Scottish international Lorna McClymont maintained her domination of student golf with victory at St Andrews in the R&A Student Tour Series finale.
FORMAT: 54-hole stroke play
The Irish Women’s Open champion started the series in senational style, shooting a 13-under-par 60 on her way to victory at Montrose Golf Links. The event also acted as the first competition in the British Universities and Colleges Sport series (BUCS).
Another R&A Tour success came in France at Le Golf National plus she has registered a further three BUCS wins, the latest coming at Moray in the Scottish Student Championship.
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Her win at The Home of Golf last night ensured her second successive R&A Order of Merit title and the university double looks nailed on. With just the BUCS Tour Final to come at Blairgowrie (April 24-26), she is 117 points clear of her nearest challenger.
At St Andrews the Milngavie player overcame an early wobble to win by three over Sweden’s Elice Frediksson and Megan Ashley (Blairgowrie).
McClymont started the final round three ahead of Frediksson, Ashley, Welsh international Darcey Harry (Royal Porthcawl) and England international Lucy Jamieson (Heswall) but found bunker trouble at the second and finished up with a double bogey.
However with five par fives to come, she did not panic.
“After the double on two, I told myself there were par fives coming up and I thankfully birdied both on the front nine,” said McClymont.
However with nine to go her lead was down to one as Halmstad student Frediksson reeled off four birdes in a row, starting at the fourth, after bogeying two and three.
McClymont drove to the front edge of the green at the par four 10th and her two-putt birdie doubled her advantage, which was further extended as the Swede slipped up on 11 and 12.
Frediksson recovered somewhat with an eagle on 13, a hole the Scot birdied but another birdie on 14 from McClymont gave her a four-shot lead and she could afford a bogey on 16, before parring the final two holes, to close things out.