Swedes head LET qualifiers for Final Q School

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Caroline Hedwall and Louise Larsson of Sweden led the qualifiers from their respective fields as they breezed through the Pre-Qualifying stage of Ladies European Tour School at La Manga Club in Spain on Thursday.
Hedwall, who highlighted the quality of her play with a third round of eight under par 65 on the South course on Wednesday, signed off with a level par 71 on the North course for a 72-hole score of 277, 11 under par.
Larsson finished with a round of three under par 70 on the South Course for a 281, seven-under total, indicating the prospect of a bright future on the Ladies European Tour.
The leading 73 players will now join the existing LET members attempting to retain their cards making a field of 104 players at Ladies European Tour Final Qualifying School for the 2011 season from 15-20 December at La Manga Club. At the end of five demanding rounds, the top 30 players will earn Membership of the LET in category 8a.
Hedwall, the 2010 NCAA champion and NGCA player of the year, will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of her compatriot and the leading Tour School qualifier for the 2009 season, Anna Nordqvist, who went on to win a major championship and represent Europe at The Solheim Cup in her rookie year on tour.
The 21-year-old Hedwall, who recently turned professional, certainly has the pedigree. She was the European Individual champion in 2007 and 2009, World Amateur champion in 2008 and led Sweden to gold in the European Ladies Team Championship at La Manga Club in July. She tied for eighth at the LET’s 2010 Finnair Masters in Finland and was a member of The 2007 European PING Junior Solheim Cup Team.

SCOTSWATCH BY COLIN FARQUHARSON

QUEEN AND MACRAE QUALIFY AT LA MANGA

Clare Queen (The Carrick on Loch Lomond), pictured, and Heather MacRae (Downfield) qualified comfortably today (Thursday) from the four-round Ladies European Tour pre-qualifying event to claim a place in the field at the Final Q School, also at La Manga, Spain, from December 15-20.
But fellow Scots Gemma Webster (Glasgow), Majorca-based amateur Lauren Mackin and Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll failed to figure among the 73 qualifiers.
Queen finished eighth in the South-North group with scores of 73, 71, 75 and 71 for two-over-par 290, 13 shots behind the runaway winner of this section, Sweden's Caroline Hedwall.
The cut-off point for qualifiers in this group was 302 or better. Webster scored 78, 75, 81 and 75 for 21-over-par 309 while Mackin shot 80, 77, 86 and 76 for 319.
Heather MacRae finished joint 11th in the North-South Group with scores of 74, 73, 74 and 72 for 293 - 12 shots behind the Swede who headed this category, Louise Larsson.
The cut-off point in this group was 300 or better. McNicoll shot 79, 78, 80 and 79 for 316.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
South-North Course
Par 288 (2x73,2x71)
277 Caroline Hedwall (Swe) 71 70 65 71.
285 Rachel Bailey (Aus) 77 68 74 66, Sara Brown (US) 76 69 72 68, Joanna Klatten (Fra) (am) 70 71 74 70.
Scots qualifier
290 Clare Queen (The Carrick on Loch Lomond) 73 71 75 71 (8th).
MISSED THE CUT (302 or better)
309 Gemma Webster (Glasgow) 78 75 81 75.
319 Lauren Mackin (Majorca) (am) 80 77 86 76.


North-South Course
Par 288 (2x71, 2x73)
281 Louise Larsson (Swe) 70 69 72 70.
287 Lara Tadiotto (Bel) 72 74 68 73, Erika Kuwahara (Jap) 69 73 70 75.
Scots qualifier
293 Heather MacRae (Downfield) 74 73 74 72 (jt 11th).
MISSED THE CUT (300 or better)
316 Katy McNicoll (The Carnoustie Golf Shop) 79 78 80 79.

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