WELL DONE, SAMANTHA AND KIRAN
AT THE LPGA SECTIONAL Q SCHOOL

England's Samantha Head and Kiran Matharu are among the 34 players who qualified from the second leg of the LPGA Sectional Qualifying Tournament will be heading to Daytona Beach in late November for the Final Q School.
Samantha was always going to be there or thereabouts. She finished seventh on 287 with scores of 71, 73, 69 and 74.
But Kiran had to pull up her proverbial socks after opening rounds of 74 and 76 had her just surviving the 36-hole cut. She certainly rose to the challenge with closing rounds of 73 and 71 for a total of 294 which was the limit for qualifying.
Ladies European Tour player Gwladys Nocera from France did not make it. She finished in joint 49th position on 298 with 74, 74, 72 and 78.
Na-Yeon Choi from Korea made all the running to finish as the leading qualifier at the Plantation Golf and Country Club, Venice in Florida. She finished the week at 7-under-par (67-70-71-73=281), two-shots ahead of Angie Hill of Ohio and Rhode Island's Anna Grzebien.
Germany's amateur Sandra Gal, who plays on the American college circuit, qualified high up - in joint fifth place.
LEADING QUALIFIERS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
281 Na-Yeon Choi 67 70 71 73.
283 Angie Hill 68 73 71 72, Anna Grzebien 71 69 71 72.
284 Hee Young Park 69 73 68 74.
286 Sandra Gal (Ger) (am) 72 71 69 74, Sofie Andersson (Swe) 71 72 72 71.
287 Samantha Head (Eng) 71 73 69 74.
Other qualifiers:
290 Leah Hart (Aus) 73 67 78 72 (jt 10th).
293 Nikki Garrett (Aus) 73 75 72 73 (jt 21st).
294 Rachel Bailey (Aus) 70 76 74 74, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 76 70 74 74, Kiran Matharu (Eng) 74 76 73 71.
Non-qualifiers included:
294 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 74 74 72 78 (jt 49th)