KATHRYN ONLY SCOT TO MATCH PAR
IN TENERIFE LADIES OPEN
Kathryn Imrie from Monifieth was the only Scots-based player to match the par of 72 in the first round of the Tenerife Ladies Open at Golf de Sur today.
The 39-year-old one-time winner on the LPGA circuit, but now back to play the Ladies European Tour full-time, birdied the second, fourth and sixth but then sagged with bogeys at the eighth, 12th and 17th to finish five shots behind Ana Sanchez (Spain), leader by one with a five-under 67.
On a day of low scoring, Clare Queen and Lynn Kenny were left trailing with rounds of 75 and 76 respectively. Clare had a double bogey 7 at the long fifth. Birdies at the fourth, seventh and 17th could not repair all the damage done elsewhere with bogeys.
Lynn could muster only one birdie, at the sixth.
Inverness-based New Zealandeer Liz McKinnon started with a triple-bogey 7 on her way to an outward half of 42. She needed birdies at the 10th, 12th and 17th to salvage a 77.

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
67 A Sanchez (Spa).
68 C Ekelundh (Swe), F Piovano (Ita).
69 T Plucksataporn (Thai), S Renell (Swe), N Garrett (Aus), J Mills (Aus), E Smets (Bel).
70 L Hall (Eng), S Sandolo (Ita), M Eberl (Ger).
71 S Walker (Eng), M Arruti (Spa), V Auffret (Fra), G Nocera (Fra), T Elosegui (Spa), A TGemple (US), R Hudson (Eng), L Kreutz (Fra), E Cabreera (Spa) (am), D Mastrs (Eng), K Matharu (Eng), L Wahlin (Swe), L Jean (Aus), B Brewerton (Wal).
Other scores:
72 K Imrie (Sco).
75 C Queen (Sco).
76 L Kenny (Sco).
77 L McKinnon (NZ).