Wahlin leads in Portugal

Sweden’s Lotta Wahlin holds a one-shot lead after the first round of the Ladies Open of Portugal in Rio Maior.
Sweden’s Lotta Wahlin holds a one-shot lead after the first round of the Ladies Open of Portugal in Rio Maior.
Wahlin fired a four-under-par 68 at the Golden Eagle Golf Club to finish ahead of a quartet of players on three under, with another four a shot further back.
She shot six birdies and two bogies to leave her a shot clear of France’s Caroline Afonso, Spain’s Carmen Alonso, Iben Tinning of Denmark and Wales’ Becky Brewerton.
Brewerton had looked on course to finish the opening round at the top of the leaderboard, but her hopes were dealt a blow by two dropped shots in her last three holes.
Norway’s Marianne Skarpnord, France’s Anne-Lise Caudal, Austria’s Nicole Gergely and Beth Allen of the USA are all on two under.
All the first round scores
(Par: 72)
68 Lotta Wahlin (Swe)
69 Caroline Afonso (Fra), Carmen Alonso (Spa), Becky Brewerton (Wal), Iben Tinning (Den)
70 Marianne Skarpnord (Nor), Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra), Nicole Gergely (Aut), Beth Allen (USA)
71 Vikki Laing (Sco), Martina Eberl (Ger), Stefania Croce (Ita), Cecilia Ekelundh (Swe), Pamela Feggans (Sco), Jessica Ji (Kor), Diana Luna (Ita), Nina Reis (Swe)
72 Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha), Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa), Ursula Wikstrom (Fin), Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin), Morgana Robbertze (Rsa), Christel Boeljon (Ned), Veronica Zorzi (Ita), Gwladys Nocera (Fra)
73 Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger), Breanne Alicia Loucks (Wal), Malene Jorgensen (Den), Tania Elosegui (Spa), Bettina Hauert (Ger), Rebecca Coakley (Irl), Kiran Matharu (Eng), Felicity Johnson (Eng), Kirsty Taylor (Eng)
74 Lynn Kenny (Sco), Nikki Garrett (Aus), Linda Wessberg (Swe), Jade Schaeffer (Fra), Paula Marti (Spa), Karen Lunn (Aus), Laurette Maritz (Rsa), Florentyna Parker (Eng), Kirsty S Taylor (Eng), Hazel Kavanagh (Irl), Johanna Westerberg (Swe), Kirsty J Fisher (Eng)
75 Christine Hallstrom (Swe), Samantha Head (Eng), Sophie Walker (Eng), Holly Aitchison (Eng), Laura Cabanillas (Spa), Trish Johnson (Eng), Emma Zackrisson (Swe), Krystle Caithness (Sco), Julie Tvede (Den), Camille Fallay (Fra)
76 Lill Kristin Saether (Nor), Anna Knutsson (Swe), Eva Steinberger (Aut), Clare Queen (Sco), Tara Delaney (Irl), Claire Coughlan-Ryan (Irl), Smriti Mehra (Ind), KM Juul (Den), Joanne Mills (Aus), Maria Boden (Swe), Martina Gillen (Irl)
77 Melodie Bourdy (Fra), Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa), Katharina Schallenberg (Ger), Marta Prieto (Spa), Federica Piovano (Ita), Jenni Kuosa (Fin), Frances Bondad (Aus), Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spa), Lynnette Brooky (Nzl), Rebecca Hudson (Eng)
78 Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Aus), Julie Greciet (Fra), Maria Verchenova (Rus), Lora Fairclough (Eng), Claudia Dantas (Por), Dana Lacey (Aus), Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den), Marjet van der Graaff (Ned), Beatriz Recari (Spa), Jo Pritchard (Wal), Anna Tybring (Swe), Johanna Lundberg (Swe)
79 Anna-Karin Salmen (Fin), Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra), Georgina Simpson (Eng), Marina Arruti (Spa), Marta Vasconcelos (Por), Laura Terebey (USA)
80 Isabella Maconi (Ita), Elisabeth Esterl (Ger), Lydia Hall (Wal), Lara Tadiotto (Bel), Mianne Bagger (Den)
81 Zuzana Masinova (Cro), Joana Silva Pinto (Por)
82 Lisa Hall (Eng)
84 Barbara Genuini (Fra)
85 Margherita Rigon (Ita)
86 Magda Carrilho (Por)
87 Monia Bernardo (Por)
95 Ludivine Kreutz (Fra)
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