Golf: Prior leads British charge in US Kids tournament

ROBERT PRIOR, representing the UK, and Italy's Marisol Doglioli won the oldest age groups in the US Kids Golf European Championship in East Lothian.

Prior closed with a 69 over Gullane No.2 to win the boys' 15-18 event with a 54-hole aggregate of 214, beating Tom Bayliss, the overnight leader, by three shots.

Bayliss, who had a 74 in his final round, finished a shot off Jamie Savage, who made it a UK one-two-three as he signed off with a 72.

Also playing on Gullane No.2, Doglioli closed with a 77 for a total of 226, giving her a six-shot winning margin over Alexandra Noeuveglise of France.

In the other girls' events, the winners were: eight and under: Emilie Alba Paltrinieri (Italy); Under nines: Woo-ju Son (South Africa); Under tens: Samantha Fuller (UK); Under 11s: Monet Flores (Guatemala); Under 12s: Eloise Healey (UK); Under 13s: Annabel Dimmock (UK); Under 14s: Maria Vittora Cantarini (Italy).

The other boys' winners were: seven and under: Wolfgang Glawe (Germany); Under eights: Digraj Gill (USA); Under nines: David Larvaron (France); Under tens: Matyš Zapletal (Czech Republic); Under 12s: Dominic Philipp Foos (Germany); Under 13s: Robert Macintyre (UK) and Michael Hirmer (Germany); Under 14s: Simon Zach (Czech Republic) and Frank Olav Garber (USA).

The event concluded today with the staging of the Van Horn Cup, a Ryder Cup-style match, over Gullane No.1.