FRIDA KINHULT WINS AT 19TH

Frida Kinhult

Frida Kinhult from Sweden, the fifth seed, won the Spanish women's amateur international championship at Sherry Golf, Jerez near Cadiz today.

Frida, whose older brother Marcus won the Lytham Trophy tournament at Royal Lytham St Annes in 2015, beat Italy's Alessia Nobilio at the 19th hole in the final.

Frida won the fourth to go one up but lost to seventh to be pulled back to all square.

Kinhult went one up again by winning the ninth but Nobilio won the 11th and the 12th to lead for the first and only time in the match.

Kinhult won the 13th to square the match and every hole was halved after that until the 19th which the Swede won for victory.

JOBURG LADIES OPEN ROUND 1

From Colin Farquharson

KYLIE HENRY FIVE OFF PACE IN JOBURG OPEN

Kylie Henry was sharing 12th position on level par 72 after the first round of the Joburg Ladies Open at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club today (SUN).

Henry birdied the first, third and fifth but bogeyed the second, sixth and 10th in halves of 36.

The Scot is five shots behind the leader, South African Monique Smith who has a one-stroke lead over England's Lauren Taylor and Lejan Lewthwaite (South AFrica).

JOBURG LADIES OPEN
Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club

FIRST-ROUNDER LEADERS
par 72
67 Monique Smith (SAf).
68 Lauren Taylor (Eng), Lejan Lewthwaite (SAf).

SELECTED SCORES
72 Rebecca Hudson (Eng), Kylie Henry (Sco) (T12).
74 Kiran Matharu (Eng) (T22).
79 Kirsty Fisher (Sco) (T45).

Field of 55 players

HEATHER MUNRO'S EIGHTH TOP 10 USA FINISH

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – The Elon University women's golf team improved four spots in the final round to earn a top-10 finish at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The Phoenix finished tied for seventh out of 43 teams with a three-round total of 885 (+21).

Elon carded the third-lowest team score of any squad on the final day, shooting a combined 6-under par. Aurelia Hamm led the Phoenix with a 4-under par 68 in the final round. Four of Elon's five players shot even par or better over their final 18 holes.

Coastal Carolina captured the team title for the second straight year, beating College of Charleston by one stroke. College of Charleston's Laura Fuenfstueck won the individual title at 8-under par.

The Highlights

Leading the way for the Phoenix was Heather Munro, who earned the eighth top-10 finish of her career. Munro closed with a 72 that put her alone in sixth place at 213 (-3).

Hamm posted a career-low round of 68 to improve 20 spots and finish alone in 16th place at 218 (+2). Hamm's bogey-free round included four birdies, three of which came on the final four holes.

KINHULT THROUGH TO PLAY NOBILIO IN SPANISH FINAL

Frida Kinhult (Sweden), the No. 5 seed, completed a 5 and 4 victory over the leading match-play qualifier, Germany's Anastasia Mickan this morning (Sunday) in a Spanish women's amateur international semi-final which had to be halted with Kinhult three up after 10 holes because of darkness last night.

Kinhult now plays Italy's Alessia Nobilio in today's 36-hole final at Sherry Golf, Jerez near Cadiz.

Blue Devils Move into a Tie for First in Hilton Head

Blue Devils Move into a Tie for First in Hilton Head

From Duke coach, Jack Winters
March 4, 2017

HILTON HEAD, South Carolina – Led by a two-under-par performance from senior Sandy Choi, the Duke University women's golf team moved into a tie for first place on day two of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in Hilton Head, South Carolina.


Choi, the senior from Seoul, South Korea, carded five birdies on her way to a season-best round of 69. Today's performance moves Choi into fifth place, individually, with an even-par, 142. She only trails Kristen Gillman of Alabama (139), Cheyenne Knight of Alabama (140), Linnea Strom of Arizona State (140), and Sophia Zeeb of Arizona State (141).


As a team, Duke carded the top performance of the second round at three-over-par, 287. The Blue Devils are now tied with Alabama at five-over-par, 573, for the tournament. Finishing out the top 12 teams are Arizona State (576), South Carolina (580), Baylor (587), Georgia (587), Furman (592), Tennessee (594), North Carolina (596), Vanderbilt (596), Oklahoma State (598) and Arkansas (599).


Leona Maguire, the top ranked collegiate golfer in the nation from Cavan, Ireland, moved into a tie for ninth following the second round. She opened the front nine with six pars, while carding bogies on No. 4 and No. 8 and a birdie on No. 5. She made the turn at one-over-par and dropped to two-over-par on the 14th hole. Maguire registered her second birdie of the day the 15th hole to bring her back to one-over-par. She closed with par on the final three holes for a final score of 72 for the round. Maguire hit 11 fairways, 12 greens and rolled 30 putts. She has a total score of 144, two-over-par, for the tournament.

After carding a 73 in round one, junior Lisa Maguire signed for an 85 on Saturday.

Duke will kick off round two beginning at 10:10 a.m., along with Alabama and Arizona State. Fans can follow the action with live scoring available via www.GolfStat.com.

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