Matthew fails to make final day

Scotland’s Catriona Matthew failed to make it into the final day after a disappointing third-round 79 at the ADT Championship at Trump International, West Palm Beach, Florida.

With the 16-player field cut in half after the third round in the unusual play-off format, Matthew finished at the foot of the list.

She was eight shots too many to make the last day and had to make do with a consolation cheque for £6,836 (US$14,000).

In the blustery conditions, Mexico’s world number one Lorena Ochoa and American Paula Creamer shared the lowest round of six-under-par 66, two better than Australia’s Karrie Webb.

Ochoa, aiming for an eighth win of the season, had a flawless round of six birdies, while Creamer, who won the Tournament of Champions in Alabama last weekend, made five birdies and an eagle at the long 15th before dropping her only shot of the day at the 16th.

Matthew made a poor start with dropped shots at the first and third and a double-bogey at the short seventh saw her out in 40. Further shots went astray with a double-bogey at the tenth and bogeys at the 11th and 17th. Her only birdie came at the long 15th.

England’s Laura Davies, the only other British player to make the original field of 32, bowed out at the 36-hole cut.