SHANNON TIED 10TH AT HALFWAY IN CHILE

Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) is sharing 10th place with Annabel Wilson (Ireland) and England's Georgina Blackman at the halfway stage of the South American women's amateur golf championship at Santiago, Chile.
McWilliam has shot 74-73 for three-over-par 147, seven strokes behind the leader, Paraguay's Maria Escauriza who has posted scores of 69 and 71 for a two-stroke lead on 140
Connie Jaffrey, winner of the Scottish women's championship at Balgownie, is T20 with rounds of 75 and 74 for 149.
LEADING SCORES
par 144 (2x72)
140 K Escauriza (Paraguay)
142 M Serrano (Argentina) 73 69, A Matte (Paraguay) 71 71
British and Irish scores
147 A Wilson (Ire) 70 71, S McWilliam (Sco) 74 73, G Blackman (Eng) 73 74 (T10)
149 C Jaffrey (Sco) 75 74 (T20)
154 P Grant (Ire) 79 75 (T35)
155 B Morris (Wal) 74 81 (T37).


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