KRYSTLE CAITHNESS PROUD TO FLY ST ANDREWS FLAG

FROM THE SPORT.SCOTSMAN.COM WEBSITE
By Martin Dempster
In line with the men's circuit, Dubai is the setting for the final event of the 2010 Ladies European Tour, with the main focus in the Omega Ladies Masters starting today being a straight shoot-out for the Henderson Money List title between the South African, Lee-Ann Pace, and England's Laura Davies.
Pace, a 29-year-old clubmate of Louis Oosthuizen, the Open champion, at Mossel Bay, has racked up an impressive five wins this year and has a £27,000 cushion heading into the last lap, though she couldn't have a more intimidating figure tracking her than Davies, the 11-time Solheim Cup player who is bidding to become European No 1 for a record eighth time.
Between them, Pace and Davies have already earned more than £540,000 on the LET circuit alone this season and, with a total prize fund of around £400,000 up for grabs in this week's event at The Emirates Golf Club, it is easy to see why emerging European players are no longer in a rush to jump on a plane to try their luck on the LPGA Tour.
Krystle Caithness, pictured, a 21-year-old who lives in Cupar but cut her golfing teeth as a member of the St Regulus Club in St Andrews which is the home of golf's first female Tour professional, joined the European circuit last year, finishing 41st on the money list. With one event to go, she's sitting ten spots higher this time around with earnings of just over £58,000.
She's not in a position yet to go out and buy her own flat or house so still lives with her parents, but, in terms of her career, the foundations have certainly been laid and, along with the likes of Vikki Laing, Pamela Feggans, Kylie Walker, Lynn Kenny and Carly Booth, Caithness is hoping to make Scotland's presence felt on the European stage over the next few years.

TO READ THE REST OF MARTIN DEMPSTER'S INTERVIEW WITH KRYSTLE CAITHNESS, PLEASE LOG ON TO THE SPORT.SCOTSMAN.COM WEBSITE

CLICK HERE