ENGLISH GIRLS
KATE WHITMORE LEADS ENGLISH
GIRLS' ROUND ONE QUALIFIER
Cheshire's Kate Whitmore shot a three-under-par 70 to take the lead after the first qualifying round of the English Under-18 girls' championship at Kings Norton Golf Club.
Meanwhile, Lincolnshire's Holly Clyburn has a one-shot lead in the English Under-15 girls' championship and Suffolk's Heidi Baek and Nottinghamshire's Alexandra Peters head the leaderboard in the English Under-13 girls' championship, both of which are being played at Kidderminster Golf Club.
In the English Under-18 girls' championship, Kate Whitmore, 16, holds a two-shot lead. The three-handicapper from Sandiway said afterwards: "My aim was to play to my handicap - and I've done a bit better than that!" She fashioned her score in testing weather conditions of showers and a swirling wind.
Kate dropped only one shot - on the first hole - and amassed four birdies - on the 4th, 5th, 9th and 14th - and a series of steady pars.
Putting was one of Kate's strengths. She holed two putts of more than 30ft and managed to sink "a nervy five-footer" for par on the 18th. "
The greens are lovely and the course is in excellent condition," she added.
Three players share second place on one-under par 72. Among them is Harriet Beasley (Woburn) who showed off her golfing genes by playing an impressive 10 shots below her nine-handicap.
The 17-year-old is the granddaughter of two outstanding players, the former R&A secretary and captain, Sir Michael Bonallack and his wife, Angela.
Her score was matched by ELGA squad members Sian James, 17, from Bristol & Clifton and Gemma Hardie, also 17, from Forest Pines, Lincolnshire.
UNDER-18 QUALIFYING LEADERS
FIRST ROUND
70 Kate Whitemore (Sandiway)
72 Gemma Hardie (Forest Pines), Harriet Beasley (Woburn), Sian James (Bristol & Clifton).
73 Hannah Barwood (Knowle), Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton), Henrietta Brockway (Yeovil).
74 Ellis Keenan (Sunningdale).
75 Helen White Worfield), Rachel Connor (Maldon), Alexandra Banham (Elton Furze), Ellie Givens (Blackwell Grange).
76 Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield), Emma Breen (Marlborough), Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale), Jodi Ewart (Catterick), Laura Cutler (Warley Park).
GIRLS' ROUND ONE QUALIFIER
Cheshire's Kate Whitmore shot a three-under-par 70 to take the lead after the first qualifying round of the English Under-18 girls' championship at Kings Norton Golf Club.
Meanwhile, Lincolnshire's Holly Clyburn has a one-shot lead in the English Under-15 girls' championship and Suffolk's Heidi Baek and Nottinghamshire's Alexandra Peters head the leaderboard in the English Under-13 girls' championship, both of which are being played at Kidderminster Golf Club.
In the English Under-18 girls' championship, Kate Whitmore, 16, holds a two-shot lead. The three-handicapper from Sandiway said afterwards: "My aim was to play to my handicap - and I've done a bit better than that!" She fashioned her score in testing weather conditions of showers and a swirling wind.
Kate dropped only one shot - on the first hole - and amassed four birdies - on the 4th, 5th, 9th and 14th - and a series of steady pars.
Putting was one of Kate's strengths. She holed two putts of more than 30ft and managed to sink "a nervy five-footer" for par on the 18th. "
The greens are lovely and the course is in excellent condition," she added.
Three players share second place on one-under par 72. Among them is Harriet Beasley (Woburn) who showed off her golfing genes by playing an impressive 10 shots below her nine-handicap.
The 17-year-old is the granddaughter of two outstanding players, the former R&A secretary and captain, Sir Michael Bonallack and his wife, Angela.
Her score was matched by ELGA squad members Sian James, 17, from Bristol & Clifton and Gemma Hardie, also 17, from Forest Pines, Lincolnshire.
UNDER-18 QUALIFYING LEADERS
FIRST ROUND
70 Kate Whitemore (Sandiway)
72 Gemma Hardie (Forest Pines), Harriet Beasley (Woburn), Sian James (Bristol & Clifton).
73 Hannah Barwood (Knowle), Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton), Henrietta Brockway (Yeovil).
74 Ellis Keenan (Sunningdale).
75 Helen White Worfield), Rachel Connor (Maldon), Alexandra Banham (Elton Furze), Ellie Givens (Blackwell Grange).
76 Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield), Emma Breen (Marlborough), Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale), Jodi Ewart (Catterick), Laura Cutler (Warley Park).
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