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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

GEMMA DRYBURGH T4 FINISH IN FIRST AUSSIE EVENT

Gemma finishes T4 in Aussie Ladies pro-am, earns £652

Aberdeen-born, Beaconsfield-based Gemma Dryburgh earned £652 for a tied fourth finish today (Tuesday) in the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour's Mulpha Norwest Ladies pro-am over 18 holes at Castle Hill Golf Club, Sydney in New South Wales.

Gemma, a former Curtis Cup player, shot a round of two-under-par 72.


Gemma Dryburgh in her amateur days


Gemma, pictured at a previous tournament, finished three strokes behind the winner of the £2,304 first prize, Australian rookie and University of Tennessee graduate Emily McLennan.

Emily, 22, who turned pro last August, scored her first win in the pro ranks with a five-under-par 69, a stroke ahead of Switzerland;s Fabienne in Alba.

Australian Sarah Oh was third on 71.

Past Scottish women's amateur champion and also a former Curtis Cup player, Michele Thomson (Meldrum House) from Ellon did not have a good day Down Under. She signed for a round of six-over 80 and finished out of the money (top 30 and ties).

LEADING SCORES
par 74

69 Emily McLennan (Australia).
70 Fabienne in Alba (Switzerland)
71 Sarah Oh (Australia).
72 Kyla Inaba (Canada), Nikki Garrett, Stefanie Delgreco (USA), Gemma Dryburgh (Scotland), Jenna Hunter (NZ), Ellen Graham (Australia) (T4)
73 Hannah Collier (USA), Alexandra Bonetti (France), Ali Orchard (Australia), Felicity Johnson (England), Marion Ricordeau (France) (T10).

SELECTED OTHER SCORES
74 Charlotte Thomas (England) (T15).
79 Sophie Walker (England) (T49)
80 Michele Thomson (Scotland) (T57)


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