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England’s Georgina Simpson takes a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open after an impressive second round of 68 at Golf Gerre Losone on Saturday.
After a day of weather delays due to thunder, the 34-year-old from Cleckheaton in Yorkshire teed off late in the afternoon and posted four birdies in fine conditions to lead on ten under par.
Still struggling with a cold, Simpson said: “I’m really pleased but I’m just full of cold and I’m trying to take whatever shot’s in front of me and deal with that and get round at the moment really. Obviously it’s having a good effect and I should probably take that to every week. I’m happy to be in and going to my bed soon and we’ll see what’s out there tomorrow.”
With two runner-up finishes on the Ladies European Tour, in Wales in 2007 and in Portugal in 2008, the ninth season Tour player was relishing the opportunity to contend for her first LET title, despite feeling decidedly below par.
“This is what you work hard for and I’m hitting the ball better than I’ve hit it for a while. The putter is still working. It didn’t do too much on the front nine but on the back nine it started again. I’m just going to try and get round and stay well because we’re out for three weeks now. A nice finish tomorrow would be lovely but I’ll just take it one shot at a time.”
The first round leader Australian Kristie Smith, playing her first season on the Ladies European Tour as a ‘Henderson Rookie’, finished the day one stroke back in outright second place after a two under par round of 70.
The 21-year-old West Australian had established a two stroke lead after 14 holes but dropped shots at the 16th and 17th, before recovering with a birdie at the last.
“I hit the ball awesome; probably the best I’ve hit it in a long time, but I putted very poorly,” said Smith, who has won two events already in 2010, but none on the Ladies European Tour.
“I guess I can be happy with the way I’m hitting it but I’m not putting very well so I’m going to go and hit a few putts now ahead of tomorrow.
“I told myself it would be nice to be in contention going into Sunday and that’s what I’m doing. I’ve been there before and I’ve won before so we’ll see what happens.
“I felt a bit relaxed because the weather turned around quite nicely for us this afternoon. There was no wind whatsoever so you could stick it at pins. That didn’t hurt me at all.”
Scotland’s Vikki Laing (70) and South African Lee-Anne Pace (67) finished the day a stroke back in a share of third place at eight under par 136.
Earlier in the day, Laing had hit her drive on the 16th hole when play was suspended at 12:08. Play resumed briefly at 2:00 before another weather delay minutes later.
The 29-year-old from Musselburgh said: “I’d hit my drive on 16 when I got called in and then I hit my second shot left of the green and chipped on and got called in again. I went back out and made the putt and finished up from there. I’m pretty happy to be honest.
“It’s been a really long day for us and we’ve been on and off the course a couple of times. I’d definitely take two under with all the weather that we’ve been having.”
Three players finished one stroke further back in a share of fifth place at seven under par. They were Australian Frances Bondad, Sweden’s Johanna Westerberg and Jade Schaeffer of France, all of whom will be in the hunt for the €78,750 first prize.
After the cut to 64 players at 145 (+1), the third and final round will begin at 8am on Sunday with a two tee start due to the possibility of more thunder storms. The leading trio will tee off at 9.50am.
SCOTSWATCH: There are two Scots in the top 10, Krystle Caithness 69-70 for 139) backing up Vikki Laing's great effort but otherwise it was a bad day for the Tartan Army. Kylie Walker (146), Lynn Kenny (148), Clare Queen (150), Carly Booth (150) and Pamela Feggans (152) all missed the cut.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
134 Georgina Simpson (Eng) 66 68
135 Kristie Smith (Aus) 65 70
136 Vikki Laing (Sco) 66 70, Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 69 67
137 Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 70 67, Frances Bondad (Aus) 68 69, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 69 68
138 Malene Jorgensen (Den) 73 65
139 Trish Johnson (Eng) 70 69, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 71 68, Krystle Caithness (Sco) 69 70, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 69 70, Beth Allen (USA) 68 71, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 68 71, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 68 71, Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra) 68 71, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 70 69, Dana Lacey-Johnson (Aus) 72 67
140 Caroline Masson (Ger) 68 72, Lara Katzy (Ger) 71 69
141 Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 69 72, Kyra Van Leeuwen (Ned) 71 70, Anja Monke (Ger) 70 71, Carin Koch (Swe) 71 70, Rebecca Flood (Aus) 71 70
142 Melissa Reid (Eng) 70 72, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 71 71, Bo Mi Suh (Kor) 70 72, Hanna-Leena Salonen (Fin) 72 70, Kim Welch (USA) 70 72, Lynnette Brooky (Nzl) 75 67, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 70 72, Jessica Ji (Kor) 70 72
143 Kate Combes (Aus) 71 72, Lotta Wahlin (Swe) 71 72, Sophie Giquel (Fra) 69 74, Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 70 73, Linda Wessberg (Swe) 70 73, Jeehae Lee (Kor) 72 71
144 Nathalie David-Mila (Fra) 72 72, Smriti Mehra (Ind) 72 72, Sophie Walker (Eng) 70 74, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 70 74, Elin Emanuelsson (Swe) 71 73, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 72 72, Sherlyn Popelka (Swi) 73 71, Tandi Cuningham (Rsa) 73 71, Camille Fallay (Fra) 73 71, Anais Maggetti (Swi) 75 69, Mollie Fankhauser (USA) 73 71, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 70 74
145 Joanne Mills (Aus) 71 74, Elizabeth Bennett (Eng) 72 73, Breanne Loucks (Wal) 71 74, Lydia Hall (Wal) 73 72, Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spa) 77 68, Nina Reis (Swe) 72 73, Federica Piovano (Ita) 73 72, Josefin Leijon (Swe) 75 70, Marta Prieto (Spa) 71 74, Lisa Hall (Eng) 70 75, Caroline Rominger (Swi) 73 72, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 74 71, Elena Giraud (Fra) 75 70
MISSED THE CUT
146 Claire Aitken (Eng) 72 74, Julie Greciet (Fra) 75 71, Kylie Walker (Sco) 74 72, Stefania Croce (Ita) 71 75, Km Juul (Den) 75 71
147 Valeria Martinoli (Swi) 74 73, Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor) 76 71, Kym Larratt (Eng) 74 73, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 71 76, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 73 74, Karen Lunn (Aus) 72 75, Florence Luscher (Swi) 69 78, Maria Verchenova (Rus) 74 73, Ana Larraneta (Spa) 72 75, Corisande Lee (Eng) 74 73, Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 73 74, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 75 72
148 Maria Boden (Swe) 75 73, Julie Maisongrosse (Fra) 75 73, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 75 73, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 73 75, Johanna Lundberg (Swe) 77 71, Julie Tvede (Den) 76 72, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 76 72, Holly Aitchison (Eng) 70 78, Lynn Kenny (Sco) 73 75, Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 76 72, Martina Gillen (Irl) 72 76, Morgana Robbertze (Rsa) 76 72
149 Hazel Kavanagh (Irl) 75 74, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 74 75, Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wal) 71 78, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 78 71, Florentyna Parker (Eng) 77 72
150 Anna Tybring (Swe) 75 75, Jo Pritchard (Wal) 74 76, Clare Queen (Sco) 71 79, Carly Booth (Sco) 77 73, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 74 76, Emelie Lind (Swe) 76 74
151 Henrietta Zuel (Eng) 78 73, Marina Arruti (Spa) 74 77, Rebecca Huber (Swi) 75 76
152 Monica V.Christiansen (Den) 77 75, Pamela Feggans (Sco) 75 77, Anna Rossi (Ita) 77 75, Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 78 74, Bettina Hauert (Ger) 80 72, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 75 77, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 76 76
153 Tara Delaney (Irl) 77 76
154 Hannah Ralph (Eng) 74 80, Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 76 78
155 Mariana Macias Capuzzi (Spa) 80 75, Amanda Moltke-Leth (Den) 78 77
156 Antonella Cvitan (Swe) 79 77
157 Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 81 76
158 Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 79 79
159 Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger) 83 76, Karin Borjeskog (Swe) 78 81
160 Nora Angehrn (Swi) 79 81
RTD: Johanna Mundy (Eng) 80
England’s Georgina Simpson takes a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open after an impressive second round of 68 at Golf Gerre Losone on Saturday.
After a day of weather delays due to thunder, the 34-year-old from Cleckheaton in Yorkshire teed off late in the afternoon and posted four birdies in fine conditions to lead on ten under par.
Still struggling with a cold, Simpson said: “I’m really pleased but I’m just full of cold and I’m trying to take whatever shot’s in front of me and deal with that and get round at the moment really. Obviously it’s having a good effect and I should probably take that to every week. I’m happy to be in and going to my bed soon and we’ll see what’s out there tomorrow.”
With two runner-up finishes on the Ladies European Tour, in Wales in 2007 and in Portugal in 2008, the ninth season Tour player was relishing the opportunity to contend for her first LET title, despite feeling decidedly below par.
“This is what you work hard for and I’m hitting the ball better than I’ve hit it for a while. The putter is still working. It didn’t do too much on the front nine but on the back nine it started again. I’m just going to try and get round and stay well because we’re out for three weeks now. A nice finish tomorrow would be lovely but I’ll just take it one shot at a time.”
The first round leader Australian Kristie Smith, playing her first season on the Ladies European Tour as a ‘Henderson Rookie’, finished the day one stroke back in outright second place after a two under par round of 70.
The 21-year-old West Australian had established a two stroke lead after 14 holes but dropped shots at the 16th and 17th, before recovering with a birdie at the last.
“I hit the ball awesome; probably the best I’ve hit it in a long time, but I putted very poorly,” said Smith, who has won two events already in 2010, but none on the Ladies European Tour.
“I guess I can be happy with the way I’m hitting it but I’m not putting very well so I’m going to go and hit a few putts now ahead of tomorrow.
“I told myself it would be nice to be in contention going into Sunday and that’s what I’m doing. I’ve been there before and I’ve won before so we’ll see what happens.
“I felt a bit relaxed because the weather turned around quite nicely for us this afternoon. There was no wind whatsoever so you could stick it at pins. That didn’t hurt me at all.”
Scotland’s Vikki Laing (70) and South African Lee-Anne Pace (67) finished the day a stroke back in a share of third place at eight under par 136.
Earlier in the day, Laing had hit her drive on the 16th hole when play was suspended at 12:08. Play resumed briefly at 2:00 before another weather delay minutes later.
The 29-year-old from Musselburgh said: “I’d hit my drive on 16 when I got called in and then I hit my second shot left of the green and chipped on and got called in again. I went back out and made the putt and finished up from there. I’m pretty happy to be honest.
“It’s been a really long day for us and we’ve been on and off the course a couple of times. I’d definitely take two under with all the weather that we’ve been having.”
Three players finished one stroke further back in a share of fifth place at seven under par. They were Australian Frances Bondad, Sweden’s Johanna Westerberg and Jade Schaeffer of France, all of whom will be in the hunt for the €78,750 first prize.
After the cut to 64 players at 145 (+1), the third and final round will begin at 8am on Sunday with a two tee start due to the possibility of more thunder storms. The leading trio will tee off at 9.50am.
SCOTSWATCH: There are two Scots in the top 10, Krystle Caithness 69-70 for 139) backing up Vikki Laing's great effort but otherwise it was a bad day for the Tartan Army. Kylie Walker (146), Lynn Kenny (148), Clare Queen (150), Carly Booth (150) and Pamela Feggans (152) all missed the cut.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
134 Georgina Simpson (Eng) 66 68
135 Kristie Smith (Aus) 65 70
136 Vikki Laing (Sco) 66 70, Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 69 67
137 Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 70 67, Frances Bondad (Aus) 68 69, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 69 68
138 Malene Jorgensen (Den) 73 65
139 Trish Johnson (Eng) 70 69, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 71 68, Krystle Caithness (Sco) 69 70, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 69 70, Beth Allen (USA) 68 71, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 68 71, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 68 71, Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra) 68 71, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 70 69, Dana Lacey-Johnson (Aus) 72 67
140 Caroline Masson (Ger) 68 72, Lara Katzy (Ger) 71 69
141 Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 69 72, Kyra Van Leeuwen (Ned) 71 70, Anja Monke (Ger) 70 71, Carin Koch (Swe) 71 70, Rebecca Flood (Aus) 71 70
142 Melissa Reid (Eng) 70 72, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 71 71, Bo Mi Suh (Kor) 70 72, Hanna-Leena Salonen (Fin) 72 70, Kim Welch (USA) 70 72, Lynnette Brooky (Nzl) 75 67, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 70 72, Jessica Ji (Kor) 70 72
143 Kate Combes (Aus) 71 72, Lotta Wahlin (Swe) 71 72, Sophie Giquel (Fra) 69 74, Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 70 73, Linda Wessberg (Swe) 70 73, Jeehae Lee (Kor) 72 71
144 Nathalie David-Mila (Fra) 72 72, Smriti Mehra (Ind) 72 72, Sophie Walker (Eng) 70 74, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 70 74, Elin Emanuelsson (Swe) 71 73, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 72 72, Sherlyn Popelka (Swi) 73 71, Tandi Cuningham (Rsa) 73 71, Camille Fallay (Fra) 73 71, Anais Maggetti (Swi) 75 69, Mollie Fankhauser (USA) 73 71, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 70 74
145 Joanne Mills (Aus) 71 74, Elizabeth Bennett (Eng) 72 73, Breanne Loucks (Wal) 71 74, Lydia Hall (Wal) 73 72, Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spa) 77 68, Nina Reis (Swe) 72 73, Federica Piovano (Ita) 73 72, Josefin Leijon (Swe) 75 70, Marta Prieto (Spa) 71 74, Lisa Hall (Eng) 70 75, Caroline Rominger (Swi) 73 72, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 74 71, Elena Giraud (Fra) 75 70
MISSED THE CUT
146 Claire Aitken (Eng) 72 74, Julie Greciet (Fra) 75 71, Kylie Walker (Sco) 74 72, Stefania Croce (Ita) 71 75, Km Juul (Den) 75 71
147 Valeria Martinoli (Swi) 74 73, Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor) 76 71, Kym Larratt (Eng) 74 73, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 71 76, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 73 74, Karen Lunn (Aus) 72 75, Florence Luscher (Swi) 69 78, Maria Verchenova (Rus) 74 73, Ana Larraneta (Spa) 72 75, Corisande Lee (Eng) 74 73, Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 73 74, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 75 72
148 Maria Boden (Swe) 75 73, Julie Maisongrosse (Fra) 75 73, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 75 73, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 73 75, Johanna Lundberg (Swe) 77 71, Julie Tvede (Den) 76 72, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 76 72, Holly Aitchison (Eng) 70 78, Lynn Kenny (Sco) 73 75, Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 76 72, Martina Gillen (Irl) 72 76, Morgana Robbertze (Rsa) 76 72
149 Hazel Kavanagh (Irl) 75 74, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 74 75, Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wal) 71 78, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 78 71, Florentyna Parker (Eng) 77 72
150 Anna Tybring (Swe) 75 75, Jo Pritchard (Wal) 74 76, Clare Queen (Sco) 71 79, Carly Booth (Sco) 77 73, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 74 76, Emelie Lind (Swe) 76 74
151 Henrietta Zuel (Eng) 78 73, Marina Arruti (Spa) 74 77, Rebecca Huber (Swi) 75 76
152 Monica V.Christiansen (Den) 77 75, Pamela Feggans (Sco) 75 77, Anna Rossi (Ita) 77 75, Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 78 74, Bettina Hauert (Ger) 80 72, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 75 77, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 76 76
153 Tara Delaney (Irl) 77 76
154 Hannah Ralph (Eng) 74 80, Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 76 78
155 Mariana Macias Capuzzi (Spa) 80 75, Amanda Moltke-Leth (Den) 78 77
156 Antonella Cvitan (Swe) 79 77
157 Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 81 76
158 Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 79 79
159 Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger) 83 76, Karin Borjeskog (Swe) 78 81
160 Nora Angehrn (Swi) 79 81
RTD: Johanna Mundy (Eng) 80
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