St. Thomas’ Alexandra Swayne posted three consistent rounds to make the cut at the Skafto Open Ladies European Tour event in Sweden.
The 22-year-old Swayne finished tied for 50th at 4-over-par 211 at Skafto Golf Club, with back-to-back 1-over 70 rounds on Saturday and Sunday. She had opened the three-day tournament with a 2-over 71 on Friday.
Swayne managed a nearly bogey-free round on Saturday, with just one – on the par-3 No. 17 – to keep her over par at the par-69, 5,234-yard mark. That left her at 3-over 141 and in a 15-way tie for 58th, just one shot over par.
But in Sunday’s final round, Swayne had three birdies — on No. 17, and the par-4s Nos. 7 and 14 — offset by four bogeys, on the par-3 Nos. 2, par-4s Nos. 1 and 15, and the par-5 No. 6.
That left Swayne tied with Sweden’s Ellinor Haag and Sara Kjellker, Spain’s Laura Gomez Ruiz and Paz Marfa Sans, Germany’s Verena Gimmy, Norway’s Karoline Lund, France’s Agathe Sauzon and England’s Billie-Jo Smith.
Swedish golfers dominated the tops, led by winner Linn Grant at 10 under 197.
Grant birdied the final two holes to claim a one-shot victory over fellow player Lisa Pettersson for her fourth Ladies Euro Tour title this season.
Five players tied for third at 8-under 199 – Sweden’s Maja Stark and Jessica Karlsson, Finland’s Elina Nummenpaa, England’s Alice Hewson and Wales’ Becky Morgan.
Swayne’s next event on the Ladies European Tour comes this week in Finland, at the Aland 100 Ladies Open, which runs September 1-3 at Alands Golf Club in Kastelholm.