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English students win R&A bursaries

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Hertfordshire’s Lucy Williams, from the English Women’s Golf Association Performance Squad, is among a record number of golfing students to receive R&A bursaries.

Historic Glasgow Gailes Golf Links to host 2008 Palmer Cup

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College golf’s Ryder Cup-style competition set for June 26-27

This year’s Palmer Cup, a transatlantic men’s student golf match which started in 1997 shall be hosted by Glasgow Golf Club and played around the historic Glasgow Gailes Golf Links.

Glasgow Gailes Golf Club

The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will be played June 26-27, on the 6,903 yard, par 71 Willie Park Junior design when the top collegiate players from the United States tee off against their counterparts from Europe. The Americans lead the series, 6-4-1, but have lost the last two competitions in Europe.

Record number of R&A individual bursars for 2008

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 A record number of 91 students will receive Foundation Bursary funding this year from The R&A. Individual bursaries range from £500 to £3,000. Students from Belgium, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand and Zambia are among those awarded bursaries to enable golfers to combine their studies with competitive play.

The R&A’s total annual spend on university golf currently exceeds £320,000 and includes grants to support golf programmes at 12 universities in Great Britain and Ireland.

England beat Scotland in the 2007 Universities Sports Association home internationals at Fairmont St Andrews

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Victory for England’s university women

England’s women scored a resounding 15½-1½ victory over Scotland in the British Universities Sports Association home internationals at Fairmont St Andrews.

Ireland’s Danielle McVeigh wins gold medal at 2007 World Student Games Golf Championship in Thailand

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Ireland’s Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co. Down) (pictured below) added a final round 76 to lift the individual GOLD Medal by 4 strokes from Mexico’s Diana Cantu at the World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand, 14-17 August 2007.

2007 World Student Games Golf Championship Scoreboard

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MEN INDIVIDUAL
214 Ming-Chuan Chen (Tai) 70 70 74, A Goldberg (US) 70 72 72.
215 C Ford (GB) 71 75 69, R Ngano (Jap) 71 73 71, Y Usami (Jap) 71 73 71.
Other scores:
222 G Dear (GB) 73 74 75 (jt 24th).
224 T Sherreard (GB) 76 74 74 (jt 28th).
226 S Borrowman (GB) 81 75 70 (jt 36th).
MEN’S TEAM EVENT
647 Japan. 650 Thailand. 651 Mexico, 653 Chinese Taipei. 657 Great Britain. 659 Korea, United States. 669 Italy. 672 New Zealand, Turkey. 673 South Africa. 684 Canada. 693 Switzerland. 726 Malaysia. 739 Poland.
WOMEN INDIVIDUAL
216 D McVeigh (Ire) 72 75 69.
223 A Scott (GB) 71 79 73.
224 H Ayada (Jap) 73 78 73.
Other scores:
231 H Burke (GB) 76 76 80 (jt 12th).
234 N Kitching (Ire) 83 75 76 (15th).
243 G O’Leary (Ire) 80 85 78 (jt 33rd).
NR E Fairnie (GB) NR 83 86.

Great Britain Ladies share lead at 2007 World Student Golf Championship

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England’s Anna Scott (pictured below left) and Hannah Burke (pictured below right)have helped Great Britain to a share of the halfway lead in the women’s team golf event in the World University Games in Thailand.

The best two scores from three count in each round and Great Britain are tied with Ireland on 302.

English golfers picked for World University Games

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England’s Anna Scott (pictured below) and Hannah Burke are off to Bangkok in Thailand to represent Great Britain in the World University Games from August 14-17.