This second day of the 121st edition of the Women’s Amateur Championship, which is being held on the Portmarnock Resort & Jameson Golf Links course, on the outskirts of Dublin, was of vital importance, since the Spanish players had to enter the top 64 to continue in the next Match Play phase. Live results And the balance has been very positive, with five of the seven golfers classified to continue in the qualifying rounds towards the title: Julia López, Paula Martín, Carla Tejedo, Andrea Revuelta and Carla Bernat, for this order. Special merit has been given to the rounds of Julia López and Paula Martín, with respective cards of 71 strokes (-1), which have allowed them to rise to third position, although ten strokes behind the first classified, the English Lotie Woad , already five behind the Swedish Meja Ortengren, second. The Andalusian player delivered five birdies and four bogeys during her match, while the Madrid player had a calmer round and signed two birdies and one bogey. Carla’s round has also been very reliable Tejedo, since with 72 strokes, on par with the field, he has earned seventh place, while Andrea Revuelta has not been able to repeat the numbers of the first day and with a score of 77 strokes (+5), she has fallen to the twelfth position.
The fifth Spaniard who has managed to continue in competition has been Carla Bernat, with a card of 79 strokes (+7) that gave her the shared 55th place, enough to achieve the first objective of the tournament. The other side of the coin has been represented Carolina López-Chacarra and Paula de Francisco, who have not managed to enter the group of chosen ones who will compete for victory. Carolina López-Chacarra has paid dearly for the card of 81 strokes (+9) signed today, while Paula de Francisco has not been able to improve the result of the first day, in fact, she has repeated it by delivering 83 strokes (+11).Andrea Revuelta, the most outstanding Spaniard at the start of the tournamentThe Women’s Amateur Championship raised the curtain on Irish lands with the dispute of the first day, in which Andrea Revuelta was the most inspired Spaniard. The Madrid golfer completed her first 18 holes with a card of 73 strokes (+1), four strokes behind the leaders, the American Farah O’Keefe and the Englishwoman Lotie Woad, both with identical rounds of 69 strokes (-3). Andrea Revuelta did not start her match in the best way, delivering a bogey on the first hole, but she recovered with two birdies on holes 2 and 3, although she would miss again on holes 5 and 6. In the second half, the current champion of the SM La Reina Cup returned to the under par zone with two birdies on holes 12 and 16, but two bogeys on holes 17 and 18 They left her with that result of 73 strokes (+1). Continuing with the evolution of the Spanish players, Paula Martín and Julia López tried to follow in the footsteps of Andrea Revuelta and finished in fourteenth position, with respective results of 74 strokes (+2 On the next step of the classification was Carla Tejedo, twentieth, after signing a card of 75 strokes (+3); Carla Bernat and Carolina López-Chacarra shared 45th place, with 77 strokes (+5); and Paula de Francisco delivered 83 strokes (+11). The Spanish expedition that has attended the prestigious tournament is headed by coach Sergio de Céspedes and is made up of Julia López from Malaga, Andrea Revuelta, Paula Martín, Paula de Francisco and Madrid Carolina López-Chacarra, and Carla Bernat and Carla Tejedo from Castellón. Six of these players will compete in the European Team Championship next July. This Women’s Amateur Championship 2024 takes place over five days, although at the end of the second only the 64 best players of the 144 participants will find accommodation in the next phase, which will be based on direct eliminators for the title.
