SPORTS DIGEST

GOLF: Ireland's Claire Coughlan, Tara Delaney and Hazel Kavanagh finished in the top-30 from a field of 90 at Stage II qualifying at La Manga, Spain, to win full cards for this season's Ladies European Tour.

Coughlan birdied the first, fourth and 10th on her way to carding a level par 73 to finish joint 12th on level par, while Delaney signed for an impressive 74 with five birdies on her card to finish joint 20th.

Kavanagh matched Delaney's position with a steady round, having survived a nervy double bogey at the par four seventh hole.

Sweden's Anna Nordqvist, the 2008 British Amateur Champion, won the event with a four-round total of 279, 13-under-par, after rounds of 75, 69, 67 and 68.

Nordqvist said that she would now join the Tour.
"I'm very happy as this was my goal and it proves that I can play good golf and hit good shots," she said.

 

 

 

 

 

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