CLARE QUEEN BOUNCES BACK WITH 69
AS THREE SCOTS SURVIVE HALFWAY CUT
Clare Queen bounced back from a disappointing opening round of 75 to return a three-under-par 69 for a 36-hole tally of level par 142 in the Tenerife Ladies Open today.
Clare birdied the fourth, fifth, 12th, 14th and 17th. The only blot on her scorecard was a double bogey 7 at the long seventh in halves of 36 and 33.
Clare - and the other two Scots in the field, Lynn Kenny and Kathryn Imrie - all survived the 36-hole cut which fell at 149, ie. 150 failed to make it.
Lynn Kenny had a 72 for 148 with birdies at the first, 10th and 17th. She bogeyed the ninth, 14th and 16th in two halves of 36.
Kathryn Imrie, after a level par 72 in the first round, could not buy a birdie in the second round and was five over par with three holes to play but was able to get a birdie at last at the 17th to finish with a 76, also for 148.
Liz McKinnon, the Inverness-based Kiwi , missed the cut with a two-round total of 151. She had scores of 77 and 74.
Trish Johnson moved into the clubhouse lead with rounds of 71 and 70 for a three-under-par total of 141 but was overtaken late in the day by the first-round leader, Spain's Ana B Sanchez, who had a 73 for 140.
TWO-ROUND LEADING TOTALS
140 Ana B Sanchez (Spa) 67 73.
141 Trish Johnson(Eng) 71 70.
142 Danielle Masters (Eng) 71 71, Sofia Renell (Swe) 69 73, Lisa Jean (Aus) 71 71, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 71 71, Martina Eberl (Ger) 70 72.
143 Kiran Matharu (Eng) 71 72, Joanne Mills (Aus) 69 74, Ellen Smets (Bel) 69 74.
Other qualifiers:
144 Clare Queen (The Carrick at Cameron House) 75 69.
148 Lynn Kenny (Sco) 76 72, Kathryn Imrie (Sco) 72 76.
Non-qualifiers included:
151 Liz McKinnon (NZ) 77 74.