TRISH AND BECKY SHARE LEAD AT FAIRMONT 

England's Trish Johnson and Becky Brewerton from Wales,

the two biggest "names" in the field of 30 for the 

opening event of the PGA in Scotland Paul Lawrie Ladies

Tartan Tour, underline their class by sharing the lead

at the end of the first day of the £6,000 36-hole event.

Both former Solheim Cup and Curtis Cup players  matched

the par of 72 over the Torrance Course at

Fairmont St Andrews and it could be a battle royal for

the £2,500 first prize when they tee off together at

2pm in the final round.

 There was a similarity about their first-round

scorecards. Both deviated from par only four times.

Johnson birdied the first and seventh, bogeying the

ninth and 17th in halves of 35-37.

Brewerton birdied the long sixth and 15th but bogeyed

the 12th and 17th for her 35-37.

Glasgow's Gemma Webster and Edinburgh's Vikki Laing

are spearheading the Scottish challenge on the 73 mark, 

alongside rookie Welsh pro Amy Boulden, daughter of the Conwy

Golf Club pro.

Webster's four birdies were twice as many as either of

the leaders managed but she also had five bogeys in 

halves of 37-36.

If Laing had parred the second instead of running up a

double bogey 6 she would have been the halfway leader

but she bounced back from that potentially demoralising

hole with a hat-trick of birdies from the fifth to the 

seventh and turned in 35. Her bogeys (three) outnumbered

her birdies (one) in an inward 38

Boulden, one of the heroines of the GB and I Curtis Cup

victory in June 2012 at Nairn, had two bogeys and three

birdies in halves of 36-37.

Charlotte Austwick from Fulford, Yorkshire is the leading

amateur in the field on 74, the same score as Edinburgh-

born Sally Watson, another one of several past Curtis

Cup players in the quality field.

 There is no admission charge nor car parking fee and

the organisers, not to mention the competitors, would 

be delighted to play in front of galleries.

The first players tee off at 12.30 and the last three - 

Johnson, Brewerton and Webster - at2.30 

FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD

Par 72

72 Trish Johnson (Eng), Becky Brewerton (Wal)

73 Gemma Webster (Sco), Vikki Laing (Sco), Amy Boulden

(Wal)

74 Charlotte Austwick (Eng) (am), Sally Watson (Sco)

75 Michele Thomson (Sco), Jane Turner (Sco), Carly

Booth (Sco).

77 Heather Stirling (Sco), Laura Murray (Sco), Jess

Willox (Eng), Lauren Whyte (Sco) (am), Kelsey 

Macdonald (Sco), Heather MacRae (Sco), Martine Pow

(Sco)

78 Pamela Feggans (Sco), Katy McNicoll (Sco), Alyson

McKechin (Sco) (am), Tracey Boyes (Eng)

79 Emilee Taylor (Eng), India Clyburn (Eng) (am)

81 Jenny Potter (Sco) (am), Daisy Dyer-Brierley

(Eng), Emma Fairnie (Sco)

82 Lisa Shervill (Eng)

87 Kirston Scott (Sco)

89 Georgina Snow (Eng), Nicola Ferguson (Sco) (am) 

TEE TIMES FOR TUESDAY 

Round 2: Fairmont St. Andrews - Torrance Course 15/04/2014

 Tee  Time      Name

  1   12:30 AM  Nicola Ferguson (a)
                Georgina Snow
                Kirstin Scott

  1   12:40 AM  Lisa Shervill
                Emma Fairnie
                Daisy Dyer-Breierley

  1   12:50 AM  Jenny Potter (a)
                India Clyburn (a)
                Emilee Taylor

  1   1:00 PM   Tracey Boyes
                Alyson McKechin (a)
                Katy McNicoll

  1   1:10 PM   Pamela Feggans
                Martine Pow
                Heather MacRae

  1   1:20 PM   Kelsey Macdonald
                Lauren Whyte (a)
                Jess Wilcox

  1   1:30 PM   Laura Murray
                Heather Stirling
                Carly Booth

  1   1:40 PM   Jane Turner
                Michele Thomson
                Sally Watson

  1   1:50 PM   Charlotte Austwick (a)
                Amy Boulden
                Vikki Laing

  1   2:00 PM   Gemma Webster
                Becky Brewerton
                Trish Johnson