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TARA DROPS BACK TO JT 25th IN

LADY PUERTO RICO CLASSIC

Ireland's Tara Delaney, pictured right, has dropped back to joint 25th place with one round to go in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic at Coco Beach, San Juan.

Tara, from Carlow, has had rounds of 72 and 77 for a 36-hole tally of 149.

Her sister Karen is back in joint 82nd place in a field of 84 players with scores of 84 and 82 for 166.

At the top of the leaderboard, Sweden's Pernilla Lindberg (Oklahoma State) shares the lead on four-under-par 140 for the 6,168yd, par-72 course with Mariana Macias (Auburn).

Pernilla has had rounds of 69 and 71, Mariana a pair of 70s.

First-round leader Valentine Derrey (Texas Christian) from Paris, beaten finalist in the 2004 British girls' open amateur championship at Lanark, is now in third place with scores of 67 and 74 for 141.

Meanwhile, in the Bethune-Cookman College Spring Invitational at Indigo Lake, Daytona Beach in Florida, Fern Grimshaw (Bethune-Cookman) from Dorset and Channel Islander Olivia Higgins (Charleston Southern) are among a group of four players on 76 at the end of the first round.

Becky Dowell (Bethune-Cookman) is sharing 33rd place in a field of 59 players with an 89.

Ashley Kozlowski (Stetson) leads the field with a one-over-par 73 for the 5,913yd course, one ahead of Rachel Edwards (Daytona Beach).