Cup squad in 2010 and was the 2011 European Ladies Amateur and Spanish Ladies Amateur champion. 

“Because they are identical twins, both playing golf at a high level, it has been difficult for me to distinguish between the two,” commented Brooks.  “I admit to not having spent a lot of individual time with each of them. From what I have gleaned so far, Lisa is the slightly more gregarious of the two. What I know for sure is that each will have ample opportunity, at Duke, to thrive and grow as an individual. It will be fun to be part of their growth over the four years.”

With the addition of the Maguire sisters along with fellow signee Gurbani Singh for the fall of 2014, the Blue Devils will feature a roster of nine for the 2014-15 campaign that will include returning letter winners Irene Jung, Celine Boutier, Yi Xiao, Yu Liu, Sandy Choi and Esther Lee.  

Brooks’ roster will feature student-athletes from all over the world including, France, Canada, India, Ireland, two from China and two from California. 

“Obviously losing Laetitia [Beck] and Alejandra [Cangrejo] will be high-impact,” said Brooks.  “Those two have been a force on this team and of course losing them will be difficult.  But I can’t imagine three people more suited for our program than Gurbani, Lisa and Leona.  That’s how it is in recruiting -- you lose great people and you bring great people in.”

 

SPOTLIGHT ON THE MAGUIRE TWINS

Leona Maguire

5-6      Ballyconnell,  Co  Cavan, Ireland 
Loreto College student, Coleraine. 
Member of Slieve Russell Golf Club.
Date of birth: November 30, 1994

High school/Prep:

A three-time winner of All-Ireland Schools Champion … ranked as high as sixth in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (2011) … winner of 20 amateur titles … member of the Irish National Team since 2007 … winner of Hermitage Scratch Cup in 2013 … advanced to the second round of match play at the 2013 U.S. Women’s Amateur … became the first Irish golfer to win the Irish Girls Open Stroke Play championship in 2012, beating the International field by eight shots … won Irish Women’s Stroke Play Championship for second consecutive year in 2012 … in 2012, was part of the Great Britain and Ireland team in the Curtis Cup that beat the United States by a score of 10.5-9.5 … won 2011 Portuguese Women’s Amateur Open by 15 strokes with a final round of 68 … won the Nations Cup with twin sister Lisa at the Portuguese Women’s Amateur Open … became the youngest player in history to win the British Ladies’ Open Stroke Play in 2011, winning by six shots … the 2011 Irish Women’s stroke play champion … became the youngest player (along with her sister Lisa) to compete in the Curtis Cup as part of the Great Britain and Ireland team in 2010 … competed in the 2009 and 2011 Junior Solheim Cup on the European squad … the 2009 and 2010 French U21 Champion … member of the 2008 European Junior Ryder Cup team … the 2008 and 2012 winner of the Irish Women’s Close Championship … was the European Girls Team Championship winner in 2009 … won the Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open Amateur Stroke Play at 14 years old in 2009.

 

Personal:
Full name is Leona Maguire … born November 30, 1994 in Cavan, Ireland … daughter of schoolteachers Declan and Breda Maguire … has one twin sister, Lisa (18) … has one brother, Odhran (12) .

 

Lisa Maguire

5-6      Ballyconnell,  Co  Cavan, Ireland 
Loreto College student, Coleraine. 
Member of Slieve Russell Golf Club.
Date of birth: November 30, 1994

A three-time All-Ireland School’s Champion … ranked as high as 35^th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (2011) … member of the Irish Women’s High Performance Squad and the Ulster Women’s High Performance Squad since 2007 … winner of 2013 Irish Women’s Order of Merit … runner-up in the 2013 Irish Women’s Amateur … two-time member of the European Junior Solheim Cup team (2009, 2011) … won the2011 European Ladies Amateur and Spanish Ladies Amateur… member of the Great Britain and Ireland squad at the 2010 Curtis Cup … won the 2009 Irish Women’s Amateur and Irish Women’s Amateur Stroke play champion … played for Great Britain and Ireland in the 2009 and 2011 Vagliano Trophy … was the 2008 Irish Girl’s Champion … member of the 2008 European Junior Ryder Cup Team … champion of the European U16 Tournament.

 

Personal:
Full name is Lisa Maguire … born November 30, 1994 in Cavan, Ireland … daughter of schoolteachers Declan and Breda Maguire … has one twin sister, Leona (18) … has one brother, Odhran (12).

 

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