SHOULDER INJURY PUTS WALLACE BOOTH ON SIDELINES

Wallace Booth is not having the best of luck as he tries to get his career as a tour pro off the ground. Having flown to the United States to play in some Hooters Tour events, the former Walker Cup player from Comrie, Perthshire had to withdraw from this week's event at Sugarloaf Mountain Golf Club in Florida.
Wallace told Scottishgolfview.com in an E-mail:
"My ongoing shoulder problem from last year forced me to pull out unfortunately. I will keep you updated."
Former Scottish junior international Robert McKnight, now based at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is lying in joint 22nd position with one round to go in the 54-hole event.
The Scot has had rounds of 70 and 72 for 142.
American Matt Hill leads on seven-under-par 137 with scores of 68 and 69.
The group of five players on 138 include former British amateur champion Reinier Saxton from Amsterdam. He has scored 67 and 71.

US COLLEGE NEWS: James Byrne probably did well to salvage a two-over-par 74 in his first US college event of the year. Switch over to http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/ where we carry our American college golf service and we'll tell you more about the Arizona State University student's awful start to his round.
Maybe it just wasn't James' day. Earlier, he dropped from No 17 to No 18 in this week's revised RandA World Amateur Golf Rankings.