Florentyna Parker unbeaten to drop cup hint

Oct 16 2007 by Richard Williamson, Liverpool Daily Post

FLORENTYNA PARKER

FLORENTYNA PARKER produced a flawless return as a Ladies Golf Union Select team secured a 10-2 win over the GB&I girls in a two-day training match at North Berwick.

The Royal Birkdale player, who is based in Germany, had a 100% record in the fourball and foursomes ties. The LGU Select was skippered by Mary McKenna, who will captain the GB&I Curtis Cup team when the match is played over the Old Course, St Andrews from May 30 to June 1. It will be the first three-day match in the history of the transatlantic women's amateur international match.

RESULTS (all matches played to the 18th hole):

Fourballs: Liz Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor) and Laura Murray (Alford) bt Carly Booth (Comrie) and Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 3 holes; Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) and Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton) bt Henrietta Brockway (Yeovil) and Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 2 holes; Naomi Edwards (Ganton) and Michelle Thomson (McDonald Ellon) bt Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) and Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) 3 holes; Sahra Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan) and Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale) bt Rachel Connor (Manchester) and Kelly Tidy (Manchester) 3 holes.

Foursomes: Smith and Edwards bt Briggs and Tidy 4 holes; Hassan and Jennings lost to Brockway and Maguire 3 holes; Bennett and Parker bt Pretswell and Bradshaw 4 holes; Thomson and Murray bt Connor and Booth 4 holes

Sunday fourballs: Hassan and Murray lost to Brockway and Booth 2 holes; Edwards and Parker bt Maguire and Tidy 4 holes; Bennett and Jennings bt Pretswell and Connor 2 holes; Smith and Thomson bt Briggs and Bradshaw 5 holes

MEMBERS of the English Ladies’ Golf Association have voted to modernise their organisation.

They backed changes to create a more modern, capable and efficient governing body at an extraordinary general meeting.

The vote means that ELGA will now be known as the English Women’s Golf Association. It will be run by a management board with the business skills needed to drive forward women’s golf, for example in communications, marketing, sponsorship and information technology.