Miss Muirhead through to last 16 of British girls championship

Would you Adam and Eve it?

Pitlochry curler comes back

to win from 5 down after five

Eve Muirhead had an unbelievable second-round win in the British girls' open amateur championship at Monifieth Links (scroll down to read about her morning win).

The Scotland international CURLER from Pitlochry came back from five down after five holes to beat Chloe Leurquin from Belgium by one hole.

Five down in a "normal" round is a precarious position but what you might not realise is that all the ties were being played over 16 holes because the Ashludie Burn burst its banks and ruled play out of the question at the sixth and seventh because the low-level bridges were under water.

So, in effect, Eve, pictured above teeing off in the second round by Cal Carson Golf Agency (all rights reserved), was five down with only 11 holes to make up the leeway ... which she did in memorable style to win by one hole.

"I didn't hit the ball well at all over the first five holes," said Eve later. "But my caddie (Scotland international golfer) Rosanne Niven) kept me going and the walk we had from the fifth green to the eighth tee round the unplayable holes gave me time to gather my thoughts and calm down."

Eve's amazing fightback started with a birdie at the eighth to be four down.

Having had five birdies in her morning win, she continued to produce them in the second round.

Another birdie at the 10th cut the deficit to three before she lost the 11th to a birdie to go back to four down.

A par at the 12th was good enough to reduce her opponent's lead to three. The Belgian girl was bunkered at the 14th and took three putts at the 15th - and suddenly Eve was only one down with three holes to play.

The 16th and 17th were halved as the tension mounted, if not with the players, certainly among the fair-sized gallery.

Both players were on the green at the long 18th in three. Both left their approach putts short of the hole. But, with no sign of nerves, Eve drew on her experience of curling in the international arena to calmly roll in her 6ft putt for a par 5.

Leurquin then faced a four-footer for a half .. and she missed. Eve had won and entered the last 16 of the British championship.

"The only golf coaching I've ever had was with the Perth & Kinross county team squad. No, I wouldn't consider going to an American university (talent scouts from five US colleges are walking the Monifieth fairways) even if they did make me an offer. I've left school and I aim to be a full-time curler until the 2010 Winter Olympics with the help of the Scottish Institute of Sport," said Eve.

Did she ever consider how good a golfer she might be if she gave up curling and concentrated on golf?

"Not really. I love curling. My dad Gordon is an Olympic curling. We are a curling family," said Eve.
She now plays the No 1 seed Laura Gonzalez-Escallon from the Royal Waterloo club, Belgium. Laura cruised to a couple of 4 and 3 wins today.
Kelsey MacDonald, who had high hopes after qualifying in the No 3 position, hit her first tee shot out of bounds and was four down after 11 holes before losing by 3 and 2 to Sarah Tyson (Redlibbets, Kent), who was not in the English girls team last week at Panmure.
"I have no excuses. I didn't play as well as I have been over the past few weeks and Sarah took her chances," said Kelsey.
Sammy Vass lost by 5 and 4 to Anais Maggetti from Switzerland. Sammy won the first hole with a birdie 3 - and that was the high point of the match for the Tain youngster. She lost a ball off the 10th tee and then lost the 11th to a birdie.
Rachael Watton was three down after four holes to Carolin Pinegger who went on to win by 3 and 1. Rachael did mount a fightback which saw he rwin the eighth, 12th, 13th and 15th but she also lost the 10th, the 14th and 17th, her opponent birdieing the latter two holes.
England have four players through to the last 16 but, unfortunately for them, two of them will meet in the third round.
Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), beaten finalist 12 months ago and the No 6 seed this year, plays Ellie Robinson (Middlesbrough Brass Castle) on Thursday morning for a place in the quarter-finals.
Other English players to make progress were Sarah Tyson from the Redlibbets club, Sevenoaks in Kent, and Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies).
Sarah followed up her morning win over Scottish Under-21 champion Kelsey MacDonald by beating Carolin Pinegger (Austria) 4 and 2. She now plays Sophia Popov from Germany.
Alexandra, who is in the top half of the draw and is the No 8 seed, faces Louise Larsson from Sweden.

Ivan Lendl's 16-year-old daughter Daniela, who has +2 of a handicap, survived a play-off to get into the match-play at 6.15am and then "went away for a nap" before her 11.38am tee off time against the No 2 seed, Ana Fernandez de Meza from Spain.
Daniela lost by one hole after losing three of the first four holes.
"I got back in the game and squared it after 15 holes but lost the 16th and could only halve the last two holes. I was one under par for the round so Ana must have been two or three under. She looks a very good player and hope she goes on to win the title," said Daniela who had Rebecca Watson, University of Tennessee student and older sister of Curtis Cup Scot Sally Watson, as her caddie.

Daniela added:
"I've loved it on this my first trip to Britain and Scotland. The weather's been nothing to write home about but golf is so different in your conditions. I would love to come back next year but it's up to my dad. I had to twist his arm to let me come over this time. The US women's amateur championship is on at the same time as the British girls event every year and he wants me to play in that.

"I told him this year that I can play in the US championship for a long time but I only have a couple of years left when I am young enough to play in the British girls. It worked this year but whether I can get away with again next year, I just don't know. I will certainly be working on him."