HOLLY MUSE LEADS ENGLISH GIRLS' U13s CHAMPIONSHIP AT DELAMERE FOREST

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Twelve-year-old Hollie Muse swept into the lead at the English U13 girls’ championship at Delamere Forest, Cheshire, with a second- round score of one-under par 71.
It knocked 14 shots off her first-round effort and propelled her from sixth place to the top of the leaderboard. 
The West Lancashire player is three shots clear of defending champion Sammy Fuller of Surrey, with one round to play tomorrow.
“Yesterday I was worrying about the wind and the rain was putting me off,” said Holly (Image © Leaderboard Photography). “Today I went for everything, I was going for birdies all the time.

“I wanted to prove to myself that I could shoot under par and be competitive – and hopefully I’ll do it again tomorrow.”

Hollie had six birdies in her round, starting with one on the first and finishing with one on the 18th, where her eagle putt just failed to drop.
Importantly, she stayed out of the rough and she used her knowledge from her home course to deal with the wind, which was a feature of today’s play.
Meanwhile, Sammy Fuller also improved on her first round with a score of 76, seven better than her opening 83. “I played way better, everything about my game was better and I only went in the rough once,” she said.
She had three birdies in her round, including one on the 17th where she holed a 30-footer.

Now, she’s ready for tomorrow: “I’m really up for it. It’s going to be a bit of pressure but I play quite well under pressure and I’m really looking forward to it.”

Chloe Frankish of Chart Hills in Kent shot 79 to take third place, while overnight leader Ashley Croft of Stock Brook Manor in Essex is lying fourth.
After today’s second round the field was cut to the leading 18 players for tomorrow’s final round.
Qualifying scores
Par 144 (2x72) SS 74 CSS 75
156 Hollie Muse (West Lancashire) 85 71
159 Samantha Fuller (Roehampton) 83 76
161 Chloe Frankish (Chart Hills) 82 79
164 Ashley Croft (Stock Brook Manor) 77 87
166 Lucy Walton (Worcestershire) 84 82
168 Chloe Howard (Boringdon Park) 90 78, Megan Clarke (Cleckheaton and District) 85 83
173 Jessica Hall (Bishop Auckland) 86 87, Ana Dawson (Peel Ladies) 87 86, Olivia Hamilton (Cleckheaton & District) 89 84
175 Megan Dennis (Woburn) 84 91
176 Martha Lewis (St. George's Hill) 89 87
177 Billie-Jo Smith (Woodhall Spa) 88 89
180 Priyanka Parmar (Pinner Hill) 89 91, Emily Brennan (Trentham) 91 89
182 Natasha Slater (Furness) 95 87, Daniella Ubasa (Pinner Hill) 89 93
183 Katie-Jane Stanley (Manchester) 94 89

Lyndsey Hewison
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England Golf
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