Charlotte Wild sets the pace in

English mid-amateur championship

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Charlotte Wild – who won her first national title last week – shot six-under par over 36 holes at Denham to lead the qualifiers for the English women's open mid-amateur championship.
The new English stroke-play champion is eight shots clear of the field after returning scores of one-under 71 and five-under 67 on the Buckinghamshire course. It was exactly the performance she wanted after her big win last week.
“When you’re playing well you have to try and ride the wave for as long as possible,” she said. “But you don’t win by qualifying – there’s a long way to go.”
Charlotte leads 32 qualifiers into the match-play stages of the championship and in the first round meets Bedfordshire’s Laura Collin who recently reached the semi-finals of the British amateur championship at Harlech, North Wales.
The cut fell at 12-over par 156.
The 19-year-old Charlotte – who has just been picked for England’s Home International team – played well all day, but more putts dropped in the afternoon. Charlotte was level par after seven holes of her second round – and her low-scoring spree began when she holed a 20-footer for eagle on the ninth.
Three more birdies followed on the inward half.
“I hit the ball exactly the same morning and afternoon but more putts dropped in the second round, said Charlotte.
Her closest challengers were three players on two-over par, including last week’s runner-up, Charlotte Ellis of Gloucestershire. Lancashire’s Cori Lee, who was fourth in the stroke-play, also figured strongly with a three-over par total.
Qualifying scores
Par 144 (2x72) CSS 75 74
138 Charlotte Wild (Mere) 71 67.
146 Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 73 73, Laura Jones (Royal Liverpool) 72 74, Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park) 72 74.
147 Corisande Lee (West Lancashire) 75 72.
148 Laura Harvey (Richmond ,Yorkshire) 76 72, Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) 76 72, Tracey Boyes (Meon Valley).
150 Charlotte Dalton (Ladbrook Park) 76 74, Jerry Lawrence (Rochester & Cobham Park) 75 75.
151 Emma Fairnie (Dunbar) 76 75, Harriet Key (South Herts) 73 78.
152 Claire Starkie (Silsden) 78 74, Katie Mundy (Dunwood Manor) 78 74, Nicole Whitmore (Woburn) 75 77.
153 Georgina Hunt (Lewes) 77 76, Kimberley Crooks (Saltburn By The Sea) 75 78, Kym Larratt (Kibworth) 75 78.
154 Hermione FitzGerald (Links, Newmarket) 80 74, Emilee Taylor (Gainsborough) 80 74, Kate Whitmore (Sandiway) 78 76, Jo Hodge (Knowle) 77 77, Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest) 76 78, Carley Warrington (Sickleholme) 75 79, Emma Clegg (Wilpshire) 74 80.
155 Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall) 80 75, Tara Watters (Muswell Hill) 77 78, Laura Cutler (Warley Park) 77 78, Kirsty Rands (Burhill) 76 79, Stacey Rodger (West Hove) 76 79.
156 Harriet Owers-Bradley (Wollaton Park) 81 75, Laura Collin (John O'Gaunt) 78 78
First round matchplay draw:
Charlotte Wild v Laura Collin
Kimberley Crooks v Georgina Hunt
Charlotte Dalton v Carley Warrington
Emma Clegg v Tracey Boyes
Corisande Lee v Laura Cutler
Kate Whitmore v Harriet Key
Claire Starkie v Emilee Taylor
Kirsty Rands v Hannah Ralph
Laura Jones v Stacey Rodger
Hermione FitzGerald v Katie Mundy
Emma Fairnie v Jo Hodge
Tara Watters v Laura Harvey
Rachel Drummond v Lisa Ball
Katherine Russell v Jerry Lawrence
Nicole Whitmore v Kym Larratt
Harriet Owers-Bradley v Charlotte Ellis

Full details and hole-by-hole scoring: www.englishwomensgolf.org
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer