Germany’s Sophia Popov ended a stroke clear of compatriot Olivia Cowan after the 72-hole Lalla Aicha Tour School Pre-Qualifying A for 2015 in Rabat, Morocco.
Popov fired rounds of 71, 70, 72 and 71 on the Blue Course at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam to end on a four-under-par total of four-under-par.
The cut mark, to the leading 29 players and ties, fell at 23-over-par and 30 players will go forward to the Final Qualifier for 2015, on 17-21 December, in Marrakech, Morocco.
The next Pre-Qualifier, 2015 Tour School Asia Pre-Qualifying C, takes place at Mission Hills Haikou in China on 5-8 November, before 2015 Lalla Aicha Tour School Pre-Qualifying B in Morocco on 8-11 December.
Collated final scores:
284 – Sophia Popov (GER) 71 70 72 71
285 – Olivia Cowan (GER) 69 72 72 72
289 – Johanna Bjork (SWE) 75 68 71 75
290 – Lucy Williams (ENG) 73 76 70 71
291 – Csilla Lajtai (HUN) 75 70 69 77
293 – Louise Stahle (SWE) 74 73 74 72
295 – Amanda Strang (SWE) 78 71 73 73, Alex Peters (ENG) 74 71 73 77
296 – Piti Martinez Bernal (ESP) 76 72 71 77
298 – Lauren Blease (ENG) 76 78 72 72
299 – Jamila Jaxaliyeva (KAZ) 75 73 78 73, Tara Lyons (USA) 73 79 72 75
300 – Laure Sibille (FRA) 77 77 74 72
301 – Emma Goddard (ENG) 79 78 73 71, Alessandra Averna (ITA) 72 75 78 76, Gemma Fuster Anglada (ESP) 78 74 79 70
302 – Laura Sedda (ITA) 77 76 74 75, Portland Rosen (USA) 76 76 75 75, Charlotte Ellis (ENG) 74 75 77 76
303 – Abbey Gittings (ENG) 74 77 74 78
304 – Blair O’neil (USA) 78 78 72 76, Lien Willems (BEL) 75 80 75 74, Sofia Bjorkman (SWE) 78 75 76 75
306 – Marie Fourquier (FRA) 79 78 72 77
307 – Jessica Karlsson (SWE) 76 77 73 81, Olafia Kristinsdotter (ISL) 74 78 80 75
308 – Therese Nerpin (SWE) 79 78 75 76, Sarah-Jane Boyd (ENG) 72 77 79 80
310 – Rebecca Green (AUS) 79 76 79 76, Anna Svenstrup (SWE) 79 72 82 77
Players who did not qualify:
312 – Vera Shimanskaya (RUS) 79 75 77 81, Rosie Davies (ENG) 81 78 76 77, Gemma Webster (SCO) 78 77 75 82, Lina Elmsater (SWE) 77 81 73 81
313 – Jenna Maihaniemi (FIN) 82 76 77 78, Lisa Shervill (ENG) 82 81 74 76
314 – Anaelle Carnet (FRA) 78 80 77 79, Hermione Fitzgerald (SUI) 84 79 77 74, Nina Pegova (RUS) 83 71 79 81
315 – Marian De Miguel (ESP) 80 75 79 81
317 – Tara Delaney (IRL) 77 79 82 79, Eva Kozeluhova (CZE) 80 78 84 75
321 – Gabriella Cowley (ENG) 79 83 83 76
322 – Lisa Anderson (SWE) 78 80 82 82
323 – Sideri Vanova (CZE) 76 81 87 79
326 – Ji Hyun Suh (ENG) 81 79 83 83
327 – Joyce Chong (NLD) 81 85 82 79
328 – Martyna Mierzwa (POL) 81 85 81 81
343 – Felicity Lloyd-Jones (USA) 89 84 80 90
DQ – Sabina Imboden (DQ)
RTD – Maiya Tanaka (USA)
Full leader board:
http://www.letscoring.com/leaderboard/68873