OLIVIA RETAINS LEAD BUT SUB-70 SCORES BY AMY AND BRONTE

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 Olivia Winning: Eight under par through 36 holes. Image by courtesy of Leaderboard Photography.

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Rotherham's Olivia Winning maintained her overnight lead in the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play with a three-under-par round of 72 for an eight-under par tally of 142 with the third and final round - over Royal Troon's Open championship links to come on Sunday.
Olivia, 18, birdied the third, fourth, sixth, eighth, ninth and 10th in halves of 35 (three under) and 37 (level). She bogeyed the second, seventh and 14th.
Olivia was in England’s winning team at the 2012 girls’ Home Internationals and already this year has qualified for the matchplay stages of the French lady Junior Championship and shot the low score in the Hampshire Rose, with a six-under 67.

Last season she won the Pleasington Putter and was runner-up in another prestigious scratch event, the Astor Salver, and in the Fairhaven Trophy. She has also represented England in the European Young Masters and in the annual U16 match against Spain. She is a past Yorkshire girls’ champion and has been runner-up in the North of England U16s and the Northern ladies’ and girls’ championships.

Olivia trains with the England Golf Girls’ Performance Squad.

On a sunny - but far from warm - day, the wind was less strong and more to the east than yesterday's blustery west wind which made the closing holes such a trial, and defending champion Amy Boulden (Conwy) and Curtis Cup team-mate Bronte Law (Bramhall) grabbed the low-scoring possibilities - before the wind was expected to rise as the day progressed - with rounds of eight-under 67 and seven-under 68 respectively.Amy had an eagle (at the long sixth) and four birdies plus one bogey for an outward 33 but Bronte bettered that with a magnificent seven-under 31 to the turn.
She birdied every hole except the first and seventh (which she parred).
Law, who will miss the "British" due to studies for her A-levels, eagled the par-5 12th but a three-putt bogey at the short 10th and further bogeys at the 16th and 17th where she missed the green at both holes dragged her down to a par-matching 37 home.
Boulden was on 143, one behind leader Winning and level with Rachael Goodall (Heswall) who added a 70 to her opening 73.
Rachael as a good recent record in the "Helen Holm." She finished joint fifth last year when she had a hole in one at the 17th on Royal Troon.
Law was in fourth place on 145, three shots in arrears of Winning but already the stage was being set for last-round drama on Sunday at Royal Troon.

HELEN HOLM SCOTTISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
First two rounds over Troon Portland, third round over Royal Troon.
+scroll down past the scores to see the leading tee times at Royal Troon on Sunday morning.

SECOND-ROUND SCORES
Par 150 (2x75) CSS 77 tbc

142 Olivia Winning (Rotherham) 70 72.
143 Amy Boulden (Conwy) 76 67, Rachael Goodall (Heswall) 73 70.
145 Bronte Law (Bramhall) 78 67.
146 Poppy Finlay (Vicars Cross) 72 74.
148 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 76 72.
149 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 77 72, Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) 74 75, Aedin Murphy (Carlow) 74 75.
150 Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) 77 73, Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) 76 74, Charlotte De Corte (Belgium) 76 74, Anaelle Carnet (France) 76 74.
151 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 75 76, Maria Dunne (Skerries) 72 79, Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 76 75, Jessica Carty (Holywood) 72 79.
152 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 78 74, Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 75 77, Ashleigh Greenham (West Essex) 77 75, Annabel Dimmock (Wentworth) 77 75, Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 76 76, Aimee Ponte (Royal Guernsey) 76 76, Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co Down Ladies) 75 77, Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 76 76, Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 76 76.
153 Becky Harries (Haverfordwest) 78 75, Gabriella Cowley (Brockett Hall) 77 76, Gemma Clews (Delamere Forest) 74 79, Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 74 79, Josefine Nyqvist (Sweden) 76 77, Kirsty Beckwith (Moortown) 76 77, Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) 77 76,
154 Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham) 78 76, Laura Doherty (Howth) 78 76, Iona Stephen (Ranfurly Castle) 76 78, Samantha Birks (Wolstanton) 77 77, India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 79 75, Nicola Haynes (Gosforth Park Ladies) 76 78.
155 Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak) 76 79, Sarah-Jane Boyd (Truro) 80 75, Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 79 76, Clara Young (North Berwick) 78 77, Sophie Powell (Stockport) 78 77.
156 Emma Nilsson (Sweden) 82 74, Sarah Cunningham (Ennis) 76 80, Bethan Popel (Long Aston) 81 75, Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 80 76, Jess Wilcox (Blankney) 77 79, Lucy Goddard (Mid-Herts) 78 78.
157 Charlotte Thompson (Channels) 84 73, Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) 75 82, Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 79 78, Chloe Rogers (Braintree) 75 82, Emma Greenlees (Dumfries and Co) 81 76, Sophie Lamb (Clitheroe) 79 78, Tara MacTaggart (Minto) 78 79.
158 Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 82 76, Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) 77 81. 
159 Eloise Healey (West Lancashire) 81 78. 
160 Nikki Foster (Accrington) 80 80, Jerry Lawrence (Rochester and Cobham) 84 76, Bronwyn Davies (Trentham) 80 80, Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) 80 80, Carla Reynolds (Seapoint) 81 79, Louise Macgregor (Falkirk) 83 77, Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co) 81 79, Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 80 80.

MISSED THE CUT

161 Shelby Smart (Knowle) 83 78, Amy Farrell (Moate) 80 81.
162 Gale Macpherson (Loudoun Gowf) 79 83, Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) 80 82.
163 Gillian O'Leary (The Island) 79 84, Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 80 83, Daisy Macve (Surrey National) 80 83, Hollie Vizard (Pleasington) 83 80..
164 Nastja Banovec (Slovenia) 83 81, Heather Munro (Monifieth) 84 80.
165 Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall) 84 81.
166 Dulcie Sverdloff (Garon Park) 81 85, Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth) 84 82.
168 Nichola Ferguson (Milngavie) 87 81, Katie Wright (Stranraer) 82 86, Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 86 82.
169 Nicola Callander (Mill Green) 82 87.
170 Olivia Jay (Waterton Park) 87 83. 
173 Florence King (Rothley Park) 89 84.
174 Amela Taylor (St Annes Old Links) 86 88. 

INTERNATIONAL TEAM EVENT
Over three rounds
296 WALES (A Boulden 76 67, B Herries 78 75).
300 ENGLAND (B Law 77 68, G Hall 76 79)  
304 SCOTLAND (K MacDonald 76 76, E Briggs 78 74).
308 IRELAND (Leona Maguire 75 76A, Lisa Maguire 75 82). 
309 SWEDEN (J Nyqvist 76 77, E Nilsson 82 74).

WHEN TO SEE THE LEADERS AT ROYAL
TROON ON SUNDAY MORNING

09.50 Sarah-Jane Boyd, Olivia Mehaffey, Jane Turner.
10.00 Connie Jaffrey, Aimee Ponte, Lauren Whyte.
10.10 Kelsey MacDonald,  Annabel Dimmock, Ashleigh Greenham.Ke
10.20 Eilidh Briggs, Jessica Carty, Maria Dunne.
10.30 Leona Maguire, Megan Briggs,  Alexandra Peters.
10.40 Charlotte De Corte,  Anaelle Carnet, Kerry Smith
10.50  Aedin Murphy, Chloe Ryan, Amber Ratcliffe.
11.00  Alyson McKechin, Poppy Finlay, Bronte Law.
11.10 Rachael Goodall, Amy Boulden, Olivia Winning.