LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR REPORT AND SCOREBOARD
SALLY SQUEEZES THROUGH BUT
CARLY, PAMELA MISS CUT IN FRANCE
Sally Watson was the only Scot to survive the halfway cut in the Lacoste Ladies Open de France at Golf de Chantaco in St Jean de Luz.
The Edinburgh-born player made it with nothing to spare, shooting 74-70 for the limit mark of four-over-par 144.
The other Scots in the field were eliminated. Carly Booth had a total of 146 (74-72) and Pamela Pretswell 150 (76-74).
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By BETHAN CUTLER, LET Media Manager
Maria
Hernández kept a narrow lead after adding a three-under-par 67 to her opening 65
On
another warm and sunny day, the 28-year-old from Pamplona, the Spanish bull-run city, carded three
birdies on the front nine at the third, seventh and ninth holes before
coming back in level
par with two birdies on the 13th and 14th against a pair of bogeys on the 11th and 18th.
“It
was a good day out there today again. I was playing very solid. I hit
the ball very consistent through 18 holes and didn’t miss a shot,” said
Hernández.
“I just
made a couple of mistakes with my putter and that was it: that’s why
the round wasn’t lower.”
The
three players a stroke behind going into the weekend are fellow
Spaniard Carlota Ciganda, England’s Florentyna Parker and amateur Albane
Valenzuela, 16, from
Switzerland.
The
young Swiss, who is playing in her first professional tournament,
birdied the seventh, ninth and tenth holes before holing out with her
second shot on the par-4
11th, where she played a ‘small 8-iron’ to the green from 122 metres.
“I
had no expectations coming here. I just wanted to make the cut and have
fun,” she said. Valenzuela’s mother is French and her father is
Mexican.
Of
the more experienced players, Ciganda is feeling at home this week as
her caddie Javier Urquizu is from nearby Hondarribia, just 15 minutes
away across the Spanish
border.
Ciganda
said: “I started with a bogey but made five birdies in the next six
holes. My putting was working today and then on the back nine I didn’t
play that bad but
was not hitting the ball that well and it was a bit tough.
“I
think I was a bit tired on the back nine because there are a few hills
and it was tough. I was trying to drink water and eat a little bit so it
was better.”
Parker
birdied holes five, 15 and 18 to remain in contention and she added: “I
was bogey free today. I just had three birdies and two of those on the
last four holes.
That made it a better round. I played very steady with nothing too
special but nothing bad.”
The
defending champion Azahara Munoz, Charley Hull and Isabelle Boineau
were on five under par and three strokes off the lead at the halfway
point.
Hull,
who is taking medication for tonsillitis this week, was one over par on
the front nine but picked up five strokes in her last six holes for a
three-under-par-67,
which included an eagle on the 15th.
“I’m
starting to trust myself and my swing and my driver a bit more. I
didn’t hole many putts on the front nine but the back nine, my putting
went back to usual and
I putted really well so to be five under for the last seven holes, is
pretty good,” said Hull.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70)
132 Maria Hernandez (ESP) 65 67
133 Florentyna Parker (ENG) 66 67, Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 66 67, Albane Valenzuela (SWI) 69 64
135 Azahara Munoz (ESP) 67 68, Charley Hull (ENG) 68 67, Isabelle Boineau (FRA) 67 68
136 Klara Spilkova (CZE) 68 68, Felicity Johnson (ENG) 68 68
137 Nikki Campbell (AUS) 67 70, Malene Jorgensen (DEN) 70 67
138 Hannah Burke (ENG) 68 70, Minea Blomqvist (FIN) 69 69, Sophie
Sandolo (ITA) 67 71, Alexandra Vilatte (FRA) 70 68, Georgina Simpson
(ENG) 70 68, Amy Boulden
(WAL) 69 69, Ariane Provot (FRA) 71 67, Christine Wolf (AUT) 69 69,
Bree Arthur (AUS) 69 69
139 Caroline Afonso (FRA) 72 67, Sophie Gustafson (SWE) 73 66, Liz
Young (ENG) 69 70, Anais Maggetti (SUI) 67 72, Diana Luna (ITA) 71
68, Maha Haddioui (MAR)
66 73
140 Noora Tamminen (FIN) 68 72, Jade Schaeffer (FRA) 70 70, Isabell Gabsa (GER) 71 69
141 Sahra Hassan (WAL) 71 70, Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 70 71
142 Chloe Leurquin (BEL) 70 72, Ann-Kathrin Lindner (GER) 73 69,
Rebecca Hudson (ENG) 73 69, Lydia Hall (WAL) 73 69, Louise Larsson
(SWE) 70 72, Titiya Plucksataporn
(THA) 74 68, Beth Allen (USA) 73 69, Marta Silva Zamora (ESP) 68 74
143 Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 73 70, Krista Bakker (FIN) 69 74, Lucy
Williams (ENG) 72 71, Tania Elosegui (ESP) 73 70, Nikki Garrett (AUS)
72 71, Eleanor Givens
(ENG) 70 73, Marion Veysseyre (FRA) 70 73
144 Sally Watson (SCO) 74 70, Margherita Rigon (ITA) 73 71, Caroline
Martens (NOR) 73 71, Astrid Vayson De Pradenne (FRA) 76 68, Cathryn
Bristow (NZL) 69 75
Missed the cut:
145 Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN) 74 71, Elina Nummenpaa (FIN) 76 69,
Cassandra Kirkland (FRA) 70 75, Maria Salinas (PER) 72 73, Lucie Andre
(FRA) 70 75, Sophie
Walker (ENG) 73 72, Karolin Lampert (GER) 71 74
146 Whitney Hillier (AUS) 75 71, Carly Booth (SCO) 74 72, Mireia Prat (ESP) 71 75
147 Melodie Bourdy (FRA) 73 74, Fabienne In-albon (SUI) 72 75, Viva
Schlasberg (SWE) 70 77, Eva Gilly (FRA) 74 73, Julie Greciet (FRA) 74
73, Becky Brewerton
(WAL) 71 76, Stefania Croce (ITA) 73 74, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 73
74, Mallory Fraiche (USA) 72 75
148 Julia Davidsson (SWE) 75 73, Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 78 70
149 Holly Aitchison (ENG) 70 79
150 Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 76 74, Steffi Kirchmayr (GER) 75 75
151 Virginia Espejo (ESP) 82 69
152 Marion Ricordeau (FRA) 76 76
161 Josephine Janson (SWE) 79 82
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