Lauren Taylor leads English girls’ championship with six-under 67

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Woburn’s Lauren Taylor (pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency) shot a superb six-under par 67 to lead after the first round of the English girls’ championship at Seacroft, Lincolnshire today.
She’s two shots ahead of her playing partner and fellow girl international, Heidi Baek of Suffolk, who scored four-under par 69. “We were just bouncing off each other all day,” said Lauren.
Meanwhile Hampshire’s Georgina Mundy added to an impressive day’s scoring with a one-under round of 72.
Lauren, a past winner of the English U15 title, said: “I started bogey, birdie, bogey and I was a bit nervous really. I certainly didn’t expect this!”
However, she got her momentum going with an eagle on the long fifth, where she reached the green with a drive and a four-iron. Lauren birdied the ninth to be two-under at the turn and then had her second eagle of the day on the 12th, a short par four: “I was at the back of the green with my drive, miles away, and I just drained it!” she said.
“I was kind of trying to protecting my score at the end but the putts kept going in and I finished birdie, birdie, par.”
Heidi, meanwhile, arrived at the course today following a four-hour journey from Lancashire after playing in yesterday’s final qualifying event for the Ricoh Women’s British Open.
She quickly set aside her disappointment at failing to make it into the major championship and set about producing an immaculate round of golf, composed of four birdies and 14 pars. “It was a very enjoyable round, but I had a lot of other chances and didn’t sink the putts,” said Heidi (Felixstowe Ferry).
Georgina Mundy (Dunwood Manor) started in a torrential downpour but ignored the elements to reach the turn at level par. She twice got to two-under par on the back nine, but had to settle for a one-under score when her putt lipped out on the last.
Georgina, who is playing in the event for the first time, is the younger sister of Katie Mundy, who was an England girl international and the 2009 English mid-amateur champion. “I don’t try to beat Katie – but I do try to keep up with her,” said Georgina.
Northamptonshire’s Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) kept her run of impressive form going with a level par 73. She has recently won the English schools and the Midlands South ladies’ championship.
She’s one shot ahead of last year’s English U15 champion, Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies). Three girls share sixth place on two-over 75: Lucy Evans (Wrekin), Charlotte Thompson (Channels) and Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham and St Annes).

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Lyndsey Hewison
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