VIKKI SURVIVES LATE FIRST-ROUND DRAMA
Curtis Cup player Vikki Laing survived a late fright to clear her first match-play hurdle in the British women's open amateur golf championship at sunny Lindrick, near Worksop today.
The Musselburgh player won by one hole over Bettina Hauert, one of eight Germans to get through the 36-hole stroke-play test ... but only after her opponent lost her ball in the long grass to the left of the l8th green.
Vikki was three up after 10 holes, having birdied the long fourth and fifth, and looked as though she was cruising to victory until Bettina suddenly clicked into gear and won the 13th and 14th.
Laing responded with a birdie to win the 15th but was then pulled back to square when she lost the 16th and then the 17th where she could not find her ball in the long grass off her drive.
All square on the tee at the short 18th, the German hooked her tee shot into the rough while Vikki put hers on the green beyond the pin. Miss Hauert's second provisional ball landed in a bunker and when she failed to find her first ball, she splashed out of the sand and then conceded the hole and the match to the Scot.
Jenna Wilson from Strathaven, who came through a late evening play-off to claim a place in the match-play stages of the British women's open amateur golf championship at Lindrick, went down heavily to top seed Danielle Masters from Kent.
Masters continued her good form in the qualifying round with a four-birdie performance in winning by 6 and 5 against the stocky Scot.
Later Jenna said she felt she should not have been deemed the last of the 64 qualifiers, which meant she automatically played the No 1 seed.
"As the first player of the eight who came through the play-off, I thought I would be seeded No 57 but the LGU system is decide the draw position of the play-off qualifiers on the basis of their second-round cards," said Jenna.
"Danielle played very well against me. She holed some good putts. I didn't play well," said Miss Wilson.
Former British girls champion Claire Queen (Drumpellier) became the second Scottish winner of the morning when she triumphed by 5 and 4 over Rachel Adby (Sandiway), the first-round leader in the qualifying stages.
Clare crammed four birdies into a purple patch between the seventh and 13th to take charge of proceedings.
I am not at a computer capable of updating the main website at the moment... this report was emailed to me by Colin.
Curtis Cup player Vikki Laing survived a late fright to clear her first match-play hurdle in the British women's open amateur golf championship at sunny Lindrick, near Worksop today.
The Musselburgh player won by one hole over Bettina Hauert, one of eight Germans to get through the 36-hole stroke-play test ... but only after her opponent lost her ball in the long grass to the left of the l8th green.
Vikki was three up after 10 holes, having birdied the long fourth and fifth, and looked as though she was cruising to victory until Bettina suddenly clicked into gear and won the 13th and 14th.
Laing responded with a birdie to win the 15th but was then pulled back to square when she lost the 16th and then the 17th where she could not find her ball in the long grass off her drive.
All square on the tee at the short 18th, the German hooked her tee shot into the rough while Vikki put hers on the green beyond the pin. Miss Hauert's second provisional ball landed in a bunker and when she failed to find her first ball, she splashed out of the sand and then conceded the hole and the match to the Scot.
Jenna Wilson from Strathaven, who came through a late evening play-off to claim a place in the match-play stages of the British women's open amateur golf championship at Lindrick, went down heavily to top seed Danielle Masters from Kent.
Masters continued her good form in the qualifying round with a four-birdie performance in winning by 6 and 5 against the stocky Scot.
Later Jenna said she felt she should not have been deemed the last of the 64 qualifiers, which meant she automatically played the No 1 seed.
"As the first player of the eight who came through the play-off, I thought I would be seeded No 57 but the LGU system is decide the draw position of the play-off qualifiers on the basis of their second-round cards," said Jenna.
"Danielle played very well against me. She holed some good putts. I didn't play well," said Miss Wilson.
Former British girls champion Claire Queen (Drumpellier) became the second Scottish winner of the morning when she triumphed by 5 and 4 over Rachel Adby (Sandiway), the first-round leader in the qualifying stages.
Clare crammed four birdies into a purple patch between the seventh and 13th to take charge of proceedings.
I am not at a computer capable of updating the main website at the moment... this report was emailed to me by Colin.
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