EMILY PERRY HOPES BRITISH TRIP WILL LEAD TO PRO CAREER

English-born Emily Perry who will be coming "home" as a member of the New Zealand women's amateur golf team for the Astor Trophy at Fairhaven GC, Lancs next month

FROM THE WAIKATO TIMES, NEW ZEALAND
Waikato golfers Emily Perry and Chantelle Cassidy will head to Britain with the New Zealand women's team next month and for Perry it could be a stepping stone to a professional career.
Perry, Cassidy, the brilliant young North Harbour pair of Lydia Ko and Cecelia Cho and Wellington's Julianne Alvarez will fly out on June 3 as a team of five to play in two tournaments.
The first will be the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland from June 7-11 and the second an international amateur teams event, the Astor Trophy, at Fairhaven Golf Club in Lancashire from June 15-19.
The latter will pit New Zealand against teams from Australia, Canada, Great Britain-Ireland and South Africa for a trophy up for grabs every four years.
Cassidy played in the Riversdale Cup in Melbourne in March, but this is the Tokoroa player's first time as a part of an official New Zealand team playing in an international competition.
But for Emily Perry, from the Lochiel club, who played in the Queen Sirikit Cup for the national team in India in March, this is another step toward a planned professional career.
Just turned 20, she will stay on after the official part of the tour to play in the English women's mid-amateur championship at Northampton from June 30-July 3 before spending time with her father in Britain.
She has her sights set on a professional career in Europe, aiming to go to qualifying school at the end of next year in a bid to earn a place on the European Tour.
"It's quite exciting. You have to be in the top 30 at the tournament but it just depends if you back yourself," Perry said.
"I'm still working on a few things in my game and it's a bit of a development phase at the moment."
She has been working on technical and physical aspects of her game with St Peter's School golf academy coach Reon Sayer. She said the British trip was a great opportunity to play on British courses under championship conditions and see the calibre of players she might be up against at qualifying school.
"We'll all be working toward the same thing."