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Rookie Pedersen fires career-low 64 to lead

Lacoste Ladies Open de France

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR NEWS RELEASE

Ladies European Tour rookie professional Emily Kristine Pedersen of Denmark shot a sparkling six under par 64 to take a three stroke lead at midway in the Lacoste Ladies Open de France.

Pedersen, 19, from Smoerum and British women's open amateur champion in 2014, bogeyed the first and third holes but quickly recovered after finding the speed of the greens at Golf de Chantaco. She picked up her first birdie on the fifth hole and eagled the seventh before making five more birdies at the eighth, 10^th, 12^th, 15^th and 17^th.

At nine under par, Pedersen, pictured above, is three strokes ahead of Frenchwoman Celine Herbin, with fellow Dane Malene Jorgensen and first round leader Gwladys Nocera two strokes behind on four under par.

“After the rough start I was very happy about finishing six under,” said Pedersen, who received an invitation to play in the limited field event, featuring 78 players.

“It’s given me extra motivation to prove I’m good enough to be here, because I wasn’t good enough to get into the tournament. It’s a narrow course so you have to be accurate with your irons and shots into the greens.”

Pedersen, who finished second at the Deloitte Ladies Open in Holland in May, shortly before finishing her school studies, is one of a new crop of talented Danish players on the Ladies European Tour. Jorgensen, who finished third behind fellow Dane Nicole Broch Larsen in Helsingborg three weeks ago, recognises that having a group of Danes on tour is helping them to relax off the golf course. She said: “It’s always fun when a lot of people from Denmark are playing well.”

Herbin set the clubhouse target earlier in the day with a second round of two under par 68. She made birdies on the par-5 sixth and seventh before dropping shots on the ninth and 11^th.

She eagled the 15^th and immediately double bogeyed the 16^th before finishing with birdies on 17 and 18.

“I’m pretty happy with the result,” said Herbin, whose caddie is Vicente Ballesteros, the brother of the late Severiano. “The end of the round was a little up and down. I had a very nice eagle on 15, which was two centimetres from being an albatross, and after I had a double and finished with two birdies. I have a very good feeling for this weekend. My game is in good shape.”

The 32-year-old, who lives in Santander, just across the Spanish border, continued: “It’s always very nice to play in France instead of wherever in the world and I feel very comfortable here. A lot of people are cheering.

“I was supposed to be playing in a Symetra Tour event in America this week but I changed my mind to play here. It was a good decision, I think.”

SCOREBOARD

[+]	Pos	Start	P L A Y E R (Click [+] for Scorecard)	Hole	Score	R1	R2	Total
[+]	1	3	Emily Kristine Pedersen	F	-9	67	64	131
[+]	2	2	Celine Herbin	F	-6	66	68	134
[+]	3	16	Malene Jorgensen	F	-4	69	67	136
[+]	3	1	Gwladys Nocera	F	-4	65	71	136
[+]	5	16	Pamela Pretswell	F	-3	69	68	137
[+]	5	7	Nicole Broch Larsen	F	-3	68	69	137
[+]	5	7	Azahara Munoz	F	-3	68	69	137
[+]	5	7	Charley Hull	F	-3	68	69	137
[+]	5	38	Carly Booth	F	-3	71	66	137
[+]	10	22	Christine Wolf	F	-2	70	68	138
[+]	10	7	Trish Johnson	F	-2	68	70	138
[+]	10	47	Anne-Lise Caudal	F	-2	72	66	138
[+]	10	7	Dewi Claire Schreefel	F	-2	68	70	138
[+]	14	7	Joanna Klatten	F	-1	68	71	139
[+]	14	3	Marion Ricordeau	F	-1	67	72	139
[+]	14	3	Marianne Skarpnord	F	-1	67	72	139
[+]	14	22	Giulia Sergas	F	-1	70	69	139
[+]	14	3	Cathryn Bristow	F	-1	67	72	139
[+]	19	55	Fabienne In-Albon	F	E	73	67	140
[+]	19	22	Klara Spilkova	F	E	70	70	140
[+]	19	22	Stacy Lee Bregman	F	E	70	70	140
[+]	19	72	Georgia Hall	F	E	76	64	140
[+]	19	22	Carlota Ciganda	F	E	70	70	140
[+]	19	68	Beth Allen	F	E	75	65	140
[+]	19	22	Katie Burnett	F	E	70	70	140
[+]	19	7	Mathilda Cappeliez (a)	F	E	68	72	140
[+]	27	7	Liz Young	F	+1	68	73	141
[+]	27	22	Amelia Lewis	F	+1	70	71	141
[+]	27	38	Ursula Wikstrom	F	+1	71	70	141
[+]	27	47	Eleanor Givens	F	+1	72	69	141
[+]	27	22	Minea Blomqvist	F	+1	70	71	141
[+]	27	16	Nina Holleder	F	+1	69	72	141
[+]	27	16	Justine Dreher (a)	F	+1	69	72	141
[+]	27	61	Cristie Kerr	F	+1	74	67	141
[+]	27	38	Margherita Rigon	F	+1	71	70	141
[+]	36	7	Isabelle Boineau	F	+2	68	74	142
[+]	36	38	Stacey Keating	F	+2	71	71	142
[+]	36	22	Jade Schaeffer	F	+2	70	72	142
[+]	36	38	Sophie Sandolo	F	+2	71	71	142
[+]	36	47	Caroline Afonso	F	+2	72	70	142
[+]	36	22	Valentine Derrey	F	+2	70	72	142
[+]	36	55	Florentyna Parker	F	+2	73	69	142
[+]	36	38	Camilla Lennarth	F	+2	71	71	142
[+]	36	38	Sally Watson	F	+2	71	71	142
[+]	45	61	Lucie Andre	F	+3	74	69	143
[+]	45	47	Becky Morgan	F	+3	72	71	143
[+]	45	55	Rebecca Artis	F	+3	73	70	143
[+]	45	16	Amy Boulden	F	+3	69	74	143
[+]	45	55	Whitney Hillier	F	+3	73	70	143
[+]	50	22	Laurette Maritz	F	+4	70	74	144
[+]	50	47	Stephanie Na	F	+4	72	72	144
[+]	50	61	Ines Lescudier (a)	F	+4	74	70	144
[+]	50	38	Holly Clyburn	F	+4	71	73	144
MISSED THE CUT
[+]	54	22	Holly Aitchison	F	+5	70	75	145
[+]	54	22	Maha Haddioui	F	+5	70	75	145
[+]	54	38	Alexandra Vilatte	F	+5	71	74	145
[+]	54	22	Stefania Croce	F	+5	70	75	145
[+]	58	16	Patricia Sanz Barrio	F	+6	69	77	146
[+]	58	22	Bree Arthur	F	+6	70	76	146
[+]	58	47	Vikki Laing	F	+6	72	74	146
[+]	58	55	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	F	+6	73	73	146
[+]	62	76	Ariane Provot	F	+7	77	70	147
[+]	62	47	Diana Luna	F	+7	72	75	147
[+]	62	72	Becky Brewerton	F	+7	76	71	147
[+]	65	61	Sophie Giquel-Bettan	F	+8	74	74	148
[+]	65	61	Rebecca Hudson	F	+8	74	74	148
[+]	65	76	Ann-Kathrin Lindner	F	+8	77	71	148
[+]	65	68	Marie Fourquier	F	+8	75	73	148
[+]	65	68	Hannah Burke	F	+8	75	73	148
[+]	65	47	Fiona Puyo	F	+8	72	76	148
[+]	71	55	Maria Balikoeva	F	+9	73	76	149
[+]	71	72	Chloe Leurquin	F	+9	76	73	149
[+]	71	61	Sophie Walker	F	+9	74	75	149
[+]	71	68	Hannah Ralph	F	+9	75	74	149
[+]	75	78	Emilie Piquot	F	+10	80	70	150
[+]	76	61	Kylie Walker	F	+11	74	77	151
[+]	77	22	Leigh Whittaker	F	+13	70	83	153

Friday, September 25, 2015

Scots Pretswell and Booth in leading 10 after two rounds