Swede success for Nordqvist as Pressel falters

FROM GOLFWEEK.COM

By RANDALL MELL

Morgan Pressel couldn’t overcome a front-nine stumble Sunday at the ShopRite Classic. 
Pressel took the lead into the final round at the Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club, but she was playing chaser after a bogey at the sixth hole and a double bogey at the seventh. She closed with a 2-over-par 73 and tied for third, three shots behind the winner, Anna Nordqvist from Sweden.
After struggling much of last year and early this year, Pressel overhauled her swing this spring and has now finished third or better in three of her last six starts. 
She has played in the final Sunday pairing in two of those finishes but come up short in her bid to close out her first victory in seven years. She said new swings are tested most severely in contention on Sundays.
“I've been in a lot of final groups, and that puts a lot of pressure on the swing,” Pressel said. “That's probably the most pressure you have out here in tournament competition, is playing in the final group, and having a chance to win.
“Pressure makes you swing a little bit faster, a little bit harder, and I wasn't quite as good with that today as I was for the first couple days.  It’s getting closer, so I’ve just got to keep getting after it and working hard. Definitely looking forward to next week and KPMG.”
Catriona Matthew, in contention going into the last round after scores of 68 and 70, slumped to a closing round of two-over-par 73 and finished T16 on two-under 211. If you shoot over par in the final round of an LPGA event, you can go into free fall.
But the Scot still earned $17,933, about £9,000

FINAl TOTALS AND PRIZEMONEY

1	Anna Nordqvist	67	69	69	-2	-8	205	$225,000
2	Christel Boeljon	68	70	68	-3	-7	206	$135,995
T3	Morgan Pressel	66	69	73	+2	-5	208	$87,486
T3	Kelly Shon	70	68	70	-1	-5	208	$87,486
T5	Austin Ernst	72	73	64	-7	-4	209	$44,748
T5	Karrie Webb	70	73	66	-5	-4	209	$44,748
T5	Inbee Park	71	70	68	-3	-4	209	$44,748
T5	Mirim Lee	70	70	69	-2	-4	209	$44,748
T5	Gerina Piller	68	70	71	E	-4	209	$44,748
T10	Mo Martin	69	75	66	-5	-3	210	$25,513
T10	Maria McBride	70	73	67	-4	-3	210	$25,513
T10	Hee Young Park	68	74	68	-3	-3	210	$25,513
T10	Moriya Jutanugarn	69	71	70	-1	-3	210	$25,513
T10	Shanshan Feng	70	70	70	-1	-3	210	$25,513
T10	Kim Kaufman	69	70	71	E	-3	210	$25,513
T16	Pornanong Phatlum	71	74	66	-5	-2	211	$17,933
T16	Meena Lee	73	72	66	-5	-2	211	$17,933
T16	Sarah Kemp	72	72	67	-4	-2	211	$17,933
T16	Mariajo Uribe	70	71	70	-1	-2	211	$17,933
T16	Paula Creamer	72	68	71	E	-2	211	$17,933
T16	Sun Young Yoo	69	70	72	+1	-2	211	$17,933
T16	Catriona Matthew	68	70	73	+2	-2	211	$17,933
T23	Brooke Henderson	68	77	67	-4	-1	212	$12,970
T23	Angela Stanford	72	72	68	-3	-1	212	$12,970
T23	SooBin Kim	70	73	69	-2	-1	212	$12,970
T23	Jenny Shin	68	75	69	-2	-1	212	$12,970
T23	Hyo-Joo Kim	71	72	69	-2	-1	212	$12,970
T23	Jane Park	71	72	69	-2	-1	212	$12,970
T23	Ha Na Jang	73	70	69	-2	-1	212	$12,970
T23	Wei-Ling Hsu	72	70	70	-1	-1	212	$12,970
T23	Suzann Pettersen	72	70	70	-1	-1	212	$12,970
T23	Ryann O'Toole	67	73	72	+1	-1	212	$12,970
T33	Lizette Salas	73	71	69	-2	E	213	$8,819
T33	Na Yeon Choi	71	72	70	-1	E	213	$8,819
T33	Sandra Gal	71	72	70	-1	E	213	$8,819
T33	Beatriz Recari	73	70	70	-1	E	213	$8,819
T33	Minjee Lee	72	70	71	E	E	213	$8,819
T33	I.K. Kim	73	68	72	+1	E	213	$8,819
T33	Mika Miyazato	69	71	73	+2	E	213	$8,819
T33	Ayako Uehara	72	68	73	+2	E	213	$8,819
T33	Marissa Steen	69	70	74	+3	E	213	$8,819
T42	Hee Kyung Seo	69	76	69	-2	+1	214	$6,130
T42	Sei-Young Kim	72	73	69	-2	+1	214	$6,130
T42	Ilhee Lee	72	73	69	-2	+1	214	$6,130
T42	Yan Jing	72	72	70	-1	+1	214	$6,130
T42	Mina Harigae	69	74	71	E	+1	214	$6,130
T42	Ashleigh Simon	70	72	72	+1	+1	214	$6,130
T42	Ai Miyazato	71	70	73	+2	+1	214	$6,130
T42	Felicity Johnson	70	70	74	+3	+1	214	$6,130
T42	Jaye Marie Green	73	67	74	+3	+1	214	$6,130
T51	Laura Diaz	70	75	70	-1	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Yani Tseng	70	75	70	-1	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Stacy Lewis	72	73	70	-1	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Kendall Dye	73	72	70	-1	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Juli Inkster	74	71	70	-1	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Christina Kim	71	73	71	E	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Carlota Ciganda	74	70	71	E	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Alena Sharp	67	76	72	+1	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Perrine Delacour	71	72	72	+1	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Becky Morgan	72	71	72	+1	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Alison Lee	72	70	73	+2	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Min Lee	67	74	74	+3	+2	215	$4,204
T51	Pernilla Lindberg	68	70	77	+6	+2	215	$4,204
T64	Tiffany Joh	71	74	71	E	+3	216	$3,351
T64	Lisa Ferrero	71	73	72	+1	+3	216	$3,351
T64	Julieta Granada	72	72	72	+1	+3	216	$3,351
T67	Katie Burnett	72	73	72	+1	+4	217	$3,060
T67	Laetitia Beck	72	72	73	+2	+4	217	$3,060
T67	Kris Tamulis	70	73	74	+3	+4	217	$3,060
T67	Amy Anderson	71	72	74	+3	+4	217	$3,060
T67	Jacqui Concolino	72	71	74	+3	+4	217	$3,060
T72	Xiyu Lin	72	73	73	+2	+5	218	$2,831
T72	Karlin Beck	71	73	74	+3	+5	218	$2,831
T72	Cristie Kerr	74	70	74	+3	+5	218	$2,831
T72	Azahara Munoz	74	68	76	+5	+5	218	$2,831
T72	Ji Young Oh	71	69	78	+7	+5	218	$2,831
T77	Yueer Cindy Feng	74	71	74	+3	+6	219	$2,690
T77	Mi Hyang Lee	72	71	76	+5	+6	219	$2,690
T77	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	69	73	77	+6	+6	219	$2,690
80	Kathleen Ekey	73	69	78	+7	+7	220	$2,622
81	Sydnee Michaels	68	76	77	+6	+8	221	$2,588

SVLGA Northern results

SVLGA Northern Spring Meeting at Barry  
(CSS 77 R/O)
Scratch - S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 77
Silver Handicap -
K Sutherland (Royal Montrose) (3) 76
S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies (scr) 77
J Harrison (Cruden Bay) (6) 79 bih
S Arbuckle (Ladies Panmure Barry) (5) 79
Bronze Handicap
S Baxby (Ladies Panmure Barry) (21) 81
M Reid (Aberdeen Ladies) (21) 82
O Robb (Murcar Links) (24) 85
M Beaton (Inverurie) (23) 86
Tuesday match-play
Scratch
9.30 S Wood v J Harrison
9.37 S Arbuckle v K Sutherland
Silver handicap
9.45 J Clarke v L Terry
9.52 A Freeman v F Martin
Bronze handicap
10.00 S Baxby v M Beaton
10.07 O Robb v M Reid 

 Jen Petrie
Captain SVLGA Northern

Jasmine (15) to make debut for Aberdeenshire
 
Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead) will make her debut at the age of 15 for Aberdeenshire women's county team in the Northern Division Jamboree at Murcar Links from June 27-29.

Jasmine, pictured, originally chosen as first reserve, takes the place of Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) who will now be playing for GB and I in the Junior Vagliano Trophy contest against the Continent of Europe at Malone GC, Belfast

SLGA name players for international teams
 
The SLGA has announced the following teams and players for international duty:

European women's team championship (Denmark, July 7-11)
Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies)
Jess Meek (Carnoustie Ladies)
Heather Munro (Monifieth)
Rachel Taylor (Reicmswald, Germany)
Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co)
Clara Young (North Berwick)

European girls' team championship (Czech Republic, July 7-11)
Joanne Free (~Gullane Ladies)
Chloe Goadby (St Regulus)
Emma Hale (Troon Ladies)
Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies)
Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne)
Claire Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies) 

European Young Masters (Switzerland, July 23-25)
Jillian Farrell (Cardross)
Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle)

British women's open amateur championship team event (Portstewart, N Ireland, June 9-10).
Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies)
Jess Meek (Carnoustie Ladies)]
Rachel Taylor (Reicmswald, Germany)

Donna, Liz win inter-county foursomes with a 75

 

Donna Jackson and Liz Stewart (Renfrewshire), with a very good score of 75 in testing conditions, won the scratch section of the Inter-county foursomes final at Hilton Park Golf Club today.

More like winter than June 1 - the official start of summer - the wet and windy weather was reflected in the scores. It was very wet underfot.

Twenty-three pairs from Dunbartsonshire and Argyll, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire counties took part.

Scratch runners-up were Catherine Malcolm and Debbie Watt (Ayrshire) with a 79.

Sheila Adams and Aileen Anderson (Ayrshire) won the handicap section with a net 80.5 off 10.5

Winners of the handicap section were Sheila Adams and Aileen Anderson ALCG  91  less 10.5   =  80.5

Other leading handicap returns

81 Helen Faulds and Christie Kelly (Dunbartonshire and Argyll) (13) (better inward half), Ann Shanks and Rona Agney (D and A) (18).

82.5 Carol Fell and Fiona Roger (Renfrewshire) (11.5)

Michele heading for promotion back to LET

Michele Thomson from Ellon is on her way back to the Ladies European Tour via the LET Access Series Order of Merit.
The top five in its final table at the end of the season gain automatic promotion to the LET.

Michele, pictured, who finished joint sixth at the weekendin the Dobrak Ladies Open near Oslo in Norway and earned 1308 euros for a one-under-par total of 209 (70-70-69), five behind German winner Isi Gabsa  (69-68-67), is currently third in the Order of Merit
Ahead of her are Gabsa and Spanish amateur Natalia Escuriola 
LETAS Order of Merit - 1 Isi Gabsa (Ger) 12,922pt, 2 Natalia Escuriola (Spa) (am) 9,680, 3 Michele Thomson (Sco) 9,597, 4 Kym Larratt (Eng) 9,455. 5 Olivia Cowan (Ger) 7,409.

Michele Thomson misses this week's Ladies Tartan Tour event over 36 holes at Deer Park Golf Club, Livingston.
The field includes LET players Laura Murray, Beth Allen and Kylie Walker. 

Duke University men's team miss out on 
match-play at NCAA Championship

DUKE UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE
BRADENTON, Florida -- Freshman Jake Shuman fired a one-under 71 to pace Duke University men's team to a nine-over 297 in the third round of the NCAA Championship at The Concession Golf Club. The Blue Devils closed the tournament with a 903 (+39) and are tied for 24th with play suspended due to lightning late in the third round.
The top 15 teams along with the nine lowest individuals not on those teams at the completion of the third round advance to Monday's fourth round of stroke play. The low eight teams after 72 holes of stroke play advance to match play. 
Shuman is currently tied for 23rd overall and in strong position to reach the fourth round of play.
Third round play will resume Monday at 7 a.m. local time with the fourth round beginning 30-45 minutes after the completion of the previous round. 
Complete team and individual leaderboards are available at www.golfstat.com.
Shuman recorded his second under-par round of the tournament and his team-leading 10th of the season with a 71 Sunday. The Needham, Mass., native recorded birdies on No. 12, No. 16 and No. 17 to make the turn at two-under. He suffered bogeys on No. 1 and No. 2 to slide back to even-par. Shuman added a birdie on the par 3 sixth hole but gave a shot back with a bogey on the next hole. Following a par on No. 8, Shuman rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 9 to get to two-over for the tournament.
Freshman Adam Wood recorded his second straight round of 74 to finish with a five-over 221. He opened with four straight pars before dropping a stroke with a bogey on No. 14. 
Wood got back to even-par with a birdie on the par 4 16th hole but made the turn at +1 following a bogey on No. 18. Bogeys on No. 2 and No. 4 dropped him back to three-over before he settled in for a strong finish. Wood parred four of the final five holes and added a birdie on the par 4 eighth hole.
Max Greyserman posted a three-over 75 in the third round to finish with a 235 (+19). The Short Hills, New Jersey native birdied his first hole of the day before slipping back to three-over after bogeys on No. 12, No. 13, No. 17 and No. 18.
 He added a birdie on the par 3 fourth hole but suffered a double-bogey on the next hole. Greyserman closed out with three pars and a birdie on No. 8 for his best round of the tournament.
Senior Turner Southey-Gordon carded a five-over 77 Sunday at The Concession Golf Club. He suffered a quad-bogey on the opening hole and slipped to seven-over following a double-bogey on No. 1. Southey-Gordon settled in at that point recording six pars and birdies on No. 3 and No. 6. He closed the tournament with a 13-over 229.
Motin Yeung collected a pair of birdies on the day but suffered three double-bogeys en route to a nine-over 81. He completed the tournament with a 253.
Duke concluded the 2014-15 season with five top-five finishes including team titles at the Bandon Dunes Championship and Blue Devil Spring Shootout.

Glenbervie Ladies Open prizewinners

CSS 76 / Reduction only

Scratch

1 L MacGregor (Falkirk) 78

2 G MacPherson( Loudoun Gowf Club)  82

3 A Walker ( Glenbervie)  84

Silver Division

1 J Allan (Glenbervie) (5) 74

2 E Goodwin (Glenbervie) (10) 76

3 N Thomas (Falkirk)  (15) 77 (better inward half)

4 N Beaumont (Glenbervie) (16) 77

5 I McLay (Glenbervie)  (13) 78

Bronze Division

1 J Bell (Greenburn) (22) 72.  Winner of Paddy Smith Trophy

2 J Farrell (Stirling)  (22) 76

3 C Thomson  (Irvine) (21) 80 (bih)

4 K Beattie (Cathcart Castle) (21) 80 (bih)

5 K.McKay (Muthill) (23) 80

Elizabeth Goodwin

Bronze Division winner Jennifer Bell (Greenburn) receives the trophy from Glenbervie Ladies Captain Valerie Smart.