Jodi and Hannah only to GB players in US top 100

US colleges are not recruiting the top


British and Irish teenage prospects


The best of British & Irish girl golfers are not attracted these days by four years on the American college golf circuit.
That's about the only conclusion that can be drawn from a study of the end-of-the 2008-2009 US women's college rankings.
There are only two English players in the top 100.
Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) is ranked No 9 and Hannah Burke (Baylor University, Texas) is ranked No 84.
In 104th position is Anna Scott (Georgia State) from Consett, Co Durham.
Ellie Givens (Denver) from Darlington is No 129.
Gemma Webster (Ohio State) from Glasgow is No 200.
Also:
208 Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Charleston Southern).
219 Natasha Podmore (San Francisco).
230 Sarah Faller (Denver).
232 Sinead O'Sullivan (East Tennessee State).
367 Hannah Lovelock (Missouri).
386 Harriet Owers-Bradley (Yale).
392 Claire Starkie (Georgia State).
396 Portia Abbott (Jacksonville State).
436 Hannah Coles (Radford).
453 Laura Cutler (Jacksonville State).
465 Rebecca Watson (Tennessee).
544 Roseanne Niven (California Berkeley).
611 Ami Storey (Kansas State)

SVLGA- North Division Championship Scoreboard


At Peterculter Golf Club.
Today's scores (CSS 72):
Scratch
74 K Sutherland (Royal Montrose).
81 J Petrie (Panmure Barry).
82 M Clapperton (Banchory) (better inward half).
82 L Terry (Cruden Bay).
Handicap
70 H Kelly (Panmure Barry) (13).
73 M Donald (Aberdeen Ladies) (15).
73 E Rose (Aboyne) (14)
75 J Macaulay (Banchory) (19).
Bronze
68 O Rae (Inverurie) (22).
76 E Herries (Banchory) (21).
77 A Gall (Cruden Bay) (21).
78 V Kelly (Deeside) (23).

Another first for Heather MacRae: She

wins PGA Player of Month award

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE PGA
A number of notable performances caught the eye but none more so than that of Gullane’s Heather MacRae – who is the first female to win the monthly Sunderland of Scotland PGA Player of the Month award.
MacRae clinched the award, which wins her one of Sunderland’s new UV Protection range shirts, on the back of becoming the first woman since 1933 to qualify for the Tartan Tour’s flagship event – the Scottish PGA Championship.
MacRae’s two-over-par 75 at Downfield was more than sufficient to assure her of a place at Gleneagles last this month. That performance came on the back of winning the opening event of the Ryder Cup Wales WPGA One Day Series at Dunham Forest, where she was the only player under par.
The Tartan Tour had two further strong candidates to claim the monthly honour in Craig Lee and David Orr.
Lee’s record of played one won one, that being the Northern Open, thrust him to the top of the OOM.
A place behind him is Orr, who secured the share of two pro-am victories and two top ten finishes in the opening OOM events.
The PGA Player of the Month award will run until October.
For more information on Sunderland log on http://www.sunderlandgolf.com/

Tyler Ogston impresses in Flag

competiton at Turriff

By MURRAY CARNIE of the Paul Lawrie Foundation Trust
Our mini-tour moved on to Turriff Golf Club at the weekend. The course was in outstanding condition for this time of the year and the weather played its part too.
The standard of play in the flag event continues to impress with the Under-12 boys' section being hotly contested. Several competitors ended up around the ninth green.
Careful measuring was also required in the Under-10 Boys on the eighth green.
Tyler Ogston continues to impress. He was the only competitor to go beyond the ninth hole yet again!
The tour moves on to Alford and Deeside for our next competition where there are only a limited number of spaces left.

FLAG COMPETITION WINNERS
Girls U10
1st Carla Banks
2nd Emma Logie
3rd Jodie Astridge

Girls U12
1st Eve Manson
2nd Nicole Yeats
3rd Becky Flaherty

Boys U10
1st Tyler Ogston
2nd Tom Flaherty
3rd Cameron Black

Boys U10
1st (equal) Liam Allan, Jordan Wiseman.
3rd (equal) Jack Brown, Craig Watson
4th Euan Gray

STABLEFORD RESULTS
Boys
Par & SSS 68. CSS 67.
Girls
Par & SSS 71. CSS 74.

1st Kyle Taylor (Turriff) (16) 40 pts
2nd Steven Singer (Turriff) (23) 40
3rd Finlay McPherson (Hopeman) (20) 39
4th Lewis Mackenzie (Turriff) (17) 36
5th Calvin Cheyne (Newburgh) (17) 35

Other scores:
J Banks 35, Kerr Taylor 34, K Spence 33, J Moir 33, D Smith 33, J Flaherty 32, A Fisher 31, G Colleran 31, T Sievwright 30, C Morrison 28, Z Marr 27, S Chalmers 27, C Prudence 25, C Ogg 25.

Munross Trophy tee times at Montrose on Sunday

09.00/14.00 K Vannet (P); A Alston (RML); F Fullarton (MH)
09.10/14.10 R Polson (P); A Smith (Mon); F Sinclair (CC)
09.20/14.20 A Summers (CL); L McGillivray (Ban); J Grubb (MML)
09.30/14.30 H McCook (Ab); J Linklater (L); J Jenkins (R)
09.40/14.40 A McKechin (E); F Blair (CL); R Rankin (Lan)
09.50/14.50 S Leslie (Wh); M MacPherson (TL); A Niven (C)

10.00/15.00 M Summers (CL); A Wilton (Lb); J Meldrum (D)
10.10/15.10 M Johnstone (N); LM Fraser (K); L Atkins (M)
10.20/15.20 N Fenton (Dun); R Wilson (Mon); R Watton (Mor)
10.30/15.30 E Briggs (Kil); J Brown (Mon); S Raitt (F)
10.40/15.40 S Jackson (Lb); E Fairnie (Dun)
10.50/15.50 A Ramsay (Kir); M Briggs (Kil)

Abbreviations:
Ab Abernethy M Minto
Ban Banchory MH Meldrum House
C Crieff MML Montrose Mercantile Ladies
CC Carnoustie Caledonia Mon Monifieth
CL Carnoustie Ladies Mor Mortonhall
D Dullatur N Northern
Dun Dunbar P Peterculter
E Elderslie R Ralston
F Forfar RML Royal Montrose Ladies
K Kingsknowe TL Troon Ladies
Kil Kilmalcolm W Westhill
Kir Kirriemuir
L Largs
Lan Lanark
Lb Ladybank