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England's Holly is Europe's Number One
England's Holly Aitchison is Europe's number one woman amateur ? thanks to her win in the Portuguese Ladies' Championship. It's taken her to the top of the European Golf Association?s 2007 rankings, ahead of players who have scored points on the US college circuit.

'I'm delighted,' said Holly, 20, from Bedfordshire Golf Club. 'It's rather nice to be able to say I?m currently number one in the European rankings!

'I didn't expect anything when I went to Portugal and to have all this happen is just fantastic. Hopefully I will be able to play a few more counting events and get a some more ranking points.'

Holly has been the Bedfordshire ladies and girls' champion and is a former member of ELGA's Select Midlands squad.

Holly has 60 points in the rankings, nine more than the next placed players: Sandra Gal (Germany), Pernilla Lindberg (Sweden) and former British girls champion Azahara Munoz (Spain).

on 2007-03-01