Pamela Pretswell lying fourth in Czech 

Republic with one round to go

 LET NEWS RELEASE

 By BETHAN CUTLER, LET Media Manager

Pilsen, Czech Republic – Australian Stacey Keating fired a seven-under-par 64 in the second round of the Tipsport Golf Masters today to secure a one-stroke lead heading into the final day at Golf Park Pilsen in the Czech Republic.

The former French and Spanish Open champion made seven birdies on a day with two weather interruptions. She was warming up when the claxon was sounded for the first time but had played her first four holes in one-under when the horn was sounded again before a huge storm swept through the area.

After a break of an hour and 36 minutes, she went out and birdied the next two holes, followed by a further birdie on the long 14^th and then three in a row from the 16^th. 

“I was hitting it well and putting well. I had 26 putts and I think putting is the key to having a decent score. I played well off the tee and hit some decent wedge shots so I was very happy.”

With a total of 10-under-par, Keating holds a one stroke lead over fiery Dane Nanna Koerstz Madsen. The second year professional from Smoerum was also bogey-free and six birdies in a 65 set her up to contend for her first victory on the LET after winning Lalla Aicha Tour School at the end of 2014. 

“I played well today and I hit 17 greens so I wasn’t in much trouble,” said Madsen, whose round was split by two breaks in play. 

“First we only hit one shot on the first tee and I was in a bunker so I was a little nervous to go out and I was on the eighth tee box when we came out again and I think that’s the toughest tee shot on the course so I was really nervous but it was no problem.”

Swiss amateur Albane Valenzuela also shot 65 and is alone in third place on eight-under-par, with Hamilton’s Pamela Pretswell (pictured at top of article) a shot back in fourth and early clubhouse leader Lydia Hall of Wales in fifth.

Amateur Karolina Vlckova is the best placed Czech player on two-under-par, but local star Klara Spilkova and defending champion Hannah Burke both missed the cut.

Earlier in the day, England’s Georgia Hall, pictured left, had a hole in one at the 153-yard par-3 15^th using her six-iron to win an Omega watch. 

This was her third hole in one after she aced the 17^th at Machynys Peninsula in SouthWales to win the 2013 Ladies’ British Amateur Championship and the 15th at Emirates Golf Club during the 2014 Omega Dubai Ladies Masters to win a car.

 She said: “I always seem to get it when there is something on the hole, it’s so strange, but I’m so happy!”

SCOREBOARD 
par 142 (2x71)

	1		Stacey KEATING				68	64		-	132
[+]	2			Nanna Koerstz MADSEN				68	65			133
[+]	3			Albane VALENZUELA (AM)				69	65			134
[+]	4			Pamela PRETSWELL				70	65			135
[+]	5			Lydia HALL				71	65			136
[+]	T6			Whitney HILLIER				73	64			137
[+]	T6			Linda WESSBERG				66	71			137
[+]	T6			Diana LUNA				70	67			137
[+]	T6			Oona VARTIAINEN				71	66			137
[+]	T10			Krista BAKKER				73	65			138
[+]	T10			Sophie GIQUEL-BETTAN				72	66			138
[+]	T10			Olivia COWAN				68	70			138
[+]	T10			Holly AITCHISON				69	69			138
[+]	T10			Nuria ITURRIOS				69	69			138
[+]	T10			Isi GABSA				66	72			138
[+]	T10			Noora TAMMINEN				71	67			138
[+]	T17			Chloe LEURQUIN				73	66			139
[+]	T17			Alexandra VILATTE				71	68			139
[+]	T17			Maha HADDIOUI				73	66			139
[+]	T17			Maria VERCHENOVA				72	67			139
[+]	T17			Kylie WALKER				74	65			139
[+]	T17			Malene JORGENSEN				72	67			139
[+]	T23			Stacy Lee BREGMAN				71	69			140
[+]	T23			Christine WOLF				72	68			140
[+]	T23			Miriam NAGL				72	68			140
[+]	T23			Karolina VLCKOVA (AM)				72	68			140
[+]	T23			Liz YOUNG				75	65			140
[+]	T23			Rebecca ARTIS				72	68			140
[+]	T23			Kelsey MACDONALD				71	69			140
[+]	T23			Camilla LENNARTH				70	70			140
[+]	T23			Olafia KRISTINSDOTTIR				71	69			140
[+]	T32			Tonje DAFFINRUD				72	69			141
[+]	T32			Rebecca HUDSON				72	69			141
[+]	T32			Noemi JIMENEZ MARTIN				70	71			141
[+]	T32			Georgia HALL				72	69			141
[+]	T32			Eleanor GIVENS				71	70			141
[+]	T32			Lina BOQVIST				74	67			141
[+]	T32			Anaelle CARNET				68	73			141
[+]	T32			Florentyna PARKER				75	66			141
[+]	T32			Felicity JOHNSON				71	70			141
[+]	T32			Leticia RAS-ANDERICA				69	72			141
[+]	T42			Cathryn BRISTOW				69	73			142
[+]	T42			Sophie WALKER				70	72			142
[+]	T42			Anne-Lise CAUDAL				68	74			142
[+]	T42			Isabelle BOINEAU				71	71			142
[+]	T42			Anais MAGGETTI				70	72			142
[+]	T42			Charlotte THOMPSON				69	73			142
[+]	T42			Linda HENRIKSSON				74	68			142
[+]	T42			Emily Kristine PEDERSEN				72	70			142
[+]	T42			Aditi ASHOK				71	71			142
[+]	T42			Gemma DRYBURGH				71	71			142
[+]	T52			Johanna BJORK				74	69			143
[+]	T52			Laura JANSONE				70	73			143
[+]	T52			Jessica BRADLEY				71	72			143
[+]	T52			Rosie DAVIES				70	73			143
[+]	T52			Titiya PLUCKSATAPORN				71	72			143
[+]	T52			Leigh WHITTAKER				71	72			143
[+]	T52			Marianne SKARPNORD				74	69			143
[+]	T52			Amy BOULDEN				71	72			143
[+]	T52			Lynn CARLSSON				72	71			143
[+]	T52			Victoria LOVELADY				72	71			143
[+]	T52			Anne VAN DAM				72	71			143
[+]	T52			Angel YIN				69	74			143
[+]	T52			Sara KOUSKOVA (AM)				72	71			143
[+]	T52			Aram CHOI				75	68			143
The Cut
-	T66			Alex PETERS		CUT	+2	73	71	-	-	144
-	T66			Sharmila NICOLLET		CUT	+2	75	69	-	-	144
-	T66			Emma GODDARD		CUT	+2	70	74	-	-	144
-	T66			Johanna GUSTAVSSON		CUT	+2	71	73	-	-	144
-	T66			Katerina VLASINOVA (AM)		CUT	+2	73	71	-	-	144
-	T66			Astrid VAYSON DE PRADENNE		CUT	+2	73	71	-	-	144
-	T66			Gwladys NOCERA		CUT	+2	76	68	-	-	144
-	T66			Daisy NIELSEN		CUT	+2	75	69	-	-	144
-	T66			Trish JOHNSON		CUT	+2	73	71	-	-	144
-	T66			Justine DREHER		CUT	+2	75	69	-	-	144
-	T66			Emilie PIQUOT		CUT	+2	72	72	-	-	144
-	T66			Jessica KARLSSON		CUT	+2	69	75	-	-	144
-	T78			Carly BOOTH		CUT	+3	70	75	-	-	145
-	T78			Valentine DERREY		CUT	+3	76	69	-	-	145
-	T78			Ariane PROVOT		CUT	+3	70	75	-	-	145
-	T78			Elina NUMMENPAA		CUT	+3	76	69	-	-	145
-	T78			Heather MACRAE		CUT	+3	74	71	-	-	145
-	T78			Sophie SANDOLO		CUT	+3	76	69	-	-	145
-	T78			Beth ALLEN		CUT	+3	72	73	-	-	145
-	T78			Hannah BURKE		CUT	+3	72	73	-	-	145
-	T78			Karolin LAMPERT		CUT	+3	73	72	-	-	145
-	T78			Lien WILLEMS		CUT	+3	76	69	-	-	145
-	T78			Natalia ESCURIOLA MARTINEZ		CUT	+3	74	71	-	-	145
-	T78			Carmen ALONSO		CUT	+3	77	68	-	-	145
-	T90			Vikki LAING		CUT	+4	78	68	-	-	146
-	T90			Louise LARSSON		CUT	+4	73	73	-	-	146
-	T90			Hannah RALPH		CUT	+4	75	71	-	-	146
-	T90			Gabriella COWLEY		CUT	+4	75	71	-	-	146
-	T90			Hana RYSKOVA (AM)		CUT	+4	73	73	-	-	146
-	T90			Emma NILSSON		CUT	+4	75	71	-	-	146
-	T96			Isabella RAMSAY		CUT	+5	75	72	-	-	147
-	T96			Lauren TAYLOR		CUT	+5	77	70	-	-	147
-	T96			Agathe SAUZON		CUT	+5	72	75	-	-	147
-	T96			Lea KLIMENTOVA (AM)		CUT	+5	76	71	-	-	147
-	T96			Elia FOLCH		CUT	+5	71	76	-	-	147
-	T101			Lucie ANDRE		CUT	+6	80	68	-	-	148
-	T101			Nina MUEHL		CUT	+6	76	72	-	-	148
-	T101			Ainil BAKAR		CUT	+6	76	72	-	-	148
-	T101			Klara SPILKOVA		CUT	+6	74	74	-	-	148
-	T105			Jamila JAXALIYEVA		CUT	+7	75	74	-	-	149
-	T105			Caroline ROMINGER		CUT	+7	78	71	-	-	149
-	T105			Laura MURRAY		CUT	+7	75	74	-	-	149
-	T105			Minea BLOMQVIST		CUT	+7	77	72	-	-	149
-	T105			Lucie HINNEROVA		CUT	+7	77	72	-	-	149
-	T105			Caroline AFONSO		CUT	+7	75	74	-	-	149
-	T105			Nobuhle DLAMINI		CUT	+7	76	73	-	-	149
-	T105			Kristyna FRYDLOVA (AM)		CUT	+7	77	72	-	-	149
-	T113			Nicole GARCIA		CUT	+8	78	72	-	-	150
-	T113			Stefania CROCE		CUT	+8	78	72	-	-	150
-	T113			Becky BREWERTON		CUT	+8	74	76	-	-	150
-	T113			Annabel DIMMOCK		CUT	+8	79	71	-	-	150
-	T113			Kiran MATHARU		CUT	+8	77	73	-	-	150
-	T113			Marie LUNACKOVA (AM)		CUT	+8	77	73	-	-	150
-	T119			Marta SANZ BARRIO		CUT	+9	80	71	-	-	151
-	T119			Jade SCHAEFFER		CUT	+9	79	72	-	-	151
-	T119			Natalie WILLE		CUT	+9	78	73	-	-	151
-	T119			Mireia PRAT		CUT	+9	73	78	-	-	151
-	T123			Fabienne IN-ALBON		CUT	+10	81	71	-	-	152
-	T123			Ana MENENDEZ		CUT	+10	72	80	-	-	152
-	125			Katerina KRASOVA (AM)		CUT	+11	78	75	-	-	153
-	T126			Eva KOZELUHOVA		CUT	+12	78	76	-	-	154
-	T126			Kristyna ABRAHAMOVA (AM)		CUT	+12	82	72	-	-	154
-	T128			Melanie MAETZLER		CUT	+13	82	73	-	-	155
-	T128			Ursula WIKSTROM		CUT	+13	78	77	-	-	155
-	T128			Vivian TSUI		CUT	+13	81	74	-	-	155
-	131			Katerina WURFLOVA (AM)		CUT	+19	84	77	-	-	161
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