Here’s an update on our two Kincardine, Ont. golfing stars.

Brianna Cooper’s Illinois State Redbirds wrapped up their fall season by finishing 9^th of 18 teams at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate at Oak Point Golf Club in Kiawah Island, S.C.

Cooper shot rounds of 75-76-73 to finish 20^th in the Oct. 24-25 event.

At the Oct. 17-18 Hoosier Fall Invitational at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind., Cooper led the Redbirds by shooting 79-75-73 and finishing 8^th. The team finished 11^th out of 13 teams.

Fellow Kincardine golfer Taylor Schmidt has also enjoyed success this fall.

Her University of Oklahoma team won two consecutive events - the Golf Week Conference Challenge in Edwards, Colorado and the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in Norman, Oklahoma - and finished the season with a fourth place finish at the 16-team Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown in Boulder City, Nev.

At the Oct. 24-26 Las Vegas event Schmidt shot rounds of 72-76-76 to finish third on her team and 24^th overall.

At the Susie Maxwell event on the Sooners home course - the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club - Schmidt shot rounds of 75-71-71 to finish second on her team and tied for 10^th overall. She also turned in a solid performance at the Golf Week Challenge where her final round 72 helped her team clinch the victory. She placed 39^th overall in that event.

The 26^th ranked Sooners will start their spring season with the Northrop Grumman Challenge on Feb. 13-15 in Palos Verdes, Calif.

The Redbirds are back in action Feb. 4 at the Illinois Challenge in Boca Raton, Florida.

Schmidt is currently ranked 137^th out of 500 collegiate women golfers, while Cooper has moved up to the 269^{th position with her performance this fall.}