SOPHIE LAMB IN TOP 20 AT THE SALLY

Clitheroe's Sophie Lamb is T16 in South Atlantic Ladies Amateur championship at Oceanside Country Club, Ormond Beach, after rounds of 78-76 for 154.
The 87th staging of  "The Sally" is the latest event on the Florida Orange Blossom Tour for amateur ladies and girls.
The GB and I Junior Vagliano Trophy team player is 11 shots behind the new leader, American Sierra Brooks (72-71 for 143).
First-round pacemaker Katie Mitchell slumped from an opening three-under-par 69 to a five-over 77 and is second place on 146.
Embry Riddle University, Florida students Sophie Olley from Leeds and St Michaels GC, Fife member Hannah Robb are on 162 and 174 respectively.
Olley has scored 84-78 for T38 position while Robb has gone 85-89 for 55th place. 
Hally Leadbetter, daughter of renowed coach David Leadbetter,  is joint 33rd on 160 (84-76)

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  OF THE SECOND DAY'S PLAY

SECOND-ROUND SCORES
Par 144 (2x72)
1st Sierra Brooks 72-71--143
2nd Katie Mitchell 69-77--146
T3 Eva Gilly 77-70--147
Lori Beth Adams 76-71--147
Louise Oxner 74-73--147
Nelly Korda 73-74--147
T7 Alex Milan 74-74--148
Ashley Holder 76-72--148
9th Bethany Wu 75-75--150
T10 Kennedy Bodfield 73-79--152
Meghan Stasi 77-75--152
Morgane Metraux 81-71--152
T13 Claire Hodges 79-74--153
Hannah Pietila 78-75--153
Luiza Altmann 76-77--153
T16 Emmie Pietila 77-77--154
Gabriella DiMarco 80-74--154
Sophie Lamb 78-76--154
T19 Christina Paulsen 80-75--155
Courtney Zeng 79-76--155
T21 Gabriela Coello 82-74--156
Scotland Preston 80-76--156
Tara Joy Connelly 81-75--156
T24 Martha Leach 79-78--157
Rinko Mitsunaga 82-75--157
T26 Camilla Vik 83-75--158
Katie Petrino 79-79--158
Selin Timur 81-77--158
Shannon Gramley 81-77--158
T30 Emma Albrecht 77-82--159
Gina Clark 81-78--159
Kim Metraux 78-81--159
T33 Catarina Agerbak 81-79--160
Dree Fausnaugh 82-78--160
Hally Leadbetter 84-76--160
Mariana Ocano 82-78--160
37th Claire Albrecht 82-79--161
T38 Anna Young 79-83--162
Haley Andreas 83-79--162
Linda McMillan 83-79--162
Sophie Olley 84-78--162
Gigi Higgins 80-84--164
T42 Alyssa Gaudio 84-80--164
T44 Georgia Oboh 87-80--167
Riley Rennell 80-87--167
46th Anna Lesher 81-87--168
T47 Elle Nachmann 85-84--169
Minami Levonowich 87-82--169
Sue McMurdy 83-86--169
50th Ashley Rose 83-87--170
T51 Ashley Malinchak 89-82--171
Janie Carpenter 86-85--171
T53 Fatima Carriles 84-88--172
Rachel Carpenter 86-86--172
55th Hannah Robb 85-89--174
56th Angie Coleman 93-82--175
57th Sandra Jackson 88-88--176
58th Kelsey Zeng 90-87--177
T59 Debbie Friede 93-88--181
Sarah Greene 89-92--181
61st Suzanne Kenkel 90-95--185
62nd Anastasia Mashevsky 105-89--194
63rd Corrie Meyers 95-withdrew

Mitchell leads Louisville contingent at The Sally

Katie Mitchell with her caddie/father Mitch during the 2015 South Atlantic Amateur. ( Tracy Wilcox )

By Beth Ann Nichols

ORMOND BEACH, Florida – Louisville University head coach Courtney Trimble told her players she’d like to see them in competition during the off-season to stay sharp, and they listened. Five Cardinals are in the field at the South Atlantic Amateur (Sally) and one of them, Katie Mitchell, led the way after the first round.
Mitchell followed an opening 3-under 69 with a 77 for 146. 
Room-mate Louise Oxner played alongside Mitchell and put forth more consistent rounds of 74-73 for 147. 
The five team-mates rented a house close the ocean and will join the rest of their team-mates in Orlando on Sunday for a practice retreat. School already started for Louisville, which means homework in the evenings.
“It felt like a qualifying round,” said Mitchell of playing alongside Oxner the first two rounds.

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Katie Petrino, Shannon Gramley and Haley Andreas round out the Cardinals contingent. Trimble’s squad finished the fall season ranked 22nd by Golfweek.
For Mitchell, Louisville is the third school for the red-shirt junior. She started with Trimble at Central Florida as a freshman and then transferred to Florida after Trimble got the job at Louisville.
But the lifelong Gator fan found out that for her, it’s more about people than anything. She transferred for a second time to Louisville and played in all five events last fall, posting a 75.3 scoring average.
“I’ve found the perfect place,” Mitchell said.

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Brooks (only 16) de-commits from Florida, 

leads The Sally after two rounds

Sierra Brooks in action at The Sally ( Tracy Wilcox ) 

 

By Beth Ann Nichols

College coaches bundled up and came out to the South Atlantic Amateur to court Sierra Brooks, the 16-year-old who de-committed from the University of Florida shortly after winning the AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic in late November.
Brooks is putting on a show, too, leading The Sally field by three after shooting 72-71 at Oceanside Country Club to top Louisville’s Katie Mitchell (77) by three.
“I made that decision to go to Florida at 14,” said Brooks. “I was very young.”

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Coaches from Texas, Auburn, Wake Forest and LSU were 
on site yesterday. Brooks, a junior at Lake Mary (Florida) Prep, already has made campus visits to Wake Forest, North Carolina and LSU. She plans to visit Auburn and Texas next month after the Annika Invitational and hopes to have a decision made before summer break.
Brooks admits to going through a two-month slump last summer, and switching coaches twice. She’s now working with her father, Brent, a former pro who plans to caddie for Sierra the last two rounds in Ormond Beach.
“What I learned is I’m a feel player and I just need to keep it simple,” she said. “I know how to play the game; I’ve been playing for 10 years. There’s no reason to try to complicate it even more.”
Brooks took a history test Wednesday morning before driving herself to a tournament for the first time. After Thursday’s round she planned to head back to school for an anatomy quiz.
Cold and windy conditions somehow suit the Florida native, who said she prefers the challenge. Her second-round 71 included a bogey on the par-5 17th after she went for the green in two from 190 yards with a 4-iron and found the water hazard.
While the Polo victory served as a confidence boost after a trying summer, Brooks called her time in Scotland for the Junior Ryder Cup at Blairgowrie last September the best experience of her life.
As team spokesperson, she gave a speech in front of a big crowd at the opening ceremony. It’s easy to see why the well-spoken, engaging blonde was chosen for the task.
“Words can’t even describe,” she said.

MONDAY, MAY 4, 2015

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Jen Low – Secretary of Leven Links Joint Committee – Kilimanjaro Climb

Sisters Jen Low, KathMurray, Steph Nicol and Liz Mackay

In September 2015, Jen along with her three sisters, pictured above, will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa’s largest mountain, standing at 19,341ft (5,895m) – to raise vital funds and awareness of the awful Motor Neuron Disease and the Charity MND Scotland. 

They are the only charity providing care, information and research funding for those affected in Scotland.

In 2012 her Aunt Ellie died; a very youthful 63, after fighting so bravely against MND.  It took only 18 months after diagnosis for Ellie to lose her battle.

MND is truly terrifying.  There is no known cure or treatment.  Gradually it stops you from moving, speaking, eating and eventually breathing and it doesn't affect your intellect, you know exactly what is happening to you every step of the way.  The end result is always fatal.

MND Scotland provides essential support for people affected.  They provide advice, information and care; lending essential equipment and respite care.  They are the only charity in Scotland supporting not only the sufferers but their family and friends.

Leven Links are supporting their Secretary by hosting a Charity Golf Day and we hope you will come along and enjoy a wonderful day supporting a truly worthwhile charity.

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IT JUST DIDN'T GO OUR WAY IN FINAL 

SINGLES, says SKIPPER ELAINE

GB and I team captain Elaine Farquharson-Black said after losing their final match to Australia:
"Disappointing finish for us. It just didn't go our way in our final set of singles against Australia.  The matches were all close as you would expect at this level. The GB and I girls played some great golf over the four days with no rest

"It is the most intensive tournament that they play, with two practice rounds followed by two rounds per day for four days in a row."

DAY FOUR NOTES FROM GB AND I v AUSTRALIA

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Bronte Law and Chloe Williams kept GB and I on level terms at lunch with a 2 and 1 foursomes win over Shelly Shin and Jenny Lee.
Law and Williams,pictured below, this morning,  battled hard, hitting only two greens in regulation on the front nine, yet getting to two up after seven holes before losing the eighth and ninth to turn all square.
The GB and I pair birdied 10 and 14 to regain a two-hole advantage and then 16, 17 and 18 for victory.

Charlotte Thomas and Hayley Davis won the first two holes against Hannah Green and Becky Kay but lost by one hole in the end - the only foursomes lost by GB and I over the four days.
The Aussies won the third (with a birdie) and the fourth (with a par) but Thomas and Davis won the fifth. Green and Kay birdied both the seventh and eighth to be one up at the turn.
Thomas and Davis went two down at the  10th but got one back at the 14th.
Three halves in par at 16,17 and 18 meant GB and I  lost by hole and shared the foursomes 1-1 overall.
In the top singles match in the afternoon, Bronte Law and Shelly Shin both played excellent golf in a halved match.
 Bronte won the first, but Shelly won next with a birdie. Bronte then won 5th where Shelly missed a short putt. Law  birdied the sixth to go two up. Law missed the green at the sixth and didn't get up and down, so back to a one-holed lead. Holes 8 and 9 were halved.
Bronte lost 10th when her approach shot went through the back into the bunker to be back to square.
Shin had a birdie 2 at 13th, to go one up for first time. Next three holes halved in par. Bronte hit it into 8ft at 15th but lipped out. Law got up and down at 16 to save par after being in the bunker off the tee
One down with two to play, Law holed an 8ft birdie putt to square the contest at the 17th.
At 18, the Australian hit her approach to the back of the green, but it came back down off the slope to around 4 ft. Bronte hit her approach to about 8 ft and holed for her birdie, but Shelly followed her in for a square game.

Chloe Williams lost the first two holes to birdies from Hannah Green, but birdied  the fourth to get back to one down and won the seventh to be all square. The Australian birdied the eighth and Chloe bogeyed the ninth to be two down at turn. Williams lost the 10th to a birdie and then bogeyed the 15th to lose by 4 and 3.

Connie Jaffrey was one up after four holes against Becky Kay but lost the fifth to a birdie 2 and then bogeyed the seventh and ninth to be two down at the turn. The Troon player won the 10th and the 12th, with a birdie to be all square again but lost the 13th with a bogey and the 14th to a birdie. Jaffrey  bogeyed 15 after being long through the green and her opponent birdied 16 to win 4 and 3..

Charlotte Thomas, playing Jenny Lee,  won the first, but lost the third to a par, then the fifth to a birdie and the sixth to a par to be two down.
Thomas  won the seventh but  lost the eighth. Thomas won the ninth, where Australia drove into the trees.  Charlotte lost 10th to a birdie to be two down and also 12th to a birdie to go three down.
The GB and I player won 14th with a par, but then halved 15, 16 and 17 to lose 2 and 1.
Charlotte had a lot of putts which shaved the hole and wouldn't drop in morning and afternoon.

Hayley Davis's match against Gennai Goodwin was very up and down as they exchanged holes. Hayley won the first, but lost 2nd and third to pars. They halved 4th in birdies and Hayley won the 5th with a par when Australia missed the green right and didn't get up and down.
Davis won 6th with a par to be 1 up, but bogeyed the next to lose, won 8th with par to be 1 up and had a chance to go 2 up when they both overshot the green into bunker and Australia hit out over the green -  but Hayley three-putted.
Lots of birdies on the back nine. They halved 10th in birdies. Then Australia birdied 11 and Hayley birdied 12 to go back to 1 up, but Australia birdied 13th be back to square.
Both birdied 14th. Hayley then bogeyed 15 when she went through the green on her approach shot to be 1 down. Halved 16th and 17th.
At the 18th, both were through the green in two shots. Hayley's pitch was too hard downhill and she left herself a long putt for par which stopped on the lip. The Australian's putt from off the green barely made the green then slowly rolled down the same slope which helped Shelly Shin earlier and she holed about a 2 footer for par and to win by 2 holes.

GB and I FINAL PLAYER STATS

6.5pt out of 8: Bronte Law WW WW WL WD
5pt out of 8: Charlotte Thomas DD WW WW LL
4.5pt out of 8: Hayley Davis DL WW WW LL
4pt out of 8: Chloe Williams WL WL WL WL
2pt out of 4: Connie Jaffrey -L -W -W -L
"-"indicates did not play that session

  Thursday morning picture: left to right, Hayley Davis, Charlotte Thomas and Connie Jaffrey.

All Astor Trophy pictures this week taken by Elaine Farquharson-Black

SOPHIE LAMB BEST OF BRITS AT THE SALLY

Great Britain and Ireland Junior Vagliano Trophy team player Sophie Lamb from Clitheroe Golf Club, Lancashire did best of the British players on the opening day of The Sally (South Atlantic Ladies Amateur Championship), this week's event at Oceanside Country Club, Ormond Beach in the Florida Orange Blossom amateur tour.
Sophie, pictured, is lying joint 15th after a round of 78.

Embry Riddle University students Sophie Olley from Leeds and Hannah Robb from St Michaels, Fife shot 84 and 85 respectively.
Coach David Leadbetter's daughter Halley also had an 84 to be sharing 54th place.
American Katie Mitchell opened up a three-shjot lead with a 69.
Harder Hall Invitational winner Nelly Korda is tied third on 73.

SCOREBOARD
1st Katie Mitchell 69
2nd Sierra Brooks 72
T3 Kennedy Bodfield 73
Nelly Korda 73
T5 Alex Milan 74
Louise Oxner 74
7th Bethany Wu 75
T8 Ashley Holder 76
Lori Beth Adams 76
Luiza Altmann 76
T11 Emma Albrecht 77
Emmie Pietila 77
Eva Gilly 77
Meghan Stasi 77
T15 Hannah Pietila 78
Kim Metraux 78
Sophie Lamb 78
T18 Anna Young 79
Claire Hodges 79
Courtney Zeng 79
Katie Petrino 79
Martha Leach 79
T23 Christina Paulsen 80
Elizabeth Haines 80
Gabriella DiMarco 80
Gigi Higgins 80
Riley Rennell 80
Scotland Preston 80
T29 Anna Lesher 81
Cataryna Agerbak 81
Gina Clark 81
Laura Carson 81
Morgane Metraux 81
Selin Timur 81
Shannon Gramley 81
Tara Joy Connelly 81
T37 Claire Albrecht 82
Dree Fausnaugh 82
Gabriela Coello 82
Janice Roberts Wilson 82
Mariana Ocano 82
Rinko Mitsunaga 82
T43 Ashley Rose 83Haley Andreas 83
Barbara Pagana 83
Camilla Vik 83
Linda McMillan 83
Reggie Parker 83
Sue McMurdy 83
T50 Alyssa Gaudio 84
Beatriz Arenas 84
Fatima Carriles 84
Hally Leadbetter 84
Sophie Olley 84
T55 Elle Nachmann 85
Hannah Robb 85
Rosa Maria Paiz Toriello  85
T58 Dianne Yelovich 86
Janie Carpenter 86
Mo Sheehan 86
Rachel Carpenter 86
T62 Carol Turnage 87
Georgia Oboh 87
Minami Levonowich 87
T65 Annie Pietila 88
Sandra Jackson 88
T67 Ashley Malinchak 89
Sarah Greene 89
T69 Kelsey Zeng 90
Suzanne Kenkel 90
T71 Jolena Bryant 91
Linda Evers 91
Susan Beaupied 91
T74 Angie Coleman 93
Debbie Friede 93
Ginny Zanca 93
77th Nancy Jackson 94
T78 Corrie Meyers 95
Karen Smith 95
80th Anastasia Mashevsky 105
Stephanie Liu WD

GB and I, BEATEN BY AUSSIES, LOSE 

GRIP ON ASTOR TROPHY

Great Britain and Ireland have lost their grip on the Astor Trophy they have held since 2007.
They completed their four-match programme today with a 5.5-1.5 defeat at the hands of hosts Australia on Day 4 at Grange Golf Club, Adelaide, South Australia. 
So the Ladies Golf Union team finished with 2pt, and Australia already have 3pt with a last-day match against South Africa still to come.
South Africa moved up to 2pt by beating Canada 5-2 today.
GB and I halved the foursomes 1-1 with the Aussies, Bronte Law and Chloe Williams winning by 2 and 1.
But GB and I did not manage to win any of the singles and went under by 4.5-1.5.
Only Law managed to secure half-a-point in the afternoon play. She had a square match with the Australian No 1 Shelly Shin. Law finished the top GB and I player over their four matches. She amassed 6.5pt out of a possible eight.
Australia last won the Astor Trophy in 1995, 1999 and 2003. The tournament is played every four years.

GB and I FINAL PLAYER STATS
6.5pt out of 8: Bronte Law WW WW WL WD
5pt out of 8: Charlotte Thomas DD WW WW LL
4.5pt out of 8: Hayley Davis DL WW WW LL
4pt out of 8: Chloe Williams WL WL WL WL
2pt out of 4: Connie Jaffrey -L -W -W -L
 - indates did not play that session

DAY 4 RESULTS

GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND 1.5, AUSTRALIA 5.5

Foursomes (1-1)
B Law and C Williams bt B Law and C Williams 2 and 1.
C Thomas and H Davis lost to H Green and B Kay 1 hole.

Singles (1.5-4.5)
Law halved with Shin.
Williams lost to Green 4 and 3.
C Jaffrey lost to Kay 4 and 2.
Thomas lost to Jenny Lee 2 and 1.
Davis lost to Goodwin 2 holes.

CANADA 2, SOUTH AFRICA 5

Foursomes (0-2)
N Ko and Jaclyn Lee lost to B Strauss and I Samu 4 and 2.
G St Germain lost to M fletcher and E Galletti 2 and 1.

Singles (2-3)
Ko bt Strauss 1 hole.
St Germain halved with Fletcher
Lee lost to L Assad 2 and 1.
Kim lost to Samu 3 and 1.
Lau halved with Galletti.

HOW THEY STAND

3pt Australia  WW-W
2pt GB and I   LWWL
2pt S Africa    - LWW
1pt NZ            WLL-
0pt Canada      L-LL

FINAL DAY MATCHES
Australia v South Africa
New Zealand v Canada