BRITISH OPEN TITLE SUCCESS MAKES LAUREN WORLD No. 38

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
The biggest mover in this week's updated Women's World Amateur Golf Rankings is the new British women's open amateur champion, 16-year-old Lauren Taylor (Woburn) from Rugby.
Lauren, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, was No. 267 going into last week's "British" at Royal Portrush.
Now, having become the youngest winner of the title, Lauren has rocketed 229 places to No 38.
Lydia Ko, the 14-year-old New Zealander who is playing in this week's Astor Trophy team match-play tournament at Fairhaven GC, Lancashire is still No 1 but her Kiwi team-mate Cecilia Cho, only 16 years of age, has gone down from No 2 to No 3 to make way for Japan's Mitsuki Katahira who played successfully on the US women's college circuit in the season just ended.
The highest ranked British player is Northern Ireland teenager Stephanie Meadow who won three events as a freshman at the University of Alabama over the 2010-2011 US college season, is in the GB and I team of nine for next week's Vagliano Trophy match at Royal Porthcawl.

THIS WEEK'S UPDATED WOMEN'S WORLD AMATEUR RANKINGS

1 LYDIA KO (NZ) 1753.57.
2 MITSUKI KATAHIRA (Japan) 1707.32.
3 CECILIA CHO (NZ) 1698.25.
4 ERICA POPSON (US) 1611.42.
5 SOPHIA POPOV (Germany) 1531.25.
6 BERTINE STRAUSS (S Africa) 1486.67.
7 ILISHKA VERWEY (S Africa) 1486.30.
8 MEGHAN McCHRYSTAL (US) 1468.57
9 MADELENE SAGSTROM (Sweden) 1455.17.
10 EMILY TUBERT (US) 1454.1`0.

11 AUSTIN ERNST (US) 1415.62.
12 STEPHANIE MEADOW (Ireland) 1414.29.
13 MARTA SILVA (Spain) 1392.59.
14 KIM WILLIAMS (S Africa) 1386.31.
15 KAYLAMORTELLARO (US) 1381.82.
16 LEONA MAGUIRE (Ireland) 1377.78.
17 MONIQUE SMIT (S Africa) 1342.86.
18 ASHLEY DEWHURST (Australia) 1336.59.
20 HYO-JOO KIM (S Korea) 1320.00.

SELECTED PLAYERS
27 THERESE KOELBAEK (Denmark) 1287.23.
28 ALEXANDRA BONETTI (France) 1261.54.
29 PAMELA PRETSWELL (Scotland) 1256.67.
31 LISA MAGUIRE (Ireland) 1235.29.
32 MINJEE LEE (Australia) 1232.20.
33 AMY BOULDEN(Maesdu) 1223.64.
34 MANON GIDALI (France) 1222.92.
37 CAMILLA HEDBERG (Spain) 1219.64.
38 LAUREN TAYLOR (Woburn)1207.69.
39 HOLLY CLYBURN (Woodhall Spa) 1206.12.
43 KELSEY MacDONALD (NairnDunbar) 1193.33.
48 CELINE BOUTIER (France) 1172.31.
56 BREANNA ELLIOTT (Australia) 1157.41.
63 HENRIETTE FRYLINCK (S Africa).
65 KELLY TIDY (Royal Birkdale) 1136.73.
73 ASHLEY ONA (Australia) 1116.67.
82 HAYLEY DAVIS (Ferndown) 1103.57.
84 JESSICA WALLACED (Canada) 1098.00
85 EMMA de GROOT (Australia) 1096.88
114 LOUISE KENNEY (Pitreavie) 1037.50.
124 TIFFANY AVERN-TAPIN (Australia) 1023.68
126 LARA KATZY (Germany) 1020.00
150 BRONTE LAW (Bramhall) 974.19

The European Golf Association has named the Continent of Europe team for next week's two-day Vagliano Trophy match against GB and Ireland at Royal Porthcawl, South Wales (Friday-Saturday, June 24-25).
Here it is alongwith a reminder of the GBandI team

ALEXANDRA BONETTI (France).................. AMY BOULDEN (Wales)
CELINE BOUTIER (France)........................ HOLLY CLYBURN (England)
MARION GILALI (France) ......................... LOUISE KENNEY (Scotland)
CAMILLA HEDBERG (Spain)....................... LEONA MAGUIRE (Ireland)
LARA KATZY (Germany) .......................... STEPHANIE MEADOW (Ireland)
THERESE KOELBAEK (Denmark) ................ KELSEY MACDONALD (Scotland)
SOPHIA POPOV (Germany).......................  DANIELLE McVEIGH (Ireland)
MADELENE SAGSTROM (Sweden) ..............  PAMELA PRETSWELL (Scotland)
MARTA SILVA (Spain)..............................  KELLY TIDY (England)
Team captain: Anne Lanzerac .................  Team captain: Tegwen Matthews

The Continent of Europe girls' team for the inaugural Under-16 years match to be staged in conjunction with the Vagliano Trophy contest is:

SHANNON AUBERT (France) ..................... GEORGIA HALL (England)
CLARA BAENA (Spain) ............................. CHARLEY HULL (England)
QUIRINE EIJKENBOOM (Germany) ............. BRONTE LAW (England)
CAROLIN LAMPERT (Germany) .................. AMBER RATCLIFFE (England)
HA RANG LEE (Spain) .............................. CLARA YOUNG (Scotland)
EMILY PEDERSEN (Denmark) .................... CHLOE WILLIAMS (Wales)
Team captain: Kristin Gunhildrud .............. Team captain: Sue Turner.