Florentine Parker took the lead of the Lacoste Ladies Open of France at the end of the first round disputed this Thursday at the golf de Chantaco. The English, author of a superb card of 63 (-7), is suddenly ahead of the American Beth Allen and two the Italian Diana Luna. Alexandra Vilatte-Farret and Jade Schaeffer, first French, are fourth with scores of 67 (-3).

  • Florentyna Parker - © PBallet / ASO
With no less than eight birdies on the clock against a single bogey, Florentyna Parker signed the best card of the first round of the Lacoste Ladies Open de France this Thursday in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a brilliant 63 (-7) which allows him to occupy the head of the tournament alone. “It's a very good score,” she comments. “It's always very pleasant to make so many birdies. I played well in the last round of the Spanish Open ten days ago, being quite aggressive, playing like I had nothing to lose. And I said to myself that I had to play the same way today: attacking. " The 27-year-old Englishwoman born in Hamburg, Germany is no stranger to the Basque public: two years ago, she had held the forefront throughout the week and finished in fourth place, two shots from the Spanish Azahara Muñoz.

Double winner on the Ladies European Tour (in the Netherlands in 2010 and in Italy in 2014), Parker is currently seventh in the order of merit of the circuit thanks to four top 10s in ten tournaments. She is ahead of the number 2 in the European ranking at the moment, the American Beth Allen, who returned a card of 64 (-6) after committing her only bogey of the day at 17. The Italian Diana Luna, who lost in play -off two years in a row the Lacoste Ladies Open de France (2010 and 2011), is third thanks to a beautiful 65 (-5).

On the French side, the best performances of this sunny Thursday can be attributed to Alexandra Vilatte-Farret and Jade Schaeffer, who played 67 (-3) and share fourth place with the Spaniard Marta Sanz Barrio. The first is also the only one of the 78 players entered not to have conceded the slightest bogey this Thursday at Chantaco: “I played average, to be honest, but I didn't make any mistakes. It is a course that you have to know how to negotiate well, not to attack. I managed to be patient and not to panic, even when my putts didn't fall early ”, she explains. Finally, the title holder Céline Herbin, who completed her first round in 68 (-2) thanks in particular to eagles at 15 and 18, occupies the seventh place five shots behind Florentyna Parker.

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