KirkwoodGolf: LPGA QUALIFYING

Thursday, September 21, 2006

LPGA QUALIFYING

VIKKI LAING SURVIVES HALFWAY CUT

Vikki Laing slipped back with a second-round 77 for a 36-hole tally of five-over-par 149 but the Musselburgh player, in joint 52nd place, survived the halfway cut in the LPGA Qualify School sectional tournament at Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage in California.
The leading 84 players with totals of 150 went forward to the final two rounds which will decide the top 30 players and ties who will qualify for the LPGA Final Qualifying School over six rounds at Daytona Beach, Florida from November 29 to December 3.
Samantha Head from Bedfordshire, all out to join her twin sister Johanna on the LPGA Tour, was lying fourth on 141 with rounds of 69 and 73.

LEADING QUALIFIERS
140 Lisa Meredith 74 66, Taya Battistella 73 67, Su A Kim 72 68.
141 Samantha Head 69 72.
142 Hyun-Hee Moon 70 72.
143 Sophia Sheridan 74 69, Kristina Tucker 72 71, Caryn Wilson 70 73, Jeanne Cho 69 74, Lee-Anne Pace 68 75.
Other score:
149 Vikki Laing 72 77 (jt 52nd).