Carly Booth has two-under
70 in Ladies English Open
first round

Carly Booth from Comrie shot a two-under-par 70 in the first round of the The Oxfordshire Ladies English Open today.
Carly, pictured left, one of a handful of leading British amateurs playing by special invitation of the Ladies European Tour, had halves of 35. She bogeyed the second, birdied the short third, long seventh and par-4 eighth before dropping a second shot at the ninth, to turn in one-under-par 35.
On the inward half, the 16-year-old Scot had eight pars and a birdie 4 at the long 11th for 35.
Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links) from Dunblane returned a 71 (35-36). She birdied the fifth, seventh, 11th and 14th but shed shots to par at the fourth, 16th and 18th.
Crieff amateur Roseanne Niven, 19, scored a two-over-par 74, dropping three shots over the last four holes. She birdied the fifth, seventh, eighth, 11th and 14th in halves of 36 and 38. She bogeyed the fourth, sixth, ninth, 10th, 15th and had a double bogey 7 at the long 17th.
Inverness-based New Zealander Liz McKinnon had a excellent 69 to be only one shot off the early pace.

Ireland-based North-east of Scotland player Julie Forbves had a 73 (37-36) in which she birdied the first, second,11th and 15th. She had bogeys at the sixth, seventh, ninth, 12th and 18th.

Monifieth's Kathryn Imrie also finished on 73 with birdies at the 11th, 13th ande 14th in halves of 38 and 35. She bogeyed the second, fourth, 15th and 18th. Jenna Wilson from Strathaven was three over par after nine holes but covered the second nine in 35 for a 74 with birdies at the 13th, 14th and 17th.
FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD

Par 72
68 N C Booth (Eng), E Zackrisson (Swe), J Mills (Aus), M Rigon (Ita), M Reid.

69 E McKinnon (NZ), M Arruti (Spa).
70 F Seeholzer (Swi), Matharu (Eng), C Booth (Sco) (am) 35-35, M Gillen (Ire), K Lunn (Aus), A Tybring (Swe), K S Taylor (Eng), J Greciet (Fra).
71 L Kenny (Sco) 35-36, D Montgomery (Eng), S Arricau (Spa), S Head (Eng), H-L Salonen (Fin), B Mullins-Lane (Aus), Z Kamasova (Slo), L Hart (Aus).

72 J Pritchard (Wal), D-C Becker (Ger), C Byrnes 9Aus), L Fairclough (Eng), M Verchenova (Rus), N Fink (Aut), R Yokomine (Jap), R Hudson (Eng), L Hall (Eng).

Other scores:

73 C Aitken (Eng) (am), K Taylor (Eng), L Hall (Wal), G Simpson (Eng), K Imrie (Sco) 38-35, J Forbes (Sco) 37-36, C Coughlan-Ryan (Ire).

74 S Round (Eng) (am), H Zuel (Eng), B Brewerton (Wal), S Walker (Eng), J Wilson (Sco) 39-35, R Niven (Sco) (am) 36-38.
75 H Burke (Eng) (am), E Pilgrim (Wal), H Kavanagh (Ire), L Gould (Wal) (am).

76 V Bell (Eng), M Allen (Eng), K Hutcherson (Eng).

77 C Hall (Eng), S Dickens (Eng).

79 S McKevitt (Eng), T Boyes (Eng) (am).

80 F Johnson (Eng).

81 S Morgan (En), E Lyons (Eng), L Shervill (Eng), J Clingan (Eng).

82 J Oliver (Eng).

85 J Pease (Eng) (am).

87 K J Fisher (Eng).

Retired: J Morley (Eng), R Bell (Eng).