SCOTS IN DANGER ZONE AFTER FIRST ROUND OF GERMAN WOMEN'S OPEN

All four Scots in the field are in danger of missing the halfway cut in this week's Ladies European Tour event, the German Women's Open at Golfpark gut Hausen, near Munich today.
The scoring was exceptionally low on the first day with 13 players scoring under 70. The 36-hole cut to the leading 60 and ties is forecast to be level par, i.e. 2x72 for 144.
Kylie Walker and Pamela Pretswell both shot one-over 73s, Vikki Laing a 74 and Carly Booth a 75 in the first round.
Pretswell was going well after birdies at the third, fifth and sixth, offset only by a bogey 7 until she ran up a triple bogey 7 at the 13th.
Carly Booth also had a disastrous hole - the par-4 10th which cost her eight shots
Laing bogeyed the 17th and 18th..
Five players share the lead on five-under 67 - teenager Charley Hull, Diana Luna (Italy), Stefanie Michl (Austria), Line Vedel (Denmark) and France's Celine Herbin.

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 DRIVING FORCE - Charley Hull on the first tee in Germany today. Image by courtesy of the Ladies European Tour

HULL SHARES LEAD WITH  67 (-5)

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By BETHAN CUTLER, LET Media Manager

Unstoppable English rookie Charley Hull was one of five players tied for the lead after the first round of the UniCredit Ladies German Open near Munich today.

The 17-year-old Hull, who has posted four runner-up spots in as many starts on the Ladies European Tour this season, shot a five-under-par 67 to sit alongside the 2011 champion Diana Luna, Denmark’s Line Vedel, Austrian Stefanie Michl and Frenchwoman Celine Herbin  after largely dry but overcast  day with occasional showers at Golfpark Gut Hausern.

The girl described as a ‘phenom’ by her mentor Tony Jacklin went to the turn in one-under but came storming up the leaderboard with four birdies on the back nine.

“I just went out and played. Hit it, find it and hit it again: that’s all I do!” Hull said. “Victory is the only thing on my mind when I go to any tournament because you want to win, but I just take one shot at a time.”

She made birdie putts from 15 feet at the 17^th and 18^th holes, to tie for the lead and added: “I birdied the second hole so I felt like I got off to a fast start and then only made one more birdie on the front nine so I was only one-under coming into the back nine but made a few birdies towards the end to build up to a good score.”

Unbeknown to her, the European Solheim Cup team captain Liselotte Neumann was watching her progress.  

When old this, Hull added: “I’ll just keep on playing my golf and hopefully get in!”

She was six feet away from winning an Audi R8 Spyder worth 160,000 Euro for a hole-in-one at the 15^th and although she can’t yet drive, she estimated that her father, Dave, would enjoy the prize.

Vedel and Luna were particularly relieved that the weather forecast for heavy downpours had been wrong.

“I was very calm on the course and enjoying the fact that it didn’t rain today. I think we got very lucky with the weather,” Luna said.

The 30-year-old from Rome played four rounds without a bogey to win the event in 2011 and was flawless again with five birdies. 

She added: “I’m very pleased because I played great and it was a good start. I do like the course very much, even though it’s playing very differently this year. You play some longer shots but you always know what you’ll get because there are no funny kicks and the balls stops where it goes.”

Vedel had six birdies against a bogey and was happy to be back on the course after withdrawing from last week’s Deloitte Ladies Open with a back injury.

The 24-year-old Allianz Ladies Slovak Open champion said: “I haven’t practised so I’m just happy that I could play and I enjoyed it out there.”

Michl fired her 67 in more favourable conditions in the morning. The 27-year-old from Graz had a back nine of two-under-par, but picking up four shots on the front nine, with her fiancé and coach Thomas Kogler on her bag.

She said: “I was just hitting it nicely and hit it close a few times and holed some putts. I missed some here and there but it was a nice steady round.”

Four players ended a stroke back on four-under-par including Carlota Ciganda, Rebecca Hudson, Nontaya Srisawang and the 2009 event champion Jade Schaeffer.

Last year’s winner Anne-Lise Caudal shot a solid opening round of two-under-par but the 2010 champion Laura Davies didn’t fare as well. Four-under after 12 holes, she then slipped back to one-over-par after dropping five shots over the closing holes.

ALL THE FIRST ROUND SCORES

Par 72. Yardage 6,403

67 Charley Hull (ENG) , Stefanie Michl (AUT) , Celine Herbin (FRA) , Line Vedel (DEN) , Diana Luna (ITA)

68 Rebecca Hudson (ENG) , Carlota Ciganda (ESP) , Nontaya Srisawang (THA) , Jade Schaeffer (FRA)

69 Rebecca Artis (AUS) , Linda Wessberg (SWE) , Marjet Van Der Graaff (NED) , Lee-Anne Pace (RSA)

70 Sophie Walker (ENG) , Holly Clyburn (ENG) , Zuzana Kamasova (SVK) , Mikaela Parmlid (SWE) , Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) , Marion Ricordeau (FRA) , Stacey Keating (AUS) , Bree Arthur (AUS) , Margarita Ramos (MEX) , Yu Yang Zhang (CHN) , Cathryn Bristow (NZL) , Trish Johnson (ENG) , Cassandra Kirkland (FRA), Becky Brewerton (WAL), Nikki Campbell (AUS) , Laurette Maritz (RSA) , Liz Young (ENG) , Daniela Holmqvist (SWE) , Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) , Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) , Valentine Derrey (FRA)

71 Marta Silva Zamora (ESP) , Karen Lunn (AUS) , Leigh Whittaker (GER) , Malene Jorgensen (DEN) , Hannah Jun (USA) , Miriam Nagl (GER) , Helen Alfredsson (SWE) , Gwladys Nocera (FRA) , Whitney Hillier (AUS) , Tandi Cuningham (RSA) , Maria Hernandez (ESP) , Holly Aitchison (ENG) , Nikki Garrett (AUS) , Noora Tamminen (FIN) , Sophie Giquel-Bettan (FRA) , Mallory Fraiche (USA) , Xi Yu Lin (CHN) , Caroline Masson (GER) , Carin Koch (SWE) , Joanna Klatten (FRA) , Hannah Burke (ENG)

72 Fabienne In-albon (SUI) , Ann-Kathrin Lindner (GER) , Cheyenne Woods (USA) , Benedikte Grotvedt (NOR) , Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) , Minea Blomqvist (FIN) , Veronica Zorzi (ITA) , Henni Zuel (ENG) , Sharmila Nicollet (IND) , Rebecca Sorensen (SWE) , Emily Taylor (ENG) , Louise Larsson (SWE) , Sophia Popov (GER) , Beth Allen (USA) , Virginie Lagoutte (FRA)

73 Pamela Pretswell (SCO) , Tara Davies (WAL) , Stefania Croce (ITA) , Caroline Afonso (FRA) , Smriti Mehra (IND) , Melanie Maetzler (SUI) , Ashleigh Simon (RSA) , Kylie Walker (SCO) , Laura Davies (ENG) , Camilla Lennarth (SWE) , Steffi Kirchmayr (GER) , Florentyna Parker (ENG) , Jia Yun Li (CHN) , Klara Spilkova (CZE) , Margherita Rigon (ITA)

74 Charlotte Ellis (ENG) , Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA) , Julie Greciet (FRA) , Lydia Hall (WAL) , Stephanie Na (AUS) , Kristie Smith (AUS) , Vikki Laing (SCO) , Sophie Sandolo (ITA) , Lucie Andre (FRA) , Isabell Gabsa (GER) , Maria Balikoeva (RUS) , Georgina Simpson (ENG) , Sarah King (AUS) , Vicki Troeltsch (GER)

75 Alison Whitaker (AUS) , Laura Cabanillas (ESP) , Helena Callahan (SWE) , Elina Nummenpaa (FIN) , Cecilie Lundgreen (NOR) , Anais Maggetti (SUI) , Carly Booth (SCO) , Nina Holleder (GER) , Julia Davidsson (SWE)

76 Dawn Shockley (USA) , Paula Hurtado (COL) , Danielle Montgomery (ENG) , Maria Salinas (PER) , Connie Chen (RSA)

77 Eva Bjarvall (SWE) , Tania Elosegui (ESP) , Virginia Espejo (ESP) , Emma Cabrera-Bello (ESP) , Alexandra Vilatte (FRA) , Maha Haddioui (MAR)

78 Kaisa Ruuttila (FIN) , Elisabeth Esterl (GER) , Bonita Bredenhann (NAM) , Franziska Friedrich (GER)

79 Laura Jansone (LVA)

81 Jessica Heidenreich (GER)

83 Jessica Yadloczky (USA)

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