Melissa Reid leads as Carly Booth
makes the cut with professionals

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
By BETHAN CUTLER
England’s Melissa Reid shot a two-under-par 70 on the second day of the Ladies English Open at The Oxfordshire Golf Club to take a two-shot lead into the final round.
The Derbyshire 20-year-old, who tied for the first round lead with four other players on 68, finished at six-under-par 138 after 36 holes. Playing in strong winds, the Ladies European Tour’s leading rookie posted two birdies, two bogeys and an eagle at the par-five 11th hole for the second consecutive day.
“Conditions were much, much tougher out there today,” said Reid, who played in the morning before the howling winds increased in the afternoon. “I can’t say how tough it was but I enjoyed the challenge. You had to shape shots. I would have liked to have shot a couple lower but I would have taken it at the start of the day.”
Reid began her round with six straight pars and shot one birdie and one bogey on the front nine for an outward total of level par 36. She played the back nine in two-under-par after a birdie at the 10th, an eagle on the 11th and a bogey at the 13th.
“I’m always out there challenging myself and when things are tough like this, there is no greater challenge, you know you still have to win tournaments in conditions like this. You have to shape shots, you have to hit it low, high, fades, draws and that’s what I’ve been working on the winter months and earlier this season so I really enjoyed putting things together. Now I’m going to have a rest and hopefully I will be firing on all cylinders tomorrow,” she said.
Reid is aiming for her first victory since turning professional in December. Due to her position of eighth on the LET’s New Star Money List, she has already secured a spot in August’s Ricoh Women’s British Open, in which she tied for 16th last year as an amateur.
However a maiden pro victory would secure her place in the lucrative Evian Masters in France in three weeks’ time. She has a chance to become the fourth first time winner on the LET this year and could also become the first rookie winner on the LET since 2004 when Finland’s Minea Blomqvist won the OTP Bank Ladies Central European Open in Hungary.
Reid’s closest challenger for the title is 36-year-old Marina Arruti from San Sebastian in northern Spain, who had a 71 to sit on four-under 140. The last time that Arruti was in contention for a title was at the 1999 Austrian Open, which was her sole victory on the LET.
“The last time I was in the leading group was in Austria and I won there, so I have good memories,” said Arruti. “I’m really happy obviously with the way I’m playing and I’m going to try my best tomorrow and see if I can control my nerves.”
England’s Rebecca Hudson, who claimed the Tenerife Ladies Open a fortnight ago, finished the day in outright third position four shots off the lead on two-under-par after a 70.
Four-time LET winner Stephanie Arricau from France reached four-under-par and was tied for second with three holes to play, but dropped back into a share of fourth with four others after a bogey on 16 and a double at the tough par-five 17th.
Defending champion Becky Brewerton from Wales shot a three-under 69 and moved from tied 52nd into a share of fourth on one-under-par with Arricau, Japan’s Rui Yokomine and English duo Kiran Matharu and Lora Fairclough.
Overnight co-leader Joanne Mills from Australia had a four-over 76 to finish the day in a share of ninth with four players on level par: Australia’s Leah Hart, Denmark’s Lisa Holm Sorensen, Belgium’s Ellen Smets and Ireland’s Claire Coughlan-Ryan.
Crieff amateur Roseanne Niven was the only Scot who missed the cut in 151 or better. She had an 83 for 157.
Comrie amateur Carly Booth made it thorugh with a 77 for 147. She will catch a Sunday evening plane from London to Aberdeen to join the rest of the Scotland team for the European girls' team championship which starts at Murcar Links on Tuesday.
Jenna Wilson from Strathaven got through onthe same 147 mark as Carly with a second-round 73.
Julie Forbes (75), Kathryn Imrie (75) and Lynn Kenny (77) all survived on 148.
Inverness-based Kiwi Liz McKinnon slumped from 69 to 80 but made it through on 149.
HALFWAY TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
138 M Reid (Eng) 68 70.
140 M Arruti (Spa) 69 71.
142 R Hudson (Eng) 72 70.
143 Becky Brewerton (Wal) 74 69, Rui Yokomine (Jpn) 72 71, Kiran Matharu (Eng) 70 73, Stephanie Arricau (Fra) 71 72, Lora Fairclough (Eng) 72 71
144 Leah Hart (Aus) 71 73, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 73 71, Ellen Smets (Bel) 75 69, Claire Coughlan-Ryan (Irl) 73 71, Joanne Mills (Aus) 68 76
145 Kate Combes (Aus) 73 72, Iben Tinning (Den) 73 72, Natascha Fink (Aut) 72 73, Yuki Sakurai (Jpn) 73 72, Danielle Montgomery (Eng) 71 74, Cherie Byrnes (Aus) 72 73
146 Eva Steinberger (Aut) 75 71, Zuzana Kamasova (Svk) 71 75, Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 70 76, Nina Reis (Swe) 74 72, Valerie Michaud (Fra) 76 70, Martina Gillen (Irl) 70 76, Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 68 78, Karen Lunn (Aus) 70 76
147 Lisa Hall (Eng) 72 75, Jenna Wilson (Sco) 74 73, Claire Aitken (Eng) (am) 73 74, Nathalie David-Mila (Fra) 73 74, Eleanor Pilgrim (Wal) 75 72, Carly Booth (Sco) (am) 70 77
148 Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 77 71, Georgina Simpson (Eng) 73 75, Kathryn Imrie (Sco) 73 75, Julie Forbes (Sco) 73 75, Julie Greciet (Fra) 70 78, Camille Fallay (Fra) 74 74, Samantha Head (Eng) 71 77, Lynn Kenny (Sco) 71 77, Anna Tybring (Swe) 70 78, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 68 80
149 Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor) 73 76, Jo Pritchard (Wal) 72 77, Sarah Nicholson (Nzl) 74 75, Lydia Hall (Wal) 73 76, Elizabeth McKinnon (Nzl) 69 80
150 Kelly Hutcherson (Eng) 76 74, Morgana Robbertze (Rsa) 79 71, Lill Kristin Saether (Nor) 79 71, Mette Buus (Den) 75 75, Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 70 80, Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 74 76, Henrietta Zuel (Eng) 74 76, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Aus) 71 79
151 Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger) 72 79, Mianne Bagger (Den) 73 78, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 73 78, Natalie Claire Booth (Eng) 68 83, Ana Larraneta (Spa) 73 78, Hanna-Leena Salonen (Fin) 71 80
MISSED THE CUT
152 Florence Luscher (Swi) 73 79, Marjet van der Graaff (Nel) 76 76, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 78 74, Sofia Renell (Swe) 73 79, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 80 72, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 76 76, Sophie Walker (Eng) 74 78, Frederique Dorbes (Fra) 75 77, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 77 75, Maria Beautell (Spa) 74 78, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 74 78, Lucy Gould (Wal) (am) 75 77
153 Lara Tadiotto (Bel) 76 77, Hannah Burke (Eng) (am) 75 78, Lynn Brooky (Nzl) 74 79, Maria Verchenova (Rus) 72 81
154 Carmen Alonso (Spa) 80 74, Kirsty Taylor (Eng) 73 81, Hazel Kavanagh (Irl) 75 79, Caroline Hall (Eng) 77 77
155 Marie Allen (Eng) 76 79, Lena Tornevall (Swe) 75 80, Isabella Maconi (Ita) 73 82, Jo Clingan (Eng) 81 74, Tracey Boyes (Eng) (am) 79 76
156 Samantha Round (Eng) (am) 74 82
157 Shelley McKevitt (Eng) 79 78, Patricia Beliard (Fra) 78 79, Julie Berton (Fra) 81 76, Roseanne Niven (Sco) (am) 74 83, Elena Giraud (Fra) 77 80
158 Anna Rossi (Ita) 81 77, Nuria Clau (Spa) 78 80
159 Liza Shervill (Eng) 81 78, Suzanne Dickens (Eng) 77 82, Anne Norman Hansen (Den) 76 83
160 Emma Lyons (Eng) 81 79, Joanne Oliver (Eng) 82 78
161 Vanessa Bell (Eng) 76 85
162 Caroline Grady (Eng) 81 81, K M Juul (Den) 80 82
163 Vittoria Valvassori (Ita) 79 84, Annamaria Milie (Ita) 78 85
165 Simone Morgan (Eng) 81 84
174 Jenny Pease (Eng) (am) 85 89
Retired: Kirsty J Fisher (Eng) 87