Dean Robertson reappointed head

coach of Europe's Palmer Cup team

FROM THE PGA E-BULLETIN
Dean Robertson's reputation as one of Scotland's foremost golf coaches has been bolstered by his reappointment as head coach of the European team for this season's Palmer Cup.
The former Italian Open champion from Paisley helped Europe's leading student golfers to a 13-11 victory over their US counterparts in last year's Ryder Cup-style joust at Cherry Hills in Colorado and the selection panel have wasted no time in bringing the Scot (pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency) back on board for June's encounter at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
"I was asked by the panel if I would consider retaining my position and it took me about a nanosecond to say ‘yes’," said Robertson, one of only a handful of players to have won both the Scottish amateur and professional titles.
"The US side last year featured players who went on to form the backbone of their Walker
Cup team and, while I've experienced many great things in my own career, our victory that
week was up there with the best of them."
Robertson has also taken up a new post as
head golf consultant at College Sport USA, a
Stirling-based company specialising in
securing golf and football scholarships for
emerging talent at universities in the US.
With the Scottish Junior Golf Tour for under-
14s that he runs in partnership with his
colleagues Kendal McWade and Steven Orr
also flourishing - it has grown from six
members in 2007 to well over 100 now - the
39-year-old admits that his own playing
career is very much on the backburner as he
pours his energy into new areas of the game.
Robertson, who teamed up with McWade at
the PGA's Belfry HQ recently to deliver a
presentation to coaches about the long-term
development of elite junior golfers, added:
"The playing side is now dormant but the
passion, energy, drive and belief I had coming
up as a player is now going into these new
chapters of my career. It is all very positive."

St Andrews student Gordon

Stevenson wins Boyd

Quaich by four strokes

The 61st Boyd Quaich Memorial students’ international golf tournament at St Andrews was won today by local student Gordon Stevenson, the first home win for a year or two.
Stevenson managed to banish the memory of a potentially-disastrous 79 in his third round to finish on two-under par 286 and win by four strokes from Matthew Williams (Aston University). Stevenson, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, began the tournament with an amateur course record of 64 on the New course on Tuesday before finishing the event with a solid 69 on the Old course today.
The international field of 71 golfers each completed 18 holes on the New course and 18 holes on the Old before the top 30 played a further 36 holes; 18 on each course.
Stevenson’s total score of 284 was just one stroke higher than the tournament record of 283 strokes, set in 1994 by South African C. Sanderson (Stellenbosch) and equalled by G. Duncan (Heriot Watt) in 2002.
The record score looked certain to be smashed until the 9th hole of the third round when Stevenson ran up a quadruple-bogey 7 en route to a round of 79 (+8) over the New Course. As he struggled, several players moved into contention and the joint best score of 70 was recorded by Marco Ciofresse (St Gallen) and Aaron O’Callaghan (Southeastern Louisiana) while Joe Campbell and Will Bowman (both North Carolina), and Daniel Sommerville (Dundee) made similar strides with their 71s.
By the end of the third round the field had become bunched with only five shots separating 15 players.
In a blustery final round it was Will Bowman (North Carolina) who made the first move with a birdie 3 at the opening hole but Stevenson soon took control as he reached the turn in 2 under par 34 with Bowman and Matthew Williams faltering.
Williams eventually claimed second place with a battling 73 and Bowman was one shot further back after his 74.
Stevenson managed the only bogey-free final round and was the deserved winner after a superb 69.
Daragh Coghlan (North Carolina) also finished strongly for 69. Three of the top five finishers were representing universities located in North Carolina.
*The Boyd Quaich is run by the Athletic Union of the University of St Andrews, and receives significant grant aid from the Royal and Ancient Golf Club with support from the St Andrews Links Trust. Without this financial help it would not be possible for many of these young golfers, especially from overseas, to be able to play in this prestigious event.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 286 (2x71, 2x72)
284 Gordon Stevenson (St Andrews) 64 72 79 69.
288 Matthew Williams (Aston) 71 71 73 73.
289 Joe Campbell (North Carolina) 76 72 71 70, Will Bowman (North Carolina) 70 74 71 74.
290 Darragh Coghlan (UNCG Greensboro) 73 73 75 69.
291 Aaron O’Callaghan (Southeastern Louisiana) 77 72 70 72, Joshua Clarke (Abertay)
71 73 73 74, Daniel Sommerville (Dundee) 70 75 72 74.
292 Scott Samuel (Canada) 71 75 76 70, Frazer McKenna (Southeastern Louisiana) 75 73 72 72.
294 Wilson Bowen (Stanford) 72 73 76 73, Christo Harms (Pretoria) 75 70 73 76.
296 Gerard Kelly (University College, Dublin) 73 70 78 75, Philipp Dirkx (ESL Grenoble)
73 74 72 77.
297 Neil McBride (Clayton State, Atlanta) 76 73 75 73, Marco Cioffrese (St Gallen HSG) 76 73 70 78.
298 John Wybar (Aberdeen) 75 72 73 78.
299 John Greene (University College, Dublin) 72 73 77 77, Kevin Duncan (Clayton State, Atlanta) 67 75 77 80, Patrick Brimmer (Loughborough) 73 73 73 80, Kevin Stack (University College, Cork) 73 70 75 81.
300 Stephen Pointon (St Andrews) 74 72 78 76
301 Jack Owens (Ulster) 72 76 80 73
302 Ben Wescoe (Yale) 76 73 74 79
304 Nicholas Powell (Guelph) 74 75 81 74
307 Aaron Taylor (Ulster) 75 74 81 77
309 Christopher Robinson (Cambridge) 75 75 77 82
313 Matthew Fowler (Leeds Metro) 76 74 77 86
314 Nick Clark (Toronto) 78 72 84 80
316 Adam Kyle (Brighton) 71 79 75 91

Tight at the top in Boyd Quaich

students' event at St Andrews

It’s a three-way tie for the lead with one round left to play in the Boyd Quaich Memorial students’ international golf tournament.
Will Bowman (North Carolina), Matthew Williams (Aston University) and Gordon Stevenson (University of St Andrews) lead the field at 215 (one over par) with 18 holes on the Old Course to go.
Two rounds were played on Wednesday and at halfway it was Gordon Stevenson who held a six-shot lead after he added a level par 72 on the Old Course to his blistering first round 64 on the par 71 New Course.
However, things went a little awry for Gordon in the third round as he scored 79 which brought him back to the chasing pack. The main damage was done on the ninth hole where a quadruple bogey 7 undid most of his hard work
Williams and Bowman shot 73 and 71 respectively on the New Course and that means that they will be in the final group on Thursday morning’s final round. Last year’s runner-up, Daniel Sommerville, is just 2 shots back on 217 after a fine 72 on the New. His round could have been much better as it included a lost ball on the par 5 eighth. Daniel managed to make an eagle with his second ball so no momentum was lost but it was a case of ‘what might have been’ at the end of the round.
The best rounds of the day came from Aaron O’Callaghan and Marco Cioffrese who both managed one-under 70. They now find themselves part of a six-strong chasing pack four shots adrift of the leaders.

LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 214 (2x71,1x72)
215 Will Bowman (North Carolina) 70 74 71, Matthew Williams (Aston) 71 71 73, Gordon Stevenson (St Andrews) 64 72 79.
217 Daniel Sommerville (Dundee) 70 75 72, Joshua Clakre (Abertay) 71 73 73.
218 Christo Harms (Pretoria) 75 70 73, Kevin Stack (University College Cork) 73 70 75.
219 Aaron O’Callaghan (Southeastern Louisiana) 77 72 70, Marco Cioffrese (St Gellen) 76 73 70, Joe Campbell (North Carolina) 76 72 71, Philipp Dirkx (Grenoble) 73 74 72, Patrick Brimmer (Loughborough) 73 73 73, Kevin Duncan (Clayton State) 67 75 77.
220 Frazer McKenna (Southeastern Louisiana) 75 73 72, John Wybar (Aberdeen) 75 72 73.
221 Darragh Cochlan (Greensboro) 73 73 75, Wilson Bowen (Stanford) 72 73 76, Gerard Kelly (University College Dublin) 73 70 78.
222 Scott Samuel (Canada) 71 75 76, John Green (University College Dublin) 72 73 77.
223 Ben Wescoe (Yale) 76 73 74.
224 Neil McBride (Clayton State, Georgia) 76 73 75, Stephen Pointon (St Andrews) 74 72 78.

Deano leads Europeans to Palmer Cup victory

Europe, with Scot Dean Robertson as their manager/coach, beat the United States - again! - in the annual international students' golf match at Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver in Colorado. Read the report and the results by switching over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Perhaps Colin Montgomerie should add Deano to his list of lieutentants for the 2010 Ryder Cup contest!

Palmer Cup coverage on www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Europe leads United States by three points at the end of the first day of the two-day Palmer Cup students' international match a Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver in Colorado.
To read the report and results, log on to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Dean Robertson is

coach to Palmer

Cup team for USA

FROM THE SCOTSMAN.SPORT.COM WEBSITE
By NICK RODGER
Deaj Robertson's growing reputation as a golf coach has been recognised by some of the leading figures in the European amateur game.
The 38-year-old former Italian Open champion from Paisley, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, has been appointed head coach of the European team for June's Palmer Cup match with the USA at Cherry Hills in Denver.
"I was quite shocked but obviously elated when I was handed such an accolade," said Robertson, who will lead an eight-man side featuring some of the leading university golfers on the world rankings.
"In my short coaching career it's quite an honour me for that a selection panel made up of some of the top coaches in Europe have thought of me this highly."
Robertson, one of only a handful of players to win both the Scottish Amateur and Scottish PGA titles, has been making impressive strides in the coaching side of the game. Along with his colleagues, Kendal McWade and Steven Orr, Robertson formed the Scottish Junior Golf Tour for under-14s in December 2007 and has watched the programme grow rapidly from having six members just over a year ago to 85 now.
With a coaching philosophy based on developing the natural swing of a player and allowing a golfer to learn the game through experience, Robertson is drawing on two decades of top-level competition, as well his fight against clinical depression, to help nurture the next generation of Scots.
"When I was playing, I could walk down a range and see a silhouette of a player and know who it was," added Robertson. "There was a personality to the swing but I think now we suppress this. We constantly tell players what they are doing wrong but that just fills them up with technical baggage.
"True coaching should be about developing self-belief and skill and allowing players to learn through experience. My vision is to have Scotland re-emerging in world golf and it starts at the grass roots. There are moves to get everybody involved in the development of Scottish golf around the table and I'm looking forward to being part of that."

No Scots in European Palmer Cup team for USA

For the first time for a while, there are no Scots in the European team for the Palmer Cup international students' match, to be held this year at Cherry Hills Country Cup, Denver, Colorado from June 3 to 5.
There is only one Englishman - University of Tennessee student Chris Paisley (a Walker Cup team candidate) - in the team of nine.
They are:
CHRIS PAISLEY (England)
JORGE CAMPILLO (Spain).
STEPHAN GROSS (Germany)
LEONARD MOTTA (Italy).
HENRIK NORLANDER (Sweden).
ANDREA PAVAN (Italy)
TIM SLUITER (Netherlands)
ROBIN WINGARTH (Sweden)

The Elmwood College, Cupar team who finished third in the British Colleges' open championship at Fairmont St Andrews. Names at the bottom of the following report
Ryan Campbell set men's

course record at Kittocks

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

In our report on last week's British Colleges golf championship over the Kittocks course, Fairmont St Andrews (switch over to http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/), we credited - accurately - the girls' title winner, Holly Clyburn (Grimsby Institute & Woodhall Spa) with setting a women's record of 72 in her first round over the course.

It now transpires that the men's winner, Ryan Campbell (Elmwood College, Cupar), also set a Kittocks course record with his first-round 71. He followed that up with a 74 for 145.

Ryan is pictured with his trophies.

The Elmwood College team who finished third in the British Colleges open championship are pictured above at Fairmont St Andrews.

Left to right: James Ramage, Ryan Campbell,Grant Downie and Mark Thompson.

Cherry Hills, Denver to host 2009 Palmer Cup

This year's Palmer Cup transatlantic men's student match between Europe and the United States will be held at Cherry Hills Country Club near Denver, site of Arnold Palmer's famous U.S. Open victory almost 49 years ago.
Cherry Hills CC pro emeritus Clayton Cole and head professional John Ogden told the audience at the Golf Coaches Association of America's annual awards banquet Monday night in Orlando that the club was excited to host the event and test the course, which is in the final stage of a renovation that stretches it by 400 yards and returns the bunkering to the original design of architect
The European side will try to retain the cup after its 14-10 victory last year at Glasgow Gailes. The U.S. holds a 6-5-1 overall lead in the annual competition.
No mention was made of the dates for this year's Palmer Cup match.

Seven students heading from Scotland to Florida

Five Stirling students and two from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen are escaping the Scottish winter to play on the Orange Blossom Tour in Florida next month.
To find out the names of the lucky girls, switch over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

News from close of world uni golf championships

The world universities' golf championships ended in South Africa today at Sun City. To see how Scots David Booth, Paul Betty and Laura Murray - and the rest of the Great Britain competitors, as well as the Irish - fared, switch over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Scots' students' sound start at Sun City

David Booth and Paul Betty of Stirling University and Laura Murray (Robert Gordon University) have made a sound start to the world universities golf championships at Sun City, South Africa.
See the scores and the story by switching over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Three Scots students for South Africa

University of Stirling pair David Booth and Paul Betty and Laura Murray (Robert Gordon University) are in the Great Britain team of seven for next week's World university golf championships at Sun City, South Africa.
Switch over to our sister website, http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/, for the full story.

England beat Scotland to win student
men's home internationals' title

Scottishgolfview.com has caught up with the British universities men's home internationals' results played at Five Lakes Hotel Golf & Country Club and Spa, Essex.
England beat Scotland 7 1/2-4 1/2 in the decisive tie.
Details:
SCOTLAND 4 1/2, ENGLAND 7 1/2.
Foursomes (1-3)
Bobby Rushford (Stirling) & Mike Dailly bt Andy Myers & Andy Shakespear (Bournemouth) 2 and 1.
Adrian Styles (Robert Gordon) & Colin Shaw (Aberdeen) lost to Ed Parker (Birmingham) & Sean Heads (Northumbria) 5 and 4.
John Duff (Aberdeen) & Alex Main (Edinburgh) lost to Kevin Garwood (Bournemouth) & Vince Thorne (Loughborough) 7 and 6.
Grant Minnes (Strathclyde) & Graeme McDougall (Strathclyde) lost to David Corben (Exeter) & Matt Floyd (Bath) 2 holes.
Singles (3 1/2-4 1/2)
Styles lost to Shakespear 5 and 4.
Rushford bt Parker 3 and 2.
Main bt Garwood 1 hole.
Dailly halved with Heads.
Shaw bt Thorne 4 and 3.
Duff Lost to Floyd 3 and 2.
Minnes lost to Myers 6 and 4.
McDougall lost to Corben 6 and 4.

Other results:
England 7, Northern Ireland 5.
England 8, Wales 4.
Scotland 9 1/2, Wales 2 1/2
Scotland 10 1/2, Northern Ireland 1 1/2

Australian wins Boyd Quaich

ahead of local Sommerville

By THOMAS MARR

The 60th Boyd Quaich Memorial Golf Tournament was held over the Old and New courses in St Andrews with 63 invited players in attendance. All players completed 18 holes on the Old and New courses before the top 30 played a further 36 holes; 18 on each course.
The weather for the first two rounds was excellent but things deteriorated badly on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday’s fourth round was played in torrential rain and a strong, gusting wind where good golf was near-impossible.

The standard of play was high and the contest produced a close finish, with Kevin Park from Griffith University in Australia the wire-to-wire winner with a total of 291 (66; 73; 74; 78). Runner-up was local St Andrews golfer Daniel Sommerville (pictured above), representing Clayton State University (USA), who finished three shots behind Park on 294.
Unusually, it was the Old course which represented the harder challenge for the players over the three days of competition this year. In almost every other Boyd Quaich event it has been the Old which played the easier of the two.
Park certainly preferred the Old as he began the event with a superb bogey-free 66 over the historic links. At halfway he still had the lead on 139 but David Corben (Exeter) was only two shots behind after a 70 on the New and 71 around the Old for 141.
Richard Williams (U.W.I.C.) scored a fine 66 on the New but his second round 77 on the Old undid much of his good work. Defending champion Chris O’Hagan (Bournemouth) scored 69, 76 to be six behind after two rounds. Nine players were within four shots of the lead at the halfway stage.
Conditions in round three were very different from the first two rounds with a cold sea breeze making it difficult to keep the ball in play.
Phillip Dirkx (Napier), Craig Lindsay-Smith (Witwatersrand) and Joe Lockie (St Andrews) coped best and their rounds of 70 were excellent, propelling them up the leaderboard into joint-second and fifth positions overall.
Park’s 74 gave him a three-shot cushion with the final round on the Old to play. At this stage, 12 players were within five shots of Park and, with the weather forecast looking grim, local golfers Sommerville and Lockie must have fancied their chances of overtaking the Griffith University golfer.
Despite a topped 40yd tee shot on the first hole which must have dented his confidence, Park completed a final round of 78 to take the title from Sommerville (78).
Scoring was understandably high compared to the earlier rounds and a best-of-the-day 77 from Gerry Kelly (UCD) moved him through the field from eighth to third overall and into a tie with Bobby Rushford (Stirling).
The Boyd Quaich is run by the Athletic Union of the University of St Andrews, and receives significant grant aid from the Royal and Ancient Golf Club and the May Wong Smith Trust, with support from the St Andrews Links Trust. Without this financial help it would not be possible for many of these young golfers, especially from overseas, to be able to play in this prestigious event.
HOW THEY FINISHED
(Order of play: New-Old-New-Old).
1 Kevin Park (Griffith) 73-66-74-78-291.
2 Daniel Sommerville (Clayton State) 73-70-73-78-294.
3 Gerry Kelly (Uni College, Dublin) 70-72-76-77-295.
3 Bobby Rushford (Stirling) 73-72-73-77-295.

Scot Dave Paterson retires after

33 years as golf coach

at Yale University

By Bruce Berlet

GOLF IN CONNECTICUT

Scotsman Dave Paterson, the Yale University men's golf coach for 33 years and the pro at the Course at Yale in New Haven for 25 years, has retired.

Paterson, pictured above, 72, was an assistant at Turnberry GC in Scotland before moving to the U.S. in 1965 and working at Brooklawn CC in Fairfield, Riddell's Bay Golf and CC in Bermuda and the Country Club of Fairfield before going to Yale.
Paterson guided the Elis to eight Ivy League titles and 10 NCAA berths and did double duty as coach of the Yale women's team for 13 years.

Three of his players _ Peter Teravainen, Bob Heintz and Heather Daly-Donofrio _ are playing on the pro level.

"I am a teacher and watching players improve under my tutelage was the most rewarding aspect of my work," Paterson said. "Turning on a light that took them up a notch in performance was most satisfying. Occasionally, a superior talent would come along. They were the necessary leading players that took us into national level competition and won championships for us.

"The record shows that having one of these superstar athletes on the team leads to wins."

Thanks for all your time and devotion to the game, Dave, and enjoy your retirement.

GREAT SCOTT HELPS EUROPE BEAT
AMERICANS TO WIN PALMER CUP

A Europe line-up, including Stirling University's Scott Borrowman, scored a famous 14-10 victory over a star-studden United States team to win the Palmer Cup two-day student's international golf match over the Glasgow Gailes links, Ayrshire today.
Europe, facing an American line-up which included the top three in the R&A's world amateur rankings, should not have had a chance of holding their illustrious opponents.
But they did more than that.
After a fighting performance on Day 1, at the end of which the United States were restricted to a one-point lead, the Europeans, of whom all but Borrowman are students at American colleges, stunned the Americans by making a clean sweep of the Day 2 foursomes 4-0 to lead 9 1/2-6 1/2 going into the final set of eight singles.
And the Europeans even took the honours from the singles as well, 4 1/2-3 1/2, when a great fightback was anticipated from the United States.
Scott Borrowman from Dollar, who had beat Walker Cup American Billy Horschell in the first-day singles, this time achieved a square match with Kevin Chappell, ranked the No 2 amateur in the world. Borrowman's ranking is over the 600 mark.
The Scots, winner of the Scottish youths championship last year, was never overawed and never trailed against Chappell. Borrowman took a lead he would hold for four holes when he birdied the fifth before a Chappell birdie at No. 9 evened the match. The Scot again took a brief lead by winning the 11th but relinquished his advantage after Chappell eagled No. 13.
Borrowman claimed the advantage yet again after the 17th. Chappell halved the match when he birdied the final hole.
The United States, who still lead the series overall, have now lost three straight on this side of the Atlantic - the last two when the contest has been played on Scottish links.
There is a message in there somewhere. “I’m ecstatic for the eight guys on the European team,” said European Captain Mårten Olander. “Our attitude is what made us through the matches. Our swings did not change from yesterday but our belief that we would play great golf today. Winning the four matches this morning really put us in a positive mood entering the singles matches and to beat such a strong American team in singles is quite an accomplishment."

FINAL SCOREBOARD
Result:
EUROPE 14, UNITED STATES 10
Day 1: Europe 5 1/2, United States 6 1/2
Day 2 Europe 8 1/2, United States 3 1/2.
Foursomes: Europe 4, United States 0
European names first
Jonas Blixt & Jonas Endander Hedin bt Aaron Goldberg & Michael Thomson 4 and 3.
Scott Borrowman & Charles Ford bt Billy Horschel & Adam Mitchell 3 and 1.
Jonathan Caldwell & Gareth Shaw bt Derek Fathauer & Chesson Hadley 1 hole.
Jorge Campillo & Tim Sluiter bt Kevin Chappell & Rickie Fowler 3 and 2.

Singles: Europe 4 1/2, United States 3 1/2
Campillo halved with Fowler.
Blixt bt Thompson 2 and 1.
Ford halved with Horschel.
Shaw lost to Hadley 1 hole.
Borrowman halved with Chappell.
Hedin bt Mitchell 3 and 2.
Caldwell bt Goldberg 3 and 2.
Sluiter lost to Fauthauer 3 and 1.

Europe take foursomes 4-0 to

grab Palmer Cup lead

Europe have regained the lead in the Palmer Cup two-day students' international match by making a magnificent 4-0 clean sweep of the morning foursomes over the Glasgow Gailes links in Ayrshire.
Going into the final set of eight singles, Europe lead the United States 9 1/2-6 1/2.
9.5-6.5 advantage.
The singles have been brought forward to a 12.45 start because of a bad weather forecast for later in the afternoon.
“Obviously, I’m very pleased we won all four of our matches this morning,” said European captain Mårten Olander. “We used the same line-ups we used yesterday morning and got off to the same start but managed to close them out today. Yesterday the Americans grabbed opportunities at the end of the round but weren’t able to do so today.
"This sets up what should be fantastic afternoon matches. On paper the individuals on the U.S. team are higher ranked, but we have the home-field advantage and our spirits our high.”
The Swedish tandem of Jonas Blixt and Jonas Enander Hedin evened the overall team score with a 4 and 3 win against Aaron Goldberg and Michael Thompson.
The Swedes won the first hole but lost the second with bogey. The U.S. would take a brief one-hole lead after claiming the fifth with a birdie. Europe evened the match at the seventh and took the lead by winning both No. 9 and 10. They pushed the lead to four holes by claiming the 12th and 13th.
Scott Borrowman and Charles Ford put Europe back in the team lead by downing Billy Horschel and Adam Mitchell, 3 and 1. The Americans won the fourth to go ahead, but Europe evened the score with a birdie on the next hole.
The Euros also won the seventh to take the lead for good. The two sides traded the next four holes before Europe claimed Nos. 13 and 14. Team USA trimmed the lead back to two holes on the 16th before conceding the 17th.
Jorge Campillo and Tim Sluiter won the second hole and never looked back in their 3 and 2 victory over world No 3 Kevin Chappell and world No 1 amateur Rickie Fowler. The Euros pushed their lead to four after claiming the fourth with par and the fifth and sixth with birdie.
The United States cut the lead in half with wins at Nos. 10 and 11. The two sides traded wins at the 12th and 13th before Campillo and Sluiter closed out the match on 16, winning with birdie.
Europe completed the sweep with the only match that went the complete 18 holes when Jonathan Caldwell and Gareth Shaw edged Derek Fathauer and Chesson Hadley by one hole.
The Americans held the lead for much of the front nine. The U.S. won the second and third before Europe claimed the fourth and fifth to send the match back to all square. The Americans would again take the lead after a birdie at No. 7 but Europe took Nos. 9 and 10. The two sides alternated the next three and again at Nos. 15 and 16 to even the match.
Europe reclaimed the lead at No. 17 and halved the 18th to secure the victory.

SCOREBOARD
End of Day 1: Europe 5 1/2, United States 6 1/2
Day 2 foursomes: Europe 4, United States 0.
European names first
Jonas Blixt & Jonas Endander Hedin bt Aaron Goldberg & Michael Thomson 4 and 3.

Scott Borrowman & Charles Ford bt Billy Horschel & Adam Mitchell 3 and 1.

Jonathan Caldwell & Gareth Shaw bt Derek Fathauer & Chesson Hadley 1 hole.

Jorge Campillo & Tim Sluiter bt Kevin Chappell & Rickie Fowler 3 and 2.

Overall scoreline with eight singles to play: Europe 9 1/2, United States 6 1/2.

ends

Palmer Cup students' international at Glasgow Gailes

Borrowman beats American

Walker Cup player as Europe

make a fight of it

A United States college team, loaded with the world's top-ranked amateurs, lead by 6 1/2 to 5 1/2 points over the underdog Europeans at the halfway stage of the Palmer Cup students' international two-day match over the Glasgow Gailes links in Ayrshire.
If the Americans thought the oppostion was going to be a push-over - well, it should have been on a comparison of the individual world amateur rankings - they were in for a shock in the morning four-ball foursomes.
The Europeans took them 2-1 with one match halved.
It was a slightly different story in the afternoon singles, which the Americans captured 5-3, enough to wipe out their morning deficit but again the Europeans were not outclassed.
In fact the one Scot in the European team - Stirling University's Scott Borrowman is the ONLY European team member who is not attending an American college - scored one of the host's three singles wins, keeping the match very much alive going into the second day.
Dollar Golf Club member Borrowman, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, ranked 617th in the world, compared with his opponent, American Walker Cup player Billy Horschell, No 31 in the current R&A WAGR, beat him by one hole for one of the best wins in the career of a player whose main claim to fame prior to this five-star performance is that he won the Scottish youths title last year.
Borrowman went two up by winning the fifth and sixth but Horschel produced two birdies and a winning par to lead by one after 10 holes.The Scot was giving as good as he got and he squared the contest at the 11th. The pair traded birdies at the 14th and 15th. Then Borrowman got his nose in front again with a par at the 17th and notched a notable win over Horschel by halving the last in pars.
The world's top-ranked amateurs in the American team are No 1 Rickie Fowler, No 2 Michael Thompson and No 3 Kevin Chappell.

The Palmer Cup match - no entrance fee for spectators - continues on Friday with foursomes teeing off between 7.30am and 8pm.

The final set of eight singles will start between 1.30 and 2.40.

The closing ceremony at which the Palmer Cup will be presented will start at approximately 6.30pm.
DAY ONE SCOREBOARD
EUROPE 5 1/2, UNITED STATES 6 1/2

(European names first)
FOUR-BALL FOURSOMES
Europe 2 1/2, United States 1 1/2

Jonas Blixt & Jonas Enander Hedin bt Chesson Hadley & Adam Mitchell 1 hole.

Jonathan Caldwell & Gareth Shaw halved with Kevin Chappell & Aaron Goldberg.

Scott Borrowman & Charles Ford lost to Derek Fathauer & Michael Thompson 2 and 1.

Jorge Campillo & Tim Sluiter bt Rickie Fowler & Billy Horschel 4 and 2.
SINGLES
Europe 3, United States 5
Hedin lost to Goldberg 2 holes.
Ford lost to Fowler 4 and 3.

Blixt bt Mitchell 5 and 4.

Caldwell lost to Hadley 2 and 1.

Shaw lost to Fathauer 1 hole.

Borrowman bt Horschel 1 hole.

Campillo lost to Chappell 4 and 3.

Sluiter bt Thompson 1 hole.

FRIDAY MORNING FOURSOMES

Starting at 7.30am

Jonas Blixt & Jonas Enander Hedin v Aaron Goldberg & Michael Thompson.

Scott Borrowman & Charles Ford v Billy Horschel & Adam Mitchell.

Jonathan Caldwell & Gareth Shaw v Derek Fathauer & Chesson Hadley.

Jorge Campillo & Tim Sluiter v Kevin Chappell & Rickie Fowler.

Europe lead after Palmer
Cup opening four-balls

Underdogs Europe opened a 2 1/2-1 12pt lead over the United States at the end of the morning four-ball session on the first day of the transatlantic students' international two-day match for the Palmer Cup at Glasgow Gailes today.
“I’m very pleased with our morning round,” said European team captain Mårten Olander. “I thought we got off to a good start and felt we had control over three matches early. If not for some very good short game play by the Americans we might have had a larger lead. I applaud them for a strong finish and am pleased with how we played.”
Europe opened the round with a 1-hole victory by the Swedish pairing of Jonas Blixt and Jonas Enander Hedin over Chesson Hadley and Adam Mitchell.
The Swedes won the first hole and extended their lead to three after 13 holes. However, birdies by Hadley on 14 and Mitchell on 17 shrank the lead to a single hole before Hedin drained a 35ftf putt to secure the match.
The Europeans extended their lead to 2-0 after Jorge Campillo and Tim Sluiter won by 4 and 2 win against the world top-ranked Rickie Fowler and Billy Horschel.
With the help of birdies on Nos. 1, 5 and 6, the Europeans built a four-hole margin after six holes. The Americans recorded birdies of their own at 13 and 14 to cut the lead to two before Sluiter birdied the next two holes to close out the match.
Gareth Shaw and Jonathan Caldwell built another early lead for Europe in their match against Kevin Chappell and Aaron Goldberg before the Americans rallied to gain a halved match.
The Europeans won the first four holes and extended their lead to five holes after seven. Goldberg birdied the next hole to cut the Americans' deficit to four before the Americans won holes 12-14 with birdies by Chappell at 13 and Goldberg at 14.
A Shaw birdie on No. 16 moved the match to dormie in favour of Europe with two holes to play but the United States' Chappell birdied both, including a holed bunker shot at the 18th, to halve the match.
The US took the final match of the morning with a 2 and 1 triumph by Michael Thompson and Derek Fathauer over Scott Borrowman and Charles Ford. The Americans never trailed, but did not win a hole until the sixth and never led by more than one until the 15th.

SCOREBOARD
Day 1
Morning four-ball foursomes
EUROPE 2 1/2, UNITED STATES 1 1/2
European names first
Jonas Blixt & Jonas Enander Hedin bt Chesson Hadley & Adam Mitchell 1 hole.
Jonathan Caldwell & Gareth Shaw halved with Kevin Chappell & Aaron Goldberg.
Scott Borrowman & Charles Ford lost to Derek Fathauer & Michael Thompson 2 and 1l.
Jorge Campillo & Tim Sluiter bt Rickie Fowler & Billy Horschel 4 and 2.

AFTERNOON SINGLES PAIRINGS
Jonas Enander Hedin v Aaron Goldberg.
Jonas Blixt v Adam Mitchell.
Jonathan Caldwell v Chesson Hadley.
Gareth Shaw v Derek Fathauer.
Scott Borrowman v Billy Horschel.
Jorge Campillo v Kevin Chappell.
Tim Sluiter v Michael Thompson.

Palmer Cup students' action at
Glasgow Gailes on Thursday
and Friday this week

On Thursday and Friday the leading student golfers from Europe and the United States will compete head to head in the 2008 Palmer Cup match at the Glasgow Golf Club Gailes Links, Ayrshire.
The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will feature eight players from Europe against their counterparts from the United States and will be play over the 6,903 yard, par 71 Willie Park Junior design.
United States lead the series, 6 – 4 with one halved, but have lost the last two competitions in Europe.
Europe hold the advantage when competing at Prestwick two years ago, achieving a Palmer Cup record 19.5-4.5 margin of victory on traditional Scottish links conditions.
Rickie Fowler - the world’s top-ranked amateur golfer - leads a strong American squad this week. Winner of the prestigious Ben Hogan Award, Fowler has claimed several top amateur and collegiate tournaments in the United States and posted a 3-1 record in last summer’s Walker Cup.
Other top competitors for the U.S. include second-ranked world amateur Michael Thompson - low amateur at the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines and 2008 Masters participant – and third-ranked Kevin Chappell, the recipient of the 2008 Arnold Palmer Award (national collegiate champion) and the Jack Nicklaus Award (collegiate player of the year).
Billy Horschel - the lone returnee from last summer’s victorious US team - posted a combined 7-1 record at the 2007 Walker and Palmer Cups.
Europe will be led by Jonas Blixt of Sweden and Jorge Campillo of Spain, who both competed in last year’s Palmer Cup. Blixt went 3-1 at the event while Campillo is the 4th highest world ranked European amateur.
Gareth Shaw of Northern Ireland also participated in the 2007 Palmer Cup with a 1-3 record. R&A Bursar champion Scott Borrowman (Stirling University) is the only player in the Europe team who attends a university on this side of the Atlantic. All the other Europeans attend American colleges.
The event is open to the public with details of play noted below.
Wednesday
Opening Ceremony – 5 pm (approx)
Thursday
Morning matches (Four-ball) 7:30-8:00am
Afternoon matches (Singles) 1:30-2:40 pm
Friday, June 27
Morning matches (Foursome) 7:30-8:00am
Afternoon matches (Singles) 1:30-2:40pm
Closing Ceremony – 6:30 pm (approx)

SCOTT BORROWMAN PLAYS

FOR EUROPE IN PALMER CUP

MATCH AT GLASGOW GAILES

Scottish youths champion Scott Borrowman (Stirling University), picture right by Cal Carson Golf Agency (all rights reserved), from Dollar is the only British-based player named in the Europe team to play the United States in the Palmer Cup students international match at Glasgow Gailes Golf Club on June 26 and 27.
All the rest are at college in the United States.
There are two Ulstermen in the team - Walker Cup player Johnnie Caldwell (South Alabama University) from Belfast and East Tennessee State University's Gareth Shaw from Lisburn.
Charlie Ford (Tennessee University) from Leicester is the only Englishman in the squad of eight.
The Americans lead the series 6-4 with one draw but have lost the last two contests in Europe.
Jonas Blixt, Jorge Campillo and Gareth Shaw played in last year's match at The Caves in the United States.
Europe team for Glasgow Gailes is:

Jonas Blixt (Florida State University & Sweden).
Scott Borrowman (Stirling University & Scotland).
Johnnie Caldwell (South Alabama University & Northern Ireland).
Jorge Campillo (Indiana University & Spain).
Jonas Enander Hedlin (Chartlotte University & Sweden).
Charlie Ford (Tennessee University & England).
Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State University & Northern Ireland).
Tim Sluiter (Southern California University & the Netherlands).

Coach:
Marten Orlander (Sweden).

The United States team, named earlier, is;
Kevin Chappell (UCLA).
Derek Fathauer (Louisville).
Rickie Fowler (Oklahoma State).
Aaron Goldbert (San Diego State).
Chessson Hadley (Georgia Tech).
Billy Horschel (Florida).
Adam Mitchell (Georgia).
Michael Thompson (Alabama).

SCOTT BORROWMAN WINS R&A
BURSARS' MEN'S TITLE

Dollar's Scott Borrowman (Stirling University) and Laura Murray (Robert Gordon University) from Alford won the men's and women's titles respectively in the annual R&A Foundation Bursars' Tournament over the Eden course, St Andrews.
Switch over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk, for all the scores.

Striling University win at Machrie

Scottish Universities Golf certainly gets about, with their third Order of Merit event held at the Machrie, Islay, on 15-16 March.

In the men's three round team event (three out of four scores counting) Stirling University 1, comprising Alan Murdoch, James White, Bobby Rushford and Euan Polson won with a total of 719, 9 shots clear of Stirling 2 ( Jonny Watt, Colin Thomson, Karl Shepherd, Michael Dally).

The women's team event was over two rounds, with two out of three scores counting. Stirling University (Steph Farrar, Holly Calvert and Rachel Cassidy, total 341) took the honours from St Andrews (Nadia Green, Jennifer Linklater, Morag Macpherson, total 336).

Steven Hume (Abertay Dundee) won the Men's Individual event with scores of 74,86,74 for 234, three shots ahead of Michael Gray (St Andrews), Colin Thomson (Stirling) and Bobby Rushford (Stirling) who tied on 237.

Morag Macpherson (St Andrews University) won the Women's Individual event with scores of 80, 84 for 164 from Rachel Cassidy (Stirling) 84,84=168.

Bobby Rushford (Stirling) currently heads the SUS Student ranking on 21.85 points, closely followed by Paul Betty (Stirling) on 21.75 and Steven Hume (Abertay Dundee) on 21.61.

Bobby Rushford (Stirling) also heads the BUSA Order of Merit (Scotland) with a total of 933 points from Chris Harkins and Gavin Dear, neither of whom played at the Machrie.

Emma Fairnie (Edinburgh) heads the Womens BUSA Order of Merit (Scotland) with a total of 1100, from Morag Macpherson (St Andrews) and Rachel Cassidy (Stirling)

The next event is the SUS Individual and Team Strokeplay Championships at the Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth on Sunday 31st March and Monday 1st April.

SCOT LATIMER WINS AGAIN ON US COLLEGE CIRCUIT

For the latest tournament round-up from the United States college circuits - male and female - including a second victory by Peter Latimer from Markinch, Fife, switch over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

GLASGOW GAILES TO HOST THE PALMER
CUP STUDENTS' MATCH IN JUNE

Glasgow Gailes' links in Ayrshire will stage the transatlantic men's students golf match for the Palmer Cup this year.
The announcement was made by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
The annual Ryder Cup-style competition between the best collegians in the United States and Europe will be played on June 26 and 27 over the 6,903yd, par-71 course originally designed by Willie Park junior.
The Americans lead the series, 6-4-1, after winning the 2007 competition, 18-6, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Maryland.
But the Americans lost heavily - 19 1/2-4 1/2 - in 2005 when the match was played over the Prestwick Golf Club links.
Glasgow Golf Club, founded in 1787, is the ninth-oldest golf club in the world. It owns two courses, Killermont in Bearsden, Glasgow, and Gailes Links in Ayrshire. The Gailes Links course was inaugurated in 1892 and lies in the heart of the Ayrshire Golf Coast, only a few miles from Turnberry and Royal Troon.
The first Palmer Cup was held at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge in 1997.

MARK LAMB FINISHES WELL
AHEAD OF JORDAN FINDLAY
AS US SEASON RESUMES

Mark Lamb, the 2002 Scottish boys' open stroke-play champion from Haddington, finished joint 35th in a field of 88 for the Ping Arizona Collegiate tournament over the Arizona National course at Tucson.
Lamb, pictured right, in his final year as a student at the University of Arizona, had rounds of 72, 74 and 74 for a total of 220 over the par-71, 6,793yd course.
Fellow Scot Jordan Findlay, the former British boys' champion from Fraserburgh, finished 12 shots behind Lamb on 232 with scores of 77, 80 and 75. Findlay, a third-year student at East Tennessee State University, had four triple bogeys and seven double bogeys over the 54 holes.
Kevin Chappell (UCLA) won the individual title by seven shots with excellent scores of 67, 67 and 64 for 15-under-par 198. Englishman Chris Paisley (Tennessee) and Aaron Goldberg (San Diego State) were joint runners-up on 205.
Tennessee (832) won the team event from UNLV (835) and UCLA (847) with Arizona (848) fourth of the 16 competing teams.
The tournament marked the start of the second half of the US college golf season after a break since November.
LEADING TOTALS
Par 213 (3 x 71)
198 K Chappell (UCLA) 67 67 64.
205 A Goldberg (San Diego State) 67 71 67, C Paisley (Tennessee) 69 67 69.
206 S Power (East Tennessee State) 69 67 69.
Other totals:
209 G Shaw (East Tennessee State) 69 72 68 (9th).
214 P Pettitt (Tennessee) 69 73 72.
216 C Ford (Tennessee) 74 69 73.
220 R Enoch (East Tennessee State) 73 76 71, M Lamb (Arizona) 72 74 74 (jt 35th).
224 S Doherty (East Tennessee State) 65 80 79, C McNamara (East Tennessee State) 76 74 74 (jt 53rd).
232 J Findlay (East Tennessee State) 77 80 75 (77th of 88).
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
832 Tennessee. 835 UNLV. 847 UCLA. 848 Arizona. 855 East Tennessee State. 856 San Diego State. 864 California. 876 New Mexico, Washington).

JORDAN FINDLAY CONTINUES TO
STRUGGLE IN ARIZONA

Jordan Findlay, the former British boys' champion from Fraserburgh, was in 81st position in a field of 87 for the Ping Arizona Collegiate tournament over the Arizona National course. Findlay had rounds of 77 and 80 for a 36-hole tally of 157 over the par-71, 6793yd course.
His nightmare opening day on the resumption of the US college circuit after its two-month break since November included two triple bogeys and five double bogeys.
First-round leader Simon Doherty, who, like Findlay is a student at East Tennessee State, collapsed from 65 to a nine-over-par 80 in the second round.
There is a third and final round still to go.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2 x 71) 6,793yd
134 Kevin Chappell (UCLA) 67 67.
135 George Gandranta (California) 69 66.
136 Chris Paisley (Tennessee) 69 67, David Holmes (Tennessee) 68 68.
137 Robert Galleti (Arizona) 67 70, Jon Sauer (New Mexico) 68 69, Ji Moon (UNLV) 66 71.
138 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 67 71, Aaron Goldbergt (San Diego State) 67 71.
Other scores:
141 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) 69 72 (jt 15th).
142 Philip Pettit (Tennessee) 69 73.
143 Charles Ford (Tennessee) 74 69 (jt 21st).
145 Simon Doherty (East Tennessee State) 65 80 (jt 25th).
146 Mark Lamb (Arizona) 72 74 (jt 30th).
149 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) 73 76 (jt 43rd).
150 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) 76 74 (jt 48th).
157 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 77 80 (81st).

US college circuit resumes after winter break

NO PING ABOUT JORDAN FINDLAY'S
PLAY BUT FRESHMAN TEAM-MATE
HAD FIRST-ROUND LEAD

The mid-winter break has done nothing for the golf game of former British boys champion Jordan Findlay from Fraserburgh.
A third-year student at East Tennessee State University, Jordan had a nightmare first day in the first US college tournament since late November.
Findlay was lying joint 70th at the end of the first round after a six-over-par 77 over the 6,793yd, par-71 Arizona National course in the Ping Arizona Collegiate.
In that round, Jordan had a triple bogey 7 at the 13th, and double bogey 6s at the third and eighth.
Worse was to come. In the second round, he started at the 11th and ran up a triple bogey 8 at this par-5 hole. Then he had a double bogey 6 at the 13th, followed by a double bogey 5 at the short 17th. He had his sixth double bogey of the day at the short fifth and still had three holes to play when bad light ended play for the day.
Jordan was 14 over par for the day.
Freshman team-mate Simon Doherty, pictured above, from Belfast, on the other hand, had a great first-round 65 with birdies at the second, third, fifth, seventh, 10th, 15th and 18th. He had only one bogey, at the 18th in halves of 31 and 34.
But young Doherty came off the boil in his second round. He took 40 shots to the turn with a triple bogey 6 at the short sixth and a double bogey 6 at the eighth. He had dropped six shots to par and was level par for the day when play was halted prematurely.

FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 71
65 S Doherty (East Tennessee State).
66 Ji Moon (UNLV), Robin Wingardh (Tennessee).
Other scores;
67 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) (jt 4th).
69 Chris Paisley (Tennessee), Philip Pettit (Tennessee), Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) (jt 11th).
72 Mark Lamb (Arizona) (jt 31st).
73 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) (jt 33rd).
74 Charles Ford (Tennessee).
76 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) (jt 61st).
77 Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) (jt 70th).


LEADING TEAMS
272 Tennessee.
274 East Tennessee State.
278 UNLV.
281 Arizona

ANOTHER INSIGHT INTO HOW THE AMERICAN
COLLEGE GOLF SYSTEM WORKS

BY PAUL BYRNE
Father of James Byrne (Banchory & Arizona State University)

James didn’t mention it (in his interview with Colin Farquharson on yesterday's Scottishgolfview.com) but the programme and scholarship limits he was referring to applies to NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) institutions.
Other national associations such as the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) or the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) (Three Divisions) have their own rules which are different.
In the NCAA there are three divisions for both men’s and women’s golf. Generally speaking, it is tougher to get into a Division 1 college where the academic and golfing eligibility criteria tend to be higher.
However, not all Division I teams are necessarily better than Division II or Division III teams. Top players have emerged from all three divisions as well as from the NAIA and NJCAA colleges.
The Golfweek website ranks all the NCAA Div 1 golf teams. The Golfstat website includes head-to-head standings for NCAA (Divisions I, II and III), and also NAIA and NJCAA institutions.
To gain entry to a NCAA institution, there is a two-stage process for establishing prospective student eligibility. First a national NCAA clearinghouse checks that minimum academic standards and rules of amateur status are met, and secondly, the school itself, sets its own academic entry criteria.
For example a higher academic standard will be needed to get into a leading university such as Harvard, Stanford, or Cal Berkeley etc.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) was founded for smaller colleges (currently it has over 300 four-year colleges and universities), whilst the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) is established for two or four-year community and junior colleges (approx 500 member institutions).
For these, generally the academic entry criteria is not as stringent and the recruitment process is less cumbersome than that required by the NCAA as there is no national clearinghouse.
LINKS TO WEBSITES:
Here are some links to the relevant websites for information about college golf:
Golfweek: http://www.golfweek.com/
Golfstat: http://www.golfstat.com/
The on-line Ping American College Golf Guide at http://college.golfstat.com/collegegolf/index.cfm is a very good source of information for parents who have sons or daughters interested in playing college golf.
Also parents may wish to check out the NCAA resources website at http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal which has lots of info for prospective student athletes on recruiting and student/athlete eligibility etc.

JAMES BYRNE GIVES SCOTTISHGOLFVIEW
THE INSIDE STORY ON THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE GOLF CIRCUIT

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Top Scottish prospect James Byrne from Banchory is home for the Festive season after his first six months at Arizona State University. He has been talking to me about the recent news that Michael Stewart and Paul Ferrier have signed Letters of Intent to join American colleges next year and other college golf matters.

BYRNE: Paul Ferrier signing for UNC-Charlotte is a fantastic move for him. They have one of the best golf teams in the States and were in fact ranked No. 1 in the nation after winning their first 2 tournaments. Paul will have a hard time making the starting line-up, but he is in a similar position to me and I believe that such strong competition can only improve our games.

FARQUHARSON: How would you sum up your first few months at Arizona State?

BYRNE: I thoroughly enjoyed my first semester at ASU and feel I have already made improvements. Our stringent work-out programme along with our structured practice sessions and the great motivation in the team makes it hard not to.
I competed in all three of the tournaments I was available for in the Fall, which I am obviously pleased about since there are 11 guys in the squad and only five can play in a tournament.
In the spring ASU are bringing in at least two more players – Stefan Gross of Germany and Braxton Marques, a local player from Arizona. Braxton competed in the World University Games for the USA recently in Thailand.
You will be aware that Bjorn Akesson recently signed the NLI committing himself to ASU and will start with us in August. Bjorn won the Polo Invitational last month which is arguably the biggest junior tournament in the world. That will boost our squad to 14, making fierce competition for places.

FARQUHARSON: Tell us things about American college golf that we might be unaware of on this side of the Atlantic.

BYRNE: For a start, we are limited to 12 tournaments a year, which are usually spread out with four tournaments in the Fall and eight in the spring. The college season builds towards the season-ending NCAA National Championship, which teams need to qualify through via Regionals.
The country is split into Conferences (basically regions). ASU are a Pacific 10 school. The Pac10 also includes Stanford, Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, University of Arizona, USC, UCLA and California Berkeley – all West Coast.
Other conferences include the Big East (Louisville), the Big Ten, Atlantic Coast Conference, etc. The end-of-year Pacific 10 Championships are obviously made up of the 10 universities I listed. However, many tournaments over the year are invitationals, and we travel the country over the course of the season, playing in various tournaments hosted by a number of colleges from different conferences, i.e. Hawaii, Florida and Illinois. We host our tournament in April, the ASU Thunderbird Invitational.

FARQUHARSON. Is it a bit like the British football transfer market, i.e. the wealthier the university, the more it can spend on recruiting the best young players available?

BYRNE. No. Certainly not. Colleges are limited to only 4.5 scholarships per golf team. So basically the coach needs to spread the money out between all the players. Fortunately for me, the ASU coach tends to favour the international players because firstly it costs more, and secondly he wants to draw us in from abroad. A few of the players are on no scholarship at all and have to play the full fees.

FARQUHARSON. So does the head coach decide before each tournament which five of his players will compete in it?

BYRNE. College teams are selected by qualifying among the players. We usually play a 72-hole qualifier (within our own squad) before each tournament, with the low players travelling and the Coach making one pick. When I go back in a couple weeks, we are going straight into a five-round qualifier for a tournament in Hawaii in the start of February.

++More about the American college golf scene on www.scottishgolfview.com tomorrow

James Byrne (Banchory) and Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) after this year's Scottish Under-18 boys' stroke-play championship play-off at Cardrona. James is now at Arizona State University and Michael will go to the States next autumn.

MICHAEL STEWART TO JOIN

JORDAN FINDLAY AT EAST
TENNESSEE STATE

UNIVERSITY

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Another top Scottish boy prospect is bound for the United States.

Michael Stewart from Ayrshire - a member of Troon Welbeck Golf Club - has signed a Letter of Intent to enrol at East Tennessee State University at Johnson City, Tennessee next autumn.

Michael, who will be 18 on March 6, has been a leading performer in Under-18 events' over the past year or two.

In the Scottish boys' Under-18 open stroke-play championshi at Cardrona this year, Michael tied with James Byrne from Banchory after 72 holes and then lost a sudden death play-off at the third extra hole.

Byrne has just completed his first six months at Arizona State University.

Michael lost at the semi-final stage of the Scottish Under-18 boys' match-play championship at Southerness this year.=

Michael Stewart was also one of three Scots in the Great Britain & Ireland team who beat the Continent of Europe in this year's Jacques Leglise Trophy match at Notts Golf Club (James Byrne and Fraser Fotheringham from Nairn were the others).

In the 2007 Scottish Golf Union boys' Order of Merit, Stewart finished third behind Byrne and Scottish schoolboys' champion Neil Henderson (The Glen).

As he will still be Under-18 years on January 1, Stewart still has another season of boys' golf and he will be looking to win the Scottish junior titles he narrowly missed out on in 2007.

The recruitment of Stewart maintains East Tennesseee State University's policy of forming a squad of players from this side of the Atlantic.

Twice British boys' championship finalist Jordan Findlay, pictured above, from Fraserburgh is in his third year at East Tennessee State. Edinburgh-born Welsh Walker Cup player Rhys Davies graduated last spring after four highly successful years at ETU.

Jordan Findlay's current team-mates are Gareth Shaw from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Simon Doherty from belfast, Rhys Enoch from Cornwall, Cian McNamara from Limerick, Paul O'Kane from Castledown, Northern Ireland and Seamus Power from Waterford.

The East Tennessee State University women's team includes two-time Welsh girls' champion Lucy Gould from Bargoed and Irish international Sinead O'Sullivan from Galway.

A few weeks ago, Scottishgolfview.com revealed that Scottish boys' match-play champion Paul Ferrier (Baberton) and Ayrshire boys' title-holder Euan Brown had signed Letters of Intent for the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and St Mary's University of California respectively.

LORNE KELLY IS THE "MR FIX-IT" FOR US COLLEGE GOLF

Former Walker Cup player Lorne Kelly, who himself spent four years at an American college, Coastal Carolina, is the man who has made a highly successful business - ProDeamUSA - out of fixing up British (and European) teenagers with golf scholarships in the States.

"I had the best four years of my life in the US and I always wondered why so many departed to the US but came home early," says Lorne.

"I then looked into things in a bit more detail and saw some of the decisions they were making and also the colleges they were attending – it wasn’t always the best! America is like any other country … you have top flight academic and athletic universities at the top end and some Mickey Mouse ones at the bottom end.

"Unfortunately, a lot of youngsters have the mentality that everything will fine as soon as they step on that plane for the States. A lot of time and effort has to be put into selecting the correct environment, hence the reason I became involved.

"My profile as a player also helps not only to attract the attention of our young players but also the US coaches, i.e. they will come to me first. This will be the fourth year of ProDreamUSA and I have been doing this full time since I stopped competing five years ago.

"I do miss the buzz of competition but running ProDreamUSA is the next best thing because it means I still get to put something back and if I can put my experiences across to my clients, hopefully they can benefit from that."

FERRIER AND BROWN SIGN UP
FOR AMERICAN COLLEGES
- THANKS TO LORNE KELLY

Scottish boys' match-play golf champion Paul Ferrier (Baberton) has signed a Letter of Intent to enrol at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte next autumn.
Ayrshire boys champion Euan Brown (Kilmarnock Barassie), pictured left, has accepted the offer of a golf scholarship from St Mary's College of California, about 12 miles east of Oakland at a place called Moraga. He too will go to the United States next August.
Both boys were helped to find American colleges by Lorne Kelly's ProDeamUSA company. Kelly, a former Walker Cup player, went to college himself in the United States.

GARETH SHAW SIXTH IN TOP
COMPANY FOR ALL-AMERICA
CLASSIC AT EL PASO

Gareth Shaw, pictured right, from Lisburn, Northern Ireland finished a creditable sixth in the select field for the Western Refining College All-America Classic earlier this week.
The event, played at the par-71, 6,837yd El Paso Country Club, sports a 28-man field that is limited to the previous year’s NCAA Division I All-American selections, and Division II and III champions.
It’s known as much for its hospitality as its who’s-who list of past champions, including Tiger Woods, David Duval and Davis Love III.
Shaw, a senior year student at East Tennessee State University, finished ahead of 22 of the American college circuit's best players, including No 1-ranked Chesson Hadley of Georgia Tech, who tied for 16th.
“Finishing sixth in the best field in the country is something to be very proud of,” said ETSU head coach Fred Warren. “Gareth’s short game was really good this week and this is definitely a good way to finish the fall. He’s already on a plane heading back to Johnson City and will be back in class tomorrow.”
Shaw had 13 birdies spread over rounds of 71, 67 and 68 for a seven-under-par total of 206. After birdieing the fifth, eighth, ninth, 14th and 15th in his final round, Gareth was set to finish joint third but he bogeyed the 16th and 17th to fall back into sixth place on his own.
Webb Simpson (Wake Forest), a member of the winning United States Walker Cup team at Royal County Down in the autumn, won the event with an impressively low total of 15-under-par 198. He stole a march on the field by equalling the course record of nine-under-par 62 in the first round to lead by four shots - and that gave him a cushion he needed when he went over par with a 72 in the second round.
Simpson finished strongly with a 64 for a three-stroke victory from Aaron Goldberg (San Diego State).
There is no team event in the Western Refining College America Classic which is the last event of the year on the college circuit before its mid-winter break until February-March.
LEADING TOTALS
Par 213 (3 x 71)
198 Webb Simpson (Wake Forest) 62 72 64.
201 Aaron Goldeberg (San Diego State) 66 67 68.
204 Jonas Blixt (Florida State) 67 71 66, Andrew Landey (Arkansas) 67 69 68, Trent Leon (Oklahoma State) 69 65 70.
206 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) 71 67 68.

GLASGOW STUDENT PIPPED ON
CARD PLAY-OFF FOR BATTLE
ON THE BEND VICTORY

Glasgow-born Stephen Clark, a student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, was placed second in a scorecard play-off after
figuring in a triple tie for first place in the Battle on the Bend college tournament at Cypress Bend Resort, Many in Louisiana.
Stephen, pictured right, had scores of 70, 75 and 73 for a total of two-overe-par 218 at the par-72, 6,707yd course. His 54-hole total was matched by Devin Carrey (Louisiana-Lafayette) (66-73-79) and Michael Carnes (Texas State) (71-74-73).
Unlike the traditional scorecard play-off method used in this country, i.e. better last round, better last inward half, better last six, etc, the American organisers of this tournament first compared the third-round totals. This eliminated Carrey's 79 but left Clark and Carnes still deadlocked because they both finished with 73s.
Then the American tie-breaking system went to the second round and Carnes was declared the winner because he had a lower second round (74 to 75) than Clark.
Hard luck on Stephen who is a Haggs Castle Golf Club member.
Chris Carson from Dunoon, a student at Sam Houston State University, finished joint seventh in a field of 57 players with scores of 71, 73 and 78 for a total of 222.
Team-mate Fergal Rafferty from Carrickmore, Northern Ireland tied for 11th place on 224 with 74, 76 and 74.
Manchester's Alex Hogben (Missouri-Kansas City) finished joint 15th with 72, 79 and 76 for 227. Sam Houston State (887) won the team event by one stroke from Louisiana-Lafayette with Missouri-Kansas City (895) third of nine teams.

NOT SO ELEMENTARY FOR WATSON IN HATTIESBURG
Michael Watson (Jacksonville State University, Alabama) from Elgin finished joint 59th in a field of 65 for the Sam Hall Intercollegiate tournament at Canebrace Country Club, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Watson scored 74, 77 and 84 for 235 over the par-71, 6,964yd course.
David McKendrick (Louisiana at Monroe) won the event with 67, 68 and 68 for a 10-under-par total of 203.

MICHAEL NOT THE MAIN MAN IN NORTH CAROLINA
Fifer Michael Main (Jacksonville University, Florida), beaten finalist in last year's Scottish boys' championship, came joint 57th in a field of 82 players at the WCU Intercollegiate tournament at Country Club of Sapphire Valley in North Carolina.
Michael scored 75 and 81 for 156 over a par-71, 6,767yd course.
He finished 21 shots behind the four-stroke winner, Andres Cuenca (Western Carolina) who scored 66 and 69 for seven-under-par 135.
Main's team-mate, Stephen Healy from Clougher, Northern Ireland, shared 25th place with 76 and 72 for 148.
Jacksonville (600) came ninth of 16 in the team event won by Western Carolina (565).

SCOTT LARKIN JT 35th AT BRIDGESTONE
COLLEGIATE CLASSIC IN N CAROLINA

Banchory's Scott Larkin, a student at the College of Charleson, finished joint 35th in a field of 79 for the Bridgestone Collegiate Classic at Forest Oaks Country Club, Greensboro in North Carolina.
Scott scored 72, 77 and 73 for a total of 222 over the par-72 course of 7,197yd.
Scott birdied the fifth and 15th in his last round but had a double bogey 7 at the second.
Lewis Kirton from Oldmachar, a student at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, did not play in this tournament but one of his colleagues, Derek Fathauer won the tournament by five strokes with some red-hot scoring.
Derek finished on 10-under-par 206 with scores of 71, 67 and 68.
Louisville (860) won the team event from Mississippi State (863) with College of Charleston (887) 11th of the 15 competing college squads.

SCOTS WELL DOWN THE FIELD AT INDIAN BAYOU

Kevin Duncan from Ellon and Daniel Sommerville of St Andrews - both students at Clayton State University, Atlanta - finished joint 67th and joint 71st respectively in the weather-hit Indian Bayou Classic college tournament at Indian Bayou, Destin in Florida.
The first round had to be scrubbed because of wind and rain, reduced the tournament to an 18-hole competition the following day over the par-72, 7,078yd course.
Patrick Wilson (Lauder University) was the individual winner with a three-under-par 69.
Kevin Duncan returned an 83, and Daniel Sommerville an 84.
Colombus State (293) won the team honours with Clayton State (305) finishing 10th of 16.

MYLES JOHNSTON BEST OF SCOTS IN LINCOLN
MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT IN TENNESSEE

Myles Johnston from Bo'ness, Craig Galloway of West Lothian and Grant Carnie from Ellon, Aberdeenshire - all students at Brevard College, North Carolina, finished joint 21st, joint 36th and joint 55th respectively in the Lincoln Memorial University Fall Invitational tournament at Woodlake Golf Clug, Tazewell, Tennessee.
Myles had rounds of 75 and 73 for a total of 148 over the par-72, 6,771yd course.
Craig shot 76 and 75 for 151 while Grant had 79 and 86 for 165.
Alex Lantz (Shorter College) was the individual winner with outstanding rounds of 67 and 68 for 135. Lincoln Memorial University (567) won the team event from Shorter College (572) with Brevard College (598) 10th of the 12 teams.

LATIMER JUST OUTSIDE TOP TEN IN

COLLEGE TOURNAMENT IN GEORGIA

Peter Latimer from Markinch, a student at Guilford College, North Carolina shared 12th place in a field of 63 players for the Oglethorpe Fall Invitational college tournament at Royal Lakes Golf Club, Chestnut Mount in Georgia.
Peter had scores of 74 and 72 for a four-over-par total of 146 over the par-71, 6,830yd course. Team-mate Jonathan Wade won the event with 72 and 65 for five-under 137.
The efforts of Latimer and Wade helped Guilford College (570) to win the team event from Oglethorpe University (572) in a field of 12 college squads.
Michael Main from Thornton, Fife was joint 22nd in a field of 71 for the Charleston Southern Fall Invitational college event at Crowfield Plantation Golf Club, Charleston in South Carolina.
Main, beaten finalist in the 2006 Scottish boys' match-play championship and now a freshman student at Jacksonville University, Florida, scored 74, 74 and 79 for an 11-over-par total of 227 over a 6,978yd course with a testing par of 72.
Patrick Rada (South Carolina) won with 68, 70 and 74 for four-under-par 212.
Jacksonville (912) finished seventh of 12 behind Radford University (886) in the team event.
Banchory teenager James Byrne finished a disappointing joint 48th in a field of 90 for the Isleworth-UCF Collegiate Invitational golf tourament at Isleworth Country Club, Windermere in Florida.
James, a freshman student at Arizona State University, scored 74, 72 and 77 for a total of 223 over a long course of 7,449yd with a par of 72.
Byrne started at the 10th in his final round and had the first of his five birdies at that hole but later he had a double bogey 6 at the first and a quadruple bogey 8 at his finishing hole, the first. The Scotland internataionl scored 10 birdies over his three rounds.

On the same 223 mark were East Tennessee State's Seamus Power and Gareth Shaw. Power scored 74, 72 and 77, Shaw 74, 79 and 70.
East Tennessee State freshman student Rhys Enoch from Truro came joint fifth with 68, 72 and 72 for four-under-par 212. Welshman Enoch had 11 birdies over the 54 holes.
Fraserburgh's Jordan Findlay was not in the East Tennessee State team for this tournament. Cian McNamara and freshman Simon Docherty, another Irishman, did play and finished joint 71st and joinit 76th respectively on 229 and 230. McNamara scored 77, 77 and 75, Docherty 75, 80 and 75.

Harris English (Georgia) won with 72, 67 and 66 for 11-under-par 205. Runner-up was the world-ranked Jamie Lovemark (Southern California) with 68, 70 and 70 for 208.

SCOTS STUDENTS' TOP 15 FINISH
IN WEST VIRGINIA

Graeme Robertson from Stirling and Nairn's Neil Howitt, both freshmen students at Davis & Elkins College, Elkins in West Virginia, have finished in the top 15 in a field of 72 for the WVIAC Championship at Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, West Virgina.
Robertson scored 81, 73 and 81 for an aggregate of 235 over a par-72 course of 6,726yd. He was placed joint seventh.
Neil scored 74, 86 and 79 for a total of 239 and 15th place.
A third Davis & Elgins freshman student, Thomas Parry from Goole, shared 16th place on 241 with scores of 83, 79 and 79.
Matt Hicks (West Liberty State University) was the winner with a one-over-par aggregate of 221, made up of rounds of 73, 73 and 75.
The fact that even the winner was over par would suggest that the weather had not been too kind during the tournament.
Fairmont State (924) won the team title from West Virginia State (937) with Ohio Valley State (947) third. Davis & Elkins College (970) finished seventh in a field of 15 teams.

DUNOON STUDENT 35th in SQUIRE CREEK CLASSIC
AT CHOUDRANT, LOUISIANA

Christopher Carson from Dunoon and Sam Houston State University team-mate Fergal Rafferty from Carrickmore, Northern Ireland finished tied 35th and 50th respectively in a field of 96 players for the Squire Creek Classic at Squite Creek Golf Club, Choudrant, Louisiana over a par-72, 7105yd course.
Christopher had scores of 73, 74 and 74 for five-over-par 221.
Fergal scored 74, 74 and 76 for 224.
Matthew Harvey (Louisiana Tech) was the three-shot winner with scores of 74, 71 and 64 for seven-under-par 209.
Mississippi State (860) won the team event from Louisiana State (862) with Louisiana Tech (863) third and Jacksonville State fourth on 864. Sam Houston state (885) finished 11th of 18 teams.

LINDSAY 10th, MOLLOY jt 15th IN EASTMAN
INVITATIONAL AT LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN

Banchory's Adam Lindsay, a student at Iowa Wesleyan College, finished joint 10th in the Ronnie Eastman Invitational over a par-72 course measuring 6,714yd at La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Adam had rounds of 76 and 75 for 151.
Another Scot, Graeme Molloy from Glasgow, a student at Grand View College, came joint 15th with 75 and 79 for 154.
The tournament was won by Ren Jungck (Viterbo University) who beat Derek Bauer (Wisconsin Eau-Claire) in a play-off after they had tied on level par 144. Ren scored 70 and 74, Derek a pair of 72s.
Iowa Wesleyan finished fourth of nine teams.

MICHAEL MAIN TRAILS AT SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Michael Main from Fife, a freshman student at Jacksonville University,Florida, was in joint 72nd place after two rounds of the Mizuno Southbridge Intercollegiate at Savannah, Georgia. The former Scottish boys' match-play championship runner-up has had scores of 84 and 76 for 16-over-par 160.
Kelly Manders (Winthrop) leads at seven-under-par 137 with rounds of 69 and 68.

BIRDIES GALORE BUT JORDAN FINDLAY CAN'T
STOP THE FLOW OF BOGEYS IN TENNESSEE.

Fraserburgh's Jordan Findlay finished joint 25th in a field of 81 players for the Bank of Tennessee @ The Ridges college golf tournament today at The Ridges Golf & Country Club, Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Findlay, a third-year student at East Tennessee State University, had deteriorating rounds of 70, 72 and 74 for an aggregate of level par 216 over the 7,147yd course. In his final round Findlay had a double bogey 5 at the short third and dropped another shot at the 12th before completing a hat-trick of birdies from the 13th, 14th and 15th.
Then, Jordan undid much of the good work by bogeying the 17th and 18th.
The frustrating thing for the Buchan loon and the East Tennessee State head coach is that Findlay is shooting as many birdies as most players in the field - 13 over 54 holes in this tournament. But he just cannot stop the flow of bogeys.
The tournament was won by two strokes by Chris Paisley from Newcastle, a student at Tennessee University. Chris scored 70, 64 and 72 for 10-under-par 206.
North Carolina and Virginia Tech tied for the team title on 852 with East Tennessee State (8540 third and Kent State (856) and Tennessee (585) fourth and fifth in a field of 15 teams.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Individuals
Par 216 (3 x 72) 7,147yd.
206 Chris Paisley (Tennessee) 70 64 72.
208 Chris Gold (Maryland) 71 72 65, John Hahn (Kent State) 72 67 69.
Other scores:
210 Gareth Shaw from Lisburn, NIre (East Tennessee State) 71 69 70 (6th).
211 Rhys Enoch from Truro (East Tennessee State) 68 71 72, Drew Weaver (British amateur champion) (Virginia Tech) 68 70 73 (jt 7th).
215 Seamus Power from Waterford (East Tennessee State) 72 71 72 (jt 22nd).
216 Jordan Findlay from Fraserburgh (East Tennessee State) 70 72 74 (jt 25th).
220 Cian McNamara from Limerick (East Tennessee State) 71 74 75 (jt 44th).
223 Paul O'Kane from Castledawson, NIr (East Tennessee State) 74 73 76 (jt 57th).
224 Charles Ford from Leicester (Tennessee) 75 76 73 (jt 63rd).
226 Cathal O'Malley from Westport, Ireland (Alabama-Birmingham) 78 72 76 (jt 71st of 81 players.
LEADING TEAMS
852 North Carolina, Virginia Tech.
854 East Tennessee State.
856 Kent State.
858 Tennessee (5th of 15 teams).

HILUTA SETTLES QUICKLY TO OUTSCORE
WALKER CUP TEAM-MATE IN US

England boy international Jack Hiluta has not taken long to find his feet on the American college golf circuit. The Southern Alabama University freshman scored 72 and 74 for 146 to finish 13th in a field of 87 for the Memphis Intercollegiate at Colonial Country Club, Memphis in Tennessee.
Hiluta had a double bogey 5 at the short 15th in his second round or he would have finished closer to the winner, Kevin Foley (Penn State) with 65 and 73 for 138.
The tournament was held over a longish course of 7,334yd with a par of 72.
Hiluta outscored team-mate Johnny Caldwell, the Walker Cup player from Belfast. Caldwell finished joint 42nd on 151 with scores of 77 and 75.
James Taverner (SE Louisiana) from London, came joint 45th on 152 with a pair of 76s.
Team-mate Graham Benson from Leighton Buzzard scored 78 and 79 for joint 65th place on 157.
Mark Trow (Memphis) from Oswestry, Wales finished joint 79th on 161 with scores of 77 and 84.