Tuesday, January 18, 2011

ALYSON MEETS CHARLEY HULL IN FLORIDA SECOND ROUND

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
No 3 seed Charley Hull, the 14-year-old rising star from the Woburn club, and two Scots, Jordana Graham (Southerness) and Renfrewshire's Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) --- pictured left  are through to the last 16 of the Jones-Doherty match-play championship, the third event on the Orange Blossom Tour, at Coral Ridge Country Club, Florida.
 Charley, runner-up at the weekend in "The Sally" - South Atlantic Ladies Amateur championship, scored a 6 and 5 win over the No 30 qualifier, A M Levin.


Alyson, the No 19 qualifier, scored a good 6 and 4 win over the 14th qualifier A. Dulman - and now she crosses swords with Charley Hull for a place in the quarter-finals.


Curtis Cup player Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), the No 10 qualifier, had a 6 and 5 win over Stirling University student Eilidh Mackay from the Nairn Dunbar club.
Holly now plays the highly-rated Argentina junior Victoria Tanco, the No 7 seed.

FIRST ROUND RESULTS
Players from US unless stated
 K Roig bye.
J Graham (Sco) bt C Martin at 19th.
T Collins bt H Beasley (Eng) 6 and 5.
M Stasi bt L Blease (Eng) 5 and 4.
F Lafaille (Bel) bt J Linn 3 and 2.
A Hancock bt N McNicholas 6 and 4.
D Lendl bt S West 3 and 2.
N Hardy bt P Grande 5 anbd 3.
J M Green bye.
P Malinchak bt R Wilson (Sco) 5 and 3.
V Tanco (Arg) bt C Myhrum 7 and 6.
H Clyburn (Eng) bt E Mackay (Sco) 6 and 5.
C Hull (Eng) bt A M Levin 6 and 5.
A McKechin (Sco) bt A Dulman 6 and 4.
B Smolen bt T St Louis 1 hole.
M Arnoux bt T Caldabaugh 1 hole.