ELECTRICAL STORM HITS KLM LADIES OPEN, KATHRYN IMRIE ONE OF 60 STILL TO FINISH FIRST ROUND

Kathryn Imrie was one of 60 players unable to complete the first round of the KLM Ladies Open at Eindhovensche Golf Club today because of a thunder and lightning storm over the course.

Play was suspended at 4.20pm and the players did not return.

Kathryn, pictured above, was two over par for the 10 holes she played, having run up a double bogey 6 at the second and dropped shots at the first and 10th. She birdied the long fourth and long ninth in 39 to the turn.

Clare Queen finished with a one-under-par 71 - seven shots behind France's Gwladys Nocera who broke the course record with an eight-under-par 64 to be the clubhouse leader by three shots.

Lynn Kenny matched the par of 72 with birdies at the fifth, ninth and long 15th. She shed strokes to par at the second, 13th and 16th in halves of 35 and 37.

New Zealander Liz McKinnon, married to a Highlander and based near Inverness, had been playing well this season - until today. She slumped to an eight-over-par 80 with halves of 38 and 42. She completed an unhappy day with a triple bogey 7 at the last.

CLUBHOUSE LEADERS

Par 72

64 Gwladys Nocera (Fra).

67 Ludivine Kreutz (Fra), Christl Boeljon (Net) (am).

68 Ashleigh Simon (SAf).

69 Georgina Simpson (Eng), Rebecca Coakley (Ire), Anja Monke (Ger).

Other scores:

71 Clare Queen (Carrick at Cameron House).

72 Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links).

80 Liz McKinnon (NZ).