Seniors at Caldy

Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) was in a challenging position at the Senior British women's open amateurJo championship today (WED) until she dropped four shots over the closing holes for a first-round score of three-over-par 76 and a share of 12th place at Caldy Golf Club, Lancashire.

Joint leaders on two-under-par 71 are Ireland's Laura Webb (East Berkshire) and Minna Kaarnalahti (Finland), a shot ahead of past champion Ann Lewis (Royal St David's).

Wood bogeyed the second but birdies at the fourth and fifth got her out in one-under 35. 

She was still one under par with five to play but then bogeyed the 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th for 41 home.

Royal Dornoch's Alison Bartlett had a similar sad story from the back nine. She was two under par for the first six holes but eight over the card for the last 12, finishing with a 79 (36-43) for a share of 34th place.

Fiona De Vries (St Rule) had an 80 to be joint 39th; Margaret Sievwright (Buckpool) an 82 for T52 position; Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) an 83 (T65) and Dawn Yog (North Berwick) an 87 for joint 85th place in a field of 94 players.

The tournament is over 54 holes.

SENIOR BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Par 73. SSS 75. CSS 75
Caldy Golf Club, Lancashire

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES

Par 73

71 L Webb (East Berkshire), M Kaarnalahti (Finland)

72 A Lewis (Royal St David's)

73 J Wheeldon (Wakefield), J Brown (Trentham)

74 J Melville (Royal Birkdale), N Croockewit (Netherlands), C Moller (Sweden).

75 S Van Molle (Belgium), M Liberg (Sweden), J Rees (Minchinhampton).

SCOTS' SCORES

76 S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) (T12)

79 A Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) (T34)

80 F DeVries (St Rule) (T39)

82 M Sievwright (Buckpool) (T52)

83 A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) (T65)

87 D Young (North Berwick) (T85)

Field of 94 players

The Leaderboard for the British Ladies Senior Open Amateur Championship at Caldy G.C. can be found here