Irish Ladies Golf Union Press Release

2007 LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR FINAL QUALIFYING SCHOOL

MARTINA GILLEN THROUGH TO FINAL DAY

Martina Gillen’s hopes of retaining her Ladies European Tour Card for the 2008 season received a significant boost following a third round 71 to lie in tenth place, five shots off the lead, at the LET Final Qualifying School, Le Fonti Golf Club in Italy today.
Gillen’s steady outward stretch saw her bogey the fifth but three birdies in the final six holes saw her sign for a gutsy 71, eight shots inside the qualifying cut after 54 holes. Barring a disastrous final round, she should pass safely into the top 30 tomorrow evening.
Claire Coughlan was heart-breakingly just one shot too many in her attempt to retain her card for the coming season. Birdies at eight, 10 and 13 saw the Cork girl stride into the home stretch but two dropped shots over the final three holes cost her dearly.
Ireland’s third representative, Hazel Kavanagh, added a 75 to her opening brace of 74s to also miss out on qualification for the final round. Birdies on the first and 17th holes added a glimmer of hope but a wretched double-bogey at the last quenched her aspirations.
A total of 52 from the starting field of 94 competitors contest the final 18 holes on Friday with the top 30 after the fourth round securing Category 8 membership of the 2008 Ladies European Tour.
Players who finish in positions 31 through 50 will receive Category 10b membership, with some playing restrictions.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
205 Lydia Hall (Wales) (amateur) 68 70 67, Melodie Bourdy (France) 68 69 68.
207 Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spain) (am) 70 70 67.
208 Frances Bondad (Australia) 72 69 67, Dana Lacey (Australia) 69 67 72.
209 Maria Ohlsson (Sweden) 68 73 68, Caroline Afonso (France) (am) 68 71 70, Rachel Bell (Ganton) (am) 70 69 70 Anna Knutsson (Sweden) 68 70 71.
210 Martina Gillen (Ireland)) 68 71 71.
211 Julie Greciet (France) (am) 68 71 72, Nora Angehrn (Switzerland) 65 74 72.
212 Stefanie Michl (Austria) 73 70 69, Anne Norman Hansen (Denmark) 75 68 69, Nicole Gergely (Austria) 70 72 70.
213 Emma Zackrisson (Sweden) 71 71 71, Camille Fallay (France) (am) 71 73 69, Stacy Lee Bregman (South Africa) 72 69 72, Natascha Fink (Austria) 72 73 68, Isabella Maconi (Italy) 69 76 68.
214 Xonia Wunsch (Spain)) 73 74 67, Vittoria Valvassori (Italy) (am) 69 73 72, Rui Yokomine (Japan) 69 75 70, Nina Reis (Sweden) 68 73 73, Jehanne Jail (France) 72 72 70, Marjet van der Graaf (Netherlands) (am) 66 74 74, Itziar Elguezabal (Spain) 73 72 69.
215 Kaisa Ruuttila (Finland) 71 75 69, Lill Kristin Saether (Norway) 72 71 72, Beth Allen (United States) 72 70 73, Katharina Schallenberg (Germany) (am) 71 72 72, Jo Clingan (England) 69 73 73, Christine Hallstrom (Sweden) 71 73 71, Lee-Anne Pace (South Africa) 74 70 71.
216 Kate Combes (Australia) 75 68 73, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Australia) (am) 73 70 73, Frederique Seeholzer (Switzerland) 71 73 72, Natalie Claire Booth (England) 73 72 71, Emma Lyons (England) (am) 71 67 78, Lena Tornevall (Sweden) 75 70 71.
217 Mette Buus (Denmark) 73 74 70, Sarah Nicholson (New Zealand) 73 73 71, Anne-Lise Caudal (France) 73 71 73, Zuzana Kamasova (Slovakia) 71 74 72, Denise-Charlotte Becker (Germany) (am) 68 77 72.
218 Julie Tvede (Denmark) 74 74 70, Barbara Paruscio (Italy) 76 71 71, Elin Ohlsson (Sweden) 72 74 72, Karin Borjeskog (Sweden) 70 72 76, Jenna Wilson (Strathaven) (am) 69 75 74, Sara Beautell (Spain) 72 72 74, Liza Walters (England) 73 72 73.
NON-QUALIFIERS
219 Julie Berton (France) 72 77 70, Ellen Smets (Belgium) 74 75 70, Maria Verchenova (Russia) 73 73 73, Rikke Rasmussen (Denmark) 73 73 73, Claire Coughlan (Ireland) 73 73 73, Eva Bjarvall (Sweden) 76 70 73, Sarah Heath (England) 74 71 74.
220 Elisa Serramia (Spain)) 73 76 71, Yuki Sakurai (Japan) (am) 72 77 71, Hanna-Leena Salonen (Finland) 70 78 72, Josefin Svenningsson (Sweden) 75 74 71, Kristie Newton (Australia) 70 77 73, Elena Giraud (France) (am) 76 75 69 Tullia Calzavara (Italy) 73 73 74 Antonella Cvitan (Sweden) 73 73 74, Belinda Kerr (Australia) 69 77 74, Katy Jarochowicz (Australia) 74 70 76.
221 Anna Temple (United States) 72 74 75, Suzanne Dickens (England) 71 74 76.
222 Melanie Holmes-Smith (Australia) 78 72 72.
223 Hazel Kavanagh (Ireland) 74 74 75, Joanne Oliver (England) 75 74 74, Wendy Berger (Australia) 78 72 73, Cecilie Lundgreen (Norway) 74 78 71, Caroline Grady (England) 76 79 68.
224 Melissa Reid (Chevin) (am) 75 75 74, Stephanie Doering (Germany) (am) 73 74 77, Frederique Dorbes (France) 71 76 77.
226 Tamara Hyett (Australia) 71 77 78, Lien Willems (Belgium) 73 81 72.
227 Jenni Kuosa (Finland) 74 78 75 Joanne Morley (England) 72 79 76.
228 Libby Smith (United States) 72 79 77.
229 Cortney Reno (United States) 73 82 74.
231 Maria Beautell (Spain) 77 75 79 232 Shelley McKevitt (England) 74 76 82.
234 Carmen Alonso (Spain) 76 81 77.
236 Jo Pritchard (Wales) 79 77 80.
Retired: Audrey Decharne (France) (am), Patricia Beliard (France) 76 74 -.
Disqualified: Bree Turnbull (Australia) 79 73 -.