KirkwoodGolf: FIFE TEENAGER SETTING PACE AT ST ANDREWS

Sunday, June 04, 2006

FIFE TEENAGER SETTING PACE AT ST ANDREWS

KRYSTLE GOES TWO CLEAR WITH ONE
ROUND TO GO IN ST RULE TROPHY

Local teenager Krystle Caithness, joint leader overnight after a first- round 71 on the New Course, surged two shots clear of the field with a four-under-par 72 over the Old Course today.
That gave her an  excellent 36-hole tally of eight-under-par 143.
Germany's Katharina Schallenberg, who had shared the pole position at the start of the day, had a 74 for 145.
Defending champion Naomi Edwards from Ganton had a 74 to be sharing third place on 146 with the Irish pair, Martina Gillen (Beaverstown) and champion Tricia Mangan (Ennis).
Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie) had a hole in one at the eighth hole with an eight iron.

SCOREBOARD

ST RULE TROPHY
First round New Course par 75 (CSS 75); Second Round Old Course par 76 (CSS 76).

LEADING 36-HOLE TOTALS

143 K Caithness (St Regulus) 71 72.
145 K Schallenberg (Germany) 71 74.
146 N Edwards (Ganton) 75 71, M Gillen (Beaverstown) 74 72, T Mangan (Ennis) 72 74.
147 C Coughlan (Cork) 74 73, C Westrup (sweden) 73 74, E Bennett (Australia) 72 75.
148 R Lomas (Hallowes) 73 75.
149 N Holleder (Germany) 79 70, R Bell (Ganton) 78 71, S Watson (David Leadbetter GA) 76 73, K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 76 73, T Hoffmeister (Germany) 73 76.