Lucie Malchirand alone at the comma

In January 2020, the Australian Stephanie Kyriacou won theAustralian Ladies Classic Bonville and became the tenth amateur to win on the Ladies European Tour, in 42 years of existence of the circuit. Less than a year and a half later, a Frenchwoman is in a position to succeed him: Lucie Malchirand. Co-leader after his huge 66 (-6) in the first round yesterday, the Marseillaise confirmed this Saturday by returning a 71 (-1), a score certainly less impressive but obtained in more difficult conditions. Author of two bogeys against three birdies, including a last at the 18th, Lucie Malchirand not only kept the controls of the tournament, but even finds herself alone in the lead at -7.

“It’s been a long day! I played well, but my putting wasn’t very good, so I missed a lot of chances. It’s good to have been able to make a -1 ”, she said all smiles to the cameras of this Ladies Italian Open. “I was calmer than yesterday, and playing with my girlfriend Isabelle Boineau still helped me a lot. I know it’s going to be more stressful tomorrow, but I’ll do my best. I’m sure it’s going to be a beautiful day ”, she concluded. A last tour that she will share with the Englishwoman Gabriella Cowley, also author of a 71 (-1), which follows it with one blow.

Far behind the player of the French team, the first tricolor proets point in 22nd position at -1: it isAstrid Vayson de Pradenne (72) and Camille Chevalier (73), whileIsabelle Boineau (72) is 28th in the overall par. Emma Grechi (75), 33rd to +1, and Anne-Lise Caudal (72), 47th at +3, are the two other Blues to have crossed the cut this Saturday at Golf Club Margara.