Stirling Uni shine at top American event
Men runners-up against leading US hopefuls
Stirling University’s golf teams have competed at a prestigious contest hosted by Yale University in Connecticut, enjoying success against some of America’s brightest talents.
The men’s team finished second in the MacDonald Cup, just two shots behind leaders Harvard and five shots ahead of hosts Yale.
Stirling was the only university outside of America to compete and was represented by scholarship athletes Chris Maclean, Andrew Davidson, James Wilson, Jordan Sundborg, Laird Shepherd and Alasdair McDougall, with Shepherd and Maclean finishing fifth and sixth respectively on the individual player leaderboard.
The women’s team took part in the Yale Women’s Intercollegiate Event for the first time, competing against 18 other university teams from across the USA and the Stirling women earned a respectable 12th spot.
The team comprised six international scholarship programme athletes - Chloe Goadby, Tara Mactaggart, Gemma Batty, Penny Brown, Jen Saxton and Sinead Sexton with 19 year-old Chloe Goadby one of only two players in the field to record an eagle during the competition.
High performance golf coach Dean Robertson said: “The men and women’s team have done the university proud over the past couple of weeks proving they can mix it with some of the world’s leading universities.
“Gaining second place was a tremendous result for the men’s team and the women’s team produced some excellent golf during their first appearance in what is normally an all-American event.”