Calum Hill just outside top 10 with a 

round to go in California


FROM ALAN MURDOCH
Director of Coaching at Merchiston Golf Academy

Great opening round of 63 from Calum Hill from North Berwick in the Alister MacKenzie Invitational US college tournament at Meadow Club, Fairfax in California. 

After a second-round 72 over a par-71 course of 6,734yd, Calum, pictured, is lying T11 on 139 in a field of 80 players going into Tuesday's concluding play. He is nine shots behind leader Ki Taek Lee (Arizona State), 66-64 for 12-under 130.

Calum is a Merchiston Golf Academy pupil really starting to show some form.

He shot 69,  66, 65 (-14)in qualifying to secure his spot in the Oregon State team for this week's team tournament in California. We did a lot of work during his time home and hopefully now it is starting to pay off.

Calum's team were recently over in Scotland playing which also gave me time to work with his two college coaches. It was great to for us all to work together and it gave the Oregon State coaches 

a chance to watch how Calum and I work regarding his swing.

This is crucial towards our "home-grown"  players that we work together with the college collegiate coaches. Otherwise it is so easy for our players to got bottled down in " mixed" messages. Calum has two super coaches in Jon Reehoorn and Jonnie Motomachi , they are coaches who understand the process and work with Calum in his outlook to the game and different contexts from within the game.
 It was a real pleasure for me to work with these guys this summer. They really  made me feel part of the Oregon State set-up. 
+Oregon State and Arizona State, both on 548 after two rounds, are tied third, four shots behind joint leaders St Mary's (California) and Pepperdine, in the team event which has a field of 15 squads.