Booth shares lead in Germany

Scottish teenager Carly Booth was in a four-way share of the lead after the opening round of the Unicredit Ladies German Open.

The 19-year-old won the Scottish Open just three weeks ago for her breakthrough senior title and was again in fine form as she shot a 67, containing seven birdies and two dropped shots, at the Golfpark Gut Hausern near Munich.

She came home in 31, and that meant she was level with Austrian Stefanie Michl and the Swedish pair of Carin Koch and Caroline Westrup.

Booth said: "I was just trying to be patient. It was a slow front nine: I was only level par through nine but then birdied 10 and 11 and nearly holed my shot on 13 and tapped in for birdie. I parred 14, 15 and 16 and then birdie, birdie to finish.

"It was just very solid, especially my last nine. The front nine I missed quite a few putts so I could have been a lot more under par but I left a lot of putts short. I'm happy with today's round."

Sweden's Pernilla Lindberg and 17-year-old Czech Klara Spikova both posted rounds of 68, with English veteran Laura Davies among a group of 14 players on three under along with Italian defending champion Diana Luna.

Collated first round scores

(Par: 72)

67 Stefanie Michl (Aut), Carin Koch (Swe), Caroline Westrup (Swe), Carly Booth (Sco)

68 Pernilla Lindberg (Swe), Klara Spilkova (Cze)

69 Carlota Ciganda (Spa), Ashleigh Simon (Rsa), Sophie Gustafson (Swe), Charlotte Ellis (Eng), Georgina Simpson (Eng), Bree Arthur (Aus), Diana Luna (Ita), Liebelei Lawrence (Lux), Joanna Klatten (Fra), Florentyna Parker (Eng), Laura Davies (Eng), Celine Palomar (Fra), Hannah Burke (Eng), Hannah Jun (USA)

70 Sandra Gal (Ger), Marianne Skarpnord (Nor), Felicity Johnson (Eng), Heather Bowie Young (USA), Louise Stahle (Swe), Mikaela Parmlid (Swe), Caroline Masson (Ger), Becky Morgan (Wal), Stephanie Na (Aus), Karolin Lampert (Ger), Caroline Afonso (Fra), Line Vedel (Den), Veronica Zorzi (Ita), Lindsey Wright (Aus), Karen Lunn (Aus)

71 Nontaya Srisawang (Tha), Valentine Derrey (Fra), Rebecca Artis (Aus), Holly Aitchison (Eng), Rebecca Hudson (Eng), Kym Larratt (Eng), Laura Cabanillas (Spa), Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa), Lydia Hall (Wal), Trish Johnson (Eng), Elizabeth Bennett (Eng), Anais Maggetti (Swi), Frances Bondad (Aus), Iben Tinning (Den), Rachel Bailey (Aus), Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha), Dewi Claire Schreefel (Ned)

72 Julie Maisongrosse (Fra), Chrisje De Vries (Ned), Tara Davies (Wal), Giulia Sergas (Ita), Nikki Garrett (Aus), Ursula Wikstrom (Fin), Stacey Keating (Aus), Cassandra Kirkland (Fra), Martina Eberl-Ellis (Ger), Danielle Montgomery (Eng), Jennie Lee (USA), Yu Yang Zhang (Chn), Diana D Alessio (USA), Lucie Andre (Fra), Sophie Giquel-Bettan (Fra), Gwladys Nocera (Fra)

73 Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa), Linda Wessberg (Swe), Lynnette Brooky (Nzl), Beth Allen (USA), Fabienne In-Albon (Swi), Margherita Rigon (Ita), Kylie Walker (Sco), Esther Choe (USA), Dawn Shockley (USA), Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den), Laurette Maritz (Rsa), Maria Beautell (Spa), Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned)

74 Kiran Matharu (Eng), Vikki Laing (Sco), Rebecca Codd (Irl), Zuzana Kamasova (Svk), Alexandra Vilatte (Fra), Stefania Croce (Ita), Henrietta Zuel (Eng), Minea Blomqvist (Fin), Alison Whitaker (Aus), Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra), Louise Larsson (Swe), Clare Queen (Sco), Elisabeth Esterl (Ger)

75 Kendall Dye (USA), Elena Giraud (Fra), Sahra Hassan (Wal), Marieke Nivard (Ned), Anja Monke (Ger), Elin Emanuelsson (Swe), Connie Chen (Rsa), Nina Birken (Ger), Lotta Wahlin (Swe), Tandi Cuningham (Rsa), Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spa), Jessica Yadloczky (USA)

76 Julie Greciet (Fra), Helen Alfredsson (Swe), Ann-Kathrin Lindner (Ger), Miriam Nagl (Ger), Malene Jorgensen (Den), Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra), Sophie Walker (Eng), Nina Holleder (Ger)

77 Tania Elosegui (Spa), Smriti Mehra (Ind), Becky Brewerton (Wal)

78 Nina Syvertsen Reis (Swe), Rachel Jennings (Eng), Caroline Rominger (Swi), Katharina Bohm (Ger)

79 Quirine-Louise Eijkenboom (Ger), Carmen Alonso (Spa), Sharmila Nicollet (Ind), Steffi Kirchmayr (Ger)

80 Nicole Gergely (Aut)