REBECCA HUDSON LETS VICTORY SLIP
OUT OF HER GRASP IN FINAL ROUND
OF SPANISH WOMEN'S OPEN

Rebecca Hudson allowed victory in the Spanish Women's Open to slip from her grasp at the Mediterraneo Country Club, Castellon today.
Leader after the first round and then back in the pole position after 54 holes, the Doncaster player had a weak final round of one-over-par 73 for 276. That allowed the Australian Nikki Garrett to win back the lead - and with it overall victory for the second tournament in a row - with a 70 for for 13-under-par 275.
Garrett was a stroke behind Hudson with three holes to play but the tables turned at the pivotal 154-yard par-3 16th where Rebecca made a disastrous error off the tee. Having played solidly all day, Hudson hit her six-iron tee shot into the water protecting the front of the green and was forced to take a drop. She then chipped on and two-putted resulting in a double-bogey 5.
Kathryn Imrie, the only Scot to make the final day, closed with a creditable 7o for one-over-par 289.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
275 Nikki Garrett (Aus) 68 65 72 70.
276 Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 65 69 69 73.
277 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 66 68 71 72.
278 Louise Friberg (Swe) 68 71 73 66.
279 Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 72 70 66 71.
280 Kirsty Taylor (Eng) 66 70 70 74.
281 Cherie Byrnes (Aus) 72 70 70 69.
283 Iben Tinning (Den) 70 71 75 67, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 70 71 73 69, Carlota Ciganda (Spa) (am) 69 75 67 72.
284 Joanne Mills (Aus) 75 71 71 67, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 71 73 71 69, Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 70 73 70 71, Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 73 68 71 72, Danielle Masters (Eng) 67 71 73 73
285 Fany Schaeffer (Fra) 69 72 75 69, Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 73 73 70 69, Maria Boden (Swe) 72 74 69 70, Bettina Hauert (Ger) 71 74 68 72
286 Amy Yang (Kor) 69 71 74 72, Sophie Giquel (Fra) 73 72 68 73
287 Stephanie Arricau (Fra) 74 71 72 70, Lara Tadiotto (Bel) 70 73 75 69, Lora Fairclough (Eng) 72 73 74 68, Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 74 70 70 73
288 Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 70 75 72 71, Elin Ohlsson (Swe) 68 73 77 70, Helena Alterby (Swe) 70 74 72 72, Samantha Head (Eng) 74 73 69 72
289 Anna Rawson (Aus) 71 75 71 72, Kathryn Imrie (Sco) 73 74 72 70, Beatriz Recari (Spa) 70 72 74 73, Kiran Matharu (Eng) 72 71 73 73, Eleanor Pilgrim (Wal) 71 72 72 74, Georgina Simpson (Eng) 73 73 74 69
290 Tullia Calzavara (Ita) 71 72 74 73, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 75 71 72 72
291 Fame More (Eng) 73 69 75 74, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 73 74 71 73, Amanda Moltke-Leth (Den) 70 76 73 72, Eva Steinberger (Aut) 71 70 74 76, Lisa Jean (Aus) 71 76 73 71, Anne Lise Caudal (Fra) 74 73 74 70, Karen-Margrethe Juul (Den) 76 71 75 69, Stacy Lee Bregman (SAf) 74 73 75 69
292 Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 72 73 73 74, Suzanne Dickens (Eng) 73 73 74 72, Federica Piovano (Ita) 71 70 80 71, Shani Waugh (Aus) 76 71 76 69, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 77 70 77 68
293 Lynn Brooky (NZ) 69 76 74 74, Paula Marti (Spa) 71 71 77 74, Martina Eberl (Ger) 70 75 75 73, Mianne Bagger (Den) 73 74 74 72, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 73 74 75 71, Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 74 70 79 70
294 Isabella Maconi (Ita) 73 73 75 73, Ellen Smets (Bel) 69 75 77 73
295 Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 71 75 73 76
296 Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 71 72 76 77, Sara Beautell (Spa) 75 72 75 74
298 Elisa Serramia (Spa) 73 73 76 76
299 Anna Tybring (Swe) 71 76 72 80, Ana B Sanchez (Spa) 70 75 77 77
300 Claire Coughlan (Irl) 73 73 82 72