PAMELA PRETSWELL HAS SIX SUCCESSIVE BIRDIES

VIKKI LAING FINISHES JOINT 13th 

BEHIND FIRST-TIME WINNER

CHEYENNE WOODS 

Vikki Laing finished joint 13th, the highest placing of her winter trip Down Under so far, in the Australian Ladies Masters at Royal Pines Resort on Queensland's Gold Coast.
The Musselburgh player shot rounds of 76, 71, 70 and 70 for a total of five-under-par 287 over the par-73 course - 11 shots behind the winner by two, Tiger Woods' niece Cheyenne Woods (69-67-71-69 for 16-under 276).
Pamela Pretswell, the only other Scot to make the cut, finished with the joint lowest score of Round 4 - a seven-under-par 66 after she had six birdies in a row straddling the turn.
Pamela finished joint 34th on 290 after earlier rounds of 72, 74 and 78.
Laing earned 4,016 Euros and Pretswell 1754 Euros
In temperatures up in the 80s, Vikki Laing shrugged off a bogey start to birdie the long third, sixth and ninth and turn in two-under 35.
Her only other bogey came at the short 14th before she finished on a high with birdies at the 17th and long 18th.
"It was a solid weekend after a slow start, so happy with that finish," said Vikki.
Pretswell's purple patch came with successive birdies at the seventh, eighth, long ninth, 10th, short 11th and long 12th. In her bogey-free round she had a seventh birdie at the long 18th for her seven-under-par 66.
Kylie Walker (76-74 for 150) and Carly Booth (76-65 for 151) missed the cut at 149 and better

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 292 (4x73) Prizemoney in Euros
276 Cheyenne Woods (USA) 69 67 71 69 (37,500)
278 Minjee Lee (Australia) (am) 70 70 69 69
280 Camilla Lennarth (Sweden) 71 67 72 70, Stacy Lee Bregman (South Africa) 69 67 72 72 (21,437 each)
283 Minsun Kim (South Korea) 72 68 73 70, Caroline Hedwall (Sweden) 71 73 73 66 (12,050 each), So Young Lee (South Korea) (am) 71 70 73 69

SELECTED TOTALS
285 Charley Hull (England) 73 66 76 70 (T10) (5,616)
287 Vikki Laing (Scotland) 76 71 70 70, Trish Johnson (England) 71 66 73 77 (T13) (4,016 each).
288 Laura Davies (England) 73 74 73 68 (T19) (3,120)
289 Liz Young (England) 72 73 74 70 (T29) (2,550)
290 Pamela Pretswell (Scotland) 72 74 78 66 (T34) (2,175)
291 Felicity Johnson (England) 72 71 75 73 (T39) (1,754)
292 Melissa Reid (England) 71 73 75 73 (T45) (1,400)

MISSED THE CUT (149 and better qualified)
150 Kylie Walker (Scotland) 76 74
151 Carly Booth (Scotland) 76 75

TIGER'S NIECE SCORES FIRST BIG WIN 

OF TWO-YEAR PRO CAREER

 REPORT FROM LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR

Gold Coast, Australia – Cheyenne Woods of the United States won the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters in Australia on Sunday for her first Ladies European Tour victory and her maiden win after two years as a professional.

The 23-year-old from Phoenix, Arizona, closed with a four-under 69 at RACV Royal Pines Resort in Queensland’s Gold Coast to finish at 16-under 276.

Australian amateur Minjee Lee, 17, also shot 69 to end two strokes back in solo second place on 14-under-par, with Sweden’s Camilla Lennarth and South African Stacy Lee Bregman two shots further back in a share of third.

Another Swede Caroline Hedwall (66) soared up the leadboard to finish in a share of fifth position with South Korean amateur So Young Lee and fellow compatriot Minsun Kim.

It's the best result in Woods' two-year professional career, with the interest in the niece of superstar Tiger Woods resulting in the American Golf Channel taking the final two hours of the broadcast live into the United States.

Woods was absolutely elated with her win: “This is a huge accomplishment for me.”

“The Ladies European Tour has been great to be able to play this last year, I’ve been able to see all of these great players, play with Solheim Cup team members, so I’ve learned so much from all of these girls and to be able to come out here and actually compete with them and come out on top was huge for me.”

Encouraging words from her coach before she left for Australia boosted her confidence.

“All off season I was just getting ready with my coach back home and he told me he thinks that this is my year, my time to finally get a win and to have it this early in the season is exciting, especially with European Tour on the Continent to come and there in Australia. I’m just really proud with how I played this week and followed through all four days and finished strong.”

The win didn’t come as a huge shock even though she missed the cut last week, “Not necessarily a shock but I missed the cut last week by two shots in New Zealand, 77, 71 so I didn’t play well last week but I came into this week with a new mindset, I worked on a few things and everything just kind of clicked. It worked out really well, after the first round I knew I could win, so from then on that was the goal.”

Woods started the final round with a one-shot lead, and she immediately doubled that advantage with a birdie on the par-4 first.

A bogey on the par-4 4th and a hat-trick of birdies on the par-4 6th, 7th and 8th by playing partner, Minjee, the reigning Australian amateur champion, brought the pair together.  
However, Woods took the outright lead again with a birdie on the par 5 ninth.

The world No. 363 didn't relinquish that advantage, adding birdies on the par-5 12th and 15th before a triumphant birdie on the par-5 18th completed a five-birdie, one-bogey final round.

For amateur Lee, she was thrilled with her efforts, “Yeah, I haven’t really been in this situation before so I am happy with how I played today and hopefully there are many more to come.”

ALL THE FINAL TOTALS
par 292 (4x73) 

276 Cheyenne Woods (USA)  69 67 71 69

278 Minjee Lee (AUS)  (am) 70 70 69 69

280 Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA)  69 67 72 72, Camilla Lennarth (SWE)  71 67 72 70

283 So Young Lee (SKOR)  (am) 71 70 73 69, Minsun Kim (SKOR)  72 68 73 70, Caroline Hedwall (SWE)  71 73 73 66

284 Jessica Korda (USA)  68 73 74 69, Belen Mozo (ESP)  73 73 73 65

285 Charley Hull (ENG)  73 66 76 70, Gwladys Nocera (FRA)  71 73 71 70, Yani Tseng (TPE)  73 72 74 66

287 Rebecca Artis (AUS)  70 74 73 70, Trish Johnson (ENG)  71 66 73 77, Vikki Laing (SCO)  76 71 70 70, Sarah-Jane Smith (AUS)  72 73 73 69, Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED)  70 74 74 69, Alison Whitaker (AUS)  75 69 69 74

288 Laura Davies (ENG)  73 74 73 68, Yu Yang Zhang (CHN)  70 70 77 71, Sarah Kemp (AUS)  70 73 75 70, Chella Choi (KOR)  72 73 73 70, Tiffany Joh (USA)  71 72 74 71, Valentine Derrey (FRA)  69 75 72 72, Xi Yu Lin (CHN)  75 70 69 74, Cathryn Bristow (NZL)  71 74 72 71, Katie Burnett (USA)  68 71 75 74, Beth Allen (USA)  73 68 76 71

289 Kyu-Jung Baek (SKOR)  74 69 73 73, Breanna Elliott (AUS)  72 70 77 70, Lindsey Wright (AUS)  73 74 71 71, Joanna Klatten (FRA)  74 74 67 74, Liz Young (ENG)  72 73 74 70

290 Kelly Tan (MYS)  74 70 71 75, Mi Hyang Lee (SKOR)  73 72 73 72, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR)  72 74 72 72, Pamela Pretswell (SCO)  72 74 78 66, Maria Hernandez (ESP)  73 67 78 72

291 Hyun Soo Kim (SKOR)  75 71 72 73, Bree Arthur (AUS)  72 71 73 75, Shin-Ae Ahn (SKOR)  73 72 80 66, Lee-Anne Pace (RSA)  69 75 75 72, Ashleigh Simon (RSA)  74 72 75 70, Felicity Johnson (ENG)  72 71 75 73

292 Courtney Massey (AUS)  74 73 74 71, Amelia Lewis (USA)  71 72 76 73, Line Vedel (DEN)  70 75 74 73, Melissa Reid (ENG)  71 73 75 73, Thidapa Suwannapura (THA)  74 71 73 74

293 Char Young Kim (SKOR)  72 77 73 71, Katherine Kirk (AUS)  71 70 76 76, Lorie Kane (CAN)  69 75 74 75

294 Jia Yun Li (CHN)  73 71 75 75, Stacey Keating (AUS)  72 75 75 72, Kristie Smith (AUS)  70 74 75 75, Marina Alex (USA)  73 74 75 72

295 Caroline Bon (NZL)  75 74 77 69

297 Giulia Molinaro (ITA)  77 72 79 69, Marion Ricordeau (FRA)  73 76 74 74, Mireia Prat (ESP)  75 74 76 72, Jessica Speechley (AUS)  76 72 76 73, So Young2 Kim (SKOR)  73 75 75 74

298 Linda Wessberg (SWE)  73 69 79 77, Ann-Kathrin Lindner (GER)  72 75 78 73

299 - Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA)  74 72 82 71, Su Oh (AUS)  73 74 77 75

300 - Tamara Johns (AUS)  76 73 77 74

302 - Sarah King (AUS)  77 71 78 76

305 - Bree Turnbull (AUS)  74 75 82 74

313 - Christine Song (USA)  75 74 83 81

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