TEENAGER KELSEY TOP SCOT AS SWEDEN’S
CAROLINE HEDWALL SHOWS HER CLASS

Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall, whose +6 handicap makes her, on paper at least, the highest-rated female amateur golfer in Europe if not the world, showed her class by rising to the top of the international field with a nine-under-par tally of 141 after two rounds of the 54-hole Helen Holm Scottish women’s open amateur stroke-play championship at Troon Portland today (Sat).
The leading Scot is 17-year-old Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) in joint 16th place on 147 with scores of 71 and 76.
In wet and windy conditions, Caroline Hedwall, from Barseback, added a three-under-par 72 to her first-day 69 for 141 with only Sunday’s round over the testing Royal Troon links to come.
Breathing down her neck on 142 are compatriot Louise Larsson from Karlstad, Mayte Vizcarrondo, the only Spanish player in the field, and England’s Lisa Ball from Matfen Hall.
Larsson has shot 72-70 so far while Vizcarrondo and Ball both have a pair of 71s to their credit.
Overnight leader Sahra Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan), second reserve for the GB&I Curtis Cup team, slipped back with a 76, eight shots worse than her brilliant, bogey-free Friday round), to be on six-under-par 144.
Also on that mark is Breanne Loucks (Wrexham), one of the two current Curtis Cup selections in the field. Breanne has shot two 72s for 144.
The other player who will be teeing it up against the Americans over the Old Course, St Andrews at the end of May, Michele Thomson from McDonald Ellon, Aberdeenshire, had a nightmare 87 – 10 shots worse than her opening round – and her 36-hole total of 164 saw her miss the cut by six strokes.
The Welsh pair of Hassan and Loucks are leading the international team event.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Troon Portland
Par 150 (2 x 75). CSS 75 75,
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141 C Hedwall (Swe) 69 72.
142 L Larsson (Swe) 72 70, M Vizcarrondo (Spa) 71 71, L Ball (Matfen Hall) 71 71.
143 K Larratt (Kibworth) 72 71
144 B Loucks (Wrexham) 72 72, S Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan) 68 76, B Genuini (Fra) 74 70.
145 L Andre (Fra) 73 72, L Stempfle (Ger) 69 76, E Nummenpaa (Fin) 76 69, H Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 74 71, C Ellis (Minchinhampton) 74 71, M Enarsson (Swe) 71 74.
146 N Kitching (Claremorris) 70 76.
147 K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 71 76, S Attwood (Gog Magog) 73 74.
148 S Garbutt (Ganton) 74 74, S Birks (Wolstanton) 74 74, C MacDonald (Gullane) 74 74, S Harju (Fin) 74 74, L Murray (Alford) 75 73, P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 76 72.
149 D Smith (Co Louth) 75 74, J Hedwall (Swe) 75 74, H Barwood (Knowle) 73 76, K Walker (Buchanan Castle) 76 73, S Nuutinen (Fin) 74 75, T Davies (Holyhead) 75 74, L Collin (John O’Gaunt) 75 74.
150 K Crooks (Saltburn) 77 73, C-M Carlton (Fereneze) 75 75, R Livingstone (Musselburgh) 76 74, N Muhl (Aut) 74 76.
151 S Hoglund (Fin) 75 76, A Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 75 76.
152 L Van Gerven (Bel) 74 78, H Aitchison (Bedfordshire) 76 76, A Provot (Fra) 76 76, C Herbin (Fra) 75 77, J Turner (Craigielaw) 71 81.
153 M Dunne (Skerries) 74 79, A Laing (Vale of Leven) 76 77, K Brotherton (Forrester Park) 81 72, C Hargan (Mortonhall) 79 74.
154 M Ricordeau (Fra) 74 80, L Hendry (Routenburn) 74 80, L Grillot (Fra) 79 75, L Charpier (Fra) 77 77, D Holmqvist (Swe) 77 77, J Carthew (Ladybank) 76 78.
155 A Bushby (Strathmore) 79 76, L Chemarin (Fra) 77 78, E Moffat (St Regulus) 81 74, L Henrikson (Fin) 80 75, M Briggs (Kilmacolm) 80 75.
156 A Goumard (Fra) 81 75, A Decharne (Fra) 78 78, E Alonso (Fra) 77 79, I Boineau (Fra) 79 77, R Crepiat (Fra) 78 78, M Uusi-Simola (Fin) 77 79.
157 C Abrahamian (Fra) 77 80, M Dupas (Fra) 79 78, H Grant (Enmore Park) 80 77.
158 E Fairnie (Dunbar) 83 75, J Van Baarle (Bel) 77 81, T Boyes (Meon Valley) 82 76, A Korkeila (Fin) 76 82, S James (Bristol & Clifton) 76 82,
MISSED THE CUT
159 R McQueen (Troon Ladies) 75 84, K Rands (Burhill) 80 79, A Riguelle (Fra) 81 78, S Jackson (Ladybank) 81 78, B Harries (Haverfordwest) 78 81.
160 J Haggblom (Fin) 80 80, S Vass (Tain) 79 81, L Kenney (Pitreavie) 78 82, C Julien (Fra) 78 82.
161 A Bonetti (Fra) 82 79, A Hakula (Fin) 84 77.
162 N Tamminen (Fin) 81 81, M Ivanoff (Fra) 82 80.
163 A Vilatte (Fra) 89 74, I Lescudier (Fra) 82 81, R W Thomas (Vale of Glamorgan) 77 86, M Kotnik (Aut) 80 83, C Gruber (Royal Dornoch) 83 80.
164 M Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 77 87.
166 L Harvey (Richmond) 79 87.
168 P Desurmont (Fra) 88 80.
169 G Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 84 85.
170 L Barton (Coventry) 83 87.
Retired – C Douglass (Brocket Hall) 78 - .

INTERNATIONAL TEAM EVENT
How they stand
288 WALES (S Hassan 68 76 – 144; B Loucks 72 74 – 144).
290 SWEDEN ( C Hedwall 69 72 – 141; J Hedwall 75 74 – 149).
295 IRELAND (N Kitching 70 76 – 146; D Smith 75 74 – 149).
307 ENGLAND (H Barwood 73 76 – 149; S James 76 82 – 158).
312 FRANCE ( A Goumard 81 75 – 156; I Boineau 79 77 – 156), SCOTLAND (P Pretswell 76 72 – 148; M Thomson 77 87 – 164)