Wednesday, October 24, 2007


LATIMER JUST OUTSIDE TOP TEN IN
COLLEGE TOURNAMENT IN GEORGIA

Peter Latimer from Markinch, a student at Guilford College, North Carolina shared 12th place in a field of 63 players for the Oglethorpe Fall Invitational college tournament at Royal Lakes Golf Club, Chestnut Mount in Georgia.
Peter had scores of 74 and 72 for a four-over-par total of 146 over the par-71, 6,830yd course. Team-mate Jonathan Wade won the event with 72 and 65 for five-under 137.
The efforts of Latimer and Wade helped Guilford College (570) to win the team event from Oglethorpe University (572) in a field of 12 college squads.
Michael Main from Thornton, Fife was joint 22nd in a field of 71 for the Charleston Southern Fall Invitational college event at Crowfield Plantation Golf Club, Charleston in South Carolina.
Main, beaten finalist in the 2006 Scottish boys' match-play championship and now a freshman student at Jacksonville University, Florida, scored 74, 74 and 79 for an 11-over-par total of 227 over a 6,978yd course with a testing par of 72.
Patrick Rada (South Carolina) won with 68, 70 and 74 for four-under-par 212.
Jacksonville (912) finished seventh of 12 behind Radford University (886) in the team event.
Banchory teenager James Byrne finished a disappointing joint 48th in a field of 90 for the Isleworth-UCF Collegiate Invitational golf tourament at Isleworth Country Club, Windermere in Florida.
James, a freshman student at Arizona State University, scored 74, 72 and 77 for a total of 223 over a long course of 7,449yd with a par of 72.
Byrne started at the 10th in his final round and had the first of his five birdies at that hole but later he had a double bogey 6 at the first and a quadruple bogey 8 at his finishing hole, the first. The Scotland internataionl scored 10 birdies over his three rounds.

On the same 223 mark were East Tennessee State's Seamus Power and Gareth Shaw. Power scored 74, 72 and 77, Shaw 74, 79 and 70.
East Tennessee State freshman student Rhys Enoch from Truro came joint fifth with 68, 72 and 72 for four-under-par 212. Welshman Enoch had 11 birdies over the 54 holes.
Fraserburgh's Jordan Findlay was not in the East Tennessee State team for this tournament. Cian McNamara and freshman Simon Docherty, another Irishman, did play and finished joint 71st and joinit 76th respectively on 229 and 230. McNamara scored 77, 77 and 75, Docherty 75, 80 and 75.

Harris English (Georgia) won with 72, 67 and 66 for 11-under-par 205. Runner-up was the world-ranked Jamie Lovemark (Southern California) with 68, 70 and 70 for 208.

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