NO PLAY ON FIRST DAY OF LPGA TOUR'S SECOND MAJOR EVENT

NEWS FROM THE LPGA WEBSITE
Continuous rain throughout the morning on Thursday forced tournament officials to postpone the start of the first round at the Wegmans LPGA Championship until 7:15 a.m. on Friday, June 7. No golf will be played on Thursday.

First and second round pairings will remain the same. A cut will be made at the conclusion of the second round on Saturday and officials intend to complete both the third and fourth rounds (36 holes) on Sunday, June 9.

CONTINENT OF EUROPE TEAMS NAMED FOR VAGLIANO TROPHY

The Continent of Europe teams to play Great Britain and Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy and the Junior Vagliano Trophy (Under-16s) at Chantilly, near Paris on Friday-Saturday, June 28-29 have been announced.
They are:

VAGLIANO TROPHY

CELINE BOUTIER (France)  World Ranking: No 15
NICOLE BROCH LARSEN (Denmark) No 20
NATALIE ESCURIOLA (Spain). No 31
CAMILLA HEDBERG (Spain). No 37
KAROLIN LAMPERT (Germany). No 18
EMILY KRISTINE PEDERSEN (Denmark). No 21
SOPHIA POPOV (Germany). No 47
LINNEA STROM (Sweden).  No 14
Captain: Anne Lanrezac (France)
 
+Ninth player to be selected after next week's British women's open amateur championship at Machynys Peninsula GC, South Wales. 

JUNIOR VAGLIANO TROPHY

MATHILDA CAPPELIEZ (France)
EVA GILLY (France)
ROSZA CSILLA LAYTAI (Hungary)
ALEJANDRA PASARIN (Spain)
COVADONGA SANJUAN (Spain)
Captain: Kristin Gunhildrud (Norway)

+Sixth place to be selected after next week's British women's open amateur championship at Machynys Peninsula GC, South Wales.

PAMELA FEGGANS IN TOP 20 AT END OF FIRST DAY IN PARIS

Doon Valley's Pamela Feggans recovered from a double bogey 7 at the long 12th to finish the opening day in joint 15th place at the Fourqueux Ladies Open golf tournaent at Fourqueux Golf Club, near Paris.

Feggans (pictured) shot a one-over-par 73, thanks to birdies at the fourth, fifth and 15th.

The other Scots are struggling to survive the second-round cut.

Laura Murray (Paul Lawrie Golof Centre) had to come home in 34 to salvage a 75 and a share of 40th place.

Fifer Krystle Falkner is joint 48th after a 76, which included a double bogey 7 at the long sixth.

Heather MacRae (Gleneagles Hotel) also had a double bogey 6 on her card as she finished on 76 and joint 58th place.

Gemma Webster (Elie SC) and Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll are sharing 81st place on 8

Belgium's Lien Willems leads with a 68.

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PAUL LAWRIE TOUR NEW DATES FOR HAGGS CASTLE, DRUMPELLIER

The Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Scottish Ladies Open Tour competitions at Haggs Castle GC and Drumpellier GC have been rearranged for Monday and Tuesday, September 30 and October 1.

The recently arranged WPGA LETAS tournament in England clashed with the original dates of September 23-24.

It was felt that most of the lady pros based in Scotland would go to the WPGA event at Stoke-by-Nayland GC, near Colchester and not all that far away from London.

Both PLGC SLOT events at Haggs Castle and Drumpellier will have £3,000 prize funds if the number of entries reaches 30 apiece. 

LOTHIANS BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS TONIGHT

Tonight's semi-finals in the Lothians boys championship at The Braids are:

Willem Kerr (Craigielaw) v Alexander Wilson (The Renaissance)
Lewis Bain (Musselburgh) v Calum Hill (Tantallon).

To view last night's results, switch over to www.scottishgolfview.com

LYDIA KO (16) READY FOR LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE

                                LYDIA KO .... her 18th professional tournament (and she's still an amateur!)

 FROM THE STUFF.CO.NZ SERVICE
Teen golf star Lydia Ko is bracing herself for one of her toughest challenges yet at the LPGA Championship in New York starting today.
The 16-year-old Kiwi took one look at the Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford and declared it the narrowest course she's seen, ahead of her fourth attempt to become the youngest winner in major history.
But that should play into Ko's hands; the world's top-ranked amateur and No 22 in the overall female rankings is renowned for her precise ball striking.
"It's a very tough course," said the youngest winner in professional golf history.
"It is the narrowest course I've ever played on. The rough is tricky as well. It's about hitting the fairways on this course.''
Ko is playing in her 18th professional tournament and has yet to miss a cut. She is famous for being the youngest winner on the Australian, European and United States LPGA tours.
American Morgan Pressel was the youngest women's winner in major history when she claimed the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship at the age of 18 years, 10 months and nine days and Ko will be gunning for that record when she tees off today.
She will play alongside Japanese professional Mitsuki Katahira and American glamour girl Michelle Wie.
Ko is much more comfortable playing big tournaments this year after her stellar season in 2012 but there is always a weight of expectation on her.
''Every tournament makes me both nervous and excited. I know I will be nervous from the first tee on Thursday. But being nervous is good.
''I'm just going to try my best. I don't want to rush things. My first goal is to make the cut. If I finish top 10 in any tournament I am always happy."
If Ko could manage a top-10 finish it would be the best result by a New Zealand woman at a major championship, bettering Lynnette Brooky's tie for 12th at the US Open in 2002. 

ARIYA JUTANUGARN WITHDRAWS

Ariya Jutanugarn has withdrawn from the Wegmans LPGA Championship with a sore right shoulder. The 17-year-old tripped when she ran down the 12th tee box at Locust Hill Country Club chasing older sister, Moriya, with a bottle of water.
“I wanted to try to make her wet,” Jutanugarn said. “My fault.”
Jutanugarn, now 15th in the Rolex Rankings, was on the range late Wednesday afternoon in a sling hitting one-armed shots. She said the doctor told her to rest two to four weeks. No bones were broken. 
Jutanugarn’s next goal: Getting well for the U.S. Women’s Open, to be played June 27-30 at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, New York.
Jutanugarn missed last year’s U.S. Women’s Open when she fell on a nail the day before her qualifier.
A rookie on the Ladies European Tour, Jutanugarn had qualified for the four remaining majors. She has two sponsor exemptions left to use but doesn’t have any events lined up. She will continue trying to Monday qualify once her shoulder has healed.
Jutanugarn’s absence certainly knocks some of the wow factor out of the 12:37 p.m. group. She was set to play the first two rounds with 16-year-old amateur Lydia Ko and Michelle Wie. Playing alongside Wie has long been a dream of Ariya’s.
“I tell my sister all the time I really want to play with her,” Jutanugarn said. “I am so sad.”
Two other big-name players bowed out of the Wegmans pro-am with injuries but are still signed up to compete in the main event. Yani Tseng has been a running a fever during the past few days due to inflammation of the tonsils, throat, tongue and gums, according to Tseng’s manager, Naya Hsu. Tseng practised for a short time on Wednesday but spent most of the day resting.
Cristie Kerr tweaked her right arm practising on Tuesday, causing her tendinitis to flare up. Tseng and Kerr hope the time off will lead to quick recoveries.