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| Jillian Farrell (Cardross) - courtesy of Lorraine Campbell |
West of Scotland's Jillian Farrell (Cardross) returned commendable par 72s to be sharing ninth place in a strong field.
Jillian who birdied the third, 12th and 17th. But for a bogey at the 18th, she would have had a par 71.
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) played in the 2014 Curtis Cup match in America but an injury ruined her 2015 season and she dropped well down the world rankings.
However, Eilidh won the Renfrewshire county championship last week and her opening round of one-over 73 at Troon confirms the impression that she is on the way back. She had only one birdie, at the fifth, sandwiched between bogeys at the second and eighth but Briggs reeled off 10 straight pars after that - a good performance.
The leading 66 players and ties after the end of Saturday play will advance to Sunday's third round over the Royal Troon Open Championship links.
At the moment the cut will be at nine-over-par which would be 153 and ties if the weather stays the same.
LEADING SCORES
Par 72
67 Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co Down Ladies) 32-35
69 Linda Lundqvist (Swe) 35-34
70 I Mehmet (Royal Mid Surrey) 35-35, P Grant (Lisburn) 37-33, J Ross (Queens Sports) 36-34, E Esborn (Swe) 34-36.
71 C Frankish (Chart Hills) 34-37, M Dunne (Skerries) 36-35
72 M MacLaren (Wellingborough) 38-34, S McWilliam (Aboyne) 37-35, A Bailey (Kirby Muxloe) 37-35, J Farrell (Cardross) 35-37
73 E Briggs (Kilmacolm), C Ryan (Castletroy), O Winning (Rotherham), N Banovec (Slovenia), L Brunt (Royal Birkdale)
74 B Popel (Long Ashton), S Fuller (Roehampton), B Garton (Royal Lytham)
75 F Moork (Swe), H Muse (W Lancs), C Williams (Wrexham), L Bailey (Kirby Muxloe), L Horsford (Wimbledon Park), A Murphy (Carlow)
76 S Giles (St Mellion), C Goadby (St Regulus), A Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), P Finlay (Vicars Cross), K McIntosh (Broomieknowe), K Gillum (Lilleshall), M Lockett (Huddersfield), J Mackintosh (Hazlehead).
77 A B Magnusdottir (Ice), E Healey (W Lancs), G Batty (Moffat), E Goodall (Selby), K Brodie (Strathmore), J Free (Gullane), G Coughlin (St Annes Old Links), R Barton (Carden Park)
78 H Macgarvie (Troon Ladies), S Sexton (Lahinch), T Mactaggart (Minto).
79 S Nilsson (Swe), G Clews (Delamere Forest), I Wardle (Prestbury), O Bugnard (Fra), K Wright (Stranraer), C Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies), J Saxton (Muckhart), E Hale (Troon Ladies), J Cope (Weston-super-Mare), E Slater (Ely City), J Bowers (Prestbury), S Burke (Ballinrobe), L Morrison (Garforth).
80 H Morgan (Hallamshire), G Macdonald (Craigielaw), G Lewis (Llanishen), F McCann (Royal Cinque Ports).
81 M Lawrence (Rochester and Cobham), L Klimentova (Slovakia), T Husarova (Slovakia), J Rankine (Haggs Castle), V Craig (Royal Belfast)
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82 R Morris (Woodsome Hall), H McCook (Grantown on Spey), M Doyle (The Heath, Ire), N Slater (Furness), N Greville (Ashburnham), J Guest (Gog Magog), R Taylor (Laytown and Bettystown), K Ferguson-Snedden (Liberton).
83 S Lamb (Clitheroe), G Paton (Royal Montrose), B-J Smith (Woodhall Spa), S Leslie (Kemnay), K-J Stanley (Manchester).
84 K Griffin (USA), S Birks (Wolstanton), N Callander (Welwyn Garden City), J Graham (Southerness), G Macpherson (Loudoun Gowf).
85 A Barnes (W Sussex), G Allman (Stanmore)
86 B Bjornsdottir (Ice), C Taylor (Nairn).
87 I Posledni (Cze)
Retired L Lau (Fra)
