Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Rachel Bell leads English amateurs at LET school
International Rachel Bell leads the English amateur challenge after the first day of the final qualifying school for the 2008 Ladies European Tour at Le Fonti, Italy.The 25-year-old from Ganton in Yorkshire scored a two under-par 70, which included four birdies and two bogeys. She is in a group of players sharing 19th place.
One shot behind is Emma Lyons of West Surrey who returned a very tidy 71, featuring two birdies and one bogey, on the 17th. She shares 25th place.
However, England’s number one amateur, Melissa Reid (pictured above), 20, made a slow start to the 72-hole event with a three-over 75.
The Derbyshire player started well with birdies on the 4th and 6th holes, but she had a double bogey six on the 8th followed by a bogey on the ninth and she also dropped a shot at each of the 10th and 14th.
It leaves the Chevin golfer in a share of 76th place. By contrast her playing partner, Switzerland’s Nora Angehrn, set a course record seven-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead.
Afterwards, though, Anghern had encouraging words for Melissa:
“It was nice to play with Melissa Reid, a good amateur player. She is very talented but she had a bit of bad luck and finished on three-over-par. She was hitting it very nicely though.”
There will be a cut to the leading 50 players and ties after 54 holes. The leading 30 players will receive category 8 membership of the Ladies European Tour, which will give starts in most full field tournaments. Those players who finish in positions 31-50 and ties will receive membership in category 10b, with some playing restrictions.
Full details: http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/
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Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
Tel. 01603 507 416
Email: lyndsey.hewison@tiscali.co.uk
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
Tel. 01603 507 416
Email: lyndsey.hewison@tiscali.co.uk
Visit our web site at http://www.englishladiesgolf.org/
Editors Notes
- The English Ladies' Golf Association was founded in 1952 and is the governing body for female amateur golf in England.
- ELGA represents over 127,000 members in more than 1780 golf clubs, trains the country's elite golfers, runs a full rota of national championships as well as events for handicap golfers, and actively encourages new golfers.
- ELGA has formed the England Golf Partnership with the English Golf Union and the Professionals Golfers' Association. Their Whole Sport Plan, supported by Sport England, aims to make England the world's leading golf nation by 2020.
- The association also has a charity, The ELGA Trust, which supports schemes to introduce girls to golf and helps promising players. ELGA is based at Edgbaston Golf Club.
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