TOP SEED SALLY WATSON OUT, SO TOO FOUR CURTIS CUPPERS
Top seed Sally Watson (Elie and Earlsferry) bowed out in the second round this afternoon of the British women's open amateur championship at a very wet and mist-shrouded Carnoustie.
Three Curtis Cup heroines from the GB and I team at Nairn are through to the last 16. Unfortunately two of them, Amy Boulden and Stephanie Meadow, will meet in tomorrow morning's third round. The other is Kelly Tidy, a match-player extraordinaire. She struggled in the stroke-play stages but here she was in her element, beating Olivia Winning (Rotherham) 7 and 5 to reach the third round with three or four under par figures.
Leading qualifier Sally Watson had a good first-round win in the morning over Emilee Taylor (Holme Hall) but could not raise her game in the afternoon and lost by two holes to a Canadian, Augusta James, who is a freshman student at North Carolina State University - indeed 19-year-old Augusta has just won Freshman of the Year honours in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Defending champion Lauren Taylor (Woburn), record-setting winner at the age of 16 at Royal Portrush last year, fell at the first hurdle this year, beaten 2 and 1 by Spain's Patricia Sanz Barrios 2 and 1.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) had a marvellous 5 and 3 win over 17-year-old Curtis Cup player Bronte Law (Bramhall) after being two up at the turn with two-under-par figures. Elsewhere in the first round, Law's Curtis Cup team-mates, Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) and Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) were KO'd.
Two more Curtis Cuppers, Amy Boulden (Conwy) and Stephanie Meadow (Royal Portrush) clung on for grim death, Boulden reaching the last 32 with a win at the 23rd and Meadow surviving at the 22nd.
Boulden, a semi-finalist at Royal Portrush last year, reached the third round with a 4 and 3 win over Austraian Marina Stuetz She will meet Meadow in an all-Curtis Cup third-round clash, Meadow having won by 4 and 2 against Nathalie Mansson, conqueror of Rachael Watton.
Late in the day McKechin, one up with three to play against France's Laure Castelain, lost all three holes to go down by two holes.
The Scot had almost had a hole in one at the short 13th, her ball coming to rest an inch or two from the cup.
FIRST ROUND RESULTS
Sally Watson (Elie and Earlsferry) bt Emilee Taylor (Holme Hall) 2 holes.
Augusta James (Canada) bt Ann-Kathrin Lindner (Germany) 3 and 1.
Laetitia Beck (Israel) bt Meghan Maclaren (Wellingborough) 3 and 1.
Jisoo Keel (Canada) bt Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) 2 and 1.
Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) bt Vicki Troeltsch (Germany) 3 and 2.
Olivia Winning (Rotherham) bt Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 5 and 4.
Patricia Sanz Barrios (Spain) bt Lauren Taylor (Woburn) 2 and 1.
Perrine Delacour (France) bt Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) 2 and 1.
Rocio Sanchez Lobato (Spain) bt Giulia Molinaro (Italy) 1 hole.
Marta Zanz Barrios (Spain) bt Manon Gidali (France) 1 hole.
Justine Dreher (France) bt Brooke Henderson (Canada) 3 and 2.
Camilla Hedberg (Sweden) bt Johanna Tillstrom (Sweden) 7 and 5.
Gabriella Cowley (West Essex) bt Claudia Chemin (France) 3 and 1.
Noemi Jimenez (Spain) bt Kyle Roig (Puerto Rico) 3 and 2.
Anna Young (Canada) bt Hayley Davis (Ferndown) at 19th.
Daniela Holmqvist (Sweden) bt Fanny Vuignier (Switzerland) at 19th
Amy Boulden (Conwy) bt Myrte Eikenaar (Netherlands) at 23rd
Marina Stuetz (Austria) bt Sara Monberg (Denmark) 3 and 2.
Nathalie Mansson (Sweden) bt Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 1 hole.
Stephanie Meadow (Royal eswall) 1 h) bgt Emily Taylor (Hillside) at 22nd.
Isabel Gabsa (Germany) bt Noora Tamminen (Finland) 2 and 1.
Ariane Provot (France) bt Nina Holleder (Germany) 2 and 1.
Laure Castelain (France) bt Anne Van Dam (Netherlands) 4 and 3.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) bt Bronte Law (Bramhall) 5 and 3.
Nina Muehl (Austria) bt Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 4 and 3.
Christine Wong (Canada) bt Marita Engzelius (Norway) 2 and 1.
Amanda Strang (Sweden) bt Sophia Popov (Germany) 2 holes.
Brittany Marchand (Canada) bt Emilie Alonso (France) 2 and 1.
Isabelle Boineau (France) bt Charley Hull (Woburn) 1 hole.bt
Josephine Janson (Sweden) bt Rachael Goodall (Heswall) 1 hole.
Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak) bt Meghan Stasi (US) 4 and 3.
Celine Boutier (France) bt Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 5 and 3.
SECOND ROUND
James bt Watson 2 holes.
Beck bt Keel 4 and 3.
Tidy bt Winning 7 and 5.
Delacour bt Patricia Sanz Barrios 7 and 6.
Sanchez Lobato bt Marta Sanz Barrios 1 hole.
Hedberg bt Dreher 4 and 3.
Jimenez bt Cowley 3 and 2
Holmqvist bt Young 3 and 2.
Boulden bt Stuetz 4 and 3.
Meadow bt Mansson 4 and 2.
Provot bt Gabsa 2 and 1.
Castelain bt McKechin 2 holes.
Muehl bt Wong 2 and 1.
Strang bt Marchand 2 holes
Boineau bt Janson 2 and 1
Hall bt Boutier at 19th
ends
Three Curtis Cup heroines from the GB and I team at Nairn are through to the last 16. Unfortunately two of them, Amy Boulden and Stephanie Meadow, will meet in tomorrow morning's third round. The other is Kelly Tidy, a match-player extraordinaire. She struggled in the stroke-play stages but here she was in her element, beating Olivia Winning (Rotherham) 7 and 5 to reach the third round with three or four under par figures.
Leading qualifier Sally Watson had a good first-round win in the morning over Emilee Taylor (Holme Hall) but could not raise her game in the afternoon and lost by two holes to a Canadian, Augusta James, who is a freshman student at North Carolina State University - indeed 19-year-old Augusta has just won Freshman of the Year honours in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Defending champion Lauren Taylor (Woburn), record-setting winner at the age of 16 at Royal Portrush last year, fell at the first hurdle this year, beaten 2 and 1 by Spain's Patricia Sanz Barrios 2 and 1.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) had a marvellous 5 and 3 win over 17-year-old Curtis Cup player Bronte Law (Bramhall) after being two up at the turn with two-under-par figures. Elsewhere in the first round, Law's Curtis Cup team-mates, Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) and Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) were KO'd.
Two more Curtis Cuppers, Amy Boulden (Conwy) and Stephanie Meadow (Royal Portrush) clung on for grim death, Boulden reaching the last 32 with a win at the 23rd and Meadow surviving at the 22nd.
Boulden, a semi-finalist at Royal Portrush last year, reached the third round with a 4 and 3 win over Austraian Marina Stuetz She will meet Meadow in an all-Curtis Cup third-round clash, Meadow having won by 4 and 2 against Nathalie Mansson, conqueror of Rachael Watton.
Late in the day McKechin, one up with three to play against France's Laure Castelain, lost all three holes to go down by two holes.
The Scot had almost had a hole in one at the short 13th, her ball coming to rest an inch or two from the cup.
FIRST ROUND RESULTS
Sally Watson (Elie and Earlsferry) bt Emilee Taylor (Holme Hall) 2 holes.
Augusta James (Canada) bt Ann-Kathrin Lindner (Germany) 3 and 1.
Laetitia Beck (Israel) bt Meghan Maclaren (Wellingborough) 3 and 1.
Jisoo Keel (Canada) bt Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) 2 and 1.
Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) bt Vicki Troeltsch (Germany) 3 and 2.
Olivia Winning (Rotherham) bt Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 5 and 4.
Patricia Sanz Barrios (Spain) bt Lauren Taylor (Woburn) 2 and 1.
Perrine Delacour (France) bt Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) 2 and 1.
Rocio Sanchez Lobato (Spain) bt Giulia Molinaro (Italy) 1 hole.
Marta Zanz Barrios (Spain) bt Manon Gidali (France) 1 hole.
Justine Dreher (France) bt Brooke Henderson (Canada) 3 and 2.
Camilla Hedberg (Sweden) bt Johanna Tillstrom (Sweden) 7 and 5.
Gabriella Cowley (West Essex) bt Claudia Chemin (France) 3 and 1.
Noemi Jimenez (Spain) bt Kyle Roig (Puerto Rico) 3 and 2.
Anna Young (Canada) bt Hayley Davis (Ferndown) at 19th.
Daniela Holmqvist (Sweden) bt Fanny Vuignier (Switzerland) at 19th
Amy Boulden (Conwy) bt Myrte Eikenaar (Netherlands) at 23rd
Marina Stuetz (Austria) bt Sara Monberg (Denmark) 3 and 2.
Nathalie Mansson (Sweden) bt Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 1 hole.
Stephanie Meadow (Royal eswall) 1 h) bgt Emily Taylor (Hillside) at 22nd.
Isabel Gabsa (Germany) bt Noora Tamminen (Finland) 2 and 1.
Ariane Provot (France) bt Nina Holleder (Germany) 2 and 1.
Laure Castelain (France) bt Anne Van Dam (Netherlands) 4 and 3.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) bt Bronte Law (Bramhall) 5 and 3.
Nina Muehl (Austria) bt Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 4 and 3.
Christine Wong (Canada) bt Marita Engzelius (Norway) 2 and 1.
Amanda Strang (Sweden) bt Sophia Popov (Germany) 2 holes.
Brittany Marchand (Canada) bt Emilie Alonso (France) 2 and 1.
Isabelle Boineau (France) bt Charley Hull (Woburn) 1 hole.bt
Josephine Janson (Sweden) bt Rachael Goodall (Heswall) 1 hole.
Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak) bt Meghan Stasi (US) 4 and 3.
Celine Boutier (France) bt Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 5 and 3.
SECOND ROUND
James bt Watson 2 holes.
Beck bt Keel 4 and 3.
Tidy bt Winning 7 and 5.
Delacour bt Patricia Sanz Barrios 7 and 6.
Sanchez Lobato bt Marta Sanz Barrios 1 hole.
Hedberg bt Dreher 4 and 3.
Jimenez bt Cowley 3 and 2
Holmqvist bt Young 3 and 2.
Boulden bt Stuetz 4 and 3.
Meadow bt Mansson 4 and 2.
Provot bt Gabsa 2 and 1.
Castelain bt McKechin 2 holes.
Muehl bt Wong 2 and 1.
Strang bt Marchand 2 holes
Boineau bt Janson 2 and 1
Hall bt Boutier at 19th
ends
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