from Colin Farquharson
Claire struggles at Euro Q School
Exiled Aberdonian Claire Hunter, who has flown over from her base at
Eugene, Oregon to compete at the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School
this week, was languishing in joint 57th place at the end of the first
round at Golf Grenbole Charmeil in the foothills of the French Alps.
Claire had a disastrous start, probably through nerves, bogeying the first,
fourth and fifth on her way to an outward half of three-over-par 40. But
the 24-year-old settled to birdie the 12th and 13th before shedding another
shot at the 15th but one-under 35 home gave her a round of two-over-75.
She had some exalted company on that mark, namely the British women's
open amateur champion Rebecca Hudson from Doncaster and Cathy Panton-Lewis,
daughter of John.
Only the leading 30 and ties at the end of 72 holes will gain playing
rights for most of the events on next year's Ladies European Tour.
Kirsty Fisher from Lancashire, whose father and grandfather played rugby
for Scotland, is in even bigger trouble than Claire. Kirsty had a first-round
77.
Leading first-round scores
67 K Mathiot (Fra), G Nocera (Fra).
68 S Bennett (Eng), S Dickens (Eng).
69 E Pilgrim (Wal), H Svensson (Swe).
70 V Uwland (Aus), L Cabanillas-Gomez (Spa), M Prieto (Spa).
Also:
75 C Hunter (Sco), R Hudson (Eng), C Panton-Lewis (Sco).
77 K Fisher (Eng).
Full scores
FIRST ROUND (Par 73)
(Am) denotes amateur player
1=67 -6 Karine Mathiot (FRA)
1= 67 -6 Gwladys Nocera (Am) (FRA)
3= 68 -5 Sarah Bennett (ENG)
5= 69 -4 Tina Schneeberger (AUT)
5= 69 -4 Eleanor Pilgrim (WAL)
5= 69 -4 Helena Svensson (Am) (SWE)
8= 70 -3 Vicky Uwland (Am) (AUS)
8= 70 -3 Laura Cabanillas Gomez (SPA)
8= 70 -3 Patricia Sota (SPA)
8= 70 -3 Marta Prieto (Am) (SPA)
12= 71 -2 Yvonne Cassidy (IRE)
12= 71 -2 Vanessa Vignali (SPA)
12= 71 -2 Candy Hannemann (BRA)
12= 71 -2 Susie Parry (USA)
12= 71 -2 Ouliana Rotmistrova (Am) (RUS)
12= 71 -2 Johanna Westerberg (SWE)
12= 71 -2 Filippa Helmersson (SWE)
12= 71 -2 Linda Ericsson (SWE)
20= 72 -1 Jimena Marchan (Am) (ARG)
20= 72 -1 Sophie Hunter (ENG)
20= 72 -1 Tamara Hyett (AUS)
20= 72 -1 Pam Sowden (NZ)
20= 72 -1 Jessica Krantz (SWE)
20= 72 -1 Isabella Maconi (ITA)
20= 72 -1 Amanda Moltke-Leth (DEN)
20= 72 -1 Rind Astrom (SWE)
20= 72 -1 Denise Philbrick (USA)
20= 72 -1 Martina Eberl (Am) (GER)
30= 73 Par Maria Blomqvist (SWE)
30= 73 Par Nicola Spurgeon (ENG)
30= 73 Par Anna Tybring (SWE)
30= 73 Par Christina Kuld (DEN)
30= 73 Par Ellen Smets (BEL)
30= 73 Par Patricia Beliard (FRA)
30= 73 Par Annemieke de Goederen (NET)
30= 73 Par Susanna Berglund (SWE)
30= 73 Par Line Berg (NOR)
30= 73 Par Susanne Westling (SWE)
30= 73 Par Kylie Wilson (NZ)
30= 73 Par Jehanne Jail (FRA)
30= 73 Par Pia Koivuranta (FIN)
30= 73 Par Caroline Rasmussen (DEN)
30= 73 Par Jessica Lindbergh (SWE)
45= 74 +1 Rebecca Stevenson (AUS)
45= 74 +1 Magali Ducres (FRA)
45= 74 +1 Antonella Cvitan (SWE)
45= 74 +1 Kerry Knowles (Am) (ENG)
45= 74 +1 Mahault Passerat de Silans Am (FRA)
45= 74 +1 Kathryn Evans (WAL)
45= 74 +1 Esther Poburski (GER)
45= 74 +1 Renee Fowler (NZ)
45= 74 +1 Sofia Renell (SWE)
45= 74 +1 Sarah Gallagher (ENG)
45= 74 +1 Isabelle Rosberg (SWE)
45= 74 +1 Rachel Duncan (AUS)
57= 75 +2 Kajsa Gothman (SWE)
57= 75 +2 Rebecca Hudson (ENG)
57= 75 +2 Helen Beatty (AUS)
57= 75 +2 Catherine Panton-Lewis (SCO)
57= 75 +2 Clare Lipscombe (Am) (ENG)
57= 75 +2 Sarah Heath (Am) (ENG)
57= 75 +2 Milagros Ingaramo (ARG)
57= 75 +2 Claire Hunter (SCO)
57= 75 +2 Monica Cosenza (ITA)
57= 75 +2 Anouk Guelidi (FRA)
57= 75 +2 Emma Zackrisson (SWE)
57= 75 +2 Rikke Rasmussen (DEN)
57= 75 +2 Sofia Johansson (SWE)
57= 75 +2 Maria Martin (SPA)
71= 76 +3 Natascha Duvalois (Am) (NET)
71= 76 +3 Jill Magnusson (SWE)
71= 76 +3 Joanne Oliver (ENG)
71= 76 +3 Camilla Berg (SWE)
71= 76 +3 Eva Bjarvall (SWE)
71= 76 +3 Christina Elmer (SWE)
71= 76 +3 Bualee Maliwan (THA)
71= 76 +3 Sarah Douglass (AUS)
71= 76 +3 Vanessa Smith (SA)
71= 76 +3 Sophie Crochu (FRA)
71= 76 +3 Nina Reis (SWE)
71= 76 +3 Caroline Viellard (FRA)
71= 76 +3 Monica Gundersrud (Am) (NOR)
84= 77 +4 Annamaria Milie (ITA)
84= 77 +4 Hazel Kavanagh (IRE)
84= 77 +4 Natalie Parkinson (AUS)
84= 77 +4 Kirsty J Fisher (ENG)
84= 77 +4 Caroline Grady (ENG)
84= 77 +4 Brenda Ormsby (Am) (NZ)
84= 77 +4 Karin Ross (SCO)
84= 77 +4 Catherine Lespinasse (FRA)
84= 77 +4 Sandra Fischer (AUT)
84= 77 +4 Costanza Trussoni (ITA)
94= 78 +5 Laure Sibille (Am) (FRA)
94= 78 +5 Federica Piovano (Am) (ITA)
94= 78 +5 Esther Perez (SPA)
94= 78 +5 Bianca Dekker (Am) (NET)
94= 78 +5 Alison Johns (ENG)
94= 78 +5 Annabelle Haxhe (BEL)
94= 78 +5 Morgana Robbertze (SA)
94= 78 +5 Melissa Bransdon (AUS)
94= 78 +5 Silvana Kali (ARG)
94= 78 +5 Joanna Whalley (AUS)
94= 78 +5 Satomi Murata (JAP)
105= 79 +6 Veronique Heniau (FRA)
105= 79 +6 Virginie Roques (FRA)
105= 79 +6 Laura Margaret Wright (ENG)
105= 79 +6 Germana Zanardi (ITA)
105= 79 +6 Barbara Paruscio (ITA)
105= 79 +6 Emma Weeks (Am) (ENG)
105= 79 +6 Deana Rushworth (ENG)
105= 79 +6 Naima Ghilain (BEL)
105= 79 +6 Madeleine Holmblad (Am) (SWE)
114= 80 +7 Peggy Fraysse (Am) (FRA)
114= 80 +7 Fumi Doi (JAP) Japan 1
114= 80 +7 Vhari Carruthers (SCO)
114= 80 +7 Julia Busch (GER)
114= 80 +7 Karin Fries (SWE)
114= 80 +7 Mandy Quattlebaum (USA)
114= 80 +7 Gabriella Andren (SWE)
121= 81 +8 Odile Roux (FRA)
121= 81 +8 Sharon Roberts (WAL)
121= 81 +8 Celestine De Vos (BEL)
121= 81 +8 Rosemarie Soderlund (SWE)
125= 82 +9 Lisa Walters (ENG)
125= 82 +9 Natou Soro (IC)
125= 82 +9 Eun-Jeong Jung (KOR)
128= 83 +10 Claudine Bonnome (FRA)
129 =88 +15 Sabina Imboden (SWI)
130= 89 +16 Patrice Myers (USA)
130= 89 +16 Martina Estermann (AUT)
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