MacDonald’s play is not so hot in Florida

ORange blossom tour: Curtis Cup hopeful Kelsey MacDonald has not yet got up a full head of steam on this year’s early-season circuit in Florida.

The 2010 Scottish champion could only manage an 82 in the opening round of the South Atlantic Ladies Amateur Championship at Oceanside Country Club to trail Thai pacesetter Ariya Juntanugarn by 15 shots.

The Nairn Dunbar player dropped seven shots in all to par over the last three holes, taking 38 to reach the turn and 44 to get back to the clubhouse.

Fellow Stirling student Eilidh Briggs, the Scottish Girls champion, fared better with a 75 to lie joint-seventh at Ormond Beach.

Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) had halves of 44-46 for a 90 which included a quadruple- bogey 9 at the 12th.