FUTURES TOUR

VIKKI FEELS AT HOME AND SHOOTS
HER BEST SCORE OF THE SEASON

Vikki Laing from Musselburgh had her best round of the season on the United Stated Futures Tour with a four-under-par 68 in the Hunters Oak Classic at Queenstown, Maryland.
The 25-year-old, who went into the second of three rounds in joint third place, said she felt at home on the links-type course with fescue grass and shared greens.
“I’m pretty comfortable aiming at mounds and being able to focus on my target but the big difference was that I stayed very patient and holed a lot of putts,” said Vikki.
Miss Laing, a record-setting Scottish girls champion and a successful player on the US college circuit as a student at the University of Californa, played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Curtis Cup before turning professional.
Since then she has struggled to recapture that form and, having lost her LPGA Tour card, is now playing on America’s No 2 women’s pro tour.
Vikki had only 25 putts in halves of 34, which included six birdies and two bogeys.
She was three shots behind the leader, 19-year-old rookie pro Yeon Joo Lee from Seoul, one of the many Koreans who play on the Futures Tour.
Samantha Head from Bedford and Belfast’s Brenda McLarnon were sharing 67th place on 75.

LEADERBOARD
65 Yeon Joo Lee (Seoul) 35-30.
67 Kristina Tucker (Stockholm) 34-33.
68 Vikki Laing (Musselburgh) 34-34, Charlotte Mayorkas (Las Vegas) 34-34, Sarah Lynn Johnston (Illinois) 35-33, Ashley Hoagland (Florida) 35-33.
Other scores:
75 Samantha Head (Bedford) 36-39, Brenda McLarnon (Belfast) 36-39.