Virginie Lagoutte-Clement thrashes LET records on the second day of UniCredit Ladies German Open
Frenchwoman Virginie Lagoutte-Clement made the rest of the field bite their fingers when she set the course ablaze with her record-breaking round on the second day of UniCredit Ladies German Open, presented by Audi.
Despite of a heavy forecast and windy conditions, Clement equalled the course record of nine-under, 63 at the Golfpark Gut Häusern, by hammering her career best round. She is now leading the tournament with a lead of five strokes. The 32-year-old from Montélimar
also broke the nine-hole record of Ladies European Tour, when she finished her front nine for seven-under, 29.
“I’m very tired,” said a jubilant but exhausted Clement. “I played very good and my putting was great. I had only 23 putts. I made an eagle after the storm and put a shot in from 88 metres so it was magic. Tomorrow I will do the same as yesterday and try
to play my best.”
Clement fell just a shot shy of breaking the LET record. Starting off from back nine, she had to sit and watch the course from the clubhouse as the match was called off in view of thunder and lightning, giving her enough time to sort out a strategy for
the next holes.
Having already carded birdies at 10th and 17th in her back nine venture, Clement stormed the course in her front nine carding five birdies and an eagle two. She finished 15-under, 129 for the aggregate a whopping five shots ahead of
the runners up.
Contending for the second spot, are overnight leader Becky Morgan, Finland’s Minea Blomqvist and Diana Luna, with their aggregate scores of 10-under. Blomqvist, two-time LET winner, was delighted with her performance on the second day.
“I haven’t played that well lately so you get a bit of tension,” said a smiling Blomqvist.
Defending champion, England’s Laura Davies continued her consistent struggle to retain the title and remained bogey-free for the opening two rounds. She is now eight-under on the aggregate.
“Lagoutte-Clement has gone mad and shot 15 under so I’m going to be a long way behind now,” said a disappointed Davies. “She’s obviously played magnificent for two rounds and if she keeps it up, she’ll win, quite clearly.”
Davies is tied for the fifth place with South African Lee-Anne Pace.
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