Nicola Robertson on her way to victory. Picture taken by Ashlyn Zoot

FROM THE KING UNIVERSITY, TENNESSEE WEBSITE
with some extra words by Colin Farquharson 
SEVIERVILLE, Tennessee – Second-year student  Nicola Robertson from Dunblane, Scotland started the news US college golf season on a high note for the King University, Bristol, Tennessee women's golf team. 
The Stirling Golf Club member led King to a third place finish at the Smoky Mountain Intercollegiate today by taking individual medallist honours. She shot 146 (75-71) for the 36-hole tournament while the Tornado (the King University team) finished with a 302 in the second day for a total of 629.
THE BASICS
KING RESULTS: 3rd/8 (629)
LOCATION: Sevierville Country Club, Sevierville, Tenn.
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Robertson ended the first round in third place, three strokes back before making a run in the tournament's final round on Monday. The Perthshire native carded the best round of her career, firing a one-under 71 to pull even with Hannah Luckett of Limestone College a 146. Robertson then won the tie-breaker for the victory, her second on the US women's college circuit.
  • Team-mate Samantha Taylor, a third-year student from Newcastle, came in next for King at 157 after shooting a 79 in the second round, giving her a 12th place finish.
  • Following a first round of 83,  King's final year student Elizabeth Swallow from Berkshire shot 81 in the second round to finish at 164.
FOR THE FOES
  • Limestone won the tean tournament with a total of 605, shooting 304 on day one and 301 in the final round.
BEYNOND THE BOX SCORE
  • The win for Robertson marks the second of her career as she won the Converse Spring Invitational a season ago.
  • The 71 for Robertson also is a career low, marking the first time she has shot even par or below. Her previous best round of 75.
UP NEXT
  • King returns to the course on Monday and Tuesday when they host the King University Invitational on September 28-29 at the Country Club of Brist