EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL AMATEUR

ONLY TWO SCOTS LIKELY TO BEAT THE
THIRD-ROUND CUT IN HAMBURG

Only two of the six Scots in the field – Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) and Gemma Webster (Hilton Park) – are likely to survive the third-round cut in the European women’s amateur individual golf championship at Hamburg Falkenstein Golf Club in Germany.
Krystle dropped out of the top 20 to joint 39th place with a 76 for seven-over-par 149. She birdied the second and 13th but had a double-bogey 6 at the 14th in halves of 40 and 36.
Gemma also had a double-bogey 6, at the 12th , but had birdies either side in halves of 38 and 36 for a 74 and a halfway tally of 150. She is in joint 45th place.
Only the leading 70 and ties in a field of 136 after Friday’s third round will go forward to the final 18 holes.
That means Heather MacRae (Dunblane New) in joint 82nd place on 154 (79-75), Jenna Wilson (Strathaven) in joint 88th place on 155 (73-82), Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) in 106th spot on 158 (82-76) and Clare-Marie Carlton (Stirling University) in joint 111th place on 160 (78-82) need to make big improvements to beat the cut.
Jenna Wilson had the biggest fall from grace. Her 82 included a quadruple bogey 8 at the fifth and a double-bogey 7 at the 17th in halves of 43 and 39.
Germany’s Thea Hoffmeister took over the lead with a 69 for three-under-par 139.
Leading British players are England’s Kerry Smith and Welsh Curtis Cup player Breanne Loucks in joint seventh place on 143. Kerry has scored 71 and 72 while Breanne had 73 and 70.

LEADING SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 71
139 T Hoffmeister (Ger) 70 69.
140 S Cologan (Spa) 66 74.
141 B Mozo (Spa) 69 72.
142 L Matthews (Can) 70 72, S Kirchmayr (Ger) 73 69.
143 C Ciganda (Spa) 70 73, I Boineau (Fra) 69 74, K Smith (Eng) 71 72, A Rossi (Ita) 72 71, C Masson (Ger) 74 69, B Loucks (Wal) 73 70, S Maier (Ger) 71 72, K Schallenberg (Ger) 73 70.
144 S Hassan (Wal) 73 71, B Buendia (Spa) 72 72.
145 F Parker (Eng) 73 72, A Munoz (Spa) 70 75, I Wilke (Ger) 72 73, Z Masinova (Cze) 74 71, C Hedwall (Swe) 74 71, E Westrup (Swe) 70 75, M Hernandez (Spa) 73 72.
Other scores:
146 M Bourdie (Fra) 72 74.
147 J Schaeffer (Fra) 74 73.
149 M Reid (Eng) 74 75.
149 K Caithness (Sc0) 73 76.
150 G Webster (Sco) 76 74.
151 S Walker (Eng) 75 76,.
152 J Nicolson (Wal) 79 73.
152 N Edwards (Eng) 76 76.
154 H MacRae (Sco) 79 75, F Johnson (Eng) 75 79.
156 S Evans (Wal) 75 81.
158 K Walker (Sco) 82 76.
160 C-M Carlton (Sco) 78 82.