Emma Grechi in the lead in Deauville

Share this article

Share the post “Emma Grechi in the lead in Deauville”

Bordelaise Emma Grechi takes the lead at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France after eighteen holes with a flawless card, alongside the Englishwoman Bel Wardle and the Australian Kirsten Rudgeley (66, -5). Three other Tricolores played under par: Céline Herbin, Camille Chevalier and Marine Griffaut.

Left early in the morning, Emma Grechi signed a superb card of 66 (-5) to take control of the Lacoste Ladies Open de France, without ever being overtaken. The 26-year-old Girondine shares the leadership chair with the English debutante Bel Warden24 years old. Ideally launched by an eagle on the par 5 of hole number 2, the easiest of the Diane Barrière course, Grechi subsequently managed three birdies, without conceding the slightest bogey. With a little more success in putting (her two birdie putts at 17 and 18 died on the edge of the hole), she could even have been the sole leader.

The two putts of 16 and 17 which did not want to fall!

The complete ranking

It’s nice to see that I can score well just trying to have fun

Emma Grechi

Only 97th in the European Order of Merit after a mixed season, illuminated by an albatross in South Africa, the player from Pessac let go of the horses. “For this first day of the Lacoste Ladies Open de France, I especially wanted to find some fun, she admitted. I’m not having a great season and I’m trying not to think about the rankings. It blocks me more than anything else. It’s nice to see that I can score well just trying to have fun.

On the course I really felt good. This is the right mentality to have to score. I feel good here. We are in France, in front of our audience. Lacoste is also my sponsor. Plus my mom is here and she caddied for me today. It allowed me to relax between holes by talking about something other than golf. It was also a great moment of sharing because we don’t see each other that often during the season. This score of 66 feels good and it would be good to continue. Last year, I also started well but finished 18th. I hope to finish better on Saturday afternoon after this good start.»

Kirsten Ridgeley joins the lead at the end of the day

The weather conditions were not easy with a little rain… and a lot of wind! “It was blowing a lot and it was spinningwondered the English player Rosie Davieswinner of the morning pro-am the day before and in the top 10 after 18 holes. I’m glad I played in the morning because I notice that it’s worse in the afternoon… »

Rain, wind and the risk of storms even forced the organizers to interrupt the game for half an hour late in the afternoon. The Australian Kirsten Ridgeley has all the more merit for being invited to first place at the end of the day. With eight top 15 finishes already this season, the 23-year-old golfer from the Antipodes confirms her 20th place on the Order of Merit for her second year on the LET.

Camille Chevalier, Céline Herbin and Marine Griffaut under the par

You have to go down to fifteenth place to find any trace of another French woman. They are even three to -1 with Céline Herbin, Marine Griffaut and Camille Chevalier. La Marseillaise was fighting in the wind, with only two pars on its first twelve holes… before finishing with six pars in a row! Starting from hole number 10, the Norman who is discovering the course this week, for her part, had a quieter day with thirteen pars. The Cannes-Mougins golfer scored a birdie at 17 to go under the par total.

Sixth in the Order of Merit, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard is in ambush in the top 30 with par. For her 20th Women’s French Open, Anne-Lise Caudal settles for 95th place with a +9. Finally, South African Cara Gorlei enters the top 10 with a hole in one at 5.