CLARE QUEEN WINS 7,577 EUROS FOR Jt

13th PLACE IN LADIES' SWISS OPEN

Clare Queen (Carrick at Cameron House) earned herself Euros 7,577 for a joint 13th place finish in the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open at Golf Gerre Losone, Switzerland today.Clare had rounds of 73, 71, 76 and 70 for two-over-par 290.

In her final round she birdied the third, fourth and eighth and dropped only one shot at the fourth.

After her birdie at the eighth, the Scot, pictured right, covered the remaining 10 holes in level par with a regulation figure at each.

Kathryn Imrie finished a shot behind her compatriot on three-over 291 with scores of 76, 73, 698 and 73. Kathryn's patchy last round had birdies at the eighth, 11th and 15th but a double bogey at the ninth and single bogeys at the third and fifth.

At the top of the leaderboard there was a three-way play-off for the title at the first prize of 45,018 Euros.

It was won by 24-year-old German Bettina Hauert who thus scored her maiden professional win. She birdied the last seven holes she played, the 16th, 17th and 18th, in the regulation fourth round to return a 72 and then a birdie at each of the four play-off holes, all of them halved except the last one.

The other play-off contestants were Paula Martin (Spain), who had birdied the 17th and 18th to get into the play-off, and Anna Rawson (Australia) who birdied the 18th to tie on 285.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

285 Bettina Hauert (Germany) 68 73 72 72, Paula Marti (Spain) 73 73 69 70, Anna Rawson (Australia) 72 72 69 72 (Hauert won play-off at fourth extra hole).

286 Lisa Holm Sorensen (Denmark) 74 71 71 70.

287 Trish Johnson (England) 74 73 71 69, Eleanor Pilgrim (Wales) 68 75 70 74.

Other totals:

290 Clare Queen (Carrick at Cameron House) 73 71 76 70.

291 Kathryn Imrie (Monifieth) 76 73 69 73.

292 Liz McKinnon (NZ) 70 73 76 73.