LPGA TOUR QUALIFYING

VIKKI LAING FAILS TO SURVIVE FIRST
QUALIFYING TEST IN CALIFORNIA

Musselburgh's Vikki Laing failed to figure among the leading 32 players with 72-hole totals of nine-over-par 297 or better who go forward from the LPGA Qualifying School sectional tournament at Mission Hills Country Club, California to the Final Qualifying School at Daytona Beach, Florida at the end of November.
Vikki shot rounds of 72, 77, 77 and 77 for a 15-over-par tally of 303 and finished joint 61st.
Her final-round 77 was actually as good a score as many of the qualifiers achieved in very windy conditions.
Samantha Head from Bedford,copy pictured right (Tristan Jones copyright), finished with a 79 but still qualified in ninth place on 293, having had earlier rounds of 69, 72 and 73.
The first five qualifiers were all South Koreans - four of them entered as amateurs - which highlights the increasing numbers of players from North and South Korea who are either already on the LPGA Tour or are trying to get on it.

LEADING SCORES

286 (-2) Hyun-Hee Moon (South Korea) 70 72 69 75.
287 Ji-Young Oh (South Korea) (am) 71 74 71 71, Seo-Jae Lee (South Korea) (am) 71 73 72 71.
291 I K Kim (South Korea) (am) 71 73 75 72, Na On Min (South Korea) (am) 74 72 70 75, Lee-Anne Pace (South Africa) 68 75 71 77.
292 Gwladys Nocera (France) 73 72 74 73, Caryn Wilson (United States) 70 73 74 75.
Non-qualifiers included:
303 (+15) Vikki Laing (Musselburgh) 71 77 77 77 (jt 61st).