Cara Gorlei made three birdies and two bogeys on Friday to card a one-under-par 70 in the sun-soaked first round of the Ladies European Tour’s Swiss Ladies Open at Golfpark Holzhausern in Ennetsee, Switzerland.
She was four strokes behind the lead in a share of 31st place with eight other players on a packed leaderboard.
The lead was held by Kirsten Rudgeley, Caroline Hedwall, Vani Kapoor and Anne-Charlotte Mora, all locked on five-under-par 66. Four players were just one shot behind in a tie for fifth on four-under-par. This quartert included Spain’s Maria Hernandez, Morocco’s Maha Haddioui, Sweden’s Sofie Bringner and Poland’s Dorota Zalewska.
Twelve players share ninth on three-under-par including home favourite Kim Metraux, last week’s runner-up Rosie Davies, and the in-form Emma Spitz from Austria. Another one of the home stars, Joburg Ladies Open winner Chiara Tamburlini, was one shot further back from them all on two-under par with nine other players.
Lejan Lewthwaite cared a level-par 71 to be in a share of 40th with 16 other players, and Lee-Anne Pace was on one-over in a share of 57th.
Stacy Bregman, Britney Fay Berger and Nobuhle Dlamini of eSwatini were on four-over in a share of 90th, while Danielle du Toit battled to a five-over-par 76.
