British women's open amateur stroke-play championship in South Wales

PRETSWELL IS SWINGING IN THE RAIN

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

You expect at least one day of bad weather when you go to the links on the coast of South Wales. It arrived today on schedule at Tenby Golf Club for the second round of the 72-hole British women's open amateur stroke-play championship.
At the end of a day of unrelenting rain it was Curtis Cup Scot Pamela Pretswell and Chrisje De Vries from the Netherlands who led the 42 qualifiers with totals of 15-over-par 159 or better into Friday’s final two rounds.
Pretswell, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, and De Vries are both on two-over-par 146, Pamela after a second-round, two-over-par 74, one of the best scores in the awful weather, and Chrisje after a 78.
Three other Scots survived the cut  – Lothians pair Rachael Watton (Mortonhall), improving by seven shots despite the deluge with a splendid 75, and Jane Turner (Craigielaw), with a battling 77, both on 157 and Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) with an 81 for the limit mark of 159.
South Korean 15-year-old Julie Yang (Kings Acre Golf Centre), winner of the Welsh women’s open stroke-play title the last time she was down in these parts, had an 81 for 156 but is still joint 20th.
For a long time it seemed as if two of the star names in the field, British women's open amateur champion Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) and defending champion Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down Ladies), the winner at Royal Aberdeen last year, would miss the cut by several strokes.
But the bad weather took its toll with the average score steadily rising up into the 80s and eventually Kelly, who started her second round with a double bogey 7 and reached the turn in seven-over-par 44, qualified on 157 after an 82 while Danielle was one below the limit mark with a 77 for 158.
Glasgow University student Pamela Pretswell, pipped for the Austrian women’s open title two or three weeks ago, did well to salvage a 74 in such conditions to share the lead on 146 – but it looked like being an even better score with just a few holes to go to the warmth and comfort of the clubhouse.
Having recovered from bogeys at the third and fourth with birdies at the seventh and long eighth to turn in 37, the Bothwell Castle player moved under par with a birdie at the long 14th but she dropped a shot at the 16th and then had a double bogey 5 at the short 17th for 37 home.
Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) missed the cut by two shots with an 83 for 161.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) had an 84 for 162.
Majorca-based Lauren Mackin) had an 87 for 166.
Roseanne Niven (Crieff), winner of the British title only two years ago, had an 82 for 167 and Laura Murray finished 30 over par with a pair of 87s for 174.
Another Scotland international Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), who had a first-round 75, badly twisted an ankle in falling down some steps and was unable to play. With the weather as bad as it was, she was not complaining about having to rest in the clubhouse with her ankle strapped up.
LEADING QUALIFIERS
Par 144 (2x74).
146 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 72 74, Chrisje De Vries (Ned) 68 78.
147 Amy Boulden (Maesdu) 68 79.
148 Line Vedel Hansen (Den) 76 72, Bronte Law (Bramhall) 76 72.
151 Pia Halbit (Ger) 73 78, Alexandra Bonetti (Fra) 74 77.
152 Lara Katzy (Ger) 71 81.
153 Ann Lindner (Ger) 75 78, Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry) 76 77, Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 78 75.
154 Charlotte Wild (Mere) 76 78, Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 78 76, Vicki Troeltsch (Germany) 78 76, Lauren Taylor (Woburn) 75 79.
155 Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield) 78 77, Nikkii Foster (Pleasington) 77 78, Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 82 73, Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 72 83.
156 Julie Yang (Kings Acre) 75 81, Nina Holleder (Germany) 74 82, Gillian O'Leary (Cork) 70 86.
157 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 82 75, Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 80 77, Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) 75 82, Jerry Lawrence (Rochester and Cobham 77 80, Katie Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 79 78, Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) 80 77, Noemi Jimenez (Spain), Alexandra Peters (Notts), Camilla Hedberg (Spain) 74 83, Tara Davies (Holyhead) 73 84.
158 Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down Ladies) 81 77, Lucy Gould (Bargoed) 78 80, Marieke Nivard (Netherlands) 77 81, Charley Hull (Kettiering) 73 85.
159 Fanny Vuigner (Switzerland) 76 83, Stephanie Kirchmayr (Germany) 76 83, Lucy Williams (Mid Herts) 82 77, Samantha Birks (Wolstanton) 76 83, Karlijn Zaanen (Netherlands) 76 83, Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 78 81.
MISSED THE CUT
160 Katherine O'Connor (Tadmarton) 80 80, Klara Spilkova (Czech Repu) 75 85, Marion Ricordeau (France) 73 87.
161 Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 78 83, Denise Kalek (Geremany) 77 84, Rebecca Hareries (Haverfordwest) 76 85, Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 81 80.
162 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 78 84, Tilly Magill (Woburn) 79 83, Mayte Vizcarrondo (Spain) 84 78, Raphaela Dyer (Hayling Island) 79 83, Anais Maggetti (Switzerland) 79 83, Rocio Sanchez Lobato (Spain) 76 86.
163 Varin Schilperoord (Netherlands) 82 81, Laura Jansone (Latvia) 81 82, Mireia Prat (Spain) 76 87, Aedin Murphy (Carlow) 80 83, Liebelei Lawrence (Greece) 75 88.
164 Emma Goddard (Vale Royal) 80 84, Adriana Zwanck (Spain) 83 81, Charlotte Puts (Netherlands) 78 86, Natalie Lowe (Prestbury) 77 87, Myrte Eikenaar (Netherlands) 81 83.
165 Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) 84 81, Sarah Cunningham (Ennis) 84 81.
166 Olivia Jordan-Higgins (royal Jersey) 90 76, Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) 77 89, Maura Diamond (Portstewart) 79 87, Georgia Hall (Ferndown) 78 88, Lauren Mackin (Majorca) 79 87, Krista Bakker (Netherlands) 81 85, Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) 79 87, Valerie Sternebeck (Germany) 81 85, Laura Jones (Royal Liverpool) 77 89
167 Roseanne Niven (Crieff) 85 82, Nicola Rawlinson (Leyland) 84 83, Sian James (Bristol and clifton) 89 78.
168 Harriet |Owers-Bradley (Wollaton Park) 82 86, Jess Wilcox (Blankney) 85 83.
169 Silvia Lucchetta (Italy) 86 83, Helen Searle (West End) 82 87, Laure Castelain (France) 83 86.
170 Clemence Abrahamian (France) 84 86, Sinead O'Sullivan (Galway) 82 88.
171 Lauren Blease (Coombe Hill) 86 85, Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) 88 83, Lucy Simpson Massaereene) 83 88.
173 Daisy Dywer (Chigwell) 90 83.
174 Spray Lauren (Stanton on the Wolds) 88 86, Laura Murray (Alford) 87 87, Verity Scott (Moor Park) 83 91, Charlotte Austwick (Pike Hills) 82 82.
175 Joanna Stocks (Worplesdon) 84 91.
176 Laura Stempfle (Geremany) 89 87.
177 Ines Tusquets (Spain) 84 93.
178 Sophie Powell (Manchester) 80 98.
179 Margot Ivanoff (France) 8495.
182 Georgia Thomas (Tenby) 92 90.
186 Katie Rule (Merlin) 85 101
199 Olwen Simpson (unatt) 97 102.
No Return: Ciara Butler (Ireland) NR -.
Retired: Hannah Grant (Enmore Park) 87 -, Laura Chemarin (France) 72 -, Hannah Turland (Tidworth) 76 Retired (injured): Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) 75 -.