US COLLEGE GOLF - Ayrshire girl in championship play off defeat

(Report courtesy of Colin Farquharson, from the kirkwoodgolf.co.uk website)

Ayrshire's Linzi Allan, a sophomore (second-year) student at Newman University, Wichita, Kansas, lost a play-off for the individual title at the Heartland Conference Women's Championship at Teravista Golf Club, Round Rock in Texas on Wednesday.

Linzi, pictured, a former pupil of Garnock Academy, had a pair of 74s for a total of 148 over a par-72 course of 6,250yd.

Her score was matched by Melissa Gonzalez (St Edwards University) with rounds of 77 and 71.

Melissa won the sudden-death play-off at the first extra hole.

Linzi's team-mates, Megan Birdsey from Bedfordshire (75-78 for 153) and Alyssa Balding (85-94 for 179) finished sixth and 22nd respectively in a field of 35 players.

Newman (632) finished third of seven behind St Edwards University (613) and Dallas Baptist University (623) in the team event.

This was Newman University's last competition of the 2010-2011 college golf season.