Nocera and Boden share lead in Scotland

5/1/2008

Gwladys Nocera from France birdied her last three holes to tie for the first round lead with Sweden’s Maria Boden at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open

Both Nocera and Boden carded rounds of two-under-par 69 on a day of changeable weather conditions at the Carrick on Loch Lomond.

Nocera, a five-time winner on the Ladies European Tour, was one of only two players to score below par in the more breezy afternoon conditions.

Tania Elosegui from Spain also played in the afternoon and shot 70, one-under-par. She shared third with Austria’s Nicole Gergely, South Korea’s Amy Yang and Australia’s Nikki Garrett.

England’s Felicity Johnson, Sweden’s Johanna Westerberg and France’s Melodie Bourdy, whose brother Gregory won the the Estoril Open de Portugal on the European Tour a month ago, tied for seventh on level par 71.

Nocera, a two-time Solheim Cup player, shot one-over on the back nine but recovered with birdies on holes seven, eight and nine coming in.

Picture: Zuzana Kamasova (Slovakia) www.zuzanakamasova.sk

Leaderboard – Round 1:

1.   Maria Boden                  SWE  69 - 2
      Gwladys Nocera               FRA  69 - 2
3.   Nicole Gergely                 AUT  70 - 1
      Amy Yang                      KOR  70 - 1
      Nikki Garrett                   AUS  70 - 1
      Tania Elosegui                 ESP  70 - 1
7.   Felicity Johnson                 ENG  71  E
      Johanna Westerberg         SWE  71  E
      Melodie Bourdy                 FRA  71  E
10. Zuzana Kamasova            SVK  72 +1
      Emma Cabrera-Bello         ESP  72 +1
      Clare Queen                    SCO  72 +1
      Rebecca Hudson               ENG  72 +1
      Joanne Morley                  ENG  72 +1

Source: Ladies European Tour