GLASGOW PLAYER FAILS TO MAKE IT TO LET FINAL Q SCHOOL

HEARTBREAK FINISH FOR GEMMA 

WEBSTER AFTER a 10 AT 14th HOLE

Glasgow's Gemma Webster failed to qualify for the Ladies European Tour Final Qualifying School at Marrakech next month after running up a 10 at a par-5 hole in a disastrous final inward half at the Pre-qualifier A competition over 72 holes at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat in Morocco today.
With the leading 29 and ties in a field of 51 to qualify, Gemma (pictured above), was set to make the grade after rounds of 78, 77, 75 and birdies at the second and fifth in her last round.
But it all went pear-shaped for Webster after that.
She bogeyed the sixth, seventh and eighth in an outward half of 37.
A double bogey 6 at the 11th had the danger signals flashing and when she ran up a 10 at the par-5 14th, she was on a tightrope without a safety net.
Gemma was still joint 29th, which would have got her through, with three holes to play.
Three par figures to finish would have done the trick but, sadly, she bogeyed the 16th and 18th to come home in 45 blows for an 82 and a joint 31st placing on 312.
Thirty players with totals of 310 won their way through to the Final Q School from December 17 to 21.
Webster was the only Scot in the Pre-qualifier A competition. Other Scots are in the fields for Pre-qualifiers B and C while Laura Murray and Jane Turner go straight through to the Final Q School on the strength of her consistent performances on the LETAS developmental circuit.
USA-born Sophia Popov, who has been brought up in Germany for whom she played as an amateur, headed the field at Rabat with a four-under-par total of 284.
Runner-up was another German amateur international, Sophia Cowan, daughter of an English club pro in Germany. She finished on 285.
They were the only two players to finish under par for the four rounds

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL - Pre-qualifier A
Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
284 Sophia Popov (Ger) 71 70 71 72
285 Olivia Cowan (Ger) (am) 69 72 72 72
289 Johanna Bjork (Swe) 75 68 71 75
290 Lucy Williams (Eng) 73 76 70 71.
291 Csilla Lajtal (Hun) (am) 75 70 69 77
293 Louise Stahle (Swe) 74 73 74 72

SELECTED TOTALS
295 Alex Peters (Eng) 74 71 73 73 (T7)
298 Lauren Blease (Eng) 76 78 72 72 (10th)
301 Emma Goddard (Eng) (am) 79 78 73 71 (T14)
302 Charlotte Ellis (Eng) 74 75 77 76  (T17)
303 Abbey Gittings (Eng) 74 77 74 78 (20th).
308 Sarah-Jane Boyd (Eng) 72 77 79 80 (T27)
+30 players with totals of 310 and better qualified for Final Q School
NON-QUALIFIERS INCLUDED
312 Rosie Davies (Eng) 81 78 76 77, Gemma Webster (Sco) 78 77 75 82 (T31)
313 Lisa Shervill (Eng) 82 81 74 76 (T35).




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LPGA TAIWAN CHAMPIONSHIP

INBEE PARK'S FIRST WIN AS

 NEWLY WED NEWS $300,000

Becoming a bride has made no difference to Inbee Park's golfing prowess! Just after her getting married, the South Korean World No 1 lady pro has won the LPGA Taiwan Championship with a 22-under-par total of 266 to win the $300,000 first prize by two shots from American Stacy Lewis.
New Zealand youngster Lydia Kog finished third.

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In a battle for the No. 1 spot in the world rankings, Inbee Park (pictured above) held off Stacy Lewis Sunday in Taiwan to keep the top spot. Here's the lowdown from the final round at Miramar Golf and Country Club.
Leaderboard: Inbee Park (-22), Stacy Lewis (-20), Lydia Ko (-17), Azahara Munoz (-16)

What it means: Park moved into the No. 1 spot Monday when the new lady pro world rankings came out, but Lewis nearly took it right back today
Starting the weekend nine shots behind Park, Lewis closed with rounds of 64-69 and made Park work for her third title of the season. 
Former Ricoh Women's British Open champion - at St Andrews - Lewis opened with three straight birdies, and she was in position to tie Park heading into the back nine when Park made one of the best bogeys you'll ever see on No. 9. 
After almost hitting into the water twice, Park chipped in for a 5 on the par 4 and kept a one-shot lead. Her lead went back to two after Lewis bogeyed 13, and Park shut the door on Lewis's hopes when she stuffed her tee shot on the par-3 17th to 3 feet for an easy birdie.
Round of the day: Surprise, surprise, it was Ko. She made six birdies and no bogeys for a 66 and a solo-third finish. Lewis, Park and Ko are Nos. 1-3, respectively, in the Race to the CME Globe with just two events left before the Tour Championship.
Best of the rest: Munoz birdied three of the final five holes to shoot a 3-under 69 and finish fourth. She also moved into the ninth spot in the CME rankings. The top nine heading into the Tour Championship have a chance at the $1 million prize in the season-long points race.
Biggest disappointment: Shanshan Feng joined Park and Lewis in the final group, but she struggled to a 4-over 76 and admitted she was exhausted after playing five straight events.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZE MONEY
Par 288 (4x72)
266 Inbee Park (S Korea) 64 62 69 71 ($300,000)
268 Stacy Lewis (USA) 67 68 64 69 ($189,381)
271 Lydia Ko (NZ) 69 65 71 66 ($133,030)
272 Azahara Munoz (Spain) 68 66 69 69 ($102,909).
SELECTED TOTALS
282 Suzann Pettersen (Norway) 70 67 74 71, Michelle Wie (USA) 68 70 72 72  (T33) ($20,749 each)
284 Jodi Ewart Shadwoff (England) 72 66 72 74 (T27) ($12,871)
297 Laura Davies (England) 71 74 77 75 (T74) ($3,967)

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