France's Nocera leads by one at The Carrick

Kathryn, Clare up with leaders
in Ladies' Scottish Open

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Gwladys Nocera from France shot a one-under-par 70 to take a stroke lead into the final day of the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open.
Having tied for the lead with Maria Boden after an opening 69, the 32-year-old made the best of a sunny day at The Carrick at Cameron House, Loch Lomond to finish on a three-under-par total, ahead of South Korean teenager Amy Yang, who had a 70.
Sweden’s Boden slipped back into a share of third with Spaniard Tania Elosegui, while five players shared fifth on level par, including the leading Scot Kathryn Imrie, who had a 69.
Clare Queen, playing on her "home" course, is another Scot in the top 10.
The defending champion Sophie Gustafson fired a tournament low round of four-under-par 67 to move into contention along with South Africans Lee-Ann Pace and Stacy Bregman, all on level par. Nocera, aiming for her sixth Ladies European Tour title, had a mixed front nine with two birdies and two bogeys and picked up a crucial shot at the par-four 13th.
“I started really well with a birdie on one and then I kind of fell asleep on my game,” said Nocera, who moved from her native Biarritz to Lausanne in Switzerland last year.
“After that I had a bad chip on six so I made a bogey and then a three-putt on seven. I kind of fell asleep on my game but then I had to wake up. I was like, “Do something now!” After that I played really well.”
Nocera, who describes herself as an attacking player, thought that she played too safely on the front nine.
“If I try to be too safe then I fall asleep so I have to play offensively,” she said. “I talk with my caddie and if I can play offensively then I choose to do it.”
Yang, the LET’S youngest ever winner at the 2006 ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia, used the opposite strategy to maintain her position on the leader board.
“I was trying to play safe all day today and not too aggressive,” said the 18-year-old, who moved from the Australian Golf Coast to Orlando, Florida, in February.
Yang won unexpectedly as a 16-year-old amateur, and is aiming for her first pro win in three seasons on Tour.
"I want to win again but I’m trying not to think about it because otherwise I will get nervous. Tomorrow I will try to play the same as today and try my best,” Yang said.
Just three strokes off the lead entering the last round, Gustafson was feeling more positive about her chances of retaining the title.
“The forecast for tomorrow isn’t supposed to be very good so pretty much anything can happen,” she said. Gustafson will tee off at 10.50am in the final round, two groups ahead of the last match at 11.10am.
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 142 (2 x 71)
139 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 69 70.
140 Amy Yang (Kor) 70 70
141 Tania Elosegui (Spa) 70 71, Maria Boden (Swe) 69 72
142 Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 75 67, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 75 67, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 70 72, Kathryn Imrie (Sco) 73 69, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 75 67
143 Clare Queen (Sco) 72 71, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 72 71
144 Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 71 73, Sofia Renell (Swe) 76 68, Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spa) 72 72, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 74 70, Lotta Wahlin (Swe) 73 71, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 71 73
145 Sophie Walker (Eng) 73 72, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 70 75, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 71 74
146 Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 74 72, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 73 73, Lara Tadiotto (Bel) 75 71, Marjet van der Graaff (Ned) 76 70, Cecilia Ekelundh (Swe) 75 71, Martina Eberl (Ger) 74 72
147 Caroline Afonso (Fra) 77 70, Fame More (Eng) 74 73, Anna Knutsson (Swe) 74 73, Marina Arruti (Spa) 77 70, Nathalie David-Mila (Fra) 73 74, Ellen Smets (Bel) 75 72, Zuzana Kamasova (Svk) 72 75, Karen-Margrethe Juul (Den) 74 73
148 Mhairi McKay (Sco) 74 74, Melissa Reid (Eng) 77 71, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 78 70, Lill Kristin Saether (Nor) 77 71, Samantha Head (Eng) 73 75, Karen Lunn (Aus) 73 75
149 Stephanie Arricau (Fra) 74 75, Danielle Masters (Eng) 78 71, Katharina Schallenberg (Ger) 79 70, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 78 71, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 76 73
150 Beatriz Recari (Spa) 76 74, Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 77 73, Kylie Walker (Sco) (am) 78 72, Florence Luscher (Swi) 75 75, Olof Maria Jonsdottir (Ice) 73 77, Lisa Hall (Eng) 74 76, Lynn Kenny (Sco) 75 75, Trish Johnson (Eng) 77 73, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 73 77, Isabella Maconi (Ita) 76 74
151 Eva Steinberger (Aut) 77 74, Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra) 81 70, Jenna Wilson (Sco) 80 71, Kiran Matharu (Eng) 77 74, Georgina Simpson (Eng) 80 71, Diana Luna (Ita) 79 72, Vittoria Valvassori (Ita) 77 74, Janice Olivencia (Pue) 73 78, Natalie Claire Booth (Eng) 76 75, Yuki Sakurai (Jpn) 76 75
MISSED THE CUT
152 Federica Piovano (Ita) 83 69, Eleanor Pilgrim (Wal) 79 73, Anja Monke (Ger) 77 75, Dana Lacey (Aus) 80 72, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 80 72, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Aus) 80 72, Martina Gillen (Irl) 77 75, Joanne Mills (Aus) 73 79, Natascha Fink (Aut) 77 75, Julie Tvede (Den) 73 79
153 Camille Fallay (Fra) 77 76, Frances Bondad (Aus) 77 76, Anna Tybring (Swe) 81 72, Rachel Bell (Eng) 83 70, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 80 73, Mette Buus (Den) 76 77, Joanne Morley (Eng) 72 81
154 Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 78 76, Kate Combes (Aus) 79 75, Lora Fairclough (Eng) 75 79, Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 76 78, Ana Larraneta (Spa) 76 78.
155 Jehanne Jail (Fra) 74 81, Elizabeth McKinnon (Nzl) 83 72, Jo Clingan (Eng) 79 76, Lydia Hall (Wal) 79 76, Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 82 73, Megan Briggs (Sco) (am) 79 76.
156 Kerry Smith (Eng) 82 74, Anna Rossi (Ita) 78 78, Laura Terebey (USA) 78 78, Cherie Byrnes (Aus) 82 74, Dale Reid (Sco) 80 76, Sarah Heath (Eng) 79 77, Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger) 74 82.
157 Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 79 78, Amanda Moltke-Leth (Den) 81 76
158 Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 79 79
159 Anne Norman Hansen (Den) 82 77, Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 79 80, Kaisa Ruuttila (Fin) 74 85
160 Asa Gottmo (Swe) 79 81
161 Rui Yokomine (Jpn) 82 79
162 Corinne Dibnah (Aus) 85 77, Patricia Beliard (Fra) 83 79, Kelsey Macdonald (Sco) (am) 85 77
163 Gillian O'Leary (Irl) (am) 80 83
165 Emma Lyons (Eng) 85 80
172 Emma Goddard (Eng) (am) 89 83