Seven Scots will be tackling the first half of the fight to upgrade their future pro status this week at the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School 72-hole pre-qualifiers “B” and “C” at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Morocco.
They will be bidding to join compatriots Heather MacRae, Pamela Feggans, Kelsey MacDonald and Gemma Webster in the Final Q School over five rounds at two courses in Marrakesh from December 14 to 18 Gemma came through pre-qualifier “A” in Rabat at the weekend, figuring among the leading 18 in a field of 42 over the par-73 course which apparently was playing long and favoured the big-hitters.
Eight over par was the best 72-hole total.
Heather Stirling and Jane Turner are in a field of 34 on the Blue Course while Kelly Brotherton, Katy McNicoll, Laura Murray, Michele Thomson and Sally Watson will be in action in a field of 55 over the Red Course.
Meanwhile Gleneagles pro Heather MacRae is taking the positives out of her narrow failure to gain promotion from the LETAS circuit to the Ladies European Tour.
She said: “I got home on Sunday and I’m still gutted but I will be ready to go again in Morocco.
“This was the hardest defeat to swallow but when I look back at my last three events I wasn’t out the top ten in any of them, so I must stay positive and realise it was the unsuccessful start of the season that cost me at the end of it.