Ladies European Tour report, scores

'Lucky' Trish Johnson wins Tenerife Ladies Open

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England’s Trish Johnson captured her 19th career victory as she edged Frenchwoman Virginie Lagoutte-Clement by a shot at the Tenerife Ladies Open.
The 44-year-old started the final round with a three-shot lead and fired a final round of 70 to complete 72 holes on the Buenavista Golf course in 14 under 274.
It was Johnson’s first win since the 2007 BMW Ladies Italian Open and followed a tie for second at the previous week’s Portugal Ladies Open. It was her 16th title on the Ladies European Tour, as she also has three victories on the LPGA.
“It’s fantastic. I’d like to say I thoroughly enjoyed the day but I’ve got to be honest: I didn’t really,” said Johnson, who went out in level par 36 after two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine.
“The first five or six holes I played great tee to green but my putting was very suspect and I was just trying to trust it. Really I was pretty lucky, because the back nine: ten I played so badly, knocking it out of bounds. I holed a fantastic bunker shot; (then) holed a putt from off the green on 11 for a par. I was hanging in a little bit.”
Tied for the lead with Lagoutte-Clement at the turn, Johnson slipped a stroke behind Anne-Lise Caudal after 13 holes, but regained her advantage with back-to-back birdies on the 14th and 15th holes.
At the par-4 16th, she hit her tee shot over a low wall, out of bounds, but the ball pitched on a footpath, bounced twice and returned over the wall.
Making the most of her good fortune, Johnson took two pars on the 16th and 17th holes and had a two stroke lead with a hole to play.
Lagoutte-Clement had a chance to tie for the lead with an eagle putt at the par-five last, but her ball slipped past the hole.
Despite hitting her tee shot into a fairway bunker, Johnson holed a six-footer for par and took the €41,250 first prize.
“They say it’s the luckiest one that wins and that was me today,” said Johnson, who earned a place at this month’s Evian Masters.
It was only her sixth start on the Tour this year, after she took the first four months of 2010 off, with tendonitis in both elbows.
“When something like that happens you always think on the bad side but in all honesty in 23 or 24 years I don’t think I’ve ever had four months off, certainly not out of choice, and perhaps it’s not a bad thing at this stage of my career to have a bit of rest,” she said.
“The arms felt pretty good today, very good, obviously, and I just keep my fingers crossed that they stay that way.”
Lagoutte-Clement shot 68 and took second place at 11 under par, with her compatriot Anne-Lise Caudal (67) a stroke back in third.
Italian Veronica Zorzi, who shared fourth place with Germany’s Anja Monke, was one of the three players to qualify for the Ricoh Women’s British Open as the leading three players not otherwise exempt for the Major Championship.
Sweden’s Nina Reis, who tied for seventh with the halfway leader Melissa Reid, also earned a place at Royal Birkdale, as did Frenchwoman Caroline Afonso, who tied for ninth with Australian Karen Lunn and Scotland’s Vikki Laing.
FINAL RESULTS
Par 288 (4x72). Yardage: 5833
Prize money in Euros
274 Trish Johnson 67 71 66 70 (41,250).
275 Virginie Lagoutte-Clement  67 70 70 68 (27,912).
276 Anne-Lise Caudal  68 71 70 67 (19,250).
279 Veronica Zorzi  69 68 68 69, Anja Monke 70 69 71 69, Lee-Anne Pace 72 72 69 66 (12,645 each).
281 Melissa Reid 66 70 72 73, Nina Reis 72 71 71 67 (7,562 each).
282 Caroline Afonso 72 74 71 65, Karen Lunn 69 74 69 70, Vikky Laing 69 68 73 72 (5,830 each).
283 Linda Wessberg 73 69 72 69, Jade Schaeffer 73 68 70 72 (4,739 each)
284 Florentyna Parker 71 74 69 70, Jenni Kuosa 74 69 74 67, Lynette Brooky 75 70 68 71.
285 Kiran Matharu  73 71 66 75, Laurette Maritx 68 74 72 71.
286 Stephanie Na 77 67 73 69, Sophie Giquel 72 71 74 69, Julie Tvede 71 75 69 71, Stefania Croce 74 74 66 72, Tandi Cunningham 72 73 69 72, Christel Boeljon 67 72 71 76.
287 Federica Piovano 69 77 72 69, Holly Aitchison 74 69 71 73.
288 Jeehae Lee 69 73 76 70.
289 Ursula Wikstrom 66 80 71 72, Maria Boden 74 72 73 70, Nikki Garrett 73 74 71 71, Sophie Sandolo 73 74 71 81, Rebecca Flood 72 72 76 69, Caroline Rominger 71 73 73 72, Cassandra Kirkland 70 71 74 74, Laura Cabanillas 75 70 70 74.
290 Karen-Margrethe Juul 75 70 72 73, Bettina Hauert 73 72 72 73.
291 Julie Maisongrosse 72 74 73 72, Rebecca Hudson 72 72 72 75, Henrietta Zuel 78 70 75 68, Lynn Kenny 77 68 68 77 (1,931 each).
292 Kim Welch 72 76 69 75, Smriti Mehra 71 72 77 72, Danielle Masters 73 74 73 72, Kate Combes 69 77 74 72, Felicity Johnson 73 71 72 76, Carmen Alonso 73 75 72 72, Maria Verchenova 73 72 76 71, Lydia Hall 71 72 78 71, Malene Jorgensen 70 71 73 78.
293 Frances Bondad 71 72 74 76, Mianne Bagger 77 70 73 73, Margherita Rigon 74 73 73 73.
294 Mariana Macias 74 71 76 73, Maria Beautell 74 73 74 73.
295 Corisande Lee 71 74 76 74, Cecilie Lundgreen 70 76 75 74.
296 Jo Pritchard 73 71 78 74.
298 Josefin Leijon 68 74 79 77, Titya Plucksataporn 71 74 80 73.
302 Stacy Lee Bregman 71 75 78 78.
305 Emelie Lind 70 76 82 77.
306 Kirsty J Fisher 75 73 81 77.



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