FOUR SHARE LEAD AT ENGLISH SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
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Four players share the lead after the first qualifying round of the English senior women’s amateur golf championship at Tidworth Garrison, Wiltshire.
Senior international Janet Melville of Nottinghamshire is joined in pole position by Lulu Housman of Middlesex, Somerset champion Amanda Mayne and Hampshire’s Carol Cass. They all returned scores of four-over par 76 on a day which, for the most part, was sunny and dry with a chilly wind.
This was Amanda’s debut in senior golf, after she turned 50 last October. She was in the first group out and set a standard which was never passed: “It was definitely unexpected! I started with a nervy three-putt but held it together after that,” she remarked.
“I’m looking forward to tomorrow, although they say it’s going to be bad weather - but I’ve got umpteen waterproofs.”
Carol Cass, meanwhile, was “just enjoying the moment” at the top of the leaderboard. She’s a regular in English senior events and this is the first time she’s held the lead: “I’ve come off in a bit of shock,” she laughed after she birdied the last.
She’s a former Dorset county player who says: “I absolutely love senior golf. I’ve made so many friends and we get to play really nice courses. I’m enjoying Tidworth, it lets you hit out and have a go at it – but you’ve got to watch the bounces and the greens.”
The top of the leaderboard is tightly packed. Another group of four is just one shot behind the leaders: Yorkshire’s Pat Wrightson, Surrey’s Jeannie O’Keeffe, and the Hampshire pair of Elaine Barrow and Joan Pullen.
Two senior internationals are in yet another quartet who are a further stroke back: Chris Quinn of Hampshire – who has won this title three times – and Roz Adams of Surrey. The Wiltshire challenge is led by second team captain Jayne Long, who is also a member of the host club. She returned a score of 80 and is currently placed joint 17th, just outside the top 16 who will qualify for the championship match-play flight at the end of tomorrow’s second qualifying round. The next 16 will contest the second flight.
The stroke of the day was played by Norfolk’s Eppie Zandvoort who holed out from 165 yards for an eagle two on the 398yd par-4 eighth hole. She finished with a score of 82 and is among nine players sharing 34th place, including British senior champion Felicity Christine. The event is contested by a full field of 120 players.
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
76 Amanda Mayne (Saltford), Janet Melville (Sherwood Forest), Lulu Housman (Highgate), Carol Cass (Broadstone)
77 Pat Wrightson (Huddersfield), Elaine Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor), Jeannie O'Keeffe (Hankley Common), Joan Pullen (Basingstoke)
78 Chris Quinn (Hockley), Roz Adams (Addington Court Ladies'), Linda Hunt (Newbury and Crookham), Sarah Arnold (Henley),
79 Pat West (Spalding), Jane Bennett (Lee-on-the-Solent), Gillian Curley (Northamptonshire County), Carol Duncumb (Rothley Park).
80 Christine Watson (Beaconsfield), Caroline Berry (Bromborough), Debbie Richards (Burhill), Barbara Laird (Sandiway), Jayne Long (Tidworth Garrison), Sandra Paul (Huddersfield), Sandra Moses (Knebworth)
81 Jackie Barraclough (East Bierley), Lindsey Shaw (Chevin), Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest), Annie Gowing (Frilford Heath), Airlie Dyson (Batchworth Park), Beverley Moss (Camberley Heath), Jane Shergold (Blackmoor), Karen Lobb (Northamptonshire County), Judie Lewis ( Hockley), Alison Blackmore (Newbury and Crookham)
82 Felicity Christine (Woking Ladies'), Ally Hansen (Alnmouth), Jo Ashmore (Barnham Broom), Hilary Smyth (Pannal), Sue Westall (Copt Heath), Jo Rumsey (Rochford Hundred), Sue Penfold (Mapperley Ladies), Eppie Zandvoort (Eaton, Norwich), Caroline Caswell (Stoneham).
Lyndsey HewisonPress Officer
England Golf
Four players share the lead after the first qualifying round of the English senior women’s amateur golf championship at Tidworth Garrison, Wiltshire.
Senior international Janet Melville of Nottinghamshire is joined in pole position by Lulu Housman of Middlesex, Somerset champion Amanda Mayne and Hampshire’s Carol Cass. They all returned scores of four-over par 76 on a day which, for the most part, was sunny and dry with a chilly wind.
This was Amanda’s debut in senior golf, after she turned 50 last October. She was in the first group out and set a standard which was never passed: “It was definitely unexpected! I started with a nervy three-putt but held it together after that,” she remarked.
“I’m looking forward to tomorrow, although they say it’s going to be bad weather - but I’ve got umpteen waterproofs.”
Carol Cass, meanwhile, was “just enjoying the moment” at the top of the leaderboard. She’s a regular in English senior events and this is the first time she’s held the lead: “I’ve come off in a bit of shock,” she laughed after she birdied the last.
She’s a former Dorset county player who says: “I absolutely love senior golf. I’ve made so many friends and we get to play really nice courses. I’m enjoying Tidworth, it lets you hit out and have a go at it – but you’ve got to watch the bounces and the greens.”
The top of the leaderboard is tightly packed. Another group of four is just one shot behind the leaders: Yorkshire’s Pat Wrightson, Surrey’s Jeannie O’Keeffe, and the Hampshire pair of Elaine Barrow and Joan Pullen.
Two senior internationals are in yet another quartet who are a further stroke back: Chris Quinn of Hampshire – who has won this title three times – and Roz Adams of Surrey. The Wiltshire challenge is led by second team captain Jayne Long, who is also a member of the host club. She returned a score of 80 and is currently placed joint 17th, just outside the top 16 who will qualify for the championship match-play flight at the end of tomorrow’s second qualifying round. The next 16 will contest the second flight.
The stroke of the day was played by Norfolk’s Eppie Zandvoort who holed out from 165 yards for an eagle two on the 398yd par-4 eighth hole. She finished with a score of 82 and is among nine players sharing 34th place, including British senior champion Felicity Christine. The event is contested by a full field of 120 players.
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
76 Amanda Mayne (Saltford), Janet Melville (Sherwood Forest), Lulu Housman (Highgate), Carol Cass (Broadstone)
77 Pat Wrightson (Huddersfield), Elaine Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor), Jeannie O'Keeffe (Hankley Common), Joan Pullen (Basingstoke)
78 Chris Quinn (Hockley), Roz Adams (Addington Court Ladies'), Linda Hunt (Newbury and Crookham), Sarah Arnold (Henley),
79 Pat West (Spalding), Jane Bennett (Lee-on-the-Solent), Gillian Curley (Northamptonshire County), Carol Duncumb (Rothley Park).
80 Christine Watson (Beaconsfield), Caroline Berry (Bromborough), Debbie Richards (Burhill), Barbara Laird (Sandiway), Jayne Long (Tidworth Garrison), Sandra Paul (Huddersfield), Sandra Moses (Knebworth)
81 Jackie Barraclough (East Bierley), Lindsey Shaw (Chevin), Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest), Annie Gowing (Frilford Heath), Airlie Dyson (Batchworth Park), Beverley Moss (Camberley Heath), Jane Shergold (Blackmoor), Karen Lobb (Northamptonshire County), Judie Lewis ( Hockley), Alison Blackmore (Newbury and Crookham)
82 Felicity Christine (Woking Ladies'), Ally Hansen (Alnmouth), Jo Ashmore (Barnham Broom), Hilary Smyth (Pannal), Sue Westall (Copt Heath), Jo Rumsey (Rochford Hundred), Sue Penfold (Mapperley Ladies), Eppie Zandvoort (Eaton, Norwich), Caroline Caswell (Stoneham).
Lyndsey HewisonPress Officer
England Golf
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