GEORGIA IS LAST HOPE TO KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING AT BRITISH WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
GEORGIA HALL ... beaten in semi-finals at Carnoustie last
year, she's in the last four again at Machynys (picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency)
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Georgia
Hall, 17-year-old British girls champion last year, is Britain's last
hope of extending the three-in-a-row-sequence of home winners of the
British women's open amateur golf championship at Machynys Golf Club,
near Llanelli.
England's Kelly Tidy (2010 at Ganton) and Lauren Taylor (2011 at Royal Porttush), then Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow (2012 at Carnoustie) ended Continental domination of the Ladies Golf Union's flagship tournament for amateurs.
But the pendulum of golfing power is threating to swing eastwards again with only Hall to hold the fort against two Spaniards, Luna Sobron from Majorca, Noemi Jimenez (no relation to Miguel Angel Jimenez)from Malaga and Germany's Karolin Lampert, the three other qualifiers for Saturday morning's semi-finals at the South Wales venue where the bad weather has never been far away all week.
Mind you, Hall, despite her tender years, is well equipped for the task. She woHall n two gold medals for Team GB at the Australian Youth Olympics earlier this year and at No 7 is the highest World Ranked female amateur left in the championship. Lampert comes next at No 18.
The 18-year-old Maguire twins both bowed out today (Friday), both beaten by Spaniards - Leona in the morning third round by Noemi Jimenex , Lisa in the quarter-finals, beaten 3 and 2 by Sobron.
Hall had two fairly comfortable wins to reach the last four with roughly one or two under-par figures and she knows what it's like to play in the semi-finals of the British championship - she lost to eventual champion Meadow at the penultimate stage at Carnoustie last year.
"I feel I have more control of the ball than I had last year and that's been important here at Machynys where the rain comes and goes but the wind seems to blow forever," said Georgia who has left school and plans to go to the LET Q School at the end of the year.
The semi-final line-up is Hall versus Jimenez, Sobron v Lampert
England's Kelly Tidy (2010 at Ganton) and Lauren Taylor (2011 at Royal Porttush), then Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow (2012 at Carnoustie) ended Continental domination of the Ladies Golf Union's flagship tournament for amateurs.
But the pendulum of golfing power is threating to swing eastwards again with only Hall to hold the fort against two Spaniards, Luna Sobron from Majorca, Noemi Jimenez (no relation to Miguel Angel Jimenez)from Malaga and Germany's Karolin Lampert, the three other qualifiers for Saturday morning's semi-finals at the South Wales venue where the bad weather has never been far away all week.
Mind you, Hall, despite her tender years, is well equipped for the task. She woHall n two gold medals for Team GB at the Australian Youth Olympics earlier this year and at No 7 is the highest World Ranked female amateur left in the championship. Lampert comes next at No 18.
The 18-year-old Maguire twins both bowed out today (Friday), both beaten by Spaniards - Leona in the morning third round by Noemi Jimenex , Lisa in the quarter-finals, beaten 3 and 2 by Sobron.
Hall had two fairly comfortable wins to reach the last four with roughly one or two under-par figures and she knows what it's like to play in the semi-finals of the British championship - she lost to eventual champion Meadow at the penultimate stage at Carnoustie last year.
"I feel I have more control of the ball than I had last year and that's been important here at Machynys where the rain comes and goes but the wind seems to blow forever," said Georgia who has left school and plans to go to the LET Q School at the end of the year.
The semi-final line-up is Hall versus Jimenez, Sobron v Lampert
BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Machynys Golf Club, nr Llanelli, South Wales
THIRD ROUND
Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) bt Roberta Liti (Italy) 2 and 1.
Luna Sobron (Spain) bt Gabriella Cowley (Brockett Hall) 1 hole.
Justine Dreher (France) bt Tonje Daffinrud (Norway) 4 and 2..
Karolin Lampert (Germany) bt AleHax Peters (Notts Ladies) 1 hole.
Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak) bt Laura Funfstuck (Germany) 6 and 5.
Harang Lee (Spain) bt Csilla Rozsa ( Hungary) 7 and 6.
Ines Lescudier (France) bt Emma Carberry (Highwoods) 4 and 3.
Noemi Jimenez (Spain) bt Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 3 and 1
Noemi Jimenez (Spain) bt Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 3 and 1
QUARTER-FINALS
Sobron bt Lisa Maguire 3 and 2
Lampert bt Dreher 4 and 3. .
Hall bt Lee 4 and 3.
Jimenez bt Lescudier 5 and 4.
SATURDAY MORNING SEMI-FINALS
Sobron v LNo 1ampert
Hall v Jimenez.
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