HOLLY IS NUMERO UNO IN EUROPE
AFTER VICTORY IN PORTUGAL

England's Holly Aitchison is the No 1 female amateur golfer in Europe - and that's official!
She won the first counting event in the new European Golf Association women's amateur rankings, the Portuguese women's open amateur championship on the Algarve.
The next three in the rankings, Sandra Gal (Germany), Pernilla Lindberg (Sweden) and former British girls champion Azahara Munoz (Spain) have all earned their points so far with their performances on the American women's college circuit.
The top 20 placings at the moment are:

1 Holly Aitchinson (Eng) 60pt.
2 Sandra Gal (Ger), Pernilla Lindberg (Swe), Azahara Munoz (Spa) 51pt.
5 Nicola Roessler (Ger) 50pt.
6 Ines Lescudier (Fra), Ana Santos Melo (Por) 42.50pt.
8 Celine Herbin (Fra), Satu Harju (Fin), Carla Cruz (Por), Carolina Afonso (Fra) 29pt.
12 Belen Mozo (Spa) 26.50pt.
13 Caroline Westrup (Swe) 13pt.
14 Marion Bernard (Fra), Rosa Svahn (Fin), Valentine Gevers (Bel), Mireia Prat (Spa), Caroline Masson (Ger), Fanny Rocard (Fra), Marie Tschida (Ger), Ane Urchegui (Spa) 11.88pt.

COUNTING EVENTS FOR THE 2007 EUROPEAN WOMEN'S AMATEUR RANKINGS ARE:
Feb 7-11
Portuguese Ladies International
Quinta de Cima GC (Algarve)

Feb 28 - Mar 4
Spanish Ladies' International
Sherry Golf

Apr 27-29
Scottish Open Stroke Play
Troon

May 5-6
Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play
Newport GC

May 24-27
International German Ladies
Dusseldorfer GC

Austrian Ladies Amateur
TGC Fürstenfeld-Loipersdorf

Jun 1-3
French Ladies Amateur Stroke Play
Golf d'Esery

Jun 12-16
Ladies' British Open Amateur
Alwoodley GC

Jun 25-29
Russian Ladies Amateur Open
Le Meridien Moscow CC

Jul 28-29
Danish International Ladies
Silkeborg GC

Aug 3-5
Swiss Ladies Amateur
Basel GC

Aug 8-11
Czech Int. Ladies Amateur
Cihelny GC

Aug 9-11
Finnish Ladies Amateur
Helsinki GC

Aug 22-24
British Open Amateur Stroke Play
Conwy GC

Aug 29 - Sep 1
European Ladies' Individual
Sporting Club Berlin

Sep 12-16
Italian Int. Ladies Amateur
Villa d'Este GC