Scots disappoint in World Team Championship

Colin Farquharson writes

Scotland T35 after Round 1, 19 behind Swiss leaders

Scotland have made a disappointing start to the Espirito Santo Trophy women's world amateur team championship in Mexico.
Jess Meek had a 76, Rachael Taylor an 80 and Connie Jaffrey an 81. Discarding Connie's score, that gave Scotland a 156 first-round team total, which placed them joint 35th in the field of 55 teams led by Switzerland's Metraux sisters on 137.
South Korea are lying second on 138 with Japan third on 142.
Ireland are the best placed of the four home countries. They are tied seventh on 146 alongside Austria, USA and Taipei.
World No 1 Leona Maguire shot a 72. Olivia Mehaffey, now the World No 5, had a 74  while Annabel Wilson had a non-counting 80).
England are a shot behind Ireland with a 147 team total, made up of Curtis Cuppers Meghan MacLaren's 73 and Alice Hewson's 74. Gemma Clews had a non-counting 78.
Wales are T38 on 157 with a 78 by Chloe Williams and a 79 by Megan Lockett. Katherine O'Connor had a non-counting 83.

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
137 SWITZERLAND (M Metraux 68, K Metraux 69)
138 SOUTH KOREA
142 JAPAN
144 CHINA, MEXICO
145 THAILAND
146 AUSTRIA, USA, TAIPEI, IRELAND (Leona Maguire 72, Olivia Mehaffey 74).
147 ENGLAND (Meghan MacLaren 73, Alice Hewson 74), NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, ITALY, ECUADOR, PUERTO RICO, NORWAY.
148 PARAGUAY, HONG KONG, SOUTH AFRICA, CZECH REP, SWEDEN
149 BRAZIL, NETHERLANDS, CANADA
150 FINLAND, GERMANY
151 SPAIN, DENMARK, COLOMBIA
152 PERU, FRANCE
153 BELGIUM
154 INDIA
156 ICELAND, SCOTLAND (Jess Meek 76, Rachael Taylor 80), TURKEY (T35)
157 WALES (Chloe Williams 78, Megan Lockett 79), VENEZUELA, SLOVENIA, SLOVAKIA
158 POLAND
159 RUSSIAN FEDERATION, CHILE, GUATEMALA, ARGENTINA, MOROCCO
162 URUGUAY
165 BOLIVIA
172 GUAM
173 UKRAINE
174 BULGARIA
183 COSTA RICA
185 TUNISIA

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