Eric McIntosh not nearly at his best in  T42

finish in 53rd Junior Orange Bowl

Scottish boys' match-play champion Eric McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links) did not do himself justice with a tied 42nd place finish in a field of 56 at the boys' 53rd Junior Orange Bowl golf tournament over the par-71 Donald Ross-designed Biltmore course at Coral Gables, Florida.

McIntosh got off to slow start with a 79 and though he did improve with subsequent rounds of 75, 74 and 74, his final total of 18-over-par 302 was a big disappointment for the teenager who was an impressive winner of the Scottish Under-18 boys' match-play championship at Murcar Links last April.

Long-time leader, 15-year-old Australian Karl Vilips (65-67-71-69 for 12-under  272) duly won the boys' title but he had to sink a 6ft par-saving putt at the penultimate hole and hole a chip from off the green at the last for an eagle 3 to finish one shot ahead of France's Edgar Catherine. 

Linn Grant, daughter of a Swedish-based Scots-born club pro, had a hole in one during the third round and finished a creditable sixth on 288, 11 strokes behind the winner of the girls' championship, Somi Lee, playing for the first time outside her native South Korea.

FINAL TOTALS

53rd JUNIOR ORANGE BOWL TOURNAMENT 

Coral Gables, Biltmore Hotel Course, Florida

BOYS  

par 284 (4x71), yardage 6,742

272 Karl Vilips (Australia) 65 67 71 69

273 Edgar Catherine (France) 68 70 67 68

274 Kristoffer Reitan (Norway) 70 71 63 70

275 Joaquin Niemann (Chile) 67 70 70 68

278 Will Dickson (USA) 71 69 70 68

SELECTED TOTAL

302 Eric McIntosh (Scotland) 79 75 74 74 (T42)

Field of 56

GIRLS

par 284 (4x71), yardage 6,089 

277 Somi Lee (S Korea) 68 69 69 71

278 Agathe Laisne (France) 67 72 71 68

284 Monet Chun (Canada) 68 73 69 74

287 Hikari Kuranga (Japan) 71 75 70 71, Ana Laura Collado (Mexico) 69 72 69 74

288 Linn Grant (Sweden) 74 71 69 74

291 Alexa Plano (USA) 73 71 75 72

Field of 33