ANOTHER 75 FOR SALLY BUT
SHE SLIPS BACK TO JOINT
SEVENTH IN FLORIDA

South Queensferry 15-year-old Sally Watson, pictured right, a student at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Bradenton, Florida, fell back to a share of seventh place despite repeating her opening round of 75 on the second day of the Doral-Publix Junior Classic golf championships at Doral Golf Resort & Spa, near Miami, Florida.
On the same 150 mark, with one round to go, in the girls’ 16-18 years’ age group is Rachel Connor from Oldham with scores of 76 and 74.
Sally Watson’s 17-year-old sister, Rebecca, also a Scotland girls' international team player, had a pair of 80s for 160. Rebecca will be enrolling at the University of Tennessee next autumn.
Two American girls share the lead on 146 – Alexis Thompson from Coral Springs, Florida, sister of US PGA tour player Nick Thompson, and Andrea Watts from Bradenton, Florida.
Alexis has scored 72 and 74, Andrea 73 in both rounds.
BIGGEST JUNIOR EVENT IN WORLD
Alexis Thompson is only 11 years of age and she is the first girl of her age in the 25-year history of what is reputed to be the biggest junior golf tournament in the world – 628 contestants from 43 countries and 12 age/sex categories – to be allowed to play in the oldest, 16-18 years, section.
Irish girls champion Stephanie Meadow from Antrim, a student at the International Golf Academy at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, is lying joint sixth in the girls’ 14-15 years section after a 70 and 74 for 144 – seven strokes behind leader Susan Benavides from Bolivia (69-68).
Junior Ryder Cup player Sean Einhaus from Germany is sharing the lead with Carlos Goya (Argentina) in the boys’ 16-18 years group. Sean has shot 71 and 70 to Carlos’s 72 and 69.
Francisco Pintor from Alicante, at 16 the youngest-ever winner of the Scottish open youths championship at Mortonhall during the summer, is down the field on 156 (77-79).

SCOREBOARD

BOYS 16-18 years
141 Carlos Goya (Arg) 72 69, Sean Einhaus (Ger) 71 70.
145 Felipe Velasquez (Ven) 72 73.
147 Luciana Dodda (Arg) 73 74.
148 Constantin Heinrich (Ger) 77 71, Antonio Grillo (US) 75 73.
Other score:
154 Francisco Pintor (Spa) 77 79.

GIRLS 16-18 years
146 Andrew Watts (US) 73 73, Alexis Thompson (US) 72 74.
147 Mitsuki Katahira (Jap) 75 72.
149 Maria Villanueva (Arg) 78 71, Marta Silva Zamora (Spa) 79 70, Jennifer Hirano (US) 75 74.
150 Sally Watson (Sco) 75 75, Rachel Connor (Eng) 76 74, Therese Kolbaek (Den) 75 75, Stephanie Kenoyer (US) 74 76.
Other score:
160 Rebecca Watson (Sco) 80 80.

GIRLS 14-15 years
137 Susan Benavides (Bol) 69 68.
139 Christina Miller (US) 64 75.
140 Amelia Lewis (Fla) 72 68, Diana Fernandez (Par) 71 69.
142 Valentina Fontaine (US) 72 70, Ana Fernandez (Spa) 73 69.
144 Stephanie Meadow (NIr) 70 74, Elia Folch (Spa) 72 72.