SCOT KARIS THRO TO LAST 8 IN AUSTRALIA

SCOT KARIS THRO TO LAST EIGHT IN AUSTRALIA

Melrose-born, Queensland-based Karis Davidson, 18, is through to the quarter-finals of the Australian women's amateur golf championship at Yarra Yarra Golf Club, Victoria.

Karis, the No 5 seed, beat Inez Beatrice Wanamarta (Malaysia) by 4 and 3 to reach the last eight.

Six South Koreans and New Zealand's Chantelle Cassidy make up the rest of the quarter-finalists.

The Davidson family emigrated from Innerleithen to Queensland when Karis was only nine.

She will play Ga-young Lee (South Korea) for a place in the semi-finals.