High winds halt McVeigh challenge

Danielle McVeigh saw her challenge at the NCAA Women's Championship halted by high winds yesterday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

McVeigh, a second-year on the Texas A&M team from Kilkeel, Co Down, was six strokes off the individual lead in a tie for 23rd place following an opening-round, one-over-par 73 on the University of New Mexico Championship Course before of winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour blew some golf balls off greens and forced tournament officials to suspend play.