Mireia Prat fired the lowest round of her career with a stunning nine-under-par 63 to take the lead in the opening round of the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s Jabra Ladies Classic at Glendower Golf Club.
Early starter Prat began her round with three straight birdies from the 10th and picked up another on the short 14th to take pole position, and she only gave up the lead once in her round when she made her only bogey when she turned.
The Spaniard retaliated immediately with an eagle on the par-five second, a birdie on the third and no-one could catch her after another triple salvo from the sixth hole.
“I had a really good day out there,” said the 33-year-old Ladies European Tour campaigner. “The weather was great, especially after the wind in Cape Town. And I enjoyed the course; it reminds me of the old classic courses in Europe.
“I hit my irons really well, and the putter was great. My longest putt today was six metres, and I made three or four birdies from a metre. I hardly missed a fairway, and when I missed the greens, I made good up-and-downs. And I chipped in for eagle on the second. It was a really solid day and I’m happy to beat my previous lowest round by one shot.”
Prat leads by two strokes from recent Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am winner Moa Folke from Sweden and England rookie Lily May Humphreys, the current Investec Order of Merit leader, who both returned rounds of 65.
South Africa’s Casandra Alexander was next best after carding six-under 66.
