Ellis Keenan wins Hampshire Rose

by five shots, thanks to a 67

Press Release issued by English Women's Golf Association

Sunningdale’s Ellis Keenan has won the 2008 Hampshire Rose at North Hants by five shots – helped by a sparkling second round of six-under par 67.
Ellis was three shots off the pace at the halfway stage but she overtook her rivals with her afternoon 67, which included five birdies and an eagle at the 17th, for an inward nine of 30.
Her 36-hole total was four-under par 142.
The runner-up was Hampshire’s Raffi Dyer, a member of the English Women’s Golf Association Under-18 Squad.
Kirsty Rands was third and Hermione Fitzgerald, who had the second best round of the day, a 70, took fourth place.
Twelve-year-old Charley Hull from Kettering and Woburn Golf Clubs tied for seventh place with Katherine Shepherd, a past winner, and Jo Hodge.
LEADING SCORES
Par 146 (2 x 73). SSS 73. CSS: am 74, pm 73
142 Ellis Keenan (Sunningdale) 75 67.
147 Raffi Dyer (Hayling) 75 72.
148 Kirsty Rands (Burhill) 72 76.
149 Hermione Fitzgerald (Newmarket Links) 79 70, Jamie Casling (Brickhampton Court) 77 72, Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) 72 77.
152 Katherine Shepherd (Guildford Ladies) 78 74, Jo Hodge (Knowle) 76 76, Charley Hull (Kettering) 74 78.
153 Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park) 80 73.