PRETSWELL AND LAING BEAT AMSTERDAM CUT BUT BOOTH AND WALKER GO OUT

Pamela Pretswell (joint seventh) and Vikki Laing (sharing 24th place) beat the 36-hole cut comfortably in the Ladies European Tour's Deloitte Ladies Open at the International Golf Club, Amsterdam today (Saturday).

But Carly Booth and Kylie Walker will miss the final round.

Pretswell matched the par of 73 with only two deviations from par - a bogey at the fourth and a birdie at the 12th) and her tally of 144 leaves her five shots off the pace being set by Sweden's Camilla Lennarth (66-73 for 139).

Laing had a second-round 784 for 147.

Booth's pair of 77s for 154 was two shots over the limit mark for qualifying.

Walker missed it by five with rounds of 78 and 81 for 159.

DELOITTE LADIES OPEN

The International Golf Club,

Amsterdam, Netherlands

LEADING SECOND ROUND SCORES

Par 146 (2x73)

139 Camilla Lennarth (Swe) 66 73.

140 Holly Clyburn (Eng) 71 69.

142 Melissa Reid (Eng) 70 72, Christel Boeljon (Net) 70 72, Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 71 71.

SCOTS' SCORES

144 Pamela Pretswell 71 73 (T7)

147 Vikki Laing 73 74 (T24)

MISSED THE CUT (152 and better qualified)

154 Carly Booth 77 77

159 Kylie Walker 78 81.

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR
By BETHAN CUTLER, L E T  Media Manager

Sweden’s Camilla Lennarth will take a one-shot lead over fellow Ladies European Tour rookie Holly Clyburn of England into the final round of the Deloitte Ladies Open in Amsterdam tomorrow.

The 24-year-old from Stockholm,
pictured, fired a career-best seven-under 66 in the first round at The International on Friday and backed it up with a solid second round of level par 73 in windy conditions early on Saturday.

She made a hot start with three birdies in her first four holes and, despite a pair of bogeys on the sixth and seventh holes followed by another dropped shot on the 17th, kept the edge at the end of a chilly second day in Amsterdam.

“It feels good and it’s a new experience for me. It’s where I want to be, but I will be nervous tomorrow,” said Lennarth. “I will definitely be nervous because I haven’t played in the final group in such a big event like this. I’m very happy and obviously it’s where I want to be.”

Clyburn, another rookie eying her maiden victory on the LET, is only a stroke back on six under after rounds of 71 and 69.

The 22-year-old former Curtis Cup player from Cleethorpes had four birdies in a bogey-free round and said that she was used to playing in the cold and windy conditions.

“It was pretty solid from tee to green and once I got on the putting green it was nice to roll some putts in. I was very happy because it was solid from start to finish,” said Clyburn, who won on the LET Access Series shortly after turning professional last October. 
The Curtis Cup winning-team member at Nairn last June, said that she would focus on “One thing and one thing only,” as she sets out in the final round on Sunday.

However, the inexperienced duo are being hunted down by three established tour champions who are only two shots further behind on four-under-par.

Solheim Cup team winners Christel Boeljon and Melissa Reid, along with last year’s European No.1 Carlota Ciganda, have nine titles between them and will also have their eye on the €37,500 prize and 40 Solheim Cup points awarded for a win.

Ciganda, a US college contemporary of Lennarth’s, is looking to defend the title she won last year at Broekpolder and commented: “I played pretty good today despite a double on my second hole.

“On my back nine, I birdied one and had a few birdie chances so I’m happy with my score because I don’t think it’s an easy course. I’m happy that I have a chance to win again so I’m going to try my best.”

Boeljon will have the support of the home gallery as she goes in pursuit of a fifth Ladies European Tour title and said: “I think on this golf course anything can happen so I’m looking forward to the final round.”

Tania Elosegui of Spain, the event winner in 2009 at Eindhoven, sits alone in sixth place at three-under, while Pamela Pretswell, Carin Koch and Miriam Nagl share seventh place on two-under-par. 

+Three members of the victorious GB and I team in last June's Curtis Cup match at Nairn - Holly Clyburn, Pamela Pretswell and Charley Hull - are in the top 10 in this tournament.

COMPLETE SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 146 (2x73)

139 Camilla Lennarth (SWE)  66 73

140 Holly Clyburn (ENG)  71 69

142 Melissa Reid (ENG)  70 72, Carlota Ciganda (ESP)  71 71, Christel Boeljon (NED)  70 72

143 Tania Elosegui (ESP)  74 69

144 Pamela Pretswell (SCO)  71 73, Miriam Nagl (GER)  70 74, Carin Koch (SWE)  73 71

145 Bree Arthur (AUS)  70 75, Hannah Burke (ENG)  71 74, Emily Taylor (ENG)  71 74, Titiya Plucksataporn (THA)  70 75, Charley Hull (ENG)  72 73, Line Vedel (DEN)  70 75

146 Gwladys Nocera (FRA)  69 77, Benedikte Grotvedt (NOR)  69 77, Nina Holleder (GER)  72 74, Dawn Shockley (USA)  74 72, Ashleigh Simon (RSA)  74 72, Hannah Jun (USA)  72 74, Florentyna Parker (ENG)  74 72, Stacey Keating (AUS)  72 74

147 Rebecca Artis (AUS)  76 71, Nikki Campbell (AUS)  71 76, Georgia Hall (ENG) (am)  74 73, Vikki Laing (SCO)  73 74, Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED)  72 75, Tandi Cuningham (RSA)  71 76, Sophie Sandolo (ITA)  74 73

148 Cheyenne Woods (USA)  74 74, Kristie Smith (AUS)  73 75, Nontaya Srisawang (THA)  75 73

149 Linda Wessberg (SWE)  76 73, Mikaela Parmlid (SWE)  76 73, Diana Luna (ITA)  73 76, Lauren Taylor (ENG) (am) 77 72, Sophie Giquel-bettan (FRA)  75 74, Lee-Anne Pace (RSA)  74 75, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR)  73 76, Anne Van Dam (NLD)  77 72, Nikki Garrett (AUS)  72 77, Alexandra Vilatte (FRA)  75 74

150 Eva Bjarvall (SWE)  77 73, Noora Tamminen (FIN)  75 75, Lydia Hall (WAL)  75 75, Whitney Hillier (AUS)  75 75, Karen Lunn (AUS)  75 75, Marta Silva Zamora (ESP)  75 75, Laurette Maritz (RSA)  75 75, Veronica Zorzi (ITA)  73 77, Sophie Walker (ENG)  75 75

151 Beth Allen (USA)  76 75, Malene Jorgensen (DEN)  80 71, Rebecca Hudson (ENG)  77 74, Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA)  73 78, Valentine Derrey (FRA)  75 76, Elina Nummenpaa (FIN)  76 75

152 Maria Hernandez (ESP)  77 75, Joanna Klatten (FRA)  76 76, Zuzana Kamasova (SVK)  76 76, Margherita Rigon (ITA)  79 73, Louise Larsson (SWE)  74 78, Kaisa Ruuttila (FIN)  78 74, Elisabeth Esterl (GER)  77 75, Sarah King (AUS)  77 75, Trish Johnson (ENG)  78 74

MISSED THE CUT

153 Anais Maggetti (SUI)  75 78, Alison Whitaker (AUS)  76 77, Jade Schaeffer (FRA)  77 76, Yu Yang Zhang (CHN)  74 79, Sahra Hassan (WAL)  79 74

154 Sharmila Nicollet (IND)  75 79, Maha Haddioui (MAR)  73 81, Julie Greciet (FRA)  80 74, Mallory Fraiche (USA)  74 80, Carly Booth (SCO)  77 77, Stefanie Michl (AUT)  74 80, Marjet Van Der Graaff (NED)  78 76, Daniela Holmqvist (SWE)  77 77, Stefania Croce (ITA)  76 78

155 Mette Hageman (NLD)  74 81, Cecilie Lundgreen (NOR)  77 78, Henni Zuel (ENG)  73 82, Celine Herbin (FRA)  76 79, Charlotte Puts (NLD)  76 79, Liz Young (ENG)  75 80, Becky Brewerton (WAL)  80 75, Jacqueline Hedwall (SWE)  74 81

156 Chrisje De Vries (NED)  77 79, Jia Yun Li (CHN)  77 79, Tara Davies (WAL)  76 80, Margarita Ramos (MEX)  80 76

157 Stephanie Na (AUS)  77 80, Caroline Afonso (FRA)  80 77, Charlotte Ellis (ENG)  80 77, Smriti Mehra (IND)  74 83, Minea Blomqvist (FIN)  77 80, Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA)  80 77

158 Laura Cabanillas (ESP)  82 76, Julia Davidsson (SWE)  83 75, Connie Chen (RSA)  77 81, Ursula Wikstrom (FIN)  74 84, Lucie Andre (FRA)  74 84, Marion Ricordeau (FRA)  78 80

159 Xi Yu Lin (CHN)  77 82, Melanie Maetzler (SUI)  82 77, Ann-Kathrin Lindner (GER)  78 81, Kylie Walker (SCO)  78 81, Elise Boehmer (NLD)  79 80, Holly Aitchison (ENG)  79 80

160 Helena Callahan (SWE)  81 79, Georgina Simpson (ENG)  82 78

161 Laura Jansone (LVA)  79 82, Steffi Kirchmayr (GER)  86 75, Cathryn Bristow (NZL)  76 85

162 Danielle Montgomery (ENG)  79 83, Jessica Yadloczky (USA)  79 83, Leigh Whittaker (GER)  82 80, Rebecca Sorensen (SWE)  78 84

163 Bonita Bredenhann (NAM)  85 78, Maria Salinas (PER)  85 78

168 Erika Holmen (SWE)  79 89

172 Virginia Espejo (ESP)  80 92