A young golfer from Greetham Valley GC is ripping up trees on the college sports scene in the USA.

Ellie Haughton, who represents the Rutland club and is studying at Carson-Newman University in the USA, has just been ranked as No 1. in the USA NCAA Divisions I, II and III - for driving accuracy and fairways hit, with an unprecedented 99.58%

success rate.

Over half a million students compete in all sports in the National Collegiate Athletic Association programme, which is a stepping stone to professional sport for many of them.

Ellie, whose parents Darren and Liz live in Rutland, is no stranger to golfing success though, having won the 2017 Midlands Golf Union Junior Champion of Champions,been Lincolnshire junior champion for stroke play and match play, part of the England Under-18 team and served as the 2018 Lincolnshire Junior captain.

Bill Archer, press secretary at Greetham Valley, said: "We should all be very proud of Ellie as this is a staggering achievement in her first year over there."