JESSICA BRADLEY'S SIXTH WIN IN STATE

                              Jessica Bradley is second from the right in the Lynn University team line-up
                                         Thanks to reader Lee Munro for the information.


FROM LYNN UNIVERSITY, BOCA RATON WEBSITE

St. Augustine, Florida – Records fell at the World Golf Invitational on Monday afternoon as Lynn University's women's golf team and Jessica Bradley from North Devon claimed top honours for the second consecutive year. 
 The Fighting Knights bested the tournament mark by seven shots with a 584 total while Bradley shot the lowest round in tournament history with a final round 68 on the 6,011-yard, par 72 Slammer and Squire course.
Sitting in 12^th place at the start of the day, Bradley tied the program record, and her career-low, with a 68 to notch her 18^th consecutive top-10 finish.  
The Bishop Nympton, England, native needs three more consecutive top-10 finishes to break the NCAA Division II record.  She now has six career tournament victories in the States after passing first-round leader Stephanie Tucker.
Samantha Smolen had the misfortune of shooting another stellar par round, only to finish second individually to teammate Bradley.  Smolen collected her 26^th career top-10 finish in the process with the 144 total.
Lynn shot a four-under par 284 on the final day to leap Saint Leo and pull away from the 17 team field.  Host Flagler made the move into second place with a 595, followed by Barry (602), Florida Tech (604) and previous leader Saint Leo (605).  This is the Fighting Knights' second victory of the 2014-15 season.
Sophie Olley (Embry Riddle) finished best of the other Brits in the field of 90 players. She tied for 20th place on 151 with rounds of 74 and 77.
Daisy-May Kenny from Purley and West Florida team-mate Aimee Paterson from Hampshire tied for 26th place on 153. Daisy-May scored 77-76 and Aimee 76-77.
Hannah Robb (Embry Riddle) tied for 62nd spot on 162 with scores of 83 and 79. 
Aberdeen's Rachel Polson (Florida Tech) completed only one round, an 81.

BRONTE AND HAYLEY SHARE CALIFORNIA LEAD

GB and I international team-mates Bronte Law (UCLA) from Bramhall, Cheshire, and Dorset's Hayley Davis (Baylor) are sharing the pole position with a round to go in the first big US women's college tournament of 2015 - the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge over a par-71, 6,107yd Palos Verdes GC course, California.

Bronte has had rounds of 68-69 and Hayley 69-68, both for five-under-par 137.
Hayley, pictured left, is after a double-whammy success on the final day as she is spearheading her university, Baylor, from Waco, Texas to a nine-streoke lead from Southern California (579) with Arizona Sate (584), Arizona (588), Florida (589), Oklahome State (also 589) and Washington (593). The highly-ranked Duke (598) are well down in their opening tournament of the spring campaign.
World No 1 female amateur, France's Celine Boutier (Duke) had a birdie-less round of 77 and is a disappointing T35 overall on 151.
 Boutier had four bogeys on the front nine and two on the back. 
Duke's Irish twins Leona (70-81 for 151) and Lisa Maguire (79-82 for 161) are lying T51 and T82 respecitvely in a field of 88 players.
carded rounds of 81 and 82.
Alison Knowles from South Yorkshire, transferred from Louisiana-Monroe to Michigan State, is T30 on 150 with rounds of 74-76.
Astor Trophy team player in Australia last month, Charlotte Thomas (Washington) is T53) on 153 (79-74).
Elizabeth Mallett (North Carolina) from Sutton Coldfield has had scores of 78 and 69 for 157 and is T74.

Team Scores
1 1 Baylor 281 289 570 +2
3 2 Southern California 287 292 579 +11
2 3 Arizona State 285 299 584 +16
T7 4 Arizona 296 292 588 +20
5 T5 Florida 291 298 589 +21
6 T5 Oklahoma State 292 297 589 +21
T9 7 Washington 297 293 590 +22
T9 8 Alabama 297 296 593 +25
T7 9 Wake Forest 296 299 595 +27
4 10 Duke 289 309 598 +30
13 11 UNLV 303 297 600 +32
T9 12 UCLA 297 305 602 +34
12 13 Pepperdine 302 306 608 +40
14 14 Michigan State 304 309 613 +45
15 15 Ohio State 305 309 614 +46
16 16 North Carolina 310 307 617 +49

Player scores
R1 R2
T1 T1 Bronte Law UCLA 68 69 137 -5
T5 T1 Hayley Davis Baylor 69 68 137 -5
T5 T3 Monica Vaughn Arizona State 69 71 140 -2
T1 T3 Amy Lee Southern California 68 72 140 -2
T1 5 Ying Luo Washington 68 74 142 E
T18 T6 Marissa Chow Pepperdine 73 70 143 +1
T7 T6 Krystal Quihuis Arizona 70 73 143 +1
T10 T6 Dylan Kim Baylor 71 72 143 +1
T10 T6 Roberta Liti Arizona State 71 72 143 +1
T13 T10 Sierra Sims Wake Forest 72 72 144 +2
T7 T10 Linnea Johansson Oklahoma State 70 74 144 +2
T10 T10 Sandy Choi Duke 71 73 144 +2
T13 T10 Kyung Kim Southern California 72 72 144 +2
T1 T10 Laura Lonardi Baylor 68 76 144 +2
T28 T15 Allison Emrey Wake Forest 74 71 145 +3
T13 T15 Taylor Tomlinson Florida 72 73 145 +3
T36 T17 Emma Talley Alabama 75 71 146 +4
T18 T17 Maddie McCrary Oklahoma State 73 73 146 +4
T13 T17 Lakareber Abe Alabama 72 74 146 +4
T18 T20 Kenzie Neisen Oklahoma State 73 74 147 +5
T36 T20 Wanasa Zhou Arizona 75 72 147 +5
T18 T20 Karolina Vlckova Florida 73 74 147 +5
T18 T20 Gabriella Then Southern California 73 74 147 +5
T28 24 Karen Chung Southern California 74 74 148 +6
T18 T25 Maria Torres Florida 73 76 149 +7
T54 T25 Jennifer Yang Washington 77 72 149 +7
T18 T25 Camilla Hedberg Florida 73 76 149 +7
T28 T25 Manon Gidali Arizona 74 75 149 +7
T28 T25 Dana Finkelstein UNLV 74 75 149 +7
T54 T30 Eimi Koga Washington 77 73 150 +8
T43 T30 Janie Jackson Alabama 76 74 150 +8
T13 T30 Emilie Alonso Arizona State 72 78 150 +8
T54 T30 Leslie Cloots North Carolina 77 73 150 +8
T28 T30 Alison Knowles Michigan State 74 76 150 +8
T68 T35 Ursa Orehek * Florida 78 73 151 +9
T36 T35 Vinh-Hop Ngo * Wake Forest 75 76 151 +9
T43 T35 Kelly Grassel Florida 76 75 151 +9
T68 T35 Kendall Prince Arizona 78 73 151 +9
T54 T35 Lindsey Weaver Arizona 77 74 151 +9
T18 T35 Mariana Sims Wake Forest 73 78 151 +9
T36 T35 Tatiana Wijaya Pepperdine 75 76 151 +9
T18 T35 Giovana Maymon Baylor 73 78 151 +9
T18 T35 Noemi Jimenez Arizona State 73 78 151 +9
T28 T35 Celine Boutier Duke 74 77 151 +9
T36 T35 Mayko Chwen Wang UNLV 75 76 151 +9
T7 T35 Leona Maguire Duke 70 81 151 +9
T43 T47 Lydia Choi UCLA 76 76 152 +10
T28 T47 Mia Landegren Alabama 74 78 152 +10
T75 T47 Louise Gateau-Chovelon Baylor 79 73 152 +10
T28 T47 Gurbani Singh Duke 74 78 152 +10
T54 T47 Harley Dubsky UNLV 77 75 152 +10
T54 T47 Lindsey McPherson Michigan State 77 75 152 +10
T75 T53 Charlotte Thomas Washington 79 74 153 +11
T43 T53 Emma Broze Oklahoma State 76 77 153 +11
T36 T53 Katherine Zhu Pepperdine 75 78 153 +11
T36 T53 Cyd Okino Washington 75 78 153 +11
T84 T53 Mackenzie Raim UNLV 82 71 153 +11
T54 T53 Katja Pogacar Ohio State 77 76 153 +11
T43 T53 Gabby Yurik Michigan State 76 77 153 +11
T43 T53 Jan Chanpalangsri Ohio State 76 77 153 +11
T43 T61 Victoria Morgan * Southern California 76 78 154 +12
T68 T61 Alexis Sadeghy Oklahoma State 78 76 154 +12
T75 T61 Elizabeth Doty Southern California 79 75 154 +12
T43 T61 Claudia Lim Ohio State 76 78 154 +12
T43 T61 Jessica Porvasnik Ohio State 76 78 154 +12
T68 T66 Brittany Mai * UCLA 78 77 155 +13
T68 T66 Nicole Morales Alabama 78 77 155 +13
T54 T66 Avery French UNLV 77 78 155 +13
T68 T66 Maia Schechter North Carolina 78 77 155 +13
T75 T70 Yi Xiao * Duke 79 77 156 +14
T43 T70 Rio Wantanabe * Ohio State 76 80 156 +14
T54 T70 Erica Herr Wake Forest 77 79 156 +14
T54 T70 Saki Iida Arizona State 77 79 156 +14
T75 T74 Louise Ridderstrom UCLA 79 78 157 +15
T68 T74 Elizabeth Mallett North Carolina 78 79 157 +15
T43 T76 Erynne Lee UCLA 76 82 158 +16
T54 T76 Lexi Harkins North Carolina 77 81 158 +16
T54 T78 Erin Choi UCLA 77 82 159 +17
83 T78 Bryana Nguyen North Carolina 81 78 159 +17
T54 T78 Zoe-Beth Brake Ohio State 77 82 159 +17
T54 81 Trisha Witherby Michigan State 77 83 160 +18
87 T82 Marissa Dodd Wake Forest 83 78 161 +19
T75 T82 Alina Ching Pepperdine 79 82 161 +19
T75 T82 Lisa Maguire Duke 79 82 161 +19
82 T85 Lina Aguillon * Ohio State 80 83 163 +21
T84 T85 Sarah Burnham Michigan State 82 81 163 +21
T84 87 Somin Lee Pepperdine 82 82 164 +22
88 88 Jacqueline Setas * Michigan State 86 82 168 +26

ENGLAND NAME TWO TEAMS FOR SPANISH 

WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
England Golf has named two teams for the Nations Cup event at this month's Spanish ladies’ amateur championship at Real Club Pineda in Seville.
India Clyburn of Lincolnshire, Alice Hewson of Hertfordshire and Inci Mehmet of Surrey will combine in one team; while Gemma Clews of Cheshire, Sammie Giles of Cornwall and Bethan Popel of Gloucestershire make up the other.
The championship takes place from February 25 to March 1 and after two rounds of stroke play qualifying the leading 32 players will go forward to the match play. The Nations Cup will be played on the qualifying days when each team’s best two scores will count in both rounds.
The players:
Gemma Clews (Delamere Forest, Cheshire), 20, was in England’s winning team at the ladies’ Home Internationals and won two scratch events last season: the Pleasington Putter and the inaugural Delamere Comboy Trophy. She was third in the Welsh open stroke play, sixth in the English amateur and 12th in the British stroke play.
India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), 18, won the 2014 England Golf Girls’ Order of Merit, sponsored by Ascot Golf, in her last season as a junior. Her individual successes included winning the English girls’ championship, the Scottish junior open, the girls’ title at the Daily Telegraph junior championship and the Royal Birkdale scratch trophy. She was in England’s winning teams at the girls’ and ladies’ Home Internationals – winning all six of her matches at the girls’ event.
Sammie Giles (St Mellion), 20, is the English women’s mid-amateur champion and the winner of the 2014 Liphook Scratch Cup. Last season she enjoyed consistently good form and had a top ten finish at the St Rule Trophy and was in the top 15 at the Helen Holm, the English amateur and the British stroke play.
Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted), 17, was a member of England’s winning team at the girls’ and ladies’ Home Internationals. She won the Critchley Salver at Sunningdale and the U18 prize at the St Rule Trophy where she also helped England win the Nations Cup and was fourth overall. She was sixth in the English girls’ championship and ninth in the English women’s amateur.

Inci Mehmet (Royal Mid Surrey) 18, Image © Leaderboard Photography) was also a member of the team which won the girls’ Home Internationals for the seventh successive year. She was runner-up at the English women’s amateur championship and has amassed a series of other good results last season, including fourth place in the Portuguese championship, fifth in the Irish open stroke play and fourth in the Critchley Salver.
Bethan Popel (Long Ashton) 19, was also a member of the winning team at the women’s Home Internationals and helped England win the Nations Cup at the St Rule Trophy. Her other good results last season included fifth place in the English amateur, seventh place in the women’s Welsh stroke play, 12th place in the Helen Holm Scottish stroke play and 11th in the Portuguese amateur.

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Lyndsey Hewison
Press Officer
England Golf
pr@englandgolf.org

ROYAL and ANCIENT NAMES SEVEN DISTINGUISHED 

LADIES AS HONORARY MEMBERS


ROYAL AND ANCIENT GOLF CLUB NEWS RELEASE
February 10, 2015, St Andrews, Scotland: The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is delighted to announce that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Dame Laura Davies, Renée Powell, Belle Robertson MBE, Lally Segard, Annika Sorenstam and Louise Suggs have accepted invitations to become honorary members of the Club.

George Macgregor OBE, Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, said,
 “It is an honour and a privilege for The Royal and Ancient Golf Club to welcome these remarkable women as honorary members. The Princess Royal enjoys a strong bond with Scotland and has shown great energy and commitment to developing sport through her work in the Olympic movement.
“This is an historic day for the Club and we could not be more proud also to welcome women who have distinguished themselves in golf over many years and have been great players and champions. They are extremely worthy additions to our roll of honorary members and will become ambassadors for the Club as they have been for the sport of golf throughout their careers.”
The Princess Royal follows Their Royal Highnesses The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of York and The Duke of Kent in becoming an honorary member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club.
Having herself competed in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, The Princess Royal is a member of the International Olympic Committee and was a member of the London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games. The Princess Royal is a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle in Scotland and has been Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union since 1986.
In September, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club’s members voted by an 85% majority to admit women as members for the first time in its 260-year history. Today’s announcement follows that historic ballot and, in addition to the honorary members, a number of women have been admitted as members of the Club with more set to follow in the coming months.
Dame Laura Davies, is widely regarded as Britain’s greatest female golfer having won four Major Championships and 79 events around the world. She won the Women’s British Open at Royal Birkdale in 1986 and the US Women’s Open in 1987. She played in every Solheim Cup match from 1990 to 2011 and is the leading all-time points scorer. A former world number one, Laura Davies was the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list and also won the LET Order of Merit a record seven times. In 2014 she was appointed DBE for her services to golf and in July 2015 she will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame at a ceremony in St Andrews.
Renée Powell played in more than 250 events, having joined the LPGA Tour in 1967. In 1979, she became the first woman to be a head professional at a golf course in the United Kingdom, at Silvermere, near London. After leaving the LPGA Tour in 1980, she developed inner-city youth golf programmes in the United States and in 1995 became the first African-American female Class A member of The PGA of America and the LPGA. In 2003, Renée Powell received the Professional Golfers' Association of America’s First Lady of Golf award and four years later the inaugural Rolex For the Love of the Game Award. In 2008 she was made an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) by the University of St Andrews.
The great Scottish amateur golfer Belle Robertson (pictured above) won the British Ladies Amateur Championship in 1981 and the Scottish Ladies Close Amateur Championship on seven occasions. She represented Great Britain and Ireland in seven Curtis Cups and was part of the first team to win the match on American soil in 1986.  She captained the team twice. Belle Robertson was voted Scottish Sportswoman of the Year on four occasions and Woman Golfer of the year three times. In 1973, she was appointed MBE for services to golf and was named as one of the 50 inaugural members of the Scottish Sport Hall of Fame in 2002.
Lally Segard (née Vagliano) is one of France’s greatest golfers, winning the British Girls’ Championship in 1937 and, as Vicomtesse de Saint-Sauveur, 14 international titles including the British Ladies’ Amateur in 1950. As President of the Women’s Committee of the World Amateur Golf Council (now the International Golf Federation) she helped found the Espirito Santo Trophy, the women’s World Amateur Team Championship. She was France’s non-playing captain from the inaugural event in 1964 until 1972. Lally Segard is an Officer of France’s National Order of Merit and a Commander of the Order of Sporting Merit.
One of the most successful golfers in history, Annika Sorenstam is a former world number one who won 89 events around the world, including ten Major Championships. She won the Rolex Player of the Year award on eight occasions and represented Europe in the Solheim Cup eight times between 1994 and 2007, before serving as vice-captain for the victorious European side in 2011 and 2013. Annika Sorenstam was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003 and retired from competitive golf in 2008 to focus on establishing the Annika Academy and the Annika Foundation, which support aspiring junior golfers.
Louise Suggs, a co-founder and former President of the LPGA, won the US Women’s Amateur in 1947 and the British Ladies’ Amateur in 1948, before turning professional and winning 58 events, including 11 Major Championships. She was an inaugural inductee into the LPGA Hall of Fame, established in 1967, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award, given each year to the most accomplished first-year player on the LPGA Tour, is named in her honour. In 2007, she received the Bob Jones Award, given by the USGA in recognition of great sportsmanship in golf.


The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
Her Majesty The Queen is Patron of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
The Honorary Members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews are: His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, His Royal Highness The Duke of York, His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, The Honourable G.H.W. Bush, Peter Alliss, Sir Michael Bonallack OBE, Tony Jacklin CBE, John Jacobs OBE, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Peter Thomson CBE, Lee Trevino, Roberto De Vicenzo and Tom Watson.
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews holds a unique position in golf. Established in 1754, it evolved through two and a half centuries as a leading authority in the world game.
As the Club celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2004 it devolved responsibility for the administration of the Rules of Golf, the running of The Open Championship and other key events, and the development of the game in existing and emerging golfing nations, to a newly formed group of companies collectively known as The R&A. 
As a separate entity The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews remains as a private golf club with a world-wide membership of 2,400.

GREAT EFFORT BY STUDENT FROM KINROSS

        The men's golf team following their Cactus Thaw victory. Left to right (thanks to Calum's
        mum for the names!): Dan Young, Thomas Neve, Derek "Buzz" Perales, Harry Wetton, Ross
        White, Calum Hill, Ben Skinner.

                                                      Brian Kortz picture

 

CALUM HILL HELPS MUSTANGS WIN CACTUS THAW 

TITLE BY NINE STROKES AT EL PASO

FROM THE WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY WEBSITE

EL PASO, Texas – It was much of the same for the Western New Mexico University men's golf team as they continued to lead the field and claim the Edward Jones' Cactus Thaw title by nine strokes Monday.
"This is the start to the semester we wanted. We have worked hard over the break and knew we were playing some good golf coming into the Thaw," Head Coach Kent Beatty said. "I am very proud of the boys and the finishes by our individuals shows the depth we have moving forward through the season."
The Mustangs were even Monday with a 284, the second best round of the day to post a 561 aggregate after a seven-under 277 on Sunday for a 561. New Mexico State's B Team landed in second with a 570. Midland CC (574), UTEP B Team (589), NMMI (604) and Fort Lewis (614) rounded out the six-team field.
NMSU's Luis Medina claimed the individual title with a 136, just two shots ahead of WNMU's Harry Wetton (Bedford, England/The Bedford School).
Wetton finished in second to lead the way for the Mustangs. He shot an even round 71, coupled with an opening round 67 to post a 138. Wetton posted three birdies, two on the back-nine.

Calum Hill (Kinross, Scotland/Kinross HS), pictured on right, was right behind with a 139 to tie for third. Hill was even after the first day with a 71 and then fired three-under 68 Monday to move up the leader board. Hill ripped off five birdies, with three on the back-nine.
Playing as an individual, Ross White (Dollar, Scotland/Kinross HS) soared on the second day, as he opened with a two-over 73, just to watch the red numbers fly on day two with a five-under 66 to end with a 139 and to tie Hill for third. White, who recorded the only birdie on the team Sunday, followed that up by birding the par-five ninth hole today. He then accelerated on the back-nine with five birdies to reach the clubhouse with a four-under on the back-nine.
Ben Skinner (Hertfordshire, England/Lorretto Academy) and Deryk "Buzz" Perales tied for seventh with 142's. Skinner was three-under entering the day then fired a three-over 74 to end with a 142. He had three birdies, all on the back-nine. Perales wasn't going to let White be the only one to be eagle watching as he added his own two-under on the same ninth hole. He finished even on Monday, after going even on Sunday to end with his 142.
Daniel Young (Cheshire, England/Eaton Bank HS), playing as an individual, tied for 15^th with a 148. Young was three-over each day to tally his 148. He had three birdies, two coming on the front-nine. Rounding out the golfers for WNMU, Thomas Neve (Epsom, England/Cams Hill School/Merrist College) tied for 18^th with a 149. He was four-over on Sunday and then added a three-over today to card a 149. He had four birdies, with three coming on the front-nine. 
With one title already under their belts, WNMU will return to action on Feb. 22-23 when the JV Mustangs will play in the Bronco Invite in Roswell. 

YOUR CLUB'S CHANCE TO STAGE 2020 CURTIS CUP

LADIES GOLF UNION NEWS RELEASE

The 41st Curtis Cup match between Great Britain and Ireland and the United States will be played in 2020 at a venue selected by the Ladies’ Golf Union.

Golf clubs who would like to be considered as hosts for the prestigious three-day match in June of that year are now invited by the LGU to express a written interest by 31^st March 2015. In early May 2015, those clubs who have expressed an interest will be sent a pro-forma which should be completed and returned to the LGU by 31^st July 2015.
If they wish, clubs may, at this time, supply any additional documentation in support of their bid.
In August, the LGU Board will consider all the bids and draw up a short list.
A delegation from the LGU will then visit each of the short listed venues to assess the facilities and course. The chosen venue will be confirmed in February 2016 and the key officials of the chosen host club will be invited to attend the 39th Curtis Cup match at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, Ireland in June 2016.

The formal announcement of the 2020 venue will be made after the conclusion of the 2016 match.

Home venues for Curtis Cup matches:

 

1932 Wentworth.

1936 Gleneagles

1948 Royal Birkdale

1952 Muirfield

1956 Prince's

1960 Lindrick

1964 Royal Porthcawl

1968 Royal Co. Down

1972 Western Gailes

1976 Royal Lytham and St Anne's

1980 St Pierre

1984 Muirfield

1988 Royal St George's

1992 Royal Liverpool

1996 Killarney

2000 Ganton
2004 Formby
2008 St Andrews
2012 Nairn
2016 Dun Laoghaire

 

To note your club’s interest or for further information,

please contact;

 

Susan Simpson

Head of Golf Operations

LGU Championships Ltd

The Scores, St Andrews

Fife. KY16 9AT

 

Email : championships@lgu.org