HEATHER BLOOMS IN SOUTH BUCKS FOR A SHARE OF THIRD PLACE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com Former British women's amateur stroke-play champion Heather MacRae (Gleneagles Hotel) shot a level par 70 to be joint third at the end of the first round of the LETAS  Ladies Open 54-hole tournament at Hazlemere GC, South Buckinghamshire today. Heather, pictured, was five shots off the hot pace set by former British girls champion Henrietta Zuel whose five-under 65 gave her a three-shot overnight lead from South African, on her own in second place with a 68. Pamela Feggans from Patna, Ayrshire and Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll had 71 apiece for a share of ninth place while Glasgow's Gemma Webster was joint 32nd with a 75 and Clare Queen joint 38th in a field of 83 with a 76. FIRST ROUND LEADERS Par 70 66 Henrietta Zuel (Eng). 68 Ashleigh Simon (S Africa). 70 Heather MacRae (Sco), Marjet Van der Graaff (Ned), Marieke Nivard (Ned), Maria Beautell (Spa), Katherine O'Connor (Wal) (am), Sahra Hassan (Wal). 71 Pamela Feggans (Sco), Anna Rossi (Ita), Katy McNicoll (Sco), Celine Palomar (Fra), Mianne Bagger (Den), Elizabeth Bennett (Eng). Other Scots scores: 75 Gemma Webster (T32). 76 Clare Queen (T38).