Flo Parker increases Morocco lead to two shots

NEWS RELEASE FROM LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR

By BETHAN CUTLER, LET Media Manager

Rabat, Morocco: Florentyna Parker continued to lead the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco after a second round of one under par 71 on the Blue Course at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat today.

At six under par, the 26-year-old Englishwoman was two strokes ahead of compatriot Liz Young and Frenchwoman Isabelle Boineau at the halfway stage. Parker picked up two birdies on the 11^th and 18^th against one bogey on the par-5 sixth hole.

“I was really pleased with my round as it was windy this morning,” she said. “I hit one really close on 11 which I bogeyed yesterday, so I was quite pleased and birdied 18, which was my ninth. There were some solid pars, a few up and downs and a wild bogey but other than that it was quite steady. It’s always quite hard to come back after a really good round.”

While Parker is aiming for her third Ladies European Tour victory following wins at the 2010 ABN AMRO Ladies Open and 2014 Italian Open, her friends Boineau and Young are both well placed to challenge for their first titles on the LET this weekend.

Boineau heeded Parker’s advice by purchasing a book showing the contours of the greens which she used during her second successive round of 70. The third year player from Marseille said: “I followed her smart idea and bought one and it worked really well. I’ve been putting really well from two metres to four metres and the book really helped for the long putts as well to get a good distance. The greens look really flat but there are a lot of slopes. They are really pure and roll perfectly.”

Young’s level par round of 72 contained two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine, with nine steady pars on the back.

 “It was a level par round, out in level, back in level, but I didn’t start off very well,” said Young, who is four months pregnant with her first child. Her maiden name was Liz Bennett

“It took me until the seventh hole to hit a green so I was wondering what the day would bring. I managed to start striking it better but the last four holes I felt like I was crawling around the golf course and now I’m going to go to bed.”

Defending champion Gwladys Nocera, who won the title last year in Agadir, is one of four players who are two strokes further back on after a second round 69. She shares fourth with Nuria Iturrios of Spain and Finnish pair Krista Bakker and Noora Tamminen. Moroccan star Maha Haddioui is eight shots off the lead on two over par after a second round of 74.

While Parker leads on six under par on the Blue Course at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Italian rookie Francesco Laporta leads the Trophée Hassan II on the Red Course by the same score.

SCOREBOARD

1		1	Florentyna PARKER		9:46	-6	67	71		-	138
[+]	T2		2	Liz YOUNG		9:46	-4	68	72		-	140
[+]	T2		6	Isabelle BOINEAU		9:46	-4	70	70		-	140
[+]	T4		27	Gwladys NOCERA		9:35	-2	73	69		-	142
[+]	T4		6	Nuria ITURRIOS		9:35	-2	70	72		-	142
[+]	T4		5	Krista BAKKER		9:35	-2	69	73		-	142
[+]	T4		13	Noora TAMMINEN		9:24	-2	71	71		-	142
[+]	T8		6	Lucie ANDRE		9:24	-1	70	73		-	143
[+]	T8		16	Maria PARRA (AM)		9:24	-1	72	71		-	143
[+]	T8		6	Justine DREHER		9:13	-1	70	73		-	143
[+]	T8		16	Chloe LEURQUIN		9:13	-1	72	71		-	143
[+]	T8		6	Albane VALENZUELA (AM)		9:13	-1	70	73		-	143
[+]	T13		16	Hannah BURKE		9:02	E	72	72		-	144
[+]	T13		2	Marianne SKARPNORD		9:02	E	68	76		-	144
[+]	T15		27	Nicole BROCH LARSEN		9:02	+1	73	72		-	145
[+]	T15		27	Isi GABSA		8:51	+1	73	72		-	145
[+]	T15		27	Gemma DRYBURGH		8:51	+1	73	72		-	145
[+]	T15		16	Kanphanitnan MUANGKHUMSAKUL		8:51	+1	72	73		-	145
[+]	T15		6	Angel YIN		8:40	+1	70	75		-	145
[+]	T15		27	Nanna Koerstz MADSEN		8:40	+1	73	72		-	145
[+]	T15		27	Lynn CARLSSON		8:40	+1	73	72		-	145
[+]	T15		41	Linda WESSBERG		8:29	+1	74	71		-	145
[+]	T23		13	Emily Kristine PEDERSEN		8:29	+2	71	75		-	146
[+]	T23		16	Olivia COWAN		8:29	+2	72	74		-	146
[+]	T23		16	Aditi ASHOK		8:18	+2	72	74		-	146
[+]	T23		13	Kelsey MACDONALD		8:18	+2	71	75		-	146
[+]	T23		41	Natalie WILLE		8:18	+2	74	72		-	146
[+]	T23		27	Trish JOHNSON		8:07	+2	73	73		-	146
[+]	T23		6	Ana MENENDEZ		8:07	+2	70	76		-	146
[+]	T23		16	Tonje DAFFINRUD		8:07	+2	72	74		-	146
[+]	T23		16	Maha HADDIOUI		7:56	+2	72	74		-	146
[+]	T23		27	Annabel DIMMOCK		7:56	+2	73	73		-	146
[+]	T33		78	Pamela PRETSWELL		7:56	+3	77	70		-	147
[+]	T33		65	Daisy NIELSEN		7:45	+3	76	71		-	147
[+]	T33		41	Johanna GUSTAVSSON		7:45	+3	74	73		-	147
[+]	T33		16	Elia FOLCH		7:45	+3	72	75		-	147
[+]	T33		2	Oona VARTIAINEN		7:45*	+3	68	79		-	147
[+]	T33		78	Louise STAHLE		7:45*	+3	77	70		-	147
[+]	T33		27	Caroline AFONSO		7:56*	+3	73	74		-	147
[+]	T33		41	Holly CLYBURN		7:56*	+3	74	73		-	147
[+]	T33		16	Victoria LOVELADY		7:56*	+3	72	75		-	147
[+]	T33		65	Valentine DERREY		8:07*	+3	76	71		-	147
[+]	T33		53	Caroline MARTENS		8:07*	+3	75	72		-	147
[+]	T33		65	Leigh WHITTAKER		8:07*	+3	76	71		-	147
[+]	T33		27	Xiang SUI (AM)		8:18*	+3	73	74		-	147
[+]	T33		65	Lina BOQVIST		8:18*	+3	76	71		-	147
[+]	T33		27	Stefania CROCE		8:18*	+3	73	74		-	147
[+]	T48		78	Malene JORGENSEN		8:29*	+4	77	71		-	148
[+]	T48		53	Melissa REID		8:29*	+4	75	73		-	148
[+]	T48		41	Stacey KEATING		8:29*	+4	74	74		-	148
[+]	T48		94	Ariane PROVOT		8:40*	+4	78	70		-	148
[+]	T48		53	Mireia PRAT		8:40*	+4	75	73		-	148
[+]	T48		53	Georgia HALL		8:40*	+4	75	73		-	148
[+]	T48		41	Mathilda CAPPELIEZ (AM)		8:51*	+4	74	74		-	148
[+]	T48		41	Stacy Lee BREGMAN		8:51*	+4	74	74		-	148
[+]	T48		53	Marta SANZ BARRIO		8:51*	+4	75	73		-	148
[+]	T57		41	Nicole GARCIA		9:02*	+5	74	75		-	149
[+]	T57		53	Camilla LENNARTH		9:02*	+5	75	74		-	149
[+]	T57		27	Miriam NAGL		9:02*	+5	73	76		-	149
[+]	T57		65	Sophie GIQUEL-BETTAN		9:13*	+5	76	73		-	149
[+]	T57		41	Luna SOBRON (AM)		9:13*	+5	74	75		-	149
[+]	T62		41	Beth ALLEN		9:13*	+6	74	76		-	150
[+]	T62		41	Rebecca ARTIS		9:24*	+6	74	76		-	150
[+]	T62		106	Laura JANSONE		9:24*	+6	79	71		-	150
[+]	T62		94	Rosie DAVIES		9:24*	+6	78	72		-	150
[+]	T62		94	Ursula WIKSTROM		9:35*	+6	78	72		-	150
[+]	T62		53	Diana LUNA		9:35*	+6	75	75		-	150
[+]	T62		78	Sophie WALKER		9:35*	+6	77	73		-	150
[+]	T62		65	Whitney HILLIER		9:46*	+6	76	74		-	150
[+]	T62		65	Linda HENRIKSSON		9:46*	+6	76	74		-	150
[+]	T62		78	Jessica BRADLEY		9:46*	+6	77	73		-	150
MISSED THE CUT
-	T72			Natalia ESCURIOLA MARTINEZ		CUT	+7	75	76	-	-	151
-	T72			Leticia RAS-ANDERICA		CUT	+7	72	79	-	-	151
-	T72			Laura DAVIES		CUT	+7	77	74	-	-	151
-	T72			Klara SPILKOVA		CUT	+7	76	75	-	-	151
-	T72			Sally WATSON		CUT	+7	75	76	-	-	151
-	T72			Christine WOLF		CUT	+7	76	75	-	-	151
-	T72			Minea BLOMQVIST		CUT	+7	73	78	-	-	151
-	T79			Sophie SANDOLO		CUT	+8	76	76	-	-	152
-	T79			Caroline ROMINGER		CUT	+8	78	74	-	-	152
-	T79			Titiya PLUCKSATAPORN		CUT	+8	77	75	-	-	152
-	T79			Alexandra VILATTE		CUT	+8	77	75	-	-	152
-	T79			Eleanor GIVENS		CUT	+8	78	74	-	-	152
-	T79			Alexandra BONETTI		CUT	+8	76	76	-	-	152
-	T85			Lauren TAYLOR		CUT	+9	77	76	-	-	153
-	T85			Vani KAPOOR		CUT	+9	77	76	-	-	153
-	T85			Manon DE ROEY		CUT	+9	75	78	-	-	153
-	T85			Ainil BAKAR		CUT	+9	78	75	-	-	153
-	T85			Jade SCHAEFFER		CUT	+9	78	75	-	-	153
-	T85			Kylie WALKER		CUT	+9	78	75	-	-	153
-	T85			Nina PEGOVA		CUT	+9	76	77	-	-	153
-	T92			Isabella RAMSAY		CUT	+10	77	77	-	-	154
-	T92			Anaelle CARNET		CUT	+10	77	77	-	-	154
-	T92			Johanna BJORK		CUT	+10	73	81	-	-	154
-	T92			Laura MURRAY		CUT	+10	77	77	-	-	154
-	T92			Agathe SAUZON		CUT	+10	80	74	-	-	154
-	T92			Rebecca HUDSON		CUT	+10	75	79	-	-	154
-	T92			Jienalin ZHANG		CUT	+10	75	79	-	-	154
-	T92			Connie CHEN		CUT	+10	81	73	-	-	154
-	T92			Laurette MARITZ		CUT	+10	79	75	-	-	154
-	T101			Karolin LAMPERT		CUT	+11	77	78	-	-	155
-	T101			Maribel LOPEZ PORRAS		CUT	+11	78	77	-	-	155
-	T101			Lydia HALL		CUT	+11	77	78	-	-	155
-	T101			Carly BOOTH		CUT	+11	79	76	-	-	155
-	T101			Carmen ALONSO		CUT	+11	79	76	-	-	155
-	T106			Olafia KRISTINSDOTTIR		CUT	+12	80	76	-	-	156
-	T106			Louise LARSSON		CUT	+12	85	71	-	-	156
-	T106			Amy BOULDEN		CUT	+12	79	77	-	-	156
-	T106			Becky BREWERTON		CUT	+12	79	77	-	-	156
-	T106			Kym LARRATT		CUT	+12	78	78	-	-	156
-	T106			Nina HOLLEDER		CUT	+12	80	76	-	-	156
-	T106			Alex PETERS		CUT	+12	81	75	-	-	156
-	T113			Maria VERCHENOVA		CUT	+13	76	81	-	-	157
-	T113			Noemi JIMENEZ MARTIN		CUT	+13	79	78	-	-	157
-	T113			Nobuhle DLAMINI		CUT	+13	78	79	-	-	157
-	T113			Cathryn BRISTOW		CUT	+13	78	79	-	-	157
-	117			Melanie MAETZLER		CUT	+14	80	78	-	-	158
-	T118			Charlotte THOMPSON		CUT	+15	77	82	-	-	159
-	T118			Anne-Lise CAUDAL		CUT	+15	81	78	-	-	159
-	120			Lien WILLEMS		CUT	+16	83	77	-	-	160
-	121			Cassandra KIRKLAND		CUT	+17	79	82	-	-	161
-	T122			Bree ARTHUR		CUT	+18	81	81	-	-	162
-	T122			Vikki LAING		CUT	+18	79	83	-	-	162
-	124			Lina BELMATI (AM)		CUT	+20	83	81	-	-	164
-				Anne VAN DAM		W/D	E	84		-	-
-				Fabienne IN-ALBON		W/D	E	74