JODI TOP GB&I PLAYER IN US
WOMEN’S COLLEGE RANKINGS

Freshman Jodi Ewart from Catterick, Yorkshire, pictured right, is the leading female British and Irish golfer in the Golfweek/Sagarin women’s college rankings at the winter break in the 2006-2007 season.
Jodi is 20th in a top 20 which is headed by Sweden’s Caroline Westrup (Florida State) and includes other Continentals in former British girls champion Anna Nordqvist (Arizona State), also from Sweden), in 11th place, Spain’s Maria Hernandez (Purdue) in 17th place and Germany’s Sandra Gal (Florida) 18th.
The leading Irish player is Tara Delaney (Kent State) from Carlow. She has dropped down to No 51 in recent weeks after being in the top 10 or 20.
Top Scot is Gemma Webster (Ohio State) from Glasgow. She is ranked No 212.
Scottish schoolgirls champion Michele Thomson (Jacksonville State) from Ellon has not yet settled to show the form of which she is consistent. Big-hitting Michele is down in 445th place.
Not all the Scots currently in America are ranked. Katy McNicoll (Lynn University) from Carnoustie, twice a winner this season, does not get a mention. That is because she does not play at NCAA Division 1 level.

LEADING WOMEN’S RANKINGS

1 Caroline Westrup (Florida State), 2 Taylor Leon (Georgia), 3 Jacqui Concolino (Vanderbilt), 4 Jennie Lee (Duke), 5 Amanda Blumenhirst (Duke), 6 Ashley Knoll (Texas A&M), 7 Alison Walshe (Arizona), 8 Stacey Lewis (Arkansas), 9 Whitney Wade (Georgia), 10 Leah Wigger (Virginia).
11 Anna Nordqvist (Arizona State), 12 Jennifer Osborn (Arizona State), 13 Brianna Broderick (Michigan), 14 Jenny Suh (Alabama), 15 Jennie Arseneault (Virginia), 16 Misun Cho (Pepperdine), 17 Maria Hernandez (Purdue), 18 Sandra Gal (Florida), 19 Tiffany Joh (UCLA), 20 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico).
Other British and Irish rankings:
51 Tara Delaney (Kent State) from Carlow, Ireland.
135 Danielle McVeigh (Texas A&M) from Kilkeel, N Ireland.
156 Hannah Burke (Baylor) from Hertfordshire.
176 Olivia Higgins (Charleston Southern) from Channel Islands.
212 Gemma Webster (Ohio State).
253 Dawn Marie Conaty (Memphis) from Dublin.
299 Karen Delaney (Kent State) from Carlow.
336 Claire Starkie (Georgia State) from Skipton, Yorkshire.
445 Michele Thomson (Jacksonville State) from Ellon.
466 Lucy Gould (East Tennessee State) from Bargoed, Wales.
525 Andrea Downer (Murray State) from Surrey.
579 Kate O’Sullivan (High Point) from Paisley.
580 AnnMarie Dalton (High Point) from Carlow.
590 Fern Grimshaw (Bethune Cookman) from Dorset.
691 Vicki Power (Northern Arizona) from Cambridge (Irish junior cap).
730 Laura Holmes (Old Dominion) from Ballina, Co Mayo.
737 Portia Abbott (Jacksonville State) from Wiltshire.
825 Becky Dowell (Bethune Cookman) from Thornecombe.
982 Shirley Harvey (South Alabama) from Belfast.
1135 Jenna Kinnear (High Point) from Belfast.