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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Pamela fights off Morocco tummy bug to 

score third top-10 LET finish in a row
  
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Despite an upset stomach all week in Morocco, Pamela Pretswell signed off with a 69 for a six-under-par aggregate of 278 and a joint eighth finish behind two-stroke winner Gwladys Nocera (France) in the Ladies European Tour's Lalla Meryem Cup tournament event which ended today at Golf de L'Ocean, Agadir on Morocco's western Atlantic coastline.
The Hamilton player's earlier rounds were 70, 68 and 71 against a par of 71. She earned 10,350 euros.
Pamela told Kirkwoodgolf by E-mail:
"Delighted with my result this weekend as I haven't been well this week unfortunately! But played some solid golf and delighted to have my third top 10 in a row. This is my sixth top 10 on the LET in total. 
"I was planning on come home to play on the Ladies Tartan Tour event at Murcar Links Thursday-Friday this week but sadly I won't be playing
"I need a few days' rest to recover from this trip to Morocco and  get back to full fitness. Should be back in Scotland on Monday.
"Hope all goes well at Murcar and I will hopefully be able to play some other Ladies Tartan Tour events throughout the season." 

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LATE ENTRIES - amateur as well as professional - ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE PAUL LAWRIE LADIES OPEN AT MURCAR LINKS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THIS COMING WEEK.
Phone the PGA in Scotland office - 01764 661 840 -  with your entry.
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Kyle Walker, the only other Scot to make the cut in Morocco, had a peaks-and-troughs tournament with rounds of 77-66-71-79 for 293 and a joint 64th place finish.
Front-running Nocera had scores of 68, 65, 68 and 70 for a 13-under-par total of 271. She won by two shots from three players -   England's Melissa Reid (69-68-70-66) and Felicity Johnson (68-68-70-67) plus South African Nicole Garcia (69-65-69-70).


                      Gwladys Nocera receives a boquet from Mustapha Zinc.

LET NEWS RELEASE
From Bethan Cutler, LET Media Manager
Gwladys Nocera made amends for the heartbreak of her play-off defeat 12 months ago by coming back and claiming a two stroke victory in the Lalla Meryem Cup at Golf de L’Ocean in Agadir.

The 39-year-old Frenchwoman sealed her 14th Ladies European Tour title, just three months after her last victory in the Hero Women’s Indian Open.

She started the day with a two stroke lead and a final round of one under par 70 was enough to end two ahead of three other players: English duo Melissa Reid (66) and Felicity Johnson (67) and South African Nicole Garcia (70).

“I remember last year when Charley (Hull) kept on getting birdies in the last round, so I knew this morning that it could happen. All I kept saying was I need to play my game and make as many birdies as I can. I tried my best,” said Nocera, who also won the Lalla Meryem Cup in 2007, before it was sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

“It was a tough day towards the end. I took a really stupid double bogey which put me in trouble. I missed one fairway today and I took a double bogey, so that was a shame, but I wanted this tournament really bad. I’ve always said it, and I’m really happy I did it.”

Nocera made a strong start with birdies on the second, third and eighth holes to keep a two stroke lead over Garcia at the turn, but there was plenty of drama on the back nine.

When she birdied the par five 11th hole, which Garcia bogeyed, Nocera took a four shot advantage at 16 under, but after a double bogey on the par-four 14th hole, that lead was reduced to just one stroke. Johnson, who had fired six birdies in 13 holes, reached 13 under but then bogeyed 16 and 18. After Nocera three putted the 17th from short range, she held a two stroke lead standing on the par-3 18th tee and sealed the win and first prize of €67,500 with a simple par.

“Gwladys is a great player who’s done this many times before,” said Johnson, a two-time LET winner who claimed her last title at the 2011 French Open.

“It’s been a little while since I’ve been in contention so it’s nice to get that feeling on a Sunday: that’s what we play golf for. I’m disappointed at the moment but give me a couple of hours and it will be alright.”

Melissa Reid, who won her last title at the 2012 Prague Golf Masters, was also delighted to be back in contention. She said: “I actually felt pretty good this morning and it’s nice to be in this position, put yourself back in contention. My driver was not a good boy today but I scrambled really, really well. I holed a chip and holed a pitch, so it’s one of those things. I’m really happy with the progress I’m making. It’s a huge positive and I would have taken second at the start of the week.”

Garcia’s tie for second place was her career best finish on the Ladies European Tour and shows what she is capable of after solid preparation having played in eight tournaments already this year in South Africa.

Garcia said: “I started off pretty well. I was three under after nine holes and I thought if I can just keep it going and make one or two more birdies I might stand a chance but unfortunately that didn’t happen.

“It does make me feel a lot more settled. I had a good week so hopefully I can carry on the theme through the year.”

Rookie professional Nanna Madsen, who finished third in New Zealand last month, continued to impress with a solo fifth place finish, while Frenchwoman Celine Herbin was sixth and Switzerland’s Melanie Maetzler was seventh.

Fellow Swiss player Anaïs Maggetti equalled the course record set last year by Charley Hull with a nine under par 64 to share eighth place with Hull, Frenchwomen Anne-Lise Caudal and Isabelle Boineau and Scotland’s Pamela Pretswell, who recorded her third top ten of the season.

The 2014 champion Hull ended with a five under par 66 and said: “I’m really happy with the way I finished and especially being nine under for the weekend. I hit all the fairways today and my game is in good shape. I think I came back strong after being ill earlier in the week and I’m feeling good about the way I’m hitting it going into the first major of the year.”

Following her victory, Nocera now has 19 Life Member Points and needs just one more point to become a Life Member of the Ladies European Tour.



Final scores:

271 - Gwladys Nocera (FRA)  68 65 68 70

273 - Felicity Johnson (ENG)  68 68 70 67, Melissa Reid (ENG)  69 68 70 66, Nicole Garcia (RSA)  69 65 69 70

275 - Nanna Koerstz Madsen (DNK)  69 68 70 68

276 - Celine Herbin (FRA)  68 69 70 69

277 - Melanie Maetzler (SWI)  71 69 68 69

278 - Isabelle Boineau (FRA)  72 69 68 69, Pamela Pretswell (SCO)  70 68 71 69, Charley Hull (ENG)  74 71 67 66, Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA)  68 68 72 70, Anais Maggetti (SWI)  73 71 70 64

279 - Rebecca Hudson (ENG)  70 71 70 68, Tonje Daffinrud (NOR)  67 72 71 69, Florentyna Parker (ENG)  68 70 69 72, Amy Boulden (WAL)  71 70 70 68, Eleanor Givens (ENG)  68 69 68 74

280 - Camilla Lennarth (SWE)  73 69 71 67, Malene Jorgensen (DEN)  72 68 69 71

281 - Ursula Wikstrom (FIN)  67 68 70 76, Rebecca Artis (AUS)  70 72 69 70, Liz Young (ENG)  73 71 69 68, Emily Kristine Pedersen (DNK)  71 69 69 72, Chloe Leurquin (BEL)  72 68 70 71

282 - Lucie Andre (FRA)  73 71 70 68, Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA)  71 70 69 72

283 - Charlotte Ellis (ENG)  69 70 73 71, Marta Silva Zamora (ESP)  76 68 72 67, Marta Sanz (ESP)  72 70 67 74, Mathilda Cappeliez (FRA)  68 67 75 73
284 - Noora Tamminen (FIN)  74 71 68 71, Emma Goddard (ENG)  71 72 68 73, Valentine Derrey (FRA)  70 74 70 70
285 - Nina Muehl (AUT)  73 72 69 71, Minea Blomqvist (FIN)  70 72 69 74, Alex Peters (ENG)  76 69 70 70, Stacey Keating (AUS)  71 71 70 73, Beth Allen (USA)  70 70 72 73
286 - Titiya Plucksataporn (THA)  70 74 71 71, Patricia Sanz Barrio (ESP)  69 70 75 72, Maria Beautell (ESP)  71 68 76 71, Krista Bakker (FIN)  71 72 70 73, Caroline Martens (NOR)  76 69 69 72
287 - Lina Boqvist (SWE)  71 69 70 77, Stephanie Na (AUS)  71 72 72 72, Klara Spilkova (CZE)  70 73 73 71, Louise Friberg (SWE)  70 75 71 71, Mireia Prat (ESP)  71 70 72 7

288 - Sophie Walker (ENG)  75 68 72 73, Margherita Rigon (ITA)  72 70 75 71, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR)  71 72 71 74
289 - Sophie Giquel-bettan (FRA)  69 72 74 74, Linda Henriksson (FIN)  69 75 72 73, Jade Schaeffer (FRA)  68 74 73 74, Lauren Taylor (ENG)  73 71 72 73, Trish Johnson (ENG)  68 73 70 78, Lynn Carlsson (SWE)  73 71 76 69
291 - Paula Hurtado (COL)  71 70 74 76, Rebecca Sorensen (SWE)  70 71 74 76
292 - Sophie Sandolo (ITA)  72 70 78 72, Luna Sobron (ESP)  73 68 73 78, Georgia Hall (ENG)  73 72 74 73, Alexandra Vilatte (FRA)  74 71 74 73

293 - Monique Smit (RSA)  75 70 77 71, Georgina Simpson (ENG)  71 73 75 74, Kylie Walker (SCO)  77 66 71 79, Emma Westin (SWE)  70 74 72 77
294 - Laura Cabanillas (ESP)  73 71 76 74, Anne Van Dam (NLD)  73 69 76 76, Bree Arthur (AUS)  73 72 76 73
295 - Steffi Kirchmayr (GER)  74 71 79 71, Leigh Whittaker (GER)  77 68 77 73
296 - Cassandra Kirkland (FRA)  71 74 77 74
297 - Stefania Croce (ITA)  74 71 80 72







































































































































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