Kelsey, Gemma and Alyson make good starts 

 

but Jane and Michele are trailing

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Nairn's Kelsey Macdonald got off to a flying start in the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School Final tournament over five rounds at two Marrakech, Morocco venues.

Kelsey is one of four players sharing the lead on five-under-par 67 which included an eagle 3 and five birdies at the Amelkis course.

On a day of low scoring - 49 players in the field of 115 had sub-par rounds - there were also good efforts from two other Scots, former Scottish women's amateur champion Alyson McKechin from Paisley, and Aberdeen-born Gemma Dryburgh.

McKechin is joint 25th after a 70 at the Samanah course where Dryburgh had a 71 for a share of 35th place.

But the two other Scots in the field, Jane Turner from West Linton and Ellon's Michele Thomson (Meldrum House), will have to dig deep to make up the ground they have lost over the first 18 holes.

Turner's 76 at Amelkis included a double bogey 6 at the seventh hole and she is tied 90th.

Thomson had no birdies in her five-bogey 77 at Samanah and is joint 101st.

There will be a cut to the leading 60 players and ties after four rounds.

FIRST-ROUND  SCOREBOARD
Par 72 for Amelkis and Samanah courses
T1 Caroline Rominger (SWI)  67
Rachel Raastad (NOR) 67
Karolin Lampert (GER) 67
Kelsey Macdonald (SCO)  67
T5 Laura Jansone (Latvia) 68
Emily Talley (USA)  68
Justine Dreher (FRA)  68
Aditi Ashok  (IND) (amateur) 68
Jessica Karlsson (SWE) 68
Daisy Nielsen (DEN)  68
Kiran Matharu (ENG) 68
Lauren Horsford (ENG) (amateur) 68
T13 Melissa Eaton (RSA) 69
Oona Vartiainen (FIN) 69
Rosie Davies (ENG) 69
Nina Pegova (RUS)  69
Eileen Vargas (COL)  69
Ariane Provot (FRA)  69
Manon Gidali (FRA) (amateur) 69
Nobuhle Dlamini (Swaziland)  69
Vivian Tsui (CAN) 69
Jessica Bradley  (ENG) (amateur) 69
Charlotte Thompson (ENG)  69
Victoria Lovelady (BRA)  69
T25 Alyson Mckechin (SCO)  70
Leena Makkonen (FIN)  70
Renuka Suksukont (THA)  70
Aram Choi (CAN) 70
Lien Willems (BEL)  70
Ainil Bakar (MYS)  70
Fabienne In-Albon (SWI) 70
Valdis Thora Jonsdottir (ISL)  70
Leticia Ras-Andérica (ESP)  70
Elia Folch (ESP) (amateur) 70
T35 Annabel Dimmock (ENG)  71
Csilla Lajtai-Rozsa (HUN)  71
Noemi Jimenez Martin (ESP) 71
Luna Sobron  (ESP) (amateur)  71
Emilie Piquot (FRA) 71
Sophie Sandolo (ITA) 71
Johanna Bjork (SWE)  71
Gemma Dryburgh (SCO)  71
Sarah-Jane Boyd (ENG)  71
Maha Haddioui (MAR)  71
Jamila Jaxaliyeva (KAZ)  71
Laura Gonzalez Escallon (BEL) 71
Maribel Lopez Porras (COL) 71
Chiara Mertens (GER) (amateur) 71
T49 Rebecca Sorensen (SWE) 72
Anaelle Carnet (FRA)  72
Astrid Vayson de Pradenne (FRA) 72
Elisabetta Bertini (ITA) 72
Emilie Alonso (Am) 72
Nuria Iturrios (ESP) 72
Emma Goddard (ENG)  72
Ana Menendez (MEX) 72
Kanphanitnan Muangkhumsakul (THA) 72
Agathe Sauzon (FRA) 72
Sarah Attwood (ENG)  72
Gabriella Cowley (ENG)  72
Jessica Ljungberg (SWE)  72
Rebecca McGinley (ENG)  72
Lucie Hinnerova (CZE)  72
T64 Kusuma Meechai (THA) 73
Mireia Prat (ESP) 73
Joanna Charlton (AUS) (amateur)  73
Natalie Wille (SWE) 1 73 73
Carmen Alonso (ESP) 1 73 73
Amy Walsh (AUS)  73
Andy Jun (PRY)  73
Molly Aronsson (USA)  73
Marika Voss (FIN) 73
Amber Ratcliffe (ENG) 73
T74 Elina Nummenpaa (FIN) 74
Anais Maggetti (SWI)  74
Olafia Kristinsdottir (ISL)  74
Alexandria Jacobsen (USA)  74
Marta Silva Zamora (ESP)  74
Martyna Mierzwa (POL) 74
Linda Henriksson (FIN)  74
Greta Isabella Voelker  (GER) (amateur) 74
Carolina Gonzalez Garcia (ESP)  74
T83 Sanna Nuutinen (FIN) 75
Ebba Simonsson (SWE) 75
Anna Christina Kindgren (COL)  75
Jeanette Marita Engzelius (NOR) 75
Emma Nilsson (SWE) 75
Angel Yin (USA) (amateur) 75
Natalia Heckova  (Slovakia) (amateur)  75
T90 Sarah Schober (AUT) 76
Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso (ITA) (amateur)  76
Jane Turner (SCO) 76
Holly Aitchison (ENG) 76
Kym Larratt (ENG) 76
Mayko Chwen Wang (TPE)  76
Julie Aime (FRA) 76
Hannah Ralph (ENG) 76
Nina Muehl (AUT) 76
Neha Tripathi (IND)  76
Maria Beautell (ESP)  76
T101 Valeria Martinoli (SWI) 77
Brooke Baker (USA) 77
Sofia Ljungqvist (SWE)  77
Michele Thomson (SCO)  77
Emma Westin (SWE) 77
Stefania Avanzo (ITA)  77
Sideri Vanova (CZE) 77
T108 Ines Lescudier (FRA) (amateur)  78
Paula Hurtado (COL) 78
Maria Palacios Siegenthaler (ESP) 78
Lauren Taylor (ENG)  78
112th Amanda Strang (SWE) 79
T113 Marion Duvernay (FRA) 80
Ann-Kathrin Maier (AUT) 80
115th Annelie Weimenhog (SWE)  81