Grant, Clancy and Wilson into last 32 in Spain
Paula Grant. Picture: Pat Cashman Photography
Lisburn’s Paula Grant did her Curtis Cup selection hopes no harm when she qualified for the matchplay stages of the Spanish Ladies' Amateur Championship at Barceló Montecastillo Golf in Jerez de la Frontera.
Just one qualifying round was possible after high winds and torrential rain forced several suspensions in play over the two days.
Wednesday's four-over 76 was enough for the Irish champion to qualify in 15th place, tied for seventh, as defending champion Frida Kinhult from Sweden topped the 32 qualifiers by four strokes after a 71.
Killarney's Valerie Clancy and Lurgan's Annabel Wilson made the top 32 it in 30th and 31st respectively after 79s, but Castlewarden's Lauren Walsh (80) and Milltown's Georgia Carr (88) missed out while Hermitage's Ciara Casey retired.
Grant will face Sweden's Beatrice Wallin in round one and could then face leading qualifier Kinhult in the afternoon if she wins and the Swede beats her talented compatriot Linn Grant, the Ladies British Open Amateur Stroke Play champion.
Valerie Clancy, who faces Lou Vrain for France on Friday morning, could meet her Irish teammate Grant in the semi-finals but Annabel Wilson is in the bottom half of the draw and will take on the Dane Sofie Kibsgaard in round one.
Spanish International Ladies' Championship, Barceló Montecastillo Golf (Par 72)
Qualifiers
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1 KINHULT, Frida 71
T2 LOPEZ ECHEVARRIA, Marta 75
T2 KIBSGAARD NIELSEN, Sofie 75
T2 VRAIN, Lou 75
T2 NOBILIO, Alessia 75
T2 HOLPFER, Isabella 75
T7 HENSELEIT, Esther 76
T7 GRIMBERG-LIGNELL, Andrea 76
T7 BONTAN, Zhen 76
T7 FULLER, Annabell 76
T7 WARDLE, Isobel 76
T7 TAMBURLINI, Chiara 76
T7 ESCOBAR DOMINGO, Marina 76
T7 BJORGVINSDOTTIR, Gudrun 76
T7 MAHE, Candice 76
T7 GRANT, Paula 76
T17 WALLIN, Beatrice 77
T17 ASEGUINOLAZA MARTIN, Natalia 77
T17 MEEKERS, Romy 77
T17 APPART, Margaux 77
T17 ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD, Pauline 77
T17 LOUIS, Clarisse 77
T17 GARCIA LLORCA, Marta 77
T24 BAILEY, Lianna 78
T24 MANCHE, Céline 78
T24 RÜTTIMANN, Janika 78
T24 CHAUCHEPRAT, Yvie 78
T28 VILLANUEVA APERRIBAY, Maria 79
T28 CLANCY, Valerie 79
T28 WILSON, Annabel 79
T28 MORESCO, Benedetta 79
T28 GRANT, Linn 79
Non-qualifiers
T34 WALSH, Lauren 80
86 CARR, Georgia 88
RET CASEY, Ciara.
