Kuosa takes charge at Swiss Open

Jenni Kuosa shot a three-under-par 70 to take a two-shot lead at the halfway mark of the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open.

Finland’s Jenni Kuosa shot a three-under-par 70 on a wet day in Ticino to take a two-shot lead at the halfway mark of the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open.
The 31-year-old, who secured her Ladies European Tour card with a fifth place finish at qualifying school in January, started the day in a tie for second, two shots off the lead, after shooting an opening 67 at the Gerre Losone club.
But with overnight leader Stacy Lee Bregman slipping back after carding a four-over 77 in rainy conditions, Kousa fired four birdies against a lone bogey to move to the top of the leaderboard on nine under.
“My goal today was to be patient in the rain and that worked pretty well. I had a few more chances that I didn’t make,” said Kousa, who has yet to win on the LET.
The Finn has a two-stroke lead over England’s Melissa Reid (68) and Austrian Nicole Gergely (69) with Australia’s Karen Lunn (67) and Norway’s Marianne Skarpnord (71) a further shot back on six under.
Reid, who is seeking her first victory after three runner-up finishes last season and third place at the Women’s Australian Open in January, paid credit to caddie Paul Vincent Fernie after a round that featured seven birdies and two bogeys.
“I’d like to say that Paul did a really good job today,” said the 21-year-old.
“A day like today completely emphasises how important a caddie is. He helped me and did a fantastic job so a massive thank-you to him.”
The British trio of Georgina Simpson (72), Lisa Hall (73) and Felicity Johnson (71) are tied for sixth place with Norway’s Lill Kristin Saether (72) and Sweden’s Emma Zackrisson (74) on five under.
All the second round scores & totals in the Ladies European Tour Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, Golf Gerre Losone, Ticino, Switzerland.
(Par 73)
137 Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 67 70
139 Nicole Gergely (Aut) 70 69, Melissa Reid (Eng) 71 68
140 Karen Lunn (Aus) 73 67, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 69 71
141 Lill Kristin Saether (Nor) 69 72, Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 67 74, Georgina Simpson (Eng) 69 72, Lisa Hall (Eng) 68 73, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 70 71
142 Tara Delaney (Irl) 69 73, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 72 70, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 71 71, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 65 77
143 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 71 72, Samantha Head (Eng) 69 74, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 69 74, Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 71 72, Smriti Mehra (Ind) 67 76, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 70 73, Sophie Walker (Eng) 70 73, Maria Verchenova (Rus) 72 71, Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra) 70 73
144 Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger) 70 74, Marjet van der Graaff (Ned) 71 73, Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 72 72, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 68 76
145 Hazel Kavanagh (Irl) 74 71, Cecilia Ekelundh (Swe) 71 74, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 72 73, Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 71 74, Jessica Ji (Kor) 72 73, Stefania Croce (Ita) 74 71, Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spa) 71 74, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 73 72, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 71 74, Malene Jorgensen (Den) 69 76
146 Caroline Afonso (Fra) 72 74, Martina Gillen (Irl) 72 74, Dana Lacey (Aus) 72 74, Federica Piovano (Ita) 71 75, Krystle Caithness (Sco) 71 75, Michele Thomson (Sco) 73 73, Maria Boden (Swe) 70 76, Lora Fairclough (Eng) 77 69, Beatriz Recari (Spa) 72 74, Julie Greciet (Fra) 72 74
147 Emma Lyons (Eng) 72 75, Marta Prieto (Spa) 73 74, Isabella Maconi (Ita) 74 73, Lydia Hall (Wal) 73 74, Elena Giraud (Fra) 72 75, Barbara Genuini (Fra) 70 77, Paula Marti (Spa) 69 78, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 74 73, Iben Tinning (Den) 71 76, Martina Eberl (Ger) 77 70, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 72 75, Bettina Hauert (Ger) 74 73
148 Joanne Mills (Aus) 76 72, Frances Bondad (Aus) 76 72, KM Juul (Den) 73 75, Pamela Feggans (Sco) 76 72, Caroline Rominger (Swi) 70 78, Florence Luscher (Swi) 74 74, Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 74 74, Lotta Wahlin (Swe) 75 73, Breanne Alicia Loucks (Wal) 73 75
——————The following players failed to make the cut——————–
149 Julie Tvede (Den) 74 75, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 75 74, Yuki Sakurai (Jpn) 75 74, Morgana Robbertze (Rsa) 78 71, Trish Johnson (Eng) 74 75, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 74 75, Nina Reis (Swe) 74 75, Amanda Moltke-Leth (Den) 75 74, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Aus) 72 77
150 Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 74 76, Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 74 76, Anna Knutsson (Swe) 76 74, Diana Luna (Ita) 74 76, Lynn Kenny (Sco) 78 72, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 71 79, Ellen Smets (Bel) 70 80, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 76 74, Nora Angehrn (Swi) 77 73, Miriam Nagl (Ger) 71 79, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 71 79, Emma Weeks (Eng) 73 77
151 Florentyna Parker (Eng) 76 75, Joanne Morley (Eng) 76 75, Anna Tybring (Swe) 76 75, Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 77 74, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 76 75
152 Johanna Lundberg (Swe) 75 77, Beth Allen (USA) 77 75, Ana B Sanchez (Spa) 79 73, Elizabeth Bennett (Eng) 74 78, Clare Queen (Sco) 77 75
153 Katharina Schallenberg (Ger) 78 75, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 75 78, Holly Aitchison (Eng) 68 85
154 Lisa Jean (Aus) 76 78, Anais Maggetti (Swi) 76 78, Kiran Matharu (Eng) 76 78, Lara Tadiotto (Bel) 76 78, Lena Tornevall (Swe) 74 80, Charlotte Mayorkas (USA) 75 79, Rachel Bell (Eng) 77 77
155 Zuzana Masinova (Cro) 78 77, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 77 78, Lynnette Brooky (Nzl) 75 80, Melanie Matzler (Swi) 75 80
156 Eleanor Pilgrim (Wal) 75 81, Vikki Laing (Sco) 77 79, Jo Pritchard (Wal) 79 77, Claire Coughlan-Ryan (Irl) 76 80
157 Claire Louise Aitken (Eng) 75 82, Laura Terebey (USA) 76 81, Mianne Bagger (Den) 75 82
159 Kirsty Taylor (Eng) 83 76
160 Eva Steinberger (Aut) 76 84, Camille Fallay (Fra) 81 79
161 Marousa Polias (Aus) 81 80
162 Anna-Karin Salmen (Fin) 79 83, Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 79 83
164 Marina Arruti (Spa) 80 84
165 Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 80 85
RTD: Tania Elosegui (Spa) 75