Adam Galbraith wins Webber Classic in Florida

An English student with a Scottish-sounding name, Adam Galbraith, a student at Webber International University, Florida, won the Start2Finish Webber Classic over three rounds at Lake Wales Country Club, Florida.
Galbraith, a member of the Haywards Heath club in England, had scores of 75, 73 and 69 for a total of four-over-par 217 over the 7,072 (par-71) course and victory by three strokes at the head of a field of 62.
Team-mate Tom Gamble from Walton-on-Thames, Surry finished joint fourth on 221 with scores of 76, 75 and 70.
A third Webber International student, Craig Isabel from Stanford-Le-Hope, shared 18th place on 226 with scores of 74, 80 and 72.
And yet another Webber student, freshman Connor O'Dell from Taunton, Somerset, came 24th on 227 with scores of 75, 75 and 77.
Another two English-born students played a significant part in the team victory by South Carolina Beaufort (887) ahead of Webber International (890) and SCAD (896) in a field of 10 teams.
George Thacker, a junior student at SCB and from Ashbourne put together rounds of 73, 74 and 77 for 224. He tied for ninth place with another South Carolina Beaufort student, sophomore Jack Bingham from Stockport, with scores of 74, 78 and 72.

Chris Robb heading for Tennessee-Chattanooga

Scottish boy international Chris Robb (Inchmarlo Golf Centre) from Banchory will become the latest talented young Scottish golfer to head for the States when he leaves early next month to take up a four-year golf scholarship at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, where fellow-Scot Colette Murray is the head coach of the women's golf team.
Also heading to the States next month is Christopher Young (Cardross).
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Cal Carson Golf Agency image of James Byrne, with his distinctive "Sun Devils" golf bag at the Scottish open amateur stroke-play championship at Murcar Links this past summer. Click on image to enlarge.

World ranking cannot help James Byrne

get into Arizona State University team

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

James Byrne is ranked the 42nd best amateur golfer in the world - and the leading Scot - but he cannot get into the Arizona State University team of five since the 2009-2010 US college season started!

Is the 20-year-old from Banchory, who had a super summer golf season back home, worried about this state of affairs? Well, not really as he says in the following E-mail:

"I simply didn't play well enough to make the initial starting five for a tournament at Chicago, and with the Arizona State team winning the event, (and going from strength to strength), I've not really had a chance to push anyone out.

"We only play three events in the fall season though and it's been a long summer so I'm not too disheartened. I am playing in the Argentine amateur championship in three weeks' time and also the Dixie Amateur (won by Gavin Dear in 2008) in Fort Lauderdale just before Christmas.

"So I still have plenty golf to play. In the spring we have nine college tournaments, so hopefully I'll be much fresher after a good rest and I'll put some better numbers up.

"You might also like to know that my team-mate and room-mate, Scott Pinckney, who played in Scotland over the summer with me, has finished in the top eight in all three events this autumn in high-quality fields. He puts his improvement down to being able to control his trajectory better after playing in the wind and rain for two months in Scotland!"

Fraser McKenna finishes jt 43rd

after starting with an 81

Glasgow-born Fraser McKenna, a 6ft 3in freshman student at Southeastern Louisiana University, finished joint 43rd in a field of 96 players for the4UALR/First Tee Collegiate toournament at Chenal Country Club, Little Rock in the state of Arkansas.

McKenna, pictured right, had rounds of 81, 73 and 74 for a total of 228 over the par-72, 7221yd course.

Gideon Piennar (Central Arkansas) won with scores of 70, 71 and 71 for four-under-par 212, three shots ahead of Kell Sheneb (Arkansas State) and Leroux Ferreira (Lamar).

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72) 7221yd

212 Gideon Piennar (Central Arkansas) 70 71 71.

215 Kell Sheneb (Arkansas State) 68 74 73, Leroux Ferreira (Lamar) 75 74 66.

Selected final totals

222 Aaron O'Callaghan (SE Louisiana) 73 72 77 (jt 16th).

224 Graham Benson (SE Louisiana) 75 75 74 (jt 24rd).

225 Matthew Carvill (SE Louisiana) 75 72 78.

228 Fraser McKenna (SE Louisiana) 81 73 74 (jt 43rd).

230 Nicky Maddison (Hutchinson CC) 76 75 79 (jt 51st).

LEADING TEAM TOTALS

879 Lamar. 882 UALR. 885 SE Louisiana. 18 teams took part.

NICKY MADDISON FINISHES 7TH IN

KANSAS DESPITE ROUND OF 86

Nicky Maddison, who has had such a good first season for Hutchinson Community College, had an uncharacteristic opening round of 14-over-par 86, which killed his hopes of winning the Kansas Junior Colleges' event at Falcon Ridge Golf Club, Lexena.

The Newcastle student, pictured right, a former winner of one of the St Andrews open summer events, was more like his old self with a 74 in the second round, equalling the best in the tournament by anyone. His total of 160 saw him gain seventh place in a field of 50, which was not a bad finish after the trials and tribulations of his first round.

Miles Christensen (Johnson County) was the winner with 77 and 74 for 151.

Major consolation for Maddison was that Hutchinson CC (632) won the team event ahead of Johnson County (637) in a field of 20.

SCOTS DOWN THE FIELD IN GEORGIA

Clayton State University, Atlanta students Neil McBride from Glasgow and Kevin Duncan from Ellon finished 87th and 88th respectively in a field of 96 for the Bobcat Invitational college event over three rounds at Cuscowilla, Eatonon in Georgia.

McBride score 79, 75 and 85 for 239, one better than Kevin Duncan who had scores of 81, 80 and 79.

Francisco Bide (Georgia Colkege) was the winner with 71, 71 and 66 for 208 over a par-70 course of 6,730yd.

Clayton State finished 10th of 18 in the team event won by Georgia College.

JACK HILUTA THIRD IN MOBILE BAY

England's Jack Hiluta, a freshman student at South Alabama University, finished third in a field of 92 players for the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate at Magnolia Grove Golf Club, Mobile in Alabama.

Over a par-72 course of 7,239yd, Hiluta had creditable rounds of 73, 74 and 74 for 221.

Joe Emerich (Illinois State) won the individual title with scores of 74, 68 and 73 for 215, four shots ahead of runner-up Josh Bevell (Mississippi State) (73-72-74).

Two English students at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Kieran Lovelock from Surrey and Alan Glynn from Middlesex finished joint 12th and joint 31st respectively in this event.

Lovelock had rounds of 77, 76 and 72 for 225, Glynn 75, 75 and 84 for 230.

Mississippi State (888) won the team title ahead of South Alabama (897) with Illinois State (902) third of 16 teams.

James Byrne slips from first

to 4th on last day at Sawgrass

Banchory's James Byrne let the chance of a first victory on the United States college circuit slide away from him over the final round of the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational at Sawgrass Country Club, Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida today.
Byrne, 20, led with a first-round 68, shared the lead after a second round 73 and dropped down to a final placing of fourth in a field of 84 with a disappointing last-day effort of five-over-par 77 over the 6955yd, par-72 course for a total of two-over 218.
Byrne never really recovered from a morale-sapping double bogey 6 at the second even though he did birdie the long fourth. Bogeys followed at the sixth and seventh before he gained his second and final birdie of the day, at the long eighth, to be out in two-over 38.
On the inward half, Byrne could not get a single birdie and had bogeys at the 11th, 12th and 14th for 39 home.
The Scot finished four shots behind the winner John Peterson (Louisiana State) who had the best final round of 70 for 214.
Although in the end it was a disappointing finish for James Byrne he was still the leading Arizona State player and he still finished three shots ahed of Newcastle's Chris Paisley (Tennessee) who is in the GB&I Walker Cup squad.
Louisiana State not only provided the individual winner they also won the team title by the commannding margin of 28 shots from runners-up Arizona State with Georgia Southern third and Georgia State foufrth. Tennessee were fifth.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3 x 72)

214 John Peterson (Louisiana State) 71 73 70.
216 Zack Byrd (Coastal Carolina) 71 70 75, Hunter Hamrick (Alabama) 72 72 72, Andrew Loupe (Louisiana State) 73 70 73.
218 James Byrne (Arizona State) 68 73 77.
Selected scores:

221 Chris Paisley (Tennessee) 73 77 71 (jt 9th).
225 Darren Renwick (Tennessee) 75 76 74, Tom Sherreard (Georgia State) 75 77 73 ( (jt 13th).
232 Cathal O'Malley (Alabama) 78 79 75 (jt 48th).
Field of 84 players.
LEADING TEAM TOTALS

865 Louisiana State. 893 Arizona State. 895 Georgia Southern. 900 Georgia State. 901 Tennessee. 905 Alabama. 15 teams took part.

David McGregor and his famous father Bobby

If you switch over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk, and scroll back to last week, you will find its US college golf news includes a story about David McGregor from Helensburgh, currently a golf scholarship student at Post University, Connecticutt. Picture above shows David with his famous sporting dad, Bobby McGregor who was a world record-setting free style swimmer in the 1960s.

Bobby won plenty of trophies and medals in his day but these in the picture have all been won by David. One of them is for the Helensburgh Golf Club championship. Our thanks to mum Bernadette for forwarding a selection of pictures.

Findlay in top 20 and Stewart

bounces back with a 69

Fraserburgh's Jordan Findlay, a final year student at East Tennessee State University, was lying in joint 20th place in a quality field with one round to go in the Arizona Collegiate championship, one of the first events of the second half of the 2008-2009 US college golf season, over the Arizona National course at Tucson.
Findlay, 21 in April, pictured right, had rounds of 73 and 71 for a two-over-par tally of 144 over the 6793yd, par-71 course. Over his first 36 holes, the Buchan player had three double bogeys, nullifying an eagle and a clutch of birdies.
Team-mate Scottish boys' match-play champion Michael Stewart from Troon, a first-year student, bounced back from an opening round of 80, nine over par, to improve by 11 shots with a fine round of two-under-par 69.
Stewart, who will be 19 on March 6, had an eagle at the 513yd par-5 18th and three birdies plus three bogeys.
His round enabled him to climb up from joint 79th to joint 53rd with one round to go.
Newcastle-born student Chris Paisley (Tennessee University) opened up a two-stroke lead with a 66 for eight-under-par 134.
Tennessee team-mate Darren Renwick from Worthing, winner of the Scottish Under-14 boys' open title in 2004, is in joint sixth place on 141 after a 70 and 71 alongside Irishman Seamus Power, a team-mate of Findlay and Stewart. Power had a second-round 66.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

Par 142 (2 x 71) 6793yd

134 Chris Paisley (Tennessee) 68 66.

136 Andrew Putnam (Pepperdine) 67 69.

137 Zach Byrd (Coastal Carolina) 72 65, Matt Hoffenberg (San Diego State) 69 68.

Selected totals:

141 Darren Renwick (Tennessee) 70 71, Seamus Power (Eas Tennesee State) 75 66, Andrew Cooley (San Diego State) 72 69 (jt 6th).

144 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 73 71 (jt 20th).

149 Michael Stewart (East Tennesee State) 80 69 (jt 53rd).

152 Paul O'Kane (East Tennessee Sate) 79 73 (jt 67th).

TEAM LEADERS

565 Pepperdine.

568 San Diego State.

570 Tennessee

Selected team total:

578 East Tennessee State (8th of 17).

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Fergal Rafferty makes it a double

whammy for Sam Houston

State University

Fergal Rafferty from Carrickmore, Omagh in Northern Ireland - a student at Sam Houston State University - won the UTSA Invitational college tournament at The Club at Comanche Trace, Kerrville in Texas today (Tuesday).
Over a long course of some 7,276yd, with a par of 72, Fergal, pictured above, scored 74, 71 and 75 for a four-over-par total of 220. He won by two shots from Devin Carrey (Louisiana-LaFayette) who scored 75, 74 and 72.
Graham Benson from Leighton Buzzard, a student at Southeastern Louisiana, came joint 15th in a field of 71 players with ever-improving scores of 81, 78 and 69 for 228th. He jumped 20 places with his outstanding last round, the best of the day.
Team-mate Aaron O'Callaghan from Cork just missed a top-20 finish. He tied for 21st place on 231 with scores of 78, 78 and 74.
Sam Houston State scored a double whammy by taking the team title as well as the individual honours. They totalled 904, three shots ahead of Louisiana-LaFayette in a field of 13 teams.
Southeastern Louisiana came seventh with 915.

Michael Stewart lying joint

4th in Tennessee ... but

Jordan Findlay is still

suffering in last place

Scots Michael Stewart from Irvine and Fraserburgh's Jordan Findlay are at opposite ends of the leaderboard after two rounds of the Bank of Tennessee @ The Ridges college tournament at The Ridges Golf & Country Club, Jonesborough, Tennessee.

Winner of the Scottish boys' match-play championship this year before he started a four-year golf scholarship at East Tennessee State University, Stewart (pictured above) is chasing his highest finish so far in his fledgling career on the American college golf circuit.

He shot four birdies, including three 2s, and only one late bogey in a second-round, three-under-par 69 over the 7147yd course for a 36-hole tally of two-under-par 142 to be sharing fourth place with England's Chris Paisley, a student at Tennessee University. Paisley has scored 72-70.

Darren Blair (North Carolina State) leads with one round to go at four-under-par 140 (71-69).

Meanwhile former British boys' champion Jordan Findlay, in his fourth and final year at East Tennessee State, is languishing in last place in a field of 75.

He had a nightmare 93 in his first round, which included par figures at only three holes, and though he did slash 10 shots off that in the second round for an 83, his 36-hole tally of 176 is a total of 32 over par. Jordan was not selected for the East Tennessee State University team for this tournament. He is playing as an individual.

LEADERBOARD

Par 144 (2 x 72) 7147yd.

140 Darren Blair (North Carolina State) 71 69.

141 Zack Byrd (Coastal Carolina) 71 70, Dan Obremski (Coastal Carolina) 72 69.

142 Chris Paisley (Tennessee) 72 70, Michael Stewart (East Tennessee State) 73 69.

Scores of other British/Irish students:

144 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) 71 73 (jt 8th).

147 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 73 74 (jt 24th).

151 Jason Shufflebotham (Alabama-Birmingham) 74 77 (jt 48th).

156 Garrick Porteous (Tennessee) 82 74 (jt 65th).

176 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 93 83 (75th).

Field of 75.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

576 Wake Forest.

578 East Tennessee State, Coastal Carolina.

580 Mississippi.

585 North Carolina State.

Field of 14 teams

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Top stories include:
+Krystle Caithness shocks Georgia: She's coming home for good.
+Jordan Findlay has nightmare 93 in Tennessee.
+Calum Grant finally gets clearance from NCAA

ADAM LINDSAY LYING SIXTH IN MIDWEST
COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Banchory's Adam Lindsay, a student at Iowa Wesleyan University, will start the final two rounds of the Midwest Collegiate Conference championship in sixth place - in the spring!
It must be a unique tournament that has its first two rounds in October and its last two rounds several months later, but that's the format.
Adam had a pair of 73s for two-over-par 146 over the 6987yd, par-72 course at Finkbine Golf Club, Iowa City.
The leader is Adam White (St Ambrose) with 68 and 71 for 139.

JAMIE BLAKE'S 71 OVER PGA NATIONAL
Jamie Blake from Arbroath, a student at Post University, New York State, finished in a share of 44th place in the Nova Shark Invitational college tournament over the PGA National course at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
The even was abbreviated by rain to two rounds and Jamie just wasn't himself with a first-round 84 but his second round of one-under-par 71 was the second lowest return of the day. To score that low over such a famous course (6,806yd from the tees they were using) was a fine achievement.
Another Post University Scot, David McGregor from Helensburgh, scored 83 and 81 for 164 and a share of 66th place.
Winner was Chris Carlin (Barry University) with 70 and 72 for 142.

JACQUELINE TOP SCORES FOR GRAND CANYON
Jacqueline Sneddon from Meigle, a student at Grand Canyon University, Arizona, top scored for her college team with scores of 78 and 80 for 158 and joint seventh place in the Sonoma State Women's Invitational tournament.
It was a tough women's course, measuring "only" 5816yd but with a par of 73. Jacqueline finished six shots behind the winner, Chelsea Helget (Sonoma State) who shot 75 and 77 for 152.
Grand Canyon University finished third in the team event, their third top-three finish of the autumn college golf season.

ROSS LEEDS MAKES TOP 20 IN TEXAS
Ross Leeds from Glenfarg, a student at Odessa College, Texas finished 18th in the Odessa College Inviational over a long course of some 7,338yd with a par of 72. Ross shot 78, 72 and 73 for a creditable seven-over-par 223 total.
Team-mate Mark Penny took the individual honours with rounds of 69, 72 and 70 for five-under-par 211.
Odessa finished second to Midland College in the team event.

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For instance, there is news today about Neil Henderson (Old Dominion University), Jacqueline Sneddon (Grand Canyon University), Kevin Duncan (Clayton State, Atlanta) and Lewis Kirton (Louisville-Kentucky).

Scots students go cross country to
watch last day of Ryder Cup

Scottish newcomers to the US college golf scene as students at Davis & Elkins College, West Virginia, Alasdair Forsythe from Glasgow and Calum Grant from Linlithgow made the trip across country - the United Stages is a BIG country - to watch the last day of the Ryder Cup match at Louisville, Kentucky.
"I think it was a great team bonding trip, a chance to see some outstanding play/players, electric atmosphere, amazing venue, etc," writes Scott D Goddard, Assistant Dean of Students & Head Golf Coch at Davis & Elkins, in one of his regular news latters.
For some so far unexplained reason, Calum Grant is not being allowed to play in college golf tournaments by the NCAA.
Mr Goddard refers to the situation without throwing any light on it:
"Calum Grant continues to deal with the NCAA concerning his eligibility status. Currently I’m working in concert with Mr. Shaw to get to the bottom of the issues. As soon, as we have news I will pass it along. Please keep Calum in your prayers. The NCAA is beating him up a bit," writes Mr Goddard.
Alasdair Forsythe has already played himself into the No 1 slot in the Davis & Elkins College golf team.
For their next tournament, Mr Goddard writes:
"We will be wearing Adidas polos with khaki shorts/pants on Monday and Ralph Lauren polos with khaki shorts/pants on Tuesday. I will need a little more time to ponder the line-up. I would like to see if Calum will be cleared to compete before making my decision. This is what I’m thinking currently: Alasdair Forsythe (1), Cory Dillinger (2), Bobby Dalton (3), ? (4), ? (5).
In their most recent tournament, the Hal Hansen Invitational at Clarion Oaks, Clarion, Pennsylvania, Davis & Elkins finished 13th of 18 teams behind Ohio Valley, the team winners by seven shots. Gavin Stirling from Glasgow was a member of the title-winning Ohio Valley University team.
Gavin also finished on the same joint 22nd mark as Alasdair Forsythe. Gavin scored 79 and 74 for 153 - 12 shots behind the joint winners (J C Beecroft, Ohio Valley: 70-71 & Jared Schjmader, Clarion, 74-67). Alasdair Forsythe had scores of 74 and 79.
If you want to keep track of the Scots at Davis & Elkins College, West Virginia, its website is:

http://www.davisandelkins.edu/

Grant Carnie pipped in

play-off at Babson Park,

Florida by Englishman

Grant Carnie from Ellon, a junior (third-year) student at Brevard College, North Carolina, was beaten in a play-off for the 15th annual Webber Intercollegiate golf championship at Babson Park, Florida this week.

Grant, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had tied on two-under-par 214 with Englishman Craig Isabel (Webber University) from Stanford-le-Hope after 54 holes over the par-72, 6,861yd course. Carnie had rounds of 74, 69 and 71 to Isabel's 71, 68 and 75.

Carnie could have won the title at the first extra hole. He had a birdie putt of some 15ft but missed it and the hole was halved in pars.

The Scot drove into a fairway bunker at the second extra hole and took two shots to get out of the sand but finishing up holing a 25ft putt for a bogey 5. But Craig Isabel two-putted for a winning 4.

"The playing conditions were very difficult with high winds and Grant was one of only two players to post a score under par," said Brevard College head golf coach David Nelson. "I was very proud of Grant. He seems ready to play at a very high level this year. He currently boasts a 72.6 stroke average in tournament play. That is far and away the best I've ever had here and equal to the best average in the Conference last year. I anticipate he will make the NCAA play-offs (regional and National) as an individual if he keeps this up."

Carnie's Scottish team-mates, Tom Rennie from Deeside Golf Club and Craig Galloway, East Calder, West Lothian finished 63rd and 72nd respectively with totals o 235 and 237.

Webber student Andrew Hay from Westhill came joint 36th on 227.

LEADING TOTALS

Individuals

Par 216 (3 x 72). 6,861yd

214 Grant Carnie (Brevard College) 74 69 71, Craig Isabel (Webber) 71 68 75 (Isabel won play-off).

Other totals:

227 Andrew Hay (Webber) 75 76 76 (jt 36th).

235 Tom Rennie (Brevard College) 84 76 75 (63rd).

237 Craig Galloway (Brevard College) 79 78 80 (72nd).

Teams

879 Brevard Community College, Webber International.

880 Southeastern University.

Other total:

903 Brevard College (10th).

Scots Duncan and McBride jt eighth
and 14th at Clarkesville, Georgia

Kevin Duncan from Ellon, Aberdeenshire - a student at Clayton State University, Atlanta - finished joint eighth with a three-over-par round of 75 in the one-round Orchard Fall Invitational college tournament at The Orchard Golf & Country Club, Clarkesville, Georgia.
Team-mate Neil McBride from Glasgow shared 14th place with a 77.
Two other Clayton State students, Wade Binfield and Will Willcox, figured in a triple tie with Taylor gary (Piedmont) for victory on the 69 mark.

St Andrews boys'

open champion

Nicky Maddison

makes flying

start in America

Winner of the St Andrews boys' open championship this past summer, Nicky Maddison, 18, has made a sensational start in United States college golf.

A freshman student, alongwith Dale Middleton from Coventry, at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas, Nicky this week won Jayhawk Conference No 2 tournament, obviously the second in a series of stroke-play events arranged for the colleges/universities in the Jayhawk Conference.

It was held at Quail Ridge Golf Club at Winfield, Kansas over a 6,826yd course with a par of 72 and Nicky tied for victory at two-under-par 142 with Anders Engell (Dodge City CC). Nicky had rounds of 74 and 68, his second round including six birdies and two bogeys. Engel had a pair of 71s.

Dale Middleton came third in a field of 48 on 144 with rounds of 70 and 74.

Not surprisingly with such two high finishers, Hutchinson won the team event by a big margin of 31 strokes.

Nicky, pictured above with the Merchants' Cup as St Andrews boys' open junior champion this year, and Dale have only been there a few weeks but already Hutchinson has won team titles in two out of three tournaments. They were fifth in the other.

Nicky was Hutchinson's top scorer in two out of the three events and tied third in the other. His individual placings have been sixth, ninth and joint first.

Nicky, a member of the City of Newcastle Golf Club and Northumberland County, had a very good season before he left for the States. He is the Northumberland Under-21 match-play champion and Under-18 stroke-play title-winner. He was also junior county captain and is undefeated in any junior county match singles since first being selected three to four years ago.

LEADING TOTALS

Individuals

Par 144 (2 x 72) 6826yd

142 Nicky Maddison (Hutchinson) 74 68, Anders Engell (Dodge City) 71 71.

144 Dale Middleton (Hutchinson) 70 74.

Teams

583 Hutchinson.

614 Coffeyville, Johnson County.

10 Teams took part.

News from the United States college circuit

Tournament winner Rhys Enoch in action for East Tennessee State University.

Jordan Findlay and Michael Stewart
finish out of top 40 in Alabama

East Tennessee State University's two Scottish students, Jordan Findlay from Fraserburgh and Michael Stewart from Troon, finished joint 41st and 48th respectively in the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate tournament at Shoal Creek, Alabama today.
Findlay scored 76, 76 and 79 for 231, including a triple bogey 8 at the 11th and a double bogey 6 at the 12th in his last round. In all, the former British boys' champion had seven birdies over the 54 holes but he was dragged down by that triple bogey and three double bogeys.
Scottish boys match-play champion Stewart had rounds of 77, 80 and 76 for 233. He had a triple bogey 7 in his last round. Michael had four birdies over the three rounds. He had two double bogeys in the second round and one double bogey in the first round.
But their Welsh-born team-mate Rhys Enoch from Cornwall tied for the individual title on two-under-par 214 with scores of 74, 69 and 71.
East Tennessee State finished fifth of 12 in the team event.
LEADING TOTALS
Individual
Par 216 (3 x 72) 7,154yd
214 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) 74 69 71, Zach Sucher (Alabama-Birmingham) 72 69 73.

218 Will Griffin (Texas Tech) 74 68 76.
Selected scores:
226 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 76 73 77 (jt 27th).
231 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 76 76 79 (jt 41st).
233 Michael Stewart (East Tennessee State) 77 80 76 (jt 48th).
Teams
880 Baylor.
882 Mississippi.
890 Alabama-Birmingham.
892 Tulsa.
893 East Tennessee State.
12 teams took part.

+East Tennessee State women's team scored a double whammy in the Sea Trail Women's Intercollegiate in which several British and Irish players were in the field. Switch over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk, for all the details.

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Rory Hie quits US college and may
try for Euro Tour player's card

One of the leading amateurs on the US college scene, Rory Hie is not returning to the University of South Carolina after the summer holidays for the final two years of his golf scholarship.
Instead he is turning professional and has not ruled out coming over to the European Tour Qualifying School.
Ranked No 6 in the R&A World Amateur Rankings, Hie would be exempt from Stage 1 of the qualifying process.
“I just feel it is time for me to move on,” said Hie, who won the Dogwood Invitational this summer after tying for second at the NCAA West Regional and finishing T-13 at the NCAA Championship.
Although he has not turned professional yet, Hie said he would do so in the autumn and enter the US PGA Tour Q-School, where he is exempt from pre-qualifying because he made the cut last month at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational on the Nationwide Tour.
"If things don’t work out in either of those, I will probably go to Asia and play the Asian Tour,” Hie said. “I’ll just have to see what happens.”
Hie said he has not signed with an agent and is “still trying to decide whether I need one or not.”

Neil Howitt decides not to go
back to United States

Neil Howitt from Nairn has informed Davis & Elkins College, West Virginia in the United States that he has decided not to return after the summer break. Howitt had a good 2007-2008 season on the American college golf circuit.
Davis & Elkins College will have one Scot returning - Graeme Robertson, a sophomore (second year) student from Stirling.
And there will be a new Scottish face on the Davis & Elkins roster for 2008-2009. He's Alasdair Forsythe, a freshman from Glasgow.
Scott Goddard, the Davis & Elkins golf coach, is heading for Scotland next April on a talent-spotting trip. Presumably he is going to watch the 2009 Scottish boys' match-play championship.

Adam Lindsay named

to Ping NAIA

All-Region team

PRESS RELEASE FROM IOWA WESLEYAN COLLEGE

The Iowa Wesleyan College men’s golf team received yet another honor from its 2007-08 season when Adam Lindsay, a junior year student from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was named to the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Ping NAIA All-North Region team.
Lindsay is one of just 60 NAIA golfers to make one of the all-region teams and one of 15 named to the All-North Region team. It is the second straight year IWC has placed a player on the GCAA Ping regional teams, as Jordan Crampton (Senior-London, Canada) was named to the team after the 2006-07 season.
Lindsay had a strong junior (third year) year in which he led IWC in low scoring in the fall season and finished second individually at the Midwest Collegiate Conference meet in the spring. He finished the year with a stroke average of 74.8 and posted five top 10 finishes, including the lowest round by an IWC golfer all season (66 at the William Penn Statesmen Fall Classic). He also was named to the MCC all-conference first team.
His presence on the GCAA Ping regional team made IWC one of just two MCC schools to be represented on the All-North Region team. St. Ambrose University placed four golfers on the regional team.
“‘Scottie’ has had great success while at IWC,” said Tigers Head Coach Ted Peetz. “He is well deserving of this honour, and we look forward to him having continued success in his senior year.”

Banchory's Adam Lindsay honoured with Midwest
Collegiate Conference team nomination

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY IOWA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
DES MOINES – Iowa Wesleyan College was well represented on the Midwest Collegiate Conference all-conference men’s golf team, which was released today by conference sports information director Molly Brown.
IWC placed a pair of golfers on the conference’s first team, as both Jordan Crampton (Sr.-London, Ontario) and Adam Lindsay (Jr.-Aberdeenshire, Scotland) received all-conference honors. In addition, Tiger Head Coach Ted Peetz was named the conference men’s golf Coach of the Year.
Crampton and Lindsay both tied for the IWC team lead this season with five top-10 finishes each. Lindsay led the team in the fall and for the season was the Tigers’ lowest scorer with an average of 74.8 strokes over 23 rounds. Crampton finished with an average score of 76.3 over 23 rounds.
The two also both finished high in the MCC championship tourney last month, with Lindsay placing second and Crampton tying for third. In addition to the conference award, Crampton was also honored on Thursday as a Daktronics NAIA Scholar Athlete in men’s golf.
“Adam and Jordan are very deserving of this honor,” Peetz said. “They’ve been great leaders and players for our team for a number of years. They embody what it means to be an all-conference player.”
Peetz received the honor as Coach of the Year after the Tigers capped a strong spring by finishing second at the conference meet. IWC placed no lower than third in any of its five spring meets and finished in the top four in 12 of 13 meets for the year.
The Tigers also received votes in several national polls over the season. The three votes the team received in two separate polls, including the most recent Golf World/Nike Golf NAIA poll, were the most received in the program’s history.
“This honor is a reflection of my players,” Peetz said. “This year’s group of guys was the best I’ve coached and made my job easy. I appreciate this honor and am humbled by it.”

Kevin Chappell and UCLA
claim NCAA honours

James Byrne had an early finish to his NCAA championship campaign after he and other members of the Arizona State University Golf team failed to qualify for the final day's play at the NCAA Division 1 college golf championship over the 7,450yd. Kampen course at Purdue University's Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, Indiana.
With only the players from the top 15 teams of a starting field of 30 going through to the final day’s play, the Sun Devils, after battling strong winds, scored a total of 52 over par and were left disappointed, missing out on 15th place by three strokes and tying for 17th place with Illinois.
The all-British/Irish team of players at East Tennessee State University also failed to advance, their total of 59 over par left them tied for 22nd place.
UCLA, led by the individual winner, Kevin Chappell, captured their second national golf title – and first since 1988. UCLA closed with an 18-over 306 for a 42-over 1,194 total and hung on for a one-shot victory over defending champion Stanford, which closed with a final-round best 302.
The University of Southern California team, which battled its city rivals from start to finish, was another shot back at 1,196 after a 305.
Chappell won the coveted title with rounds of 69, 73, 68 and 76 for 286. He had three shots to spare from Spaniard Jorge Campillo (Indiana) and Nick Taylor (Washington).

LEADING TEAMS
1 UCLA. 2 Stanford 3 Southern California. 4 Oklahoma State. 5 Clemson. 6 Kent State. 7 Washington. Also: T17 Arizona State University, T22 East Tennessee State University.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72). 7450yd.
286 K Chappell (UCLA) 69 73 68 76.
289 J Campillo (Indiana) 75 70 72 72, N Taylor (Washington) 75 66 73 75.
294 R Fowler (Oklahoma State) 74 77 70 73, S Kim (Stanford) 77 72 74 71.
295 B Horschel (Florida) 72 67 76 80.
307 G Shaw (East Tennessee State) 74 73 77 83
**Gareth Shaw participated in the final round as an individual, as the highest-placed player in a non-qualifying team after round 3.
Other totals:
231 S Power (East Tennessee State) 83 72 76.
232 R Enoch (East Tennessee State) 75 80 77.
233 J Byrne (Arizona State) 78 74 81.
236 C McNamara (East Tennessee State) 81 75 80.
257 S Doherty (East Tennessee State) 85 83 89.

+Editor Colin Farquharson would like to express his thanks to Paul Byrne, father of James, for the above report which explains the ins-and-outs of the NCAA Division 1 championship far better than Colin could.

+If you are wondering what the initials UCLA stand for - University of California Los Angeles.

James Byrne has an 81 in third
round of NCAA championship

Two suspensions of play for lightning meant that the third round of the NCAA Division 1 championship was not completed on Friday at the Kampen course in the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Kevin Chappell (UCLA) is the leader in the clubhouse and certain to still be ahead of the field when the fourth and final round begins after the third round is completed.
He has shot 69, 73 and 68 for a six-under-par tally of 210, which is great scoring over a course measuring the best part of 7,500yd.
Kevin leads by four shots from Kyle Stanley (Clemson) and Nick Taylor (Washington).
Banchory's James Byrne (Arizona State) did not had a good third day. He totted up an 81, obviously his worst of the three rounds so far. Ironically, James kept a double bogey off his card, which he was not able to do in rounds one and two, but he had only one birdie, at the 15th, in halves of 41 and 40.
Of the players who have completed three rouonds, James is sharing54th place on 233 with his scores of 78, 74 and 81.
COMPLETED THIRD ROUND SCORES
Par 216 (3 x 72)
210 Kevin Chappell (UCLA) 69 73 68.
214 Kyle Stanley (Clemson) 72 68 74, Nick Taylor (Washington) 75 66 73.
216 Billy Horschel (Florida) 72 67 76, Tim Sluiter (Southern California) 70 73 73.
219 Joel Sjoholm (Georgia State) 72 72 75.
Other score:
233 James Byrne (Arizona State) 78 74 81.

JAMES BYRNE IMPROVES IN US COLLEGE GOLF

JAMES BYRNE IMPROVES IN US

COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP

Banchory's James Byrne moved up to joint 54th position in a quality
field of 156 players after 36 holes of the NCAA Division 1 college golf
championship over a very long and testing Kampen course, West
Lafayette, Indiana.
Byrne has scored 78 and 74 for a halfway total of eight-over-par 152
over a 7450yd, par-72 course. James achieved his four-shot improvement
despite a double bogey 5 at a short hole for the second day in a row.
The Scotland international, starting at the 10th, did birdie the 14th,
15th, first and sixth.
Billy Horschel (Florida) leads by a shot with scores of 72 and 67 for
five-under-par 139.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
139 Billy Horschel (Florida) 72 67.
140 Kyle Stanley (Clemson) 72 68.
141 Nick Taylor (Washington) 75 66.
142 Kevin Chappell (UCLA) 69 73, Hudson Swafford (Georgia) 73 69.
143 Tim Sluiter (Southern California) 70 73.
144 Joel Sjoholm (Indiana) 75 70,Chris DeForest (Illinois) 75 70.
Other scores:
147 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) 74 73 (jt 13th).
152 James Byrne (Arizona State) 78 74 (jt 54th).
155 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) 75 80, Seamus Power (East
Tennessee State) 83 72 (jt 85th).
156 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) 80 76 (jt 96th).
168 Simon Doherty (East Tennessee State) 85 83.
LEADING TEAMS
589 Clemson.
590 UCLA.
591 Southern California.
593 Florida.
594 Oklahoma State.
595 Washington.
596 Georgia.
Other scores:
604 Arizona State (jt 13th).
613 East Tennessee State (jt 19th of 30).
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James Byrne has disappointing

78 in NCAA Div 1 championship

Banchory's James Byrne, a student at Arizona State University and the only Scot in the field for the season-ending American college golf circuit highlight, the NCAA Division 1 championship, shot a disappointing opening round of 78 over a long Kampen course (7450yd, par 72) at the Brick Boilermaker Golf Complex at West Layfayette, Indiania (Wednesday, USA time).
James, pictured righy by Cal Carson Golf Agency (all rights reserved), birdied two long holes, the fourth and the sixth, but had a double bogey 5 at the short 17th and also dropped shots at the fifth, seventh, ninth, 11th, 12th and 18th in halves of 37 and 41.
The 19-year-old is in joint 70th place in a top-class field of 155 players behind Kevin Chappell (UCLA), the pacemaker on three-under-par 69.

James's dad Paul can give us an insight into the day's play:

Spoke to James last night. He said it was the most difficult test he’s faced on a golf course! Nevertheless, he and his team felt they stuck in there reasonably well given the very tough conditions. The wind speed dropped quite a bit for the p.m.starters, however this didn’t seem to have a big affect on the team scores.

The Golfweek team ref http://www.golfweek.com/story/balicki-ncaa-rough-052808 are saying that the course is set up as challenging as any major. Even with the monster length, at just under 7500 yards, the fairways are tight and the first cut of rough around the fairways and greens is 5 inches and waist high a few yards in. After his practice round, James had forecast that the average score for the field in round 1 would be 77 – It was 78.9!

ASU tee off today in the afternoon group, unfortunately they won’t have a weather advantage, as the wind speed isn’t expected to get much above 10 mph all day. However, with three rounds to go, the guys will be going all out to catch the leaders. After the third round, only the top 15 teams will go forward to play the final round. ASU are currently tied for 17th but only 5 shots back from 10th place. We can expect to see many changes in team positions as the tournament progresses. With the calmer weather I expect scores will be marginally better but the course will be taking few prisoners.

Next year the tournament format is to be changed. After three rounds the top teams will play each other in matchplay to find the winning team (the individual winner being announced after round 3). They haven’t decided yet but they will probably use a modified matchplay/strokeplay format to allow the players to play all 18 holes. The matchplay rounds are to be televised I believe. PAUL BYRNE

INDIVIDUAL SCORES

Par 72
69 Kevin Chappell (UCLA).
70 David Markie (Kent State), Tim Sluiter (Southern California).
72 Billy Horschel (Florida), Joel Sjoholm (Georgia State), Kyle Stanley (Clemson).
73 Trent Leon (Oklahoma State), Webb Simpson (Wake Forest), Hudson Swafford (Georgia).
74 Joey Benedetti (Oregon), Zach Bixler (Washington), Rickie Fowler (Oklahoma State), Aaron Goldberger (San Diego State), Russell Henley (Georgia), Rory Hie (Southern California), Mark Johnson(Oklahoma State), Scott Langley (Illinois), Ben Martin (Clemson), Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State), Derek Tolan (Colorado),Stefan Wiedergruen (Charlotte).
Other scores:
75 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) (jt 23rd).
78 James Byrne (Arizona State) (jt 70th).
81 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) (jt 114th).
83 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) (jt 126th).
85 Simon Doherty (East Tennessee State) (jt 14th).
LEADING TEAMS
297 Southern California, UCLA.
298 Oklahoma State.
301 Clemson, Kent State.
302 Illinois, Florida.
303 Georgia.
305 Washington.
306 Auburn, Charlotte.
Other total:
313 East Tennessee State (jt 22nd of 30 teams).

WILLIAM BREMNER TO BE US COLLEGE
GOLF CAPTAIN IN 2008-2009
William Bremner from Edzell, beaten finalist in last year's Scottish boys' championship, has an outstanding first year (2007-2008) at John A Logan College in the United States.
The college golf coach has sent the following E-mail to Scottishgolfview.com

Wanted to let you know that William Bremner made All-American, Ping All-American, and All- Tournament after the recently completed National Tournament.
He also was named to the All Conference and All Region teams as well.
We finished eighth in the National Tournament, a bit of a disappointment for us as we had higher aspirations.
We did set new scoring records at our Regional Tournament and Conference Tournament. We also won eight tournaments and were ranked No. 2 for the year.
Will has been selected to be our Captain of next year’s team and he will be one of the best, I know.

Tom Ferris
Men's Golf Coach
John A. Logan College

TOMMY MITCHELL FROM MINTLAW
IS SIGNED BY RICE UNIVERSITY, USA

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY RICE UNIVERSITY, UNITED STATES
HOUSTON - Rice University golf coach Drew Scott has announced the signing of Tommy Mitchell who prepped at The Woodlands College Park High School. Mitchell capped his high school playing career with a top-five finish at the district championships and was also named the school's Rotary Club Student of the Year this spring.
Mitchell shot a 142 to tie for first after regulation of the District 15-5A championship as a senior. He went on to finish third following a four-hole playoff.
He was the runner-up at the district tournament his junior year.
In addition to his Rotary Club honor, Mitchell was named the Montgomery County Scholar-Athlete of the Year for golf this spring. He ranked sixth in his senior class of 576 students.
In addition to his district title, Mitchell won the American Junior Golf Association Qualifier - Valero Texas Junior Shootout with a score of 69. He also placed 24th at the AJGA Rhode Island Classic and 10th out of 96 players at the TJGT Invitational.
Prior to his career at College Park, Mitchell lived in Old Deer, near Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire from 1995-2005 where he attended Mintlaw Academy.
He was a member of the North-east Scotland junior team from 2003-05 and placed 13th at the 2006 Scottish boys' Under-16 Championship with a three-round score of 224 which included a four-under 67 round. Mitchell won the first North-east District Under-14 championship over his then home course, Longside.
He also finished third that year in the Scottish Under-14 boys' championship at Helensburgh.
He was a two-time junior club champion at his previous home course, Longside Golf Club. He has won the past two junior club championships at The Woodlands Country Club.
He is the son of Roz and Tony Mitchell.

US honour for Peter Latimer

Peter Latimer from Fife, a second-year student at Guilford College in the United States, has been named in the 2007-08 All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference golf team for the second year in a row.

KEVIN, NEIL OUT OF HUNT

AT GREG NORMAN COURSE
IN NORTH CAROLINA

Kevin Duncan from Ellon, near Aberdeen and Glasgow's Neil McBride, both students at Clayton State University, Atlanta, finished joint 27th and 35th respectively in a field of 45 players for the NCAA Division 2 men's South-east Regional college golf championship at the Greg Norman-designed The Point Lake Golf Club, near Charlotte, North Carolina today.
Duncan (first right) had three rounds of 77 for a total of 231 over the par-72, 7,037yd course. He had four birdies in his final round.
McBride (far right) started the final day in joint 18th place but had a disastrous 85, which included two triple-bogey 7s and a double-bogey 6, after earlier rounds of 75 and 74. His total was 234.
Niclas Johansson (Georgia College) won the individual title by two shots with scores of 71, 71 and 69 for a five-under-par total of 211.
Clayton State (901) finished fourth of eight behind team title winners Georgia College (872).

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Individuals

Par 216 (3 x 72). 7037yd

211 Niclas Johansson (Georgia College) 71 71 69.

213 Brad Robinson (Carson-Newburry) 71 72 70.

Other scores:

231 Kevin Duncan (Clayton State) 77 77 77 (jt 27th).

234 Neil McBride (Clayton State) 75 74 85 (35th of 45).

Teams

872 Georgia College.

885 South Carolina-Aiken.

891 Newberry College.

901 Clayton State (4th of 8).

NCAA Division 2 SE Regional championship

Scots McBride and Duncan trail

Neil McBride from Glasgow and Ellon's Kevin Duncan did not threaten joint leaders Juan Bialet (Georgia College) and Daniel Stanley (Newberry College) in the first round of the NCAA Division 2 men 's South-east Regional championship at The Point Lake & Golf Club.
Over a longish par-72 course of some 7,037yd, Clayton State University, Atlanta team-mates McBride and Duncan scored 75 and 77 respectively.
That put McBride in a share of 17th place and Duncan in a tie for 31st place.
Bialet and Stanley set the pace on three-under-par 69.

Arizona State has first claim on NE student's golf

BYRNE SCRATCHES FROM BRABAZON
AND MAY MISS SCOTTISH STROKE TOO

Scotland international James Byrne has had to scratch from the English men's open amateur stroke-play championship for the Brabazon Trophy (May 16 to 18) as he is a member of the Arizona University team competing in the NCAA Division 1 West Regional championship at Golf Mountain Golf Club, Bremerton, Washington State from May 15 to 17. The 19-year-old Scottish boys' open stroke-play champion from Banchory may also not be home in time to play in the Scottish open stroke-play championship at The Duke's Course, St Andrews from May 30 to June 1.
If Arizona University finish in the top 10 of the NCAA Division 1 championship they will advance to the US college season-ending climax - the NCAA Final, at West Lafayette, Indiana from May 28 to 31.
Come what may, Master Byrne is determined not to miss the St Andrews Links Trophy, which tees off on Friday, June 6.

EDZELL'S WILLIAM BREMNER SCORES

FIRST WIN ON US COLLEGE CIRCUIT

William Bremner from Edzell, a first-year student at John A Logan College, Illinois, scored his first win on the US men's college circuit - in his college's only Spring Invitational tournament.

William, pictured above, beaten finalist in last year's Scottish boys' match-play championship, strung together rounds of 71 and 73 for a par-matching 36-hole total of 144 in very difficult conditions.

He won by two shots from team-mate Patrick Scheil who had rounds of 73 75.

The tournament had a field of 60 players and was held at Kokopelli Golf Club, Marion.

John A Logan (610) won the team title by five shots from runners-up South Mountain from Phoenix, Arizona.

John A Logan college head golf college Tom Ferris commented:

"William Bremner's even par total for two rounds was an outstanding performance in extremely diffiult conditions. We layed the course from the 7,200yd markers but, because of the strong winds and rainy conditions, it played more like 7,500yd.

"Patrick Scheil, whom William beat into second place, is currently ranked No 1 in our division."

Banchory teenager joint third in California

JAMES BYRNE A HERO FOR

ARIZONA STATE IN PAC-10

CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY

Banchory's James Byrne played a major part in helping Arizona State University to win the Pac-10 Conference college golf team championship at Meadow Club, Fairfax in California (on Wednesday USA time).
Byrne, 19 and one of three freshmen (first-year students) in the Arizona State team, gained a decisive par at the first extra hole in a six-a-side play-off to decide the team championship after a tie with Southern California University.
Three Arizona State players parred the hole but only two Southern California players did so.
Byrne, picture by courtesy of Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved, also produced his best individual performance of his first year on the US college golf circuit. He shot 71, 72, 67 and 73 for a one-under-par total of 283 which saw him figure in a three-way tie for third place, two shots behiind leaders Creighton Honeck (Arizona) and Kevin Chappell (UCLA).
Honeck won the individual championship with a birdie at the first play-off hole.
Byrne's 67 in the third round was a significant factor in Arizona State's success. It was the only score that day under the par of 71 for the 6,686yd course.
In the fourth and final round, the Scot birdied the first, third, 15th and 16th but bogeyed the sixth, seventh, 11th, 14th, 17th and 18th for a two-over 73.
Over the 72 holes, James had two eagles, 15 birdies, one double bogey and 16 bogeys.
He was a member of the Scotland team in last summer's European men's team championship at Western Gailes.
Mark Lamb (Arizona University), like Byrne a past winner of the Scottish boys' open stroke-play championship, finished joint 32nd in a quality field of 60 players. He improved by 18 places with a four-under-par 67, the best round by anyone on the last day. Byrne scored 74, 75, 78 and 67 for 294. He birdied the 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th in a final inward half of four-under-par 32. Lamb had five birdies in all in his final round, having birdied the first.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284. 6686yd
Individuals
281 Creighton Honeck (Arizona) 69 69 72 71, Kevin Chappell (UCLA) 70 68 71 72 (Honeck won play-off at first extra hole).
283 James Byrne (Arizona State) 71 72 67 73, George Gandranata (California) 69 70 71 73, Rob Grube (Stanford) 70 68 72 73.
Other score:
294 Mark Lamb (Arizona) 74 75 78 67 (jt 32nd).
Teams
1435 Arizona State, Southern California (Arizona State won play-off at first extra hole).
1438 California.
1439 UCLA.
1444 Stanford.
1446 Arizona.
11 teams took part.

Stirling student doing well in America

SCOT ROBERTSON NAMED TO PLAY IN

US COLLEGE SUPER REGIONAL

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE

Davis & Elkins College freshman Graeme Robertson (Stirling, Scotland) is one of five individuals from the East Region selected to play at the Northeast/East Super Regional on May 5-7 at the Back Creek Golf Course at St Anne’s Golf Club in Middletown, Delaware.
Robertson was named to the All-W.V.I.A.C. Men’s Golf Second Team on April 8 and is the first Senator to receive All-W.V.I.A.C. honors since Jared Meabon in 2001.

Robertson, pictured above, has been a consistent presence for the Senators all season, notching a team-high eight top-20 finishes. Through 14 rounds, he has averaged 75.78 strokes and earned five top-10 finishes.

His low round of 70 (two under par) came in October’s W.V.I.A.C. Southern Regional at Pipestem Resort State Park. Robertson’s best two-round total was the 146 he fired also in October at the W.V.I.A.C Central Regional at Canaan Valley Resort and Conference Center.
The squad's other Scot, Neil Howitt from Nairn, departed D&E/Elkins, West Virgina this morning for home.

Super 67 by Banchory teenager in California

BYRNE IN CONTENTION IN

PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP

Banchory's James Byrne, a first-year student at Arizona State University, has had his best competitive round of golf since he left Scotland for the States last autumn.
Byrne, 19, pictured right, a full Scotland cap, shot a four-under-par 67 in the third round of the Pac-10 men's college championship at the 6,686yd Meadow Club course at Fairfax, California.
He was the only player in the quality field to break par and he did it with a superb inward half of 31, birdieing the 10th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th.
He had earlier birdied the first but dropped shots at the sixth and ninth in an outward 36.
That super score propelled Byrne up among the leaders to joint second place on three-under-210 with one round to go. He is one of five players only one shot behind leader Kevin Chappell (UCLA).
Mark Lamb from Haddington, like Byrne a former winner of the Scottish boys' open stroke-play championship and now a student at Arizona University, is back in joint 50th place on 227 after rounds of 74, 75 and 78. He had a double bogey in his first round and again in the second.

Ulsterman Gavin Reid (California) from Ballynahinch is in joint 35th place on 222 with scores of 72, 79 and 71.

THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD

Par 213 (3 x 71) 6686yd.

209 Kevin Chappell (UCLA) 70 68 71.

210 James Byrne (Arizona State) 71 72 67, George Gandrantata (California) 69 70 71, Matthew Giles (Spouthern California) 69 70 71, Rob Grube (Stanford) 70 68 72, Creighton Honeck (Arizona) 69 6972.

Other scores:

222 Gavin Reid (Southern California) 72 79 71 (jt 35th).

227 Mark Lamb (Arizona) 74 75 78 (jt 50th).

LEADING TEAMS

1069 Southern California.

1071 Arizona State.

1079 California.

1081 UCLA.

1087 Stanford.

10 Teams taking part

GARETH SHAW WINS ATLANTIC
SUN CONFERENCE COLLEGE
TITLE FROM RHYS ENOCH

East Tennesee State University final-year student Gareth Shaw from Lisburn, Northern Ireland has won the Atlantic Sun Conference men's college golf championship. He totalled six-under--apr 210 over the par-72, 6735yd course at the Chateau Elane Resort's Woodlands Course with scores of 69, 67 and 74 to win by one shot from freshman team-mate Rhys Enoch from Cornwall.
Enoch scored 70, 71 and 70.
Shaw, pictured right, had an eagle and seven birdies over his first two rounds which lifted him clear of the field and gave him a cushion for an over-par final circuit.
Three other East Tennessee State players did not give Shaw and Enoch the close support that would have won the college the team title which went instead to North FloRida by a single shot.
Cian McNamara, a senior student from Limerick, shot 77, 71 and 74 for joint 17th place on 222.
Waterford's Seamus Power scorted 76, 82 and 72 for 228 and 26th place in a field of 50.
Former British boys' champion Jordan Findlay from Fraserburgh, Scotland came joint 39th on 234 with scores of 77, 78 and 79.
Findlay had a triple bogey and three double bogeys over the 54 holes. He had only three birdies in the three rounds.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Individuals
Par 216 (3 x 72). 6735yd.
210 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) 69 67 74.
211 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) 70 71 70.
Other totals:
222 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) 77 71 74 (jt 17th).
228 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 76 82 70 (26th).
234 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 77 78 79.
Teams
866 North Florida.
867 East Tennessee State.
10 Teams took part.

JONNY CALDWELL WINS SUN BELT
CONFERENCE TITLE IN RECORD STYLE

Walker Cup player Jonny Caldwell from Belfast, in his last few weeks as a senior student at South Alabama University, won the Men's Sun Belt Conference golf title at The Shoals Golf Club, Muscle Shoals in Alabama.
Caldwell strung together three great rounds of 69, 67 and 69 for an 11-under-par total of 205 - a tournament record held for the past 11 years by now US Tour player Heath Slocum.
The course was no pitch-and-putt circuit, meassuring 7,094yd with a testing par of 72.
Caldwell follows in the footsteps of Gareth Maybin, another student from the Emerald Isle who won the same title in 2004.
Caldwell's South Alabama team-mate Jack Hiluta, an England boy international from Chelmsford, finished 9th in a field of 60 on 211 with scores of 74, 67 and 70.
Despite Caldwell and Hiluta's efforts, South Alabama could finish no higher than third of 12 in the team event, won by Denver (853) by a shot from New Orleans with South Alabama on the 856 mark.
“Obviously, I am very happy with the way the guys fought all week,” said South Alabama University head golf coach Ben Hannan said. “I am very happy for Jonny to leave here as the SBC champion and to break the record too is something very special.”
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72). 7094yd
205 Jonny Caldwell (South Alabama) 69 6769.
207 Daniel Wax (Denver) 70 67 70.
Other score:
211 Jack Hiluta (South Alabama) 74 67 70.
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
853 Denver. 854 New Orleans. 856 South Alabama.
12 Teams took part.

WILLIAM BREMNER FROM EDZELL'S
JOINT THIRD FINISH IN ILLINOIS

William Bremner, coming up to the end of his first year at John A Logan College in Illinois, finished joint third in the Rend Lake Spring Invite college golf tournament at Mount Vernon, Illinois this week.
William, beaten finalist in last year's Scottish boys' match-play championship, had rounds of 73 and 75 for a four-over par total of 148 - nine shots behnd his winning team-mate, Patrick Scheil who scored 68 and 71 for 139. Scheil headed the field by seven strokes. Breamner was only two strokes behind the runner-up.
John A Logan College (590) won the team title by nine strokes.

KIRTON'S LATE BOGEYS COST HIM
TOP TEN FINISH IN KENTUCKY

Oldmeldrum's Lewis Kirton, a student at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, finished joint 18th in a field of 60 players for the Men's Big East Conference Championship over the 7,103yd, par-72 Traditions Course in northern Kentucky.
Kirton, a member at Newmachar Golf Club, could have finished in the top 10 but for bogeying the 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th in his final round of 74 which followed a pair of 75s.
The Scottish youth cap's total of 224 was 13 shots behind Ted Gray (Marquette University) who scored 68, 68 and 75 for five-under-par 211 and a five-stroke victory.
Louisville (876) finished second to Marquette University (874) in a field of 12 or the team event.

STEPHEN CLARK'S DISAPPOINTING

FINISH TO FOUR YEARS

ON AMERICAN COLLEGE CIRCUIT

Glasgow's Stephen Clark, a final-year student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, signed off his four seasons playing on the American college circuit with a joint 13th place finish in a field of 50 for The Summit League Championship at Mussato course, Macomb in Illinois.
Clark, pictured right, who played for Scotland Under-16s before he left for the States, originally enrolling at Pfeiffer University, had been sharing third place with one round to go but cost himself a top-five, even a top-10 finish when he bogeyed five holes between the eighth and 15th for a four-over-par 76 over the 6,862yd course.
He had six birdies in a first-round 70 and a double bogey at the 15th in a second-round 76, all adding up to six-over-par final total of 222.
Team-mate Alex Hogben from Manchester finished joint seventh on 219 with scores of 72, 74 and 73.
Nate Page (Southern Utah) and Kyle Peterman (Western Illinois) tied for the top spot on level par 216.
Missouri-Kansas City (880) lost their overnight lead to finish second in the team event to Western Illinois (870) in a field of 10 teams.

BANCHORY STUDENT JOINT 27th
IN SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP

Scott Larkin from Banchory, a student at the College of Charleston, finished joint 27th in the Men's Southern Conference Championship at the Country Club of Carolina.
Scott scored 76, 74 and 76 for a total of 226 over a long course, 7062yd, with a par of 72.
Scott had three double bogeys over the three rounds, including a 6 at the par-4 fourth in his final round.
He finished 15 shots behind the winner by five strokes, Matt Cook (Western Carolina) with 75, 67 and 69 for five-under-211.
College of Charleston (873) finished runners-up to Tennessee-Chattanooga (865) in the team event.

SCOTS DOWN THE
FIELD IN PEACH
BELT CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONSHIP

Glasgow's Neil McBride and Kevin Duncan from Ellon, both students at Clayton State University, Atlanta, finished joint 22nd and 27th respectively in a field of 35 for the Men's Peach Belt Conference college golf championship at Houndslake Country Club, Aiken, South Carolina.
McBride scored 73, 79 and 77 for a total of 229 over the par-72, 6548yd course. Duncan, pictured right, had rounds of 75, 76 and 82 for 233.
Team-mate Will Wilcox was the individual winner by eight shots with socres of 70, 68 and 70 for eight-under 208.
Clayton State (879) finished runners-up to South Carolina-Aiken in the team event.

American students named for
Palmer Cup trip to Scotland

The United States team to play Europe in the transatlantic students' amateur international for the Palmer Cup at Glasgow Gailes on June 26 and 26 is:
Adam Mitchell (Georgia University)
Derek Fathauer (Louisville University).
Aaron Goldberg (San Diego State University).
Billy Horschel (Florida University).
Michael Thompson (Alabama University).
Rickie Fowler (Oklahoma State University).
Chesson Hadley (Georgia Tech University).
Kevin Chappell (UCLA).

The European team will be announced Wednesday.

ADAM LINDSAY LOSES LEAD AND
FINISHES SECOND IN IOWA

Banchory's Adam Lindsay, the first-round leader with a two-under-par 69, finished runner-up in the Midwest Classic Collegiate Conference golf championship over the 6,382yd Bear Creek course at Forest City, Iowa.
Lindsay had a second round of 76 for a total of 145 and was beaten by three shots by title-winner Cole Reiman with 72 and 70 for 142.
Graeme Molloy (Grand View College) from Glasgow finished joint 17th on 152 with a pair of 76s.
Iowa Wesleyan College (596) finished second in the team event behind winners St Ambrose University (592).
Grand View College (598) were third of the nine competing teams.

Graeme Robertson (left) and Neil Howitt, carrying the flag for Scotland on US college golf circuit.

SCOTS FIRST AND THIRD IN PENNSYLVANIA

Neil Howitt from Nairn and Stirling's Graeme Robertson - first-year students at Davis & Elkins College, Elkins in West Virginia - finished first and third respectively in the Carnegie Mellon Invitational college golf tournament over 18 holes at Longue Vue Club, Verona in Pennsylvania.
Neil was the only player in a field of 34 to match the testing par of 70 over the 6,683yd course. He won by a shot from Jeff Varga (St Vincent College) with Robertson third on 72.

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DOUBLE BOGEYS KILL JAMES BYRNE
HOPES IN THUNDERBIRD INVITATIONAL

James Byrne's American college, Arizona State, won the team event in the Thunderbird Invitational golf tournament over the Karsten course, Tempe, Arizona - but the Banchory student finished a disappointing joint 40th in a field of 87 with rounds of 69, 77 and 75 for an eight-over-par total of 221.
After having a counting score for the team in the first round, James made no contribution thereafter and his total was the highest of the five Arizona State players.
Byrne, a full Scotland cap in 2007, had 14 birdies but six double bogeys over the three rounds - all of them a different holes.
Byrne is the holder of the Scottish boys' open stroke-play title and another past winner of that title, Haddington's Mark Lamb, a student at Arizona University, finished joint 46th with scores of 73, 76 and 73 for 222.
It was a Norwegian 1-2 at the top of the leaderboard with Espen Kofstadt (Denver) from Oslo winning with rounds of 70, 72 and 68 for three-under-par 210. He won by a shot from compatriot Knut Borsheim (Arizona State) from Bergen with scores of 73, 68 and 70 for 211.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3 x 71). 7057yd
210 E Kofstadt (Denver) 70 72 68.
211 Knut Borsheim (Arizona State) 73 68 70.
212 Riley Arp (Colorado State) 70 70 72, Jesper Kennegard (Arizona State) 75 68 69, Braxton Marquez (Arizona State) 66 73 73.
Other totals
221 J Byrne (Arizona State) 69 77 75.
222 M Lamb (Arizona) 73 76 73.
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
843 Arizona State.
852 Arizona State B.
859 Texas A&M, Colorado State.
860 Denver.
867 Oregon.

DOUBLE BOGEYS DRAG BYRNE

DOWN THUNDERBIRD

FIELD IN ARIZONA

Scotland international James Byrne from Banchory, a student at Arizona State University, dropped back from joint eighth place to a share of 36th place in a field of 87 with one round to go in the Thunderbird Invitational college golf tournament over the par-71, 7057yd Karsten course at Tempe, Arizona.
Byrne, pictured right, has had rounds of 69 and 77 for four-over-par 146 and is 10 shots behjind leader Kyle Nielsen (New Mexico).
For the second day in a row, the Scot had two double bogeys, at the seventh and 18th in halves of 37-40, compared with the ninth and the 12th in first-round halves of 37 and 37.
Another former Scottish boys' open stroke-play champion, Mark Lamb from Haddington, a student at Arizona University, started the final round in joint 56th place after rounds of 73 and 76 for 149. Lamb has had three double bogeys so far, including the fourth and 16th in his second round.
In the team event, Arizona State (558) lead from Arizona State B (565) with Colorado State (568), Denver (569), Oregon (572), Texas A&M (576), Arizona and Baylor (both 579) in a field of 16 teams.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
Par 142 (2 x 71)
136 Kyle Nielsen (New Mexico) 66 70.
137 Zen Brown (Colorado State) 69 69.
138 Erik Coover (Arizona State) 71 67.
Other scores:
146 James Byrne (Arizona State) 69 77 (jt 36th).
149 Mark Lamb (Arizona) 73 76 (jt 56th).

JAMES BYRNE SHOOTS 69 DESPITE
A PAIR OF DOUBLE BOGEYS

James Byrne was in good form in the first round of the Thunderbird Invitational over the Karsten course at Tempe, Arizona.
Byrne shot a two-under-par 69 despite two double bogeys.
The Banchory player, a first-year student at Arizona State University, birdied the first, sixth, seventh and eighth before he double-bogeyed the par-4 ninth to be out in two-under-par 32.
Then he birdied the long 10th before stumbling to a double bogey 5 at the short 13th. A birdie followed at the short 13th but he gave that back with a bogey at the 15th before notching his seventh birdie of the round, at the 17th over the 7,057yd course.
One of Byrne's Arizona State team-mates, Braxton Marquez, was the early leader with a five-under-par 67. He did not have any more birdies than James did but he did not have a couple of double bogeys either!

RAIN COSTS EDZELL STUDENT VICTORY
CHANCE AT GOOSE POND, ARIZONA

William Bremner from Edzell, runner-up in last year's Scottish boys' match-play championship, had a victory chance on the US college golf circuit dashed at the weekend by heavy rain which washed out the final round of the Goose Pond Spring Fling college golf tournament at the Goose Pond Colony course, Scottsboro in Arizona.
William, pictured above, a first year student at John A Logan College, Illinois, was lying joint third after rounds of 73 and 71 for level par 144, only one shot behind the joint leaders after 36 holes.
The two-round totals became the final placings when the course was flooded.
John A Logan College head golf coach Tom Ferris is pleased with Bremner - on and off the course.
John A Logan College (595) finished third of 17 teams behind winners Central Alabama Community College (579).
"William had a good fall (autumn) season with a second place in one tournament, a third in another and two fifth-place finishes. He finished the first half of our college season with a scoring average of 73, and had three rounds in the 60s with 67 his lowest round yet," said Tom.
"He is a great person and a pleasure to work with. Scotland can be proud of him as a representative here in the States. We have changed his golfing stance to be a little more upright and he is still adjusting to it.
"Incidentally, you might like to know that Scott McGrenaghan from Paisley, who played for John A Logan College last year and made All-American, is coming back to the States to play for Southern Illinois University after the summer vacation."
GOOSEPOND SPRING FLING
FINAL TOTALS
Individual
143 Jin Woo Chung (Darton CC) 71 72, Richard Williams (Central Alabama CC) 71 72.
144 William Bremner (John A Logan College) 71 73, Wade Holland (Central Alabama) 73 71.
Teams
579 Central Alabama CC.
589 Darton CC.
595 John A Logan CC.
17 Teams took part.

FORD AND PAISLEY DOWN THE FIELD
AT STATESBORO, GEORGIA

English students Charles Ford and Chris Paisley, both at Tennessee University, finished joint 40th and 44th respectively in the Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational at Forest Heights Country Club, Statesboro in Georgia today.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72). 6962 yd
208 George Bryan (South Carolina) 73 66 69.
209 Michael Thompson (Alabama) 69 71 69.
Other totals
221 Charles Ford (Tennessee) 74 72 74 (jt 40th).
222 Chris Paisley (Tennessee) 70 78 74 (jt 44th).
96 players in the field.
LEADING TEAMS
849 Alabama. 856 Florida. 859 South Carolina. 965 Tennessee. 870 Georgia State, Alabama-Birmingham. 18 teams took part.

SHERREARD JOINT NINTH IN LINGER
LONGER INVITATIONAL

England's Tom Sherreard, a student at Georgia State University, was the leading British or Irish player at the Linger Long Invitational men's college tournament which finished today at Reynolds Landing, Greensboro in Georgia.
Tom scored 71, 72 and 73 for joint ninth place on 216.
The tournbament was won by Robbie Greenwell (Memphis) with scores of 68, 68 and 72 for eight under par 208. He had three shots to spare at the finish from a Sherreard team-mate, Sweden's Joel Sjoholm.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Individual
Par 216 (3 x 72). 6985yd
208 Robbie Greenwell (Memphis) 68 68 72.
211 Joel Sjoholm (Georgia State) 69 70 72.
Other scores:
216 Tom Sherreard (Georgia State) 71 72 73 (jt 9th).
222 Johnny Caldwell (South Alabama) 73 73 76 (jt 25th).
228 Jack Hiluta (South Alabama) 80 77 71 (jt 46th).
236 Mark Trow (Memphis) 78 82 76 (jt 68th).
Teams
856 Mississippi. 861 Georgia. 868 Tennessee-Chattanooga. 880 Georgia State. 881 Memphis. Also: 899 South Alabama (jt 11th of 13).

EDZELL STUDENT ONLY ONE SHOT
OFF THE PACE AT GOOSEPOND
COLONY IN ALABAMA

Last year's Scottish boys' match-play championship beaten finalist William Bremner from Edzell is having his best tournament since he enrolled at John A Logan College, Illinois last autumn on a golf scholarship.
William has scored 71 and 73 for a two-over-par 36-hole tally of 144 over the par-71 course of 6,999yd in the Goosepond Spring Fling college tournament at the quaintly named Goosepond Colony Golf Club in Scottsboro, Alabama.
Bremner is tied third, only one shot behind joint leaders Richard Williams (Central Alabama) and Jin Wood Chung (Darton), both of whom have scored 71 and 72.
Central Alabama (579) lead the 19-strong team event from Darton (589) and John A Logan College (595).
There is one round to go today but it is not an event being covered "live" by GolfStat so it will probably be Sunday evening before we get news of how it all finished.