BRITISH GIRLS’ OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
West Lancashire Golf Club.
QUALIFIERS FOR MATCH-PLAY
Par 144 (2x72) CSS 78 tbc
NO PLAY-OFF NECESSSARY
143 Noemi Jimenez (Spa) 70 73.
146 Manon Gidali (Fra) 76 70.
147 Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry) 71 76, Johanna Tillstrom (Swe) 75 74, Hannah Turland (Tidworth) 72 75.
149 Laetitia Beck (Isr) 75 74, Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield) 75 74.
150 Raphaela Dyer (Hayling Island) 75 75, Nicole Broch Larsen (Den) 77 73, Carly Booth (Comrie) 75 75, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 75, Camilla Hedberg (Spa) 75 75.
151 Marlies Krenn (Aut) 74 77, Mandy Goyos (Spa) 72 79, Antonia Scherer Ger) 73 78, Manon de Roey (Bel) 75 76, Nikki Foster (Pleasington) 79 72.
152 Sophia Popov (Ger) 75 77, Rosanna Crepiatt (Fra) 76 76, Laura Sedda (Spa) 79 73, Alexandra Bonetti (Fra) 75 77, Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 77 75, Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 77 75, Vicki Troeltsch (Ger) 76 76, Nerea Salaverria (Spa) 76 76, Daisy Neilsen (Denmark) 77 75.
153 Josephine Janson (Swe) 77 76, Anna Aresse (Spa) 79 74, Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) 74 79, Celine Boulder (Fra) 80 73, Mara Puisite (Latvia) 73 82.
154 Perrine Delacour (Fra) 72 82, Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 80 74, Elia Folch (Spa) 77 77, Amy Boulden (Maesdu) 77 77, Tonje Daffinrud (Nor) 75 79.
155 Jana Niedballa (Ger) 81 74, Rebecca Huber (Swi) 76 79, Marina Stuetz (Aut) 77 78, Jess Wilcox (Blankney) 74 81, Jessica Schiele (Kenwick Park) 81`74, Kristina Kaisler (Ger) 78 77, Begona Jauregui Garcia (Spa) 79 76, Roberta Roeller (Ger) 75 80..
156 Bronte Law (Bramhall) 78 78, Emma O’Driscoll (Ballybunion) 78 78, Bianca Maria Fabrizio (Ita) 81 75, Justine Dreher (Fra) 82 74, Jinjira Rasmussen (Den) 79 77
157 Luna Sobron (Spa) 79 78, Connie Chen (SAf) 79 78, Andrea Vilarasu (Spa) 84 73, Clemence Abrahamian (Fra) 76 81
158 Emelie Alonso (Fra) 80 78, Federica Constantini (Ita) 79 79, Victoria Scherer (Ger) 80 78, Eugenia Ferrero (Ita) 81 77, Maria Villamil (Spa) 81 77, Katharina Soehnien (Ger) 78 80, Bertine Strauss (SAf) 77 81, Jessica Bradley (Tiverton) 77 81.

DID NOT QUALIFY
159 Margaux Vanmoi (Bel) 82 77, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 80 79, Charlotte Thomas (Sing) 81 78, Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham St Annes) 81 78, Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham St Annes) 78 81, Bronwyn Davies (Wolstanton) 82 77, Anna Antoniutti (Ita) 78 81, Marta Sanz Barrio (Spa) 77 82, Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 74 85, Rocio Sanchez Lobato (Spa) 85 74, Sian Evans (Faversham) 78 81, Gabriella Wahl (Ger) 77 82, Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) 81 78.
160 Georgia Hall (Ferndown) 80 80, Kirsty Condon (Blankney) 81 79, Patrice Delaney (Birr) 81 79, Denise Kalek (Ger) 76 84, Olivia Winning (Rotherham) 79 81..
161 Emelie Lundestrom (Swe) 84 77, Sarah Winter (Carnalea) 83 78, Nicola Rawlinson (Leyland) 80 81, Rebecca Hedeles (Royal Norwich) 81 80.
162 Ana Fernandez de Diego (Spa 86 76, Sophie Godley (Lindrick) 82 80, Merle Kasperek (Ger) 81 81, Elizabeth Stebbings (Wilpshire) 76 86, Sonja Riedinger (Ger) 78 84
163 Maiju Uusi-simola (Fin) 85 78, Yushira Budhram (SAf) 83 80, Ines Lescudier (Fra) 85 78, Melissa McMahon (Yeovil) 83 80, Teresa Caballer (Spa) 78 85, Rebecca Gee (Wellingborough) 76 87.
164 Laura Christiaens (Bel) 81 83, Meike Fleck (Ger) 81 83, Olivia Berer (Swi\) 87 77, Miranda Brain (Gog Magog) 85 79,Joana Yanez (Spa) 82 82, Hally Leadbetter (US) 86 78, Valeria Tandrini (Ita) 81 83, Lena Schaeffner 9Ger) 85 79.
165 Ana Fernandez de Mesa (Spa) 82 83, Isabel Gadea (Ger) 80 85..
166 Lucy Evans (Lilleshall Hall) 82 84, Cristina McQuiston (Ita) 88 78, Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 86 80, Charlotte Austwick (PikeHills) 79 87, Lorraine Mulliez (Swi) 83 83, Isabel Jimenez Perez (Spa) 87 79, Jana Kohlhammer (Ger) 89 77.
167 Charley Hull (Ketteriing) 88 79, Nina Schlund (Ger) 84 83.
168 Natasha Gobey (Rhondda) 83 85, Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 82 86, Fanny Cnops (Bel) 88 80, Johanna Neumann (Ger) 84 84, Chiara Brizzolari (Ita) 88 80,
169 Katie Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 86 83, Camille Chevalier (Fra) 81 88, Nina Von Siebenthal (Swi) 87 82.
171 Camille Collet (Fra) 87 84, Helen Searle (West End) 87 84.
172 Irene Calvo Sanx (Spa) 90 82, Katharina Munch (Ger) 89 83, Lesley Atkins (Minto) 83 89, Claujdia Chemin (Fra) 82 90.
173 Mary Larsh (US) 88 85, Maria Couffignal (Fra) 86 87, Leticia Ras-Anderica (Spa) 93 80, Ashleigh Grimes (Newcastle Under lyme) 84 89.
174 Maria Cantanni (Ita) 89 85.
176 Lourdes Rocio Lopez Caballo (Spa) 94 82.
178 Paloma Jauregui Garcia (Spa) 88 90, Jeanne Metivier (Fra) 93 85.
184 Beatriz Prados Fraile (Spa) 93 91.
193 Sophie Lacroix (Fra) 96 97.
195 Paula Mustienes (Spa) 99 96.

TEAM EVENT FINAL PLACINGS
Best two from three scores to count daily.
301 ENGLAND 151 150 (H Clyburn 77 75, Alexandra Peters 74 69, Hayley Davis 77 75; SWEDEN 150 151 (E Lundstrom 84 77, Louise Ridderstrom 75 77, Johanna Tillstrom 75 74). England won with lower second round total.
302 SPAIN 154 148 (Anna Arrese 79 74, Camilla Hederg 75 75, Rocio Sanchez 85 74).
306 FRANCE 146 160, AUSTRIA 151 155.
308 SWITZERLAND.
314 SOUTH AFRICA.
315 IRELAND 159 156 (Patrice Delaney 81 79, Emma O’Driscoll 78 78, Sara H=Louise Winter 83 78).
316 ITALY.
317 WALES 160 157 (Amy Boulden 77 77,Gemma Bradbury 86 80, Natasha Gobey 83 85)
318 SCOTLAND 157 161 (Lesley Atikins 83 89, Eilidh Briggs 75 75, Rachael Watton 82 86).

FIRST ROUND MATCH-PLAY TIES
7.30 Jimenez v Strauss.
7.38 Townend v Peters.
7.46 Scherer v Fabrizio.
7.54 Rasmussen v Kraemer.
8.02 Briggs v Abrahamian.
8.10 Castelain v Troeltsch.
8.18 Salaverria v Jauregui Garcia.
8.26 Ferrero v Broch Larsen.
8.34 Tillstrom v Scherer.
8.42 Delacour v Ridderstrom.
8.50 Neilsen v Huber.
8.58 Vilarasu v Dywer.
9.06 Foster v Dreher.
8.14 Roeller v Davis.
9.22 Boutier v Daffinrud.
8.30 Constantini v v Baek.
9.38 Turland v Soehnlein.
9.46 Folch v Aresse.
9.54 Sedda v Wilcox.
10.02 O'Driscoll v De Roey.
10.10 Hedberg v Chen.
10.18 Stuetz v Clyburn.
10.26 Popov v Schiele.
10.34 Alonso v Mallegtt.
10.42 Beck v Villamil.
10.50 Niedballa v Bonetti.
10.58 Crepatt v Kaisler.
11.06 Sobron v Booth.
11.14 Krenn v Law.
11.22 Puisite v Goyos.
11.30 Janson v Bouolden.
11,38 Bradley v Gidali.

No play-off necessary at West Lancashire GC

TWO SCOTS, CARLY AND EILIDH, MAKE

IT THROUGH TO BRITISH GIRLS MATCH-PLAY


Only two Scots – Carly Booth from Comrie and Kilmacolm’s Eilidh Briggs – qualified for the match-play stages after the two stroke-play eliminating rounds finished in wind and rain at West Lancashire Golf Club this evening.
Both Carly, 17, and 16-year-old Elidh had totals of six-over-par 150, made up of two 75s each.
They qualified with ease quite high up among the 64 who made it through with totals of 158 or better.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) missed out with scores of 80 and 79 for 159, and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) bowed out on 168 with rounds of 82 and 86.
Borders women’s champion Lesley Atkins (Minto), who is enduring that loss of form which all young improving players go through at some time or other, had scores of 83 and 89 for 172.
Eilidh Briggs clinched her place with two late birdies, at the 14th and 16th in an inward 37 for 75 while Carly covered the last 13 holes with 12 pars and one bogey … the kind of form that wins match-play ties.
Rachael Watton had a nightmare 9 at the par-4 10th and had an inward half of 46.
Leading qualifier was the 15-year-old Spanish girl, Noemi Jimenez from Malaga, with rounds of 70 and 73 for 143.

DONNA POCOCK EQUALS BRAEMAR

WOMEN'S COURSE RECORD OF 63

Past Aberdeenshire champion Donna Pocock (Murcar Links) equalled the 12-year-old Braemar women's course record with a brilliant round of nine-under-par 63 in the club's women's open tournament.
Donna's figures were:
OUT: 4 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 4 – 32.
IN: 4 3 5 2 3 5 3 3 3 – 31.
The 2 at the fifth is an eagle and she had nine birdies: at the second, fourth, seventh, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 16th and 17th. She also had two bogeys, at the sixth and 12th.
Her halves were four under par on the way out and five under par on the way home.
Former Curtis Cup player and past Scottish champion Elaine Farquharson-Black (Deeside) set the record on July 12, 1998 and it is interesting to compare the figures with which she set the 63 mark. They were:

OUT: 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 - 31.

IN: 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 - 32.

If you have the time you might like to compare Donna and Elaine's scorecards and see who would have won in a "fantasy" match-play tie between the two of them on their day of days (Three months later in October 1997, Elaine smashed the Moray Old Course women's record with a 10-under-par round of 65).
Donna, who has brought her handicap down to one, won the Braemar tournament by three shots from another past county champion Sheena Wood (Hazlehead) with Claire Hargan (Mortonhall), also a former cap and multi-Midlothian county champion, third on 68.

*Picture of Donna Pocock is by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

BRITISH GIRLS’ OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
West Lancashire Golf Club.
QUALIFIERS FOR MATCH-PLAY
Par 144 (2x72) CSS 78 tbc BRITISH GIRLS’ OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
West Lancashire Golf Club.
Clubhouse scores at 5pm
146 Manon Gidali (Fra) 76 70.
147 Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry) 71 76, Johanna Tillstrom (Swe) 75 74, Hannah Turland (Tidworth) 72 75.
149 Laetitia Beck (Isr) 75 74.
150 Raphaela Dyer (Hayling Island) 75 75, Nicole Broch Larsen (Den) 77 73, Carly Booth (Comrie) 75 75, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 75.
151 Marlies Krenn (Aut) 74 77, Mandy Goyos (Spa) 72 79, Antonia Scherer Ger) 73 78, Manon de Roey (Bel) 75 76.
152 Sophia Popov (Ger) 75 77, Rosanna Crepiatt (Fra) 76 76, Laura Sedda (Spa) 79 73, Alexandra Bonetti (Fra) 75 77, Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 77 75, Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 77 75, Vicki Troeltsch (Ger) 76 76, Nerea Salaverria (Spa) 76 76..
153 Josephine Janson (Swe) 77 76, Anna Aresse (Spa) 79 74, Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) 74 79.
154 Perrine Delacour (Fra) 72 82, Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 80 74, Elia ~Folch (Spa) 77 77.
155 Jana Niedballa (Ger) 81 74, Rebecca Huber (Swi) 76 79, Marina Stuetz (Aut) 77 78, Jess Wilcox (Blankney) 74 81, Jessica Schiele (Kenwick Park) 81`74, Kristina Kaisler (Ger) 78 77, Begona Jauregui Garcia (Spa) 79 76, Roberta Roeller (Ger) 75 80..
156 Bronte Law (Bramhall) 78 78, Emma O’Driscoll (Ballybunion) 78 78, Bianca Maria Fabrizio (Ita) 81 75, Justine Dreher (Fra) 82 74..
157 Luna Sobron (Spa) 79 78, Connie Chen (SAf) 79 78, Andrea Vilarasu (Spa) 84 73..
158 Emelie Alonso (Fra) 80 78, Federica Constantini (Ita) 79 79, Victoria Scherer (Ger) 80 78, Eugenia Ferrero (Ita) 81 77, Maria Villamil (Spa) 81 77.
159 Margaux Vanmoi (Bel) 82 77, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 80 79, Charlotte Thomas (Sing) 81 78, Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham St Annes) 81 78, Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham St Annes) 78 81, Bronwyn Davies (Wolstanton) 82 77, Anna Antoniutti (Ita) 78 81, Marta Sanz Barrio (Spa) 77 82.
160 Georgia Hall (Ferndown) 80 80, Kirsty Condon (Blankney) 81 79, Patrice Delaney (Birr) 81 79..
161 Emelie Lundestrom (Swe) 84 77, Sarah Winter (Carnalea) 83 78..
162 Ana Fernandez de Diego (Spa) 86 76, Sophie Godley (Lindrick) 82 80.
163 Maiju Uusi-simola (Fin) 85 78, Yushira Budhram (SAf) 83 80, Ines Lescudier (Fra) 85 78, Melissa McMahon (Yeovil) 83 80.
DID NOT QUALIFY
164 Laura Christiaens (Bel) 81 83, Meike Fleck (Ger) 81 83, Olivia Berer (Swi\) 87 77, Miranda Brain (Gog Magog) 85 79,Joana Yanez (Spa) 82 82, Hally Leadbetter (US) 86 78.
165 ~Ana Fernandez de Mesa (Spa) 82 83.
166 Lucy Evans (Lilleshall Hall) 82 84, Cristina McQuiston (Ita) 88 78, Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 86 80, Charlotte Austwick (PikeHills) 79 87, Lorraine Mulliez (Swi) 83 83, Isabel Jimenez Perez (Spa) 87 79.
167 Charley Hull (Ketteriing) 88 79, Nina Schlund (Ger) 84 83.
168 Natasha Gobey (Rhondda) 83 85, Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 82 86, Fanny Cnops (Bel) 88 80, Johanna Neumann (Ger) 84 84, Chiara Brizzolari (Ita) 88 80..
169 Katie Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 86 83, Camille Chevalier (Fra) 81 88.
171 Camille Collet (Fra) 87 84.
172 Irene Calvo Sanx (Spa) 90 82, Katharina Munch (Ger) 89 83.
173 Mary Larsh (US) 88 85, Maria Couffignal (Fra) 86 87, Leticia Ras-Anderica (Spa) 93 80..
174 Maria Cantanni (Ita) 89 85.
176 Lourdes Rocio Lopez Caballo (Spa) 94 82.
178 Paloma Jauregui Garcia (Spa) 88 90.
184 Beatriz Prados Fraile (Spa) 93 91.
193 Sophie Lacroix (Fra) 96 97.
195 Paula Mustienes (Spa) 99 96.

Editor's note: Scroll down to read the original story about LGU Head of Golf Operations Susan Simpson saying she was "very disappointed" that the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA of America arranged the Junior Solheim Cup match in Illinois for next Tuesday and Wednesday, only three or four days after the British girls' open amateur championship ends this Friday.
Six of the selected European team decided to opt out of the girls' event at Lancashire and go straight to the Illinois venue. The other six ARE playing in the "British," and will make their way to the Junior Solheim Cup once they are out of the championship.
LET player Lynn Kenny then responded by saying the LGU should look for dates to avoid such clashes in future.

Jenny Louden of Nairn writes:

I'm afraid I have to disagree with Lynn Kenny. Winning the British girls' championship is the pinnacle achievement for British girl golfers and, given the now annual veritable flood of golfers from the Continent of Europe, it would appear they too rate this event very highly.
It must also be remembered that these girls have a limited number of opportunities to win this event.
The junior Solheim Cup is not a stand-alone event and will therefore always be regarded as a sideshow to the Solheim Cup. Oh, I'm sure it will look quite good on a golfing CV but the bottom line is that no-one, outside of the participants themselves, will remember who played in it. Compare this to the opportunity of adding one's name to a highly prestigious trophy. Well, it's a no-brainer, isn't it?
At the risk of stating the obvious, it would appear that the six team members who delayed their departure to play in this blue-ribamd event, also agree with me. As for the other six, they will surely wonder at some point in the future ... "what if ... "
As for moving 'the British girls championship to accommodate this 'sideshow' ... Lynn Kenny, "you cannot be serious!"

Lynn Kenny's response:

First of all, let me clarify why I emailed Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk in the first place - in response to Colin Farquharson's comment that the LET and the LPGA did not do the LGU any favours by arranging the Junior Solheim Cup the week after the British Girls Championship.
My point was that the LET and the LPGA arrange the Solheim Cup around their own, very hectic schedules and announced the 2009 dates well in advance (September 2006).
The LGU know that the Junior Solheim Cup is played the same week as the professional event, so perhaps they should have arranged the British Girls Championship with that in mind (although I hold my hands up and say that I don't know how far in advance the LGU have to organise their events).
I totally agree that the British Girls Championship is a very prestigious event, and as Jenny pointed out, the number of foreign entries proves this. But Jenny has to be aware that being picked for the Junior Solheim Cup Team is a big deal and a great achievement, and it is certainly not a 'sideshow' for those involved.
This is reinforced by six of the team choosing not to enter the British Girls in order to prepare for next week, one of whom is a British player! Remember the Junior Solheim Cup is only played once every two years, and places are only available to the top 12 players in Europe, making it an even more limited opportunity than playing in the annual British Girls Championship which is open to all.
My overall point is that the Junior Solheim Cup will always be played the same week as the Solheim Cup. It is a prestigious event for those involved, as is the British Girls Championship. Tournament organisers should do their best to make sure the leading European U18 amateurs don't have to make the understandably difficult choice between the two events, and schedule events accordingly - and that, I'm afraid Jenny, is the LGU's responsibility, because it would be unrealistic to suggest the LET and LPGA arrange the Solheim Cup, the biggest team event for any female golfer, in accordance to the British Girls' schedule, which seemed to be Colin's point in the first place.

No, it's not a loosening-up exercise by Melissa McMahon (Yeovil) during the British girls' championship at West Lancashire GC. She has hit her drive off line from the 10th tee and is trying to indicate to the ball spotters which direction her ball has gone. Image by Cal CarsonGolf Agency. Click on it to enlarge.