Gabrielle Macdonald tied 7th in Portugal with 

a 71, five behind Spanish leader by three


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Former Scottish women's amateur champion Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw), an honours graduate of  St Andrews University, shot a one-under-par 71 to be a creditable tied seventh in a star-studded field for the 72-hole Portuguese women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Montado Golf Resort, near Setubal on the Costa Azul.

Gabrielle had birdies at the short eighth, 10th, and 17th, offset by boggeys at the fourth and 13th in halves of 36-35.
The Scot (pictured) trails the three-stroke leader, Maria Parra (Spain), No 3 in the Women's World Amateur Rankings, by five strokes.
England's Emily Slater and Gemma Clews, joint second on 69, are Parra's closest rivals after 18 holes.
Former Scottish U18 girls champion Fiona Liddell, who lives in Germany where her father is a club pro, is tied 20th after a 73.
Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) is joint 56th after a 76 while Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) and Gemma Batty (Powfoot) are joint 78th with 78s.
Jennifer Saxton (Kinross) shot a 79 to be tied 83rd in a field of 89 players.
Vagliano Trophy player Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co Down Ladies) would have been disappointed to finish the first day in tied 43rd place with a 75. She had three birdies but a double bogey at the 16th and four bogeys to boot.
Inci Mehmet (Royal Mid Surrey), another contender for a Curtis Cup place at Dun Laoghaire in June, could do no better than a 789 for joint 78th position alongside Grantown on Spey's Hannah McCook and Gemma Batty (Powfoot).
The field will be cut to the leading 40 and ties after three rounds.

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
66  M Parra (Spa)
69 E Slater (Eng), G Clews (Eng)
70 A Valenzuela (Swi), R Haarman (Ned), B Wallin (Swe)

SELECTED SCORES
71 G Macdonald (Sco) (T7)
72 S Fuller (Eng) (T11)
73 F Liddell (Sco), H Muse (Eng), H Morgan (E), C Frankish (Eng), I Wardle (Eng) (T20)
74 M Dunne (Ire), S Giles (E), O Winning (Eng) (T33)
75 R Morris (Eng), J Ross (I), C Ryan (I), O Mehaffey (I) (T43)
76 C Goadby (Sco), S Lamb (Eng), L Bailey (Eng) (T56)
77 J McCarthy (Ire), S Sexton (Ire), B Popel (Eng), M Martin (Ire) (T67)
78 H McCook (Sco), G Batty (Sco), I Mehmet (Eng), A Bailey (Eng).
79 J Saxton (Sco) (T83)
80 P Grant (Ire) (86th)
81 M Doyle (Ire) (87th)
Field of 89 players

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 ALL THE SCORES

Pos. Nome Clube To PAR Total 1  Maria Parra ESP -6 66 2  Emily Slater ENG -3 69 3  Gemma Clews ENG -3 69 4  Albane Valenzuela SUI -2 70 5  Roos Haarman NED -2 70 6  Beatrice Wallin SWE -2 70 7  Emilie Alba Paltrinieri ITA -1 71 8  Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso ITA -1 71 9  Gabrielle Macdonald SCO -1 71 10  Alessia Nobilio ITA -1 71 11  Puk Lyng Thomsen DEN PAR 72 12  Hendrika Labsch GER PAR 72 12  Frida Kinhult SWE PAR 72 14  Ana Belac SLO PAR 72 15  Samantha Fuller ENG PAR 72 16  Julie Carslund Kristensen DEN PAR 72 17  Julia Engstrom SWE PAR 72 18  Esther Henseleit GER PAR 72 19  Diane Baillieux BEL +1 73 20  Zhen Bontan NED +1 73 21  Fiona Liddell SCO +1 73 22  Hollie Muse ENG +1 73 23  Candice Mahe FRA +1 73 24  Holly Morgan ENG +1 73 25  Anastasia Mickan GER +1 73 26  Cloe Frankish ENG +1 73 26  Emma Grechi FRA +1 73 28  Nina Lang GER +1 73 29  Margot Bechadergue FRA +1 73 29  Isobel Wardle ENG +1 73 29  Carlotta Ricolfi ITA +1 73 32  Maria Inês Megre Barbosa POR +1 73 33  Maria Dunne IRL +2 74 34  Maeve Rossi ITA +2 74 34  Angelica Moresco ITA +2 74 36  Johanka Steindlerová CZE +2 74 37  Samantha Giles ENG +2 74 38  Olivia Winning ENG +2 74 39  Alejandra Pasarin Olalla ESP +2 74 40  Aline Krauter GER +2 74 41  Elena Quiros Arias ESP +2 74 42  Isabella Holfer AUT +2 74 43  Salomé Zasio FRA +3 75 44  Ana Paleaz ESP +3 75 45  Romy Meekers NED +3 75 46  Evangéline Prevot FRA +3 75 47  Rochelle Morris ENG +3 75 48  Jessica Ross IRL +3 75 49  Clara Manzalini ITA +3 75 50  Maria Herraez ESP +3 75 51  Clara Branco Teixeira BRA +3 75 52  Marta Perez ESP +3 75 53  Chloe Ryan IRL +3 75 54  Rachel Rossel SUI +3 75 55  Olivia Mehaffey IRL +3 75 56  Carolina Caminoli ITA +4 76 57  Anna-Theresa Rottluff GER +4 76 58  Clarisse Louis BEL +4 76 59  Chloe Goadby SCO +4 76 60  Sophie Lamb ENG +4 76 61  Beatriz Themudo Santos POR +4 76 62  Ludovica Busetto ITA +4 76 63  Paz Marfa Sans ESP +4 76 64  Vanessa Knecht SUI +4 76 65  Lianna Bailey ENG +4 76 66  Amanda Linnér SWE +4 76 67  Clemence Gendebien BEL +5 77 67  Celine Borge NOR +5 77 67  Linda Trockel GER +5 77 70  Julie McCarthy IRL +5 77 71  Silvia Baño ESP +5 77 72  Sinead Sexton IRL +5 77 73  Tasa Torbica ITA +5 77 74  Tiffany Arafi SUI +5 77 75  Bethan Popel ENG +5 77 76  Alexandra Forsterling GER +5 77 77  Mairead Martin IRL +5 77 78  Hannah McCook SCO +6 78 79  Joana Silveira POR +6 78 80  Gemma Batty SCO +6 78 81  Inci Mehmet ENG +6 78 82  Annabel Bailey ENG +6 78 83  Jennifer Saxton SCO +7 79 84  Yvie Chaucheprat FRA +7 79 85  Maria Pineiro ESP +7 79 86  Paula Grant IRL +8 80 87  Mary Doyle IRL +9 81 88  Orphee Bugnard FRA +11 83 89  Sara Gouveia POR +13 85