HEATHER FACES BIGGEST PRESSURE ROUND IN HER CAREER TOMORROW
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Gleneagles staff pro Heather MacRae dropped from two shots ahead of the field to joint third place, five strokes off the lead after a second-round, five-over-par 78 for a 36-hole tally of 147 in the final LET developmental tour event of the season, the Mineks Ladies Tour Classic at the National Golf Club, Atalya in southern Turkey.
MacRae's automatic promotion to the Ladies European Tour next season for finishing in the top five of the LETAS Order of Merit, hangs in the balance.
Heather is currently fifth in the table but could be overtaken if any of her rivals finish above her over the final round.
Denmark's Julie Tvede, 22nd in the Order of Merit, has gone four shots clear of the field with a pair of 71s for 142. She is the only player under par after 36 holes.
Victory might put the Dane into the top five if Heather does not achieve a high finish in Turkey.
Level with the Scot on 147 is Belgium's Chloe Leurquin (76-71) who is only two places behind her in the Order of Merit. If Leurquin makes the top three in Turkey and MacRae doesn't, then Chloe will climb into the final top five on the Merit table.
Heather, now 30, has dreamed of making it to the Ladies European Tour for years. Now the chance of bypassing the Qualifying School and going straight into the Big League is within touching distance.One good round can clinch it. One bad round can turn the dream into a nightmare.
MacRae, who was three over par after only three holes today, needs to steady her nerves and her boyfriend-caddie, Tartan Tour pro Chris Kelly, will play an important role in that department.
Kelsey MacDonald shot up to joint 16th place on the back of a one-over 74, one of the best scores on a quite windy day on Turkey's Mediterranean coastline. The Stirling University graduate is on the 153 mark.
Two more Scots, Sally Watson from Edinburgh and Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll qualified for the final 18 holes by hitting the limit mark of eight-over 154. Sally shot a 79 while Katy took 83 shots, 12 more than she required in the first round.
McNicoll suffered a confidence meltdown over the final nine holes which she covered in 46 shots with a triple bogey 7 at the 17th and double bogeys at the 10th, long 15th and 18th.
Ayrshire's Pamela Feggans missed the cut by seven shots with an 83 for 161
SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 146 (2x73)
142 Julie Tvede (Den) 71 71
146 Mireia Prat (Spa) 74 72.
147 Heather MacRae (Sco) 69 78, Chloe Leurquin (Bel) 76 71, Louise Larsson (Swe) 72 75.
SELECTED OTHER SCORES
153 Kelsey MacDonald (Sco) 79 74, Amy Boulden (Wal) 75 78, Lucy Williams (Eng) 76 77 (T16)
154 Sally Watson (sco) 75 79, Charlotte Wild (Eng) 78 76, Gabriella Cowley (Eng) (am) 74 80, Katy McNicoll (Sco) 71 83 (T20).
MISSED THE CUT (154 and better qualified)
157 Lauren Taylor (Eng) 73 84
161 Pamela Feggans (Sco) 78 83, Kym Larratt (Eng) 74 87
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Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Gleneagles staff pro Heather MacRae dropped from two shots ahead of the field to joint third place, five strokes off the lead after a second-round, five-over-par 78 for a 36-hole tally of 147 in the final LET developmental tour event of the season, the Mineks Ladies Tour Classic at the National Golf Club, Atalya in southern Turkey.
MacRae's automatic promotion to the Ladies European Tour next season for finishing in the top five of the LETAS Order of Merit, hangs in the balance.
Heather is currently fifth in the table but could be overtaken if any of her rivals finish above her over the final round.
Denmark's Julie Tvede, 22nd in the Order of Merit, has gone four shots clear of the field with a pair of 71s for 142. She is the only player under par after 36 holes.
Victory might put the Dane into the top five if Heather does not achieve a high finish in Turkey.
Level with the Scot on 147 is Belgium's Chloe Leurquin (76-71) who is only two places behind her in the Order of Merit. If Leurquin makes the top three in Turkey and MacRae doesn't, then Chloe will climb into the final top five on the Merit table.
Heather, now 30, has dreamed of making it to the Ladies European Tour for years. Now the chance of bypassing the Qualifying School and going straight into the Big League is within touching distance.One good round can clinch it. One bad round can turn the dream into a nightmare.
MacRae, who was three over par after only three holes today, needs to steady her nerves and her boyfriend-caddie, Tartan Tour pro Chris Kelly, will play an important role in that department.
Kelsey MacDonald shot up to joint 16th place on the back of a one-over 74, one of the best scores on a quite windy day on Turkey's Mediterranean coastline. The Stirling University graduate is on the 153 mark.
Two more Scots, Sally Watson from Edinburgh and Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll qualified for the final 18 holes by hitting the limit mark of eight-over 154. Sally shot a 79 while Katy took 83 shots, 12 more than she required in the first round.
McNicoll suffered a confidence meltdown over the final nine holes which she covered in 46 shots with a triple bogey 7 at the 17th and double bogeys at the 10th, long 15th and 18th.
Ayrshire's Pamela Feggans missed the cut by seven shots with an 83 for 161
SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 146 (2x73)
Scores at the end of round 2:
142 Julie Tvede (DNK) 71 71
146 Mireia Prat (ESP) 74 72
147 Heather MacRae (SCO) 69 78, Louise Larsson (SWE) 72 75, Chloe Leurquin (BEL) 76 71
148 Daniela Prorokova (CZE) 74 74, Lina Boqvist (SWE) 74 74, Steffi Kirchmayr (GER) 76 72
151 Caroline Martens (NOR) 72 79
152 Elisabetta Bertini (ITA) 72 80, Nicole Broch Larsen (DNK) 75 77,
Chrisje De Vries (NLD) 75 77, Linda Henriksson (FIN) 79 73, Jacqueline
Hedwall (SWE) 73 79, Patricia Sanz Barrio (ESP) 74 78
153 Malene Jorgensen (DEN) 75 78, Lucy Williams (ENG) 76 77, Amy Boulden (WAL) 75 78, Kelsey MacDonald (SCO) 79 74
154 Katy McNicoll (SCO) 71 83, Suzanne Dickens (ENG) 79 75, Gabriella
Cowley (ENG) (am) 74 80, Sally Watson (SCO) 75 79, Antonella Cvitan (SWE) 76
78, Fabienne In-albon (SWI) 77 77, Charlotte Wild (ENG) 78 76
MISSED THE CUT
155 Lien Willems (BEL) 77 78, Galina Rotmistrova (RUS) 79 76
156 Isabell Gabsa (GER) 81 75
157 Lauren Taylor (ENG) 73 84
158 Begum Yilmaz (TUR) 79 79
159 Sena Ersoy (TUR) 77 82
160 Caroline Rominger (SWI) 79 81, Sandra Eggermont (NLD) 76 84
161 Kym Larratt (ENG) 74 87, Christine Wolf (AUT) 77 84, Pamela
Feggans (SCO) 78 83, Sohvi Harkonen (FIN) 81 80, Martyna Mierzwa (POL)
80 81
162 Sideri Vanova (CZE) 80 82, Ana Larraneta (ESP) 78 84
163 Nergiz Kok (TUR) 83 80
164 Selin Timur (TUR) 83 81
167 Vicky Tomko (BEL) 80 87
169 Tugce Erdem (TUR) 79 90
172 Damla Bilgic (TUR) 83 89, Sezgi Kilic (TUR) 82 90
177 Busra Basir (TUR) 87 90
188 Kesban Can (TUR) 90 98, Aslihan Kaplan (TUR) 94 94
142 Julie Tvede (Den) 71 71
146 Mireia Prat (Spa) 74 72.
147 Heather MacRae (Sco) 69 78, Chloe Leurquin (Bel) 76 71, Louise Larsson (Swe) 72 75.
SELECTED OTHER SCORES
153 Kelsey MacDonald (Sco) 79 74, Amy Boulden (Wal) 75 78, Lucy Williams (Eng) 76 77 (T16)
154 Sally Watson (sco) 75 79, Charlotte Wild (Eng) 78 76, Gabriella Cowley (Eng) (am) 74 80, Katy McNicoll (Sco) 71 83 (T20).
MISSED THE CUT (154 and better qualified)
157 Lauren Taylor (Eng) 73 84
161 Pamela Feggans (Sco) 78 83, Kym Larratt (Eng) 74 87
TO VIEW THE COMPLETE SCOREBOARD
CLICK HERE
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