European girls' team championship qualifying
Hayley leads England scoring in bad weather day in Finland
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Teenager Hayley Davis (pictured) made a great international debut when she led the England scoring in the first qualifying round of the European girls’ team championship at Kokkola in Finland.
She scored a one-over par 73 to help the team into fourth place. After tomorrow’s second round the leading eight teams will qualify for the championship matchplay stages of the competition.
Hayley, 16, from Ferndown, reached the turn at one-under par and played steadily on the way home with seven pars and two bogeys. Her score puts her in a share of fifth place in the individual table. She is the Scottish U16 open strokeplay champion.
Alex Peters, 15, (Notts Ladies) shot a steady 75 while Heidi Baek, 15 (Felixstowe Ferry) and Kelly Tidy, 17, (Royal Birkdale) both scored 77. The best three scores count from each round. England are currently on 225, four shots behind the first round leaders, Ireland.
Team captain Faye Sanderson remarked: “This was the first time Hayley had played for England and she was very impressive and had a really good round.
“Overall we’ve had a good start and we’re happy with our position. We’ll be very pleased to be in the top four after tomorrow’s round.”
Weather conditions were difficult with heavy rain for England’s early starters followed by strong winds in the afternoon. The forecast for today (Wednesday) is worse!
Leading positions:
She scored a one-over par 73 to help the team into fourth place. After tomorrow’s second round the leading eight teams will qualify for the championship matchplay stages of the competition.
Hayley, 16, from Ferndown, reached the turn at one-under par and played steadily on the way home with seven pars and two bogeys. Her score puts her in a share of fifth place in the individual table. She is the Scottish U16 open strokeplay champion.
Alex Peters, 15, (Notts Ladies) shot a steady 75 while Heidi Baek, 15 (Felixstowe Ferry) and Kelly Tidy, 17, (Royal Birkdale) both scored 77. The best three scores count from each round. England are currently on 225, four shots behind the first round leaders, Ireland.
Team captain Faye Sanderson remarked: “This was the first time Hayley had played for England and she was very impressive and had a really good round.
“Overall we’ve had a good start and we’re happy with our position. We’ll be very pleased to be in the top four after tomorrow’s round.”
Weather conditions were difficult with heavy rain for England’s early starters followed by strong winds in the afternoon. The forecast for today (Wednesday) is worse!
Leading positions:
221 Ireland.
222 Spain.
224 Finland.
225 England.
226 Netherlands.
227 Czech Republic.
228 Belgium.
231 Wales, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Germany.
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