Olivia Mehaffey ties for fourth place

Maria Parra in a class of her own - wins 

Portuguese title by nine shots

European amateur champion Maria Parra (Spain), pictured, No. 3 in the world women's amateur rankings, outclassed the field in the final analysis of the 86th Portuguese women's open amateur championship at Montado Golf Resort, near Setubal on the Costa Azul.
Parra spreadeagled the field with rounds of 66, 68, 69 and 68 for a 17-under-par total of 271 - nine shots ahead of runner-up Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland) and 13 in front of third placed Dane, Puk Lyng Thomsen.
Ireland's GB and I international Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co Down Ladies) saved her best round - a four-under 68 - to last and tied for fourth place on one-under-par 287.
Only Gemma Batty (Powfoot) of the three Scots who qualified for the final round, had reasons to be pleased with herself. She shot a final round of 75 (37-38), despite a douoble bogey 6 at the ninth and tied for 23rd place on 296.
But Germany-based former Scottish U18 girls champion Fiona Liddell slumped to her worst round of the four, a seven-over 79 (39-40) with double bogeys at the fifth and 15th, in finishing T35 on 299.
Former Scottish women's amateur champion Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) did even worse on the final day - a nine-over 81 (43-38) for 40th position on 305.


FINAL TOTALS

1	Maria Parra	ESP	-17	271	66	68	69	68
2	Albane Valenzuela	SUI	-8	280	70	70	68	72
3	Puk Lyng Thomsen	DEN	-4	284	72	70	73	69
T4	Olivia Mehaffey	IRL	-1	287	75	71	73	68
T4	Esther Henseleit	GER	-1	287	72	68	76	71
6	Emilie Alba Paltrinieri	ITA	PAR	288	71	76	72	69
7	Emma Grechi	FRA	+1	289	73	70	71	75
8	Carlotta Ricolfi	ITA	+2	290	73	72	75	70
9	Julia Engstrom	SWE	+2	290	72	74	74	70
10	Angelica Moresco	ITA	+3	291	74	74	72	71
11	Zhen Bontan	NED	+3	291	73	73	76	69
12	Frida Kinhult	SWE	+3	291	72	75	68	76
13	Silvia Baño	ESP	+4	292	77	73	71	71
14	Anna-Theresa Rottluff	GER	+4	292	76	75	69	72
15	Alessia Nobilio	ITA	+4	292	71	73	73	75
16	Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso	ITA	+4	292	71	73	73	75
17	Roos Haarman	NED	+4	292	70	73	72	77
18	Candice Mahe	FRA	+5	293	73	76	70	74
19	Marta Perez	ESP	+6	294	75	71	73	75
20	Julie Carslund Kristensen	DEN	+6	294	72	75	72	75
21	Sophie Lamb	ENG	+7	295	76	73	72	74
22	Ana Belac	SLO	+7	295	72	77	72	74
23	Gemma Batty	SCO	+8	296	78	73	70	75
24	Vanessa Knecht	SUI	+8	296	76	75	72	73
25	Olivia Winning	ENG	+8	296	74	73	75	74
26	Samantha Giles	ENG	+8	296	74	72	75	75
27	Beatrice Wallin	SWE	+8	296	70	74	76	76
28	Emily Slater	ENG	+8	296	69	77	77	73
29	Romy Meekers	NED	+9	297	75	77	72	73
30	Margot Bechadergue	FRA	+9	297	73	72	77	75
31	Lianna Bailey	ENG	+10	298	76	70	77	75
32	Diane Baillieux	BEL	+10	298	73	75	76	74
33	Samantha Fuller	ENG	+10	298	72	75	72	79
34	Gemma Clews	ENG	+10	298	69	76	75	78
35	Maria Dunne	IRL	+11	299	74	75	75	75
36	Fiona Liddell	GER	+11	299	73	74	73	79
37	Isobel Wardle	ENG	+12	300	73	75	76	76
38	Paz Marfa Sans	ESP	+13	301	76	73	75	77
39	Ana Paleaz	ESP	+13	301	75	74	75	77
40	Gabrielle Macdonald	SCO	+17	305	71	79	74	81