Caithness, Feggans, Thomson and Laing also assured of LET entries

Lynn Kenny shoots a 68 to lead five Scots

into last round of LET Final Q School


FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
(with additional words by Colin Farquharson)

A total of 55 players, including 15 amateurs, have earned the chance to play on the Ladies European Tour this year after surviving the 54-hole cut at Final Qualifying School at Murcia, Spain today.

They include FIVE Scots - Lynn Kenny, Krystle Caithness, Pamela Feggans, Michele Thomson and Vikki Laing. Caithness and Thomson, Curtis Cup team-mates at St Andrews last May, have been playing as amateurs but they will be turning professional now!

Sadly, two Scots did not make it - Jenna Wilson (Strathaven) and Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle). Kylie is still an amateur but Jenna played her rookie pro year on the LET last year.
All 55 players who made the cut mark of 226, seven-over-par, have secured playing rights for the 2009 season and will progress to the last day.

At the end of Thursday's final round the top 30 players will achieve ahigher ranking, which will guarantee their entry into most events.
At the end of the third round, Anna Nordqvist is poised to earn her full tour card for the 2009 season. The 21-year-old from the town of Eskilstuna in Southern Sweden led the field with a three-round total of eight-under-par 211. She followed opening rounds of 75 and 69 with a six-under 67 on the South Course at La Manga. She mixed one bogey with seven birdies for her 67, which was the lowest round of the tournament.
Beginning the day in sunny but windy conditions, Nordqvist went out in one-under 36 and fired five birdies over the back nine for an inward total of five-under, 31.
“It's all about getting into the top 30 and this is obviously where you want to be,” said the 6-foot tall Nordqvist, who holds non-exempt status as a rookie on the US LPGA Tour and was a leading player on the US college circuit as a student at Arizona State University.
“It's early in the season and I'm happy just to play some good golf because I didn't get that much practise over Christmas at home in Sweden.”
Nordqvist already boasts a record of which many LET professionals would be proud. She was the 2008 British women's amateur champion and the leading amateur at both the RICOH Women's British Open and 2008 Scandinavian TPC Hosted by Annika, where she tied for 42nd and 6th respectively.
Having turned professional on January 1 with a handicap of +4.8 she is now looking forward to life on tour. “I want to continue to get better and see how well I can play,” she said.
“There are many parts of my game that can be improved. Hopefully I can play some good golf in Europe and also improve my status on the LPGA.”
Scotland's Lynn Kenny from Dunblane finished the day one shot behind Nordqvist in second position after an excellent round of five-under-par 68. Lynn is nine under par for her last 36 holes over the South Course, having started the Final Stage with a 75.

Lynn had seven birdies, including the last three holes (a closing hat-trick repeated by Krystle Caithness who had a bag of six birdies).
A former Scottish women's amateur champion, Lynn represents Archerfield Links and the Orion Group on the LET.

Lynn says she would love to return to the La Manga Region to play in the Hacienda del Alamo February Festival ... "but I'm afraid I can't enter because I am leaving for Australia on Saturday, playing in the New South Wales Open, New Zealand Open, then the LET events - ANZ Masters and Australian Open."

Second round leader Beth Allen from San Diego, California was third on six-under-par. Finland's Jenni Kuosa looks set to regain her full card, finishing the day in fourth position.

SCOTS' VITAL STATISTICS

LYNN KENNY 68 for 212 (-7)

Halves each round: 38-37, 37-32, 35-33.

Round 3: Seven birdies (2-7-9-14-16-17-18). Two bogeys (5-10).

KRYSTLE CAITHNESS 69 for 216 (-3)

Halves each round: 39-34, 36-38, 35-34.

Round 3: Six birdies (6-7-12-16-17-18). Two bogeys (14-15).

PAMELA FEGGANS 75 for 219 (level par).

Halves each round: 37-35, 36-36, 36-39.

Round 3: Four birdies (3-4-9-12). Triple bogey (7). Three bogeys (1-2-18).

MICHELE THOMSON 72 for 221 (+2)
Halves in each round: 36-39, 38-36, 37-35.
Round 3: Two birdies (10-12). One bogey (11).

VIKKI LAING 71 for 222 (+3)
Halves in each round: 37-39, 37-38, 36-35.
Round 3: Four birdies (2-9-15-18). Two bogeys (6-14).

JENNA WILSON 73 for 231 (+12)
Halves in each round: 39p40, 40-39, 36-37.
Round 3: Three birdies (2-9-18). Three bogeys (8-10-11).

KYLIE WALKER 77 for 233 (+14)
Halves in each round: 39-41, 38-38, 39-38.
Round 3: Three birdies (4-12-13). One quadruple bogey (11). One double bogey (9). One bogey (3).


ALL THE THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 219 (3 x 73 for South Course, La Manga)
211 Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) 75 69 67.
212 Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links/Orion Group) 75 69 68.
213 Beth Allen (United States) 70 71 72.
214 Jenni Kuosa (Finland) 72 70 72.
215 Frances Bondad (Australia) 75 69 71, Elisa Serramia (Spain) 73 69 73.
216 Christel Boeljon (Netherlands) (amateur) 73 74 69, Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) (amateur) 73 74 69, Julieta Granada (Paraguay) 72 72 72.
217 Isabella Maconi (Italy) 70 768 69, Smriti Mehra (India) 74 70 73.
218 Margherita Rigon (Italy) 72 75 71, Florentyna Parker (England) (amateur) 71 71 71.
219 Jessica Ji (South Korea) 69 72 78, Jo Pritchard (Wales) 77 70 72, Claire Coughlan-Ryan (Ireland) 74 72 73, Lars Tadiotto (Belgium) 70 74 75, Pamela Feggans (Patna, Ayrshire) 72 72 75.
220 Barbara Genuini (France) (amate7ur) 77 71 72.
221 Hazel Kavanagh (Ireland) 72 77 71, Holly Aitchison (England) (amateur) 76 75 70, Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) (amateur) 75 72 74, Tara Delaney (Ireland) (amateur) 72 75 74, Caroline Rominger (Switzerland) (amateur) 75 70 71.
222 Vikki Laing (Musselburgh) 75 75 71, Breanne Loucks (Wales) (amateur) 75 74 73, Viva Schlasberg (Sweden) 75 78 69, Claire Aitken (England) (amateur) 74 73 75.
223 Malene Jorgensen (Denmark) 74 76 73, Ana Larraneta (Spain) 75 75 73, Elena Giraud (France) 77 73 73, Marousa Polias (Australia) 74 74 75, Anna-Karin Salmen (Finalnd) 75 73 75, Elizabeth Bennett (England) (amateur) 75 73 75, Melanie Holmes-Smith (Australia) 76 72 75, Camille Fallay (France) 75 72 76.
224 Kyra Van Leeuwen (Netherlands) (amateur) 77 74 73, Anne Norman Hansen (Denamark) 78 74 72, Emma Weeks (England) 77 72 75, Morgana Robbertze (South Africa) 74 74 76, Anna Highgate (Wales) 70 77 77, Rachel Bell (England) 71 74 79.
225 Laure Sibille (France) (amateur) 74 76 75, Lena Tornevall (Sweden) 76 75 74, Marian Riordan (Ireland) 77 75 73, Natascha Fink (Austria) 76 77 72, Stephanie Na (Australiaa) (amateur) 75 78 72, Elleanor Pilgrim (Wales) 73 73 79.
226 Tandi Cuningham (South Africa) 74 75 77, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Australia) 80 72 74, Sarah Heath (England) 76 73 77, Eva Bjarvall (Sweden) 79 74 73, Bing Lim (Malaysia) 76 78 72, Frederique Seeholzer (Switzerland) 79 75 72, Maria Ringdahl (Sweden) 80 75 71.
MISSED THE CUT
227 Kate Combes (Australia) 72 78 77, Sahra Hassan (Wales0 (amateur) 76 75 76, Julie Berton (France) 75 75 77, Miriam Nagl (Germany) 75 76 76, Rhian Wyn Thmas (Wales) (amateur) 77 72 78, Jo Clingan (England) 77 76 74.
228 Wendy Berger (Australia) 78 71 79, Mette Buus (Denmark) 78 74 76, Antonella Cvitan (Sweden) 80 75 73.
229 Henrietta Zuel (England) 78 75 76, Caroline Grady (England) 77 81 71.
230 Hanna-Leena Salonen (Finland) 76 74 80, Stephanie Evans (Wales) (amateur) 78 73 79, Laura Eastwood (England) 80 69 81, Sanna Johansson (Sweden) 78 75 77, Sohvi Harkonen (Finland) 76 78 76, Matia Maffiuletti (Italy) 78 76 76, Lien Willems (Belgium) 77 78 75.
231 Nicola Eaton (South Africa) 76 74 81, Kym Larratt (England) (amateur) 77 74 80, Tilly Holder (England) (amateur) 75 78 78, Jenna Wilson (Strathaven) 79 79 73.
232 Jutta Degerman (Finland) 76 75 81, Danielle Masters (England) 75 78 79, Anna Rossi (Italy) 80 75 77, Monica Christiansen (Denmark) (amateur) 82 77 73.
233 Celine Herbin (France) (amateur) 77 77 79, Florence Luscher (Switzerland) 76 80 77, Linda Henriksson (Finland) (am) 79 77 77, Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) (amateur) 80 76 77.
234 Linnea Torsson (Sweden) 79 78 77.
235 Zuzana Kamasova (Slovakia) 69 75 81, Vittoria Valvassori (Italy) 79 78 78, Ayaka Hayashi (Japan) 82 76 77.
236 Patricia Beliard (France) 80 77 79.
237 Karin Borjeskog (Sweden) 77 78 82.
238 Frederique Dorbes (France) 83 80 75.
239 Josefin Leijon (Sweden) 78 85 76.
241 Kaisa Ruuttila (Finland) 78 83 80.
242 Elin Emanuelsson (Sweden) 80 82 80.

+All the non-qualifiers are eligible to play in the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Golf Festival from February 12 to 17. Four stroke-play events open to lady professionals and amateurs and the best practice facilities in south-east Spain. E-mail Festival Organiser Colin Farquharson (Colin@scottishgolfview.com) if you want to beat the Festival entry deadline.