Grant Forrest highest placed Scot in Palmer Cup team

 selection rankings for June match in Illinois

This year's Palmer Cup student international match between Europe and the United States will be hosted by Rich Harvests Farms, Illinois from June 12 to 14.
The Europe team has fared better in recent years and now "only" trails 9-7 with one halved match in the overall series.
Two years ago it was decided to increase the number of players on each side to 10.
Not all but most of the European team places are filled from the top players in the Palmer Cup rankings which are currently:

 

1.		Jon Rahm		JR		Arizona State		Spain		.9978
2.		Max Rottluff		JR		Arizona State		Germany		.9869
3.		Rowin Caron		JR		Florida State		Netherlands		.9868
4.		Clement Sordet		SR		Texas Tech		France		.9852
5.		Kristoffer Ventura		FR		Oklahoma State		Norway		.9851
6.		Adrian Meronk		JR		ETSU		Poland		.9836
7.		Tomasz Anderson		SR		Jacksonville State		England		.9781
8.		Petter Mikalsen		SO		Denver		Norway		.9775
9.		Teremoana Beaucousin		SO		Kennesaw State		France		.9764
10.		Andreas Gjesteby		JR		Baylor		Norway		.9631
11.		Adria Arnaus		JR		Texas A&M		Spain		.9625
12.		Grant Forrest		SR		San Diego		Scotland		.9544
13.		Jeremy Paul		SO		Colorado		Germany		.9516
14.		Thomas Detry		JR		Illinois		Belgium		.9506
15.		Scott Fernandez		SR		Iowa State		Spain		.9409
16.		Paul Barjon		JR		TCU		France		.9406
17.		Alexander Wilson		FR		California		Scotland		.9397
18.		Pep Angles		SR		Central Arkansas		Spain		.9384
19.		David Boote		JR		Stanford		Wales		.9366
20.		Benjamin Taylor		SR		LSU		England		.9316
21.		Matthias Schwab		SO		Vanderbilt		Austria		.9287
22.		Robert MacIntyre		FR		McNeese State		Scotland		.9276
23.		Robin Sciot-Siegrist		JR		Louisville		France		.9271
24.		Martin Simonsen		SR		UTEP		Denmark		.9196
25.		Paul Dunne		SR		UAB		Ireland		.9182

 
Louise Duncan wins Ayrshire Girls' Spring Salver
 
The sun was shining at Ballochmyle yesterday for Ayrshire girls' first competition of the season.   Winter conditions were still in play and there was a strong wind blowing, but the girls were not put off and all returned very acceptable scores.   
Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) was the first winner of a new Salver gifted for this competition.   
Results:
Silver
1st   Louise Duncan (West Kilbride)     84 (8)  76   (trophy winner)
Bronze
1st  Claire McLaughlin (West Kilbride)   103 (26)  77
T2  Rachel Foster (Turnberry)                 104  (23)  81
      Samantha McKay (Loudoun)            116  (35)  81
Pre-Handicap (10 holes)
12 years and under              
68 Cristina McCracken (Troon)   
70 Hannah Young  (Troon)           
13-14 years                           59 Gemma Paton (Loudoun)                                                             63 Heather Kelly (Loudoun)       
 Pre-handicap Putting
1st   Gemma Paton
2nd  Cristina McCracken

 CREAM OF COLLEGE GOLFERS HEAD FOR LOSSIEMOUTH

By Dr Rob Macpherson

Manager, Nairn Dunbar Golf Club

As winter draws to a close and thoughts turn to the Masters and summer golf, the cream of UK university and college golfers gather on the Moray coast for a week of spectacular golf.

This year, the men’s field is particularly strong with Grant Price (+5, Durham University), Marco Iten (+4, Stirling University), and Constantine Eller (+3, Robert Gordon University) joining past winner Jack MacDonald (+4, Stirling University) and defending champion Mathias Eggenberger (+4, Stirling University) in their efforts to capture the Jack Allan Trophy. 

In the women's event, strong representation from St Andrews University (including previous Student Tour winners Amy Chambers, Miranda Brain and Gabrielle Macdonald) will pitch their talents against perennial favourites Stirling (including World University Games hopefuls Hannah McCook and Gemma Batty).

The competition, played over Moray Old and Moray New courses at Lossiemouth begins on Sunday and concludes on Friday, April 3.

 
SUNDAY-MONDAY TEE TIMES

    
New Course-New Course           
                           Stephen Hopes (4)          Steven Young (4)             Andrew Tillie (3)
11:00    09:45    Highlands and Islands     Abertay Dundee               Robert Gordon University
               
                           Luke Robinson (3)    Robbie A Lacon (3)       Tomas Dvorak (3)
11:07    09:37    Stirling University     Highlands and Islands     Glasgow University
               
                           Steven Burn (3)         Alistair MacVicar (2)    Grant Wilson (3)
11:15    09:30    Northumbria Uni         Stirling University        Highlands and Islands
               
                           Cameron Franssen (2)    Ruairidh Robertson (2)    Adam Mulhall (2)
11:22    09:22    St Andrews University    Highlands and Islands     Stirling University
               
                           Cameron Bennie (2)    David McLellan (1)      Sebastiano Galeppini (2)
11:30    09:15    Stirling University        St Andrews University     Highlands and Islands
               
                           Blair Carnegie (1)    William Bamber (1)    Bjorn Bojesen (1)
11:37    09:07    Stirling University     Glasgow University     St Andrews University
               
                           Cameron Dixon (2)               Sean Walter (1)         Greg Telfer (1)
11:45    09:00    Robert Gordon University     Stirling University     Glasgow University
                              
                          Drew Mcintosh (1)        Maximillian Mayers (2)    Kevin Prentice (1)
12:00    10:45    Aberdeen University     Glasgow University          Stirling University
               
                           Jamie Parker (0)        John Drummond (1)    Neil Beattie (1)
12:07    10:37    Stirling University     Aberdeen University     Abertay Dundee
               
                           Matt McGrory (0)       Willem Kerr (0)        Ateeb Khan (0)
12:15    10:30    Glasgow University     Stirling University     St Andrews University
               
                           Marcel Horvath (0)         Andrew Cunningham (1)    Colin Edgar (-0)
12:22    10:22    St Andrews University     Strathclyde University        Stirling University
               
                          Andreas Roehrl (0)    Chase McCarthy (0)      Cameron Graham (1)
12:30    10:15    Stirling University     St Andrews University     Strathclyde University
                   
                           Callum Connacher (1)    Angus Carrick (0)     Gonzalo Leon (0)
12:37    10:07    Strathclyde University     Stirling University     St Andrews University
               
                           Jack Harling (-0)            Calum Stewart (1)         Daniel King (0)
12:45    10:00    Highlands and Islands     Edinburgh Napier Uni  Stirling University
                   
                           Andrew Davidson (-0)    Michael Bekken (-0)        Michael Davidson (1)
13:00    11:00    Stirling University            St Andrews University     Edinburgh Napier Uni
               
                          Neil McConnochie (1)     Ewan Farquharson (1)             Alistair Scott (0)
13:07    11:07    Strathclyde University     Edinburgh Napier University    Edinburgh University
                 
                          Craig Chalmers (-2)         Chris MacLean (-1)    Tom Beasley (-1)
13:15    11:15    Strathclyde University     Stirling University       St Andrews University
               
                           Alex Purdom (-1)            Grant Price (0)           James A Wilson (-1)
13:22    11:22    St Andrews University     Durham University     Stirling University
               
                           Henry Tomlinson (-1)    Craig Howie (-2)      Steve Smith (-2)
13:30    11:30    Stirling University          Stirling University     Robert Gordon University
               
                           Jack McDonald (-3)    Constantine Eller (-3)           Marco Iten (-3)
13:37    11:37    Stirling University        Robert Gordon University     Stirling University
               
13:45    11:45    Andrew Wilson (-4)            Cormac Sharvin (-4)    Mathias Eggenberger (-3)
                           Northumbria University     Stirling University        Stirling University
               
               
                           Michael Henderson (3)    Marc Sadler (3)        Lewys Anderson (3)
14:00    08:45    Glasgow University         Stirling University     St Andrews University
               
                           Richard Johnston (3)       Robert McCleneghen (4)    Martin McKenna (3)
14:07    08:37    Strathclyde University     Highlands and Islands         Stirling University
               
                           Ryan Johnston (3)    Peter Hasson (3)         Craig Hughes (3)
14:15    08:30    Stirling University     Glasgow University     Strathclyde University
               
                           Andrew Wright (3)          Luke Olsson (3)        Paul Delaney (3)
14:22    08:22    Strathclyde University     Stirling University     Glasgow University
               
                           Scott Stewart (3)                   Ross Finlay (3)                Keith Seward (4)
14:30    08:15    Robert Gordon University     Strathclyde University     Edinburgh University
               
                           Brian Stuart (4)       Stewart Russell (3)                 Hugo Melvin (4)
14:37    08:07    Dundee University     Edinburgh Napier University    Edinburgh University
               
                          Conor Scott (3)              Orr Hamilton (4)         Grant Paul (4)
14:45    08:00    Edinburgh Napier Uni    Glasgow University     Dundee University
               
               
                           John Gibson (5)     Stuart Thomson (4)       Ross Green (5)
15:00    13:52    Abertay Dundee    Edinburgh University     Dundee University
               
                          Angus Forgie (5)        Matthew Scott (5)                 Ian Maccallum (4)
15:07    13:45    Dundee University     Robert Gordon University     Highlands and Islands
               
                           Ayden Greensmith (5)    Edward Mason (5)         Alasdair Patrick (5)
15:15    13:37    Abertay Dundee              Highlands and Islands     Stirling University
               
                           Kevin Perron (5)         Stewart McCaffrey (5)    Jack Fleming (6)
15:22    13:30    Glasgow University     Dundee University           Edinburgh Napier University
               
                           Graeme Nisbet (5)    Neil Munro (5)               Donald Griffiths (5)
15:30    13:22    Stirling University     Edinburgh Napier Uni    Dundee University
               
                           Gary Brownlee (6)                Duncan Johnston (5)    James Bancroft (5)
15:37    13:15    Robert Gordon University     Abertay Dundee           Edinburgh Napier Uni
                 
                           Ben Davies (9)            Alistair James (7)          Anslem Henry (6)
15:45    13:07    Glasgow University     Aberdeen University     Dundee University
               
                           Dale Cromar (14)       Craig J Gill (10)           Calum Paterson (8)
15:52    13:00    Dundee University     Glasgow University     Abertay Dundee
               

Tom Durbin T34 at SCAA Atlanta Invitational
 
Tom Durbin  (Bryan College, Tennessee), a second-year-student from Widnes, Cheshire, fimished T34 in a field of 56 at the SCAD Atlanta Invitational.
Over a par-72 course of 6,555yd, Tom had a pair of 77s for a 154 aggregate, 14 strokes behind the winner, Deven Broadaway (Truett=-McConnell) who had a pair of 70s in winning by four stroke.
Bryan College finished sixth of eighth behind team title winners Faulkner University.

Jennifer's top-10 finished at Hilton Head

Jennifer Hide (Bethune-Cookman), a final-year student from Norfolk, made the top 10 in a field of 79, finishing joint eighth with rounds of 75 and 79 for 154 in the Low Creek Intercollegiate tournament at Moss Creek Golf Club, Moss Creek Plantation, Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Jennifer is pictured on right.
Sofia Molinaro (SCAD Savannah, with scores of 76-70, and Jordan Lippetz (Princeton), 73-73, were joint winners on 146, four shots ahead of the field.
SCAD Savannah finished third on 621, three behind Princeton and Wofford College, joint winners on 618, at the head of a field of 15 teams.

HYO JOO KIM STAYS CALM TO WIN BY 

THREE FROM STACY LEWIS

FROM THE LPGA TOUR WEBSITE
Pressure doesn’t seem to faze 19-year-old Hyo Joo Kim. At least that’s the way it seems after the LPGA Tour rookie delivered a masterful display in Sunday’s final round of the JTBC Founders Cup, shooting a 5-under 67 to defeat Stacy Lewis by three strokes and capture her second LPGA Tour win.
Kim burst onto the LPGA scene at last year’s Evian Championship. A member of the Korean LPGA at the time, Kim outdueled LPGA and World Golf Halls of Fame member Karrie Webb as she sank a 12-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to defeat Webb by one and capture her first LPGA  win and her first major championship. It was also the first major championship that Kim had ever competed in on the LPGA Tour.
On Sunday, Kim was paired in the final group with another top player in the women’s game – No. 3 Stacy Lewis – and once again she didn’t seem to flinch when the pressure was on her. 
 After a bogey on the 10th hole where a ruling didn’t go the way she had hoped, Kim bounced back with three straight birdies. Despite Lewis putting the pressure on Kim with a stretch of four birdies in five holes from No. 12 to No. 16, Kim kept making birdies of her own en route to shooting a 4-under 32 on the back nine. 
And even with just a one-shot lead heading into the final hole, Kim didn’t seem to be affected by the pressure as she made birdie to clinch her victory.
“It’s impossible not to feel a little pressure or nervous, especially when your playing partner is playing so well,” Kim said through a translator. “If anything, I think the situation on hole 10 helped because after I went through there and I got a bogey, I just realized there’s no time to feel pressure or feel afraid.  I’ve just got to go out there and play.”
With her victory at the JTBC Founders Cup that made her a Rolex First-Time Winner, Kim is projected to move to No. 4 in the Rolex Rankings. The 19-year-old may just be a rookie on the LPGA Tour but she’s already gaining a lot of respect for her game from her fellow competitors.
“She’s just really solid,” Lewis said of Kim after Sunday’s round. “Kind of had to battle back from some adversity there on 10.  But just really solid.  On the front, I didn’t put much pressure on her but even when I did make some putts, she made the putts to follow and she put a lot of pressure on and was just really solid all day.”
Numbers to know 13 - Hyo Joo Kim has played in 13 LPGA events and has yet to finish outside of the top-25, with eight top-10 finishes and a pair of victories 6 - Hyo Joo Kim becomes the sixth consecutive South Korean-born player to win on Tour this season. 2 - Kim is the second Rolex First Time Winner and second rookie to win this season joining country woman Sei Young Kim
17 - Stacy Lewis now has 17 career second place finishes
Ridiculous Rookie Class
Hyo Joo Kim is just one member of a very talented rookie class on the LPGA Tour this season. She’s the second rookie to win this season, joining fellow South Korean rookie Sei Young Kim who captured a victory at the Pure Silk Bahamas Classic.

Homecoming results in Woods' best finish of the year
Cheyenne Woods had over 40 family members and friends out this week at the JTBC Founders Cup many of whom were wearing “We’re with Woods” t-shirts. The LPGA rookie was able to put on a show for them during the week finishing up at 11-under and tied for 24th.
“It’s great to play well this week, especially with this being a home tournament for me,” Woods said. “Being born and raised here, I have a lot of friends and family to watch.  It’s been a fun week and I’m happy with how I’ve played”
The 24th place finish was the best of Woods’ rookie campaign and just missed her best LPGA finish of T23 at the 2014 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open. Woods is hoping her solid play will carry over to the rest of the LPGA’s west coast swing.
“I think so,” Woods said. “Kind of helps build that confidence.  It’s a different feeling now that I’m out here full time playing against these girls.  The girls are amazing; so for me to be able to compete with them shows me a lot about my game.  So I’m excited for next week now.”

While Lee is happy with her play she is also happy that the money from her strong finish will help her give back to people in need.
“I told my friend, if I make money, like plenty money this week, I will help the African people to build pipe things for the water,” Lee explained. 
“So I keep thinking about that, I want to make more birdie for them.  I think that ends up really good.”


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