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Nocera wins Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open

May 4th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

Nocera wins Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open

France’s Gwladys Nocera claimed a two-shot victory at the Scottish Open on Saturday 3rd May her sixth women’s European Tour success inside two years.The 32-year-old from Biarritz shot rounds of 69, 70 and 69 at The Carrick on Loch Lomond for a five-under-par total of 208.

Nocera tied for the lead with Boden after the first round and was a stroke clear of the field going into the final day. She birdied the second hole to take a two stroke advantage and maintained her lead in dry but cold conditions. Nocera carded back-to-back birdies at the seventh and eighth holes and after a three-putt bogey at the ninth she held a three stroke lead over five players at the turn.

Coming in, she birdied the tenth but then bogeyed 12 and 14 to move back to four-under-par and her lead was narrowed to a stroke with one hole to play.

She sealed the victory and the €30,000 first prize with an impressive birdie at the 407-yard par-four last, where she hit her drive 317 yards and then holed from 20 feet.Nocera, who now lives in Lausanne, Switzerland, said after she had been pushed to play better by keeping an eye on the leaderboard.

She explained: “There were a lot of good scores.

“The thing that was hard was that they were done playing and I had to deal with the situation. I just thought about doing the best I could.”

After finishing second and third on the tour’s money rankings over the last two seasons, Nocera added: “My goal when I started the season was to win the money list because I haven’t won it yet.”

Sweden’s Maria Boden recorded a career-best finish of second on three-under after a final round of 69, while England’s Rebecca Hudson’s 68 enabled her to tie for third on two-under with Austria’s Nicole Gergely (69).

Final Scores:-

1 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 69 70 69 (208)
2 Maria Boden (Swe) 69 72 69 (210)
3 Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 72 71 68, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 70 72 69 (211)
5 Amy Yang (Kor) 70 70 72 (212)
6 Clare Queen (Sco) 72 71 70, Kathryn Imrie (Sco) 73 69 71, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 75 67 71, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 70 71 72 (213)
10 Melissa Reid (Eng) 77 71 66, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 77 70 67, Martina Eberl (Ger) 74 72 68, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 74 70 70, Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spa) 72 72 70, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 71 73 70 (214)