Rhian displays her Ryder Cup style

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Welsh LET player Rhian Wyn Thomas had a chance to show her Ryder Cup style as she modelled in a fashion show for the wives and girlfriends of the Ryder Cup players at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay earlier this week.
The six-foot tall blonde walked the catwalk wearing clothes designed by Newport students while the WAGs completed score cards to rate the outfits. The show was hosted by TV personality Sian Lloyd.
“The fashion show was pretty amazing. I still can’t believe I walked in those heels,” revealed Rhian, a 23-year-old first year LET player from the town of Llanybyther in Ceredigion. “They were about four inches and were the biggest heels I’ve ever worn to walk in.”
Rhian has modelled in the past but she added: “I don’t wear heels very often because I’m six foot. I respect the models that do London Fashion Week because it goes on for hours and my fashion show was only half an hour and my feet were painful!”
Rhian is at The Ryder Cup working as part of the studio commentary team for the Welsh language broadcaster S4/C. As an expert on golf, she has been interviewed on a range of subjects including golf fashion.
When asked if she would like to go into television after her career in professional golf, Rhian said: “I don’t know about that! If I wasn’t playing golf I’d rather go to the modelling side, but I’d rather do photo shoots than catwalk because I can’t walk in heels!”
Rhian also attended the Welcome to Wales concert at the Millennium Stadium featuring a host of Welsh stars from entertainment including Catherine Zeta Jones, Katherine Jenkins, the Lost Prophets, Only Men Aloud, Shaheen Jafargholi and Dame Shirley Bassey, hosted by Steve Jones.
Rhian’s prediction was for a European victory and she was excited about being on the first tee for the matches.
“It’s going to be bad weather and the Americans, in the practice rounds, half of them only played nine holes, probably because it was raining. I have a good feeling about Europe and I’m quite looking forward to seeing Lee Westwood playing.”
“It’s been an exciting week altogether,” said Rhian. “Cardiff is buzzing. Everyone has got a great feeling and it’s just great to be there and having The Ryder Cup in Wales.”

US COLLEGE NEWS

HOLLIE (third) KNOWS THE WAY TO AMARILLO

Hollie Weatherburn from Manchester, a second-year student at Western Texas College, Snyder, finished a creditable third in a field of 59 players at the Lady Buff Stampede women's college tournament at Tascosa Golf Club, Amarillo in Texas.
Hollie, pictured right, had rounds of 73 and 74 for a total of 147 over the par-72, 5,900yd lay-out.
She finished five shots behind the winner, Carla Cooper (Tarleton State University) (70-72) and two behind the runner-up Joanna De Sa Peirera (Incarnate Word University) (73-72).


Meanwhile Melissa Siviter from the West Midlands, a student at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, finished joint ninth, also in a field of 59, for the Tusculum Fall Classic women's college tournament4 at Links Hill Country Club, Greenville in Tennessee.

Melissa, pictured right, lower, had two rounds of 76 for a total of 152 over a par-72, 5,805yd course.
She finished nine shots behind the winner, team-mate Michele Low (75-68) who headed the field by five strokes.
Melissa's effort helped Belmont Abbey (602) win the team title by a single stroke from North Carolina-Wimbroke in a field of 11 squads.

Ellie Givens from Darlington, a student at Denver University, finished joint 16th in a field of 90 players for the Golfweek Conference Challenge women's college tournament at Red Sky Golf Club, Vail in Colorado.
Ellie, well in the picture with a first-round 70, slipped back with subsequent scores of 75 and 78 for a total of 223.
She finished 11 shots behind the winner, Brittany Altomare (Virginia) (69-73-70).
Denver team-mate Sarah Faller from Galway, Ireland scored 78, 77 and 83 for 238 and a share of 57th place.
Scunthorpe's Gemma Hardie (Central Arkansas) finished joint 77th with scores of 84, 80 and 80 for 244.
Virginia (877) won the team title ahead of Arizona (883) with denver (897) seventh of 18 teams.

ANDREW McLACHLAN MAKES

TOP 10 IN TEXAS


Glasgow's Andrew McLachlan, a student at Tyler Junior College, Texas, finished joint ninth in a field of 66 at the UMHB Fall Invitational college golf tournament at Stonetree Golf Club, Killeen in Texas.
McLachlan, pictured, who enrolled as a freshman in August, had rounds of 76 and 73 for a total of 149 over the long par-72 course of 7,213yd.
He finished six shots behind the winner Marcus Cavazos (Texas and Brownville) (73-70.
McLachlan's good effort helped Tyler J C win the team title by two shots in a field of 10 college squads.
Another Glaswegian golfer, Alasdair Forsythe (Davis and Elkins College) finished joint 27th in a field of 65 players at the WVIAC Central Regional college competition at Canaan Valley Golf Club, Davis in West Virginia.
Forsythe, top scorer for his college team of five, had rounds of 79 and 72 for 151 over a par-72 course of 6,984yd.
Davis and Elkins finished eighth in a field of 13 teams.

 Anna Carling in action for Arkansas State University.

Anna and Ami make top 20 in Kansas

Anna Carling from Wales and Ami Storey from North-east England finished joint 12th and joint 18th in a field of 69 players at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational women's college tournament at Alvamar Golf Club, Lawrence in Kansas this week.

Anna, a student at Arkansas State University, had rounds of 79, 74 and 76 for a total of 229 over a par-72 couorse of 6,279yd.Ami, a student at Kansas State University, had a total of 232, made up of rounds of 73, 75 and 84.

Kansas University players finished first and second on 219 and 220 - Grace Thiry from Australia with rounds of 73-73-73 and Kirsty Nugent with scores of 79, 69 and 72.

Kansas (903) won the team title ahead of University of Arkansas-Little Rock (913) and Kansas State (916). Arkansas State (963) finished ninth of 12.

Jacqueline Sneddon (Grand Canyon University) finished joint 34th in a field of 92 players at the Grand Canyon Women's Fall Invitational at Coldwater Golf Club, Goodyear in Arizona.

Jacqueline had scores of 80 and 76 for a total of 156 over a par-72, 6043yd course.

Winner with rounds of 72 and 69 for 141 was Adriana Niclotti (California Baptist).

Grand Canyon (597) finished third in the team event behind joint winners Western New Mexico and Western Washington, both with 591. There were 17 teams in the field.