KirkwoodGolf: KYLIE IN TOP 20 AT SUN CITY

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

KYLIE IN TOP 20 AT SUN CITY


Kylie (Walker) Henry from Glasgow is joint 20th in a field 63 players after the first round of the Sunshine Ladies Tour's 54-hole Sun International Challenge at Sun City's Lost City golf course, South Africa.
Kylie's one-over-par 73 included birdies at the first and seventh but the flame-haired Scot dropped shots at the fifth, 11th and 16th.
Kirsty Fisher, the only other Scot in the field, retired before the end of her round.
The leading English players are Kiran Matharu (tied 5th with a 68) and Lauren Taylor (seventh with a 69).
Cecilie Lundgreen (Norway) and Bonita Bredenham (Namibia) are sharing a one-stroke lead with six-under-par 66s.

FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 72. Distance: 6,342yd
66 C Lundgreen (Nor), B Bredenham (Nam).
67 L Lewthwaite (SAf), A Buhai (SAf).

SELECTED SCORES
68 K Matharu (Eng) (T5)
69 L Taylor (Eng) (7th)
72 R Hudson (Eng) (T16)
73 K Henry (Sco) (T20)
Retired: K Fisher (Sco).

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