A lot of off-course work and a bit of practice certainly paid dividends as Holly posted two solid rounds of 1 under par each to lie =8th at the cut stage of the Sicilian Ladies Open.

A disrupted start to her final round saw Holly drop 6 shots in the first 7 holes, but she regrouped during the rain delay and hit back with birdies on 10 and 11, rallying to finish 2 over par, and in a tie for 13th place.

Holly is now taking a couple of weeks out focussing on getting back to 100% fitness and working on her game before heading out to India and the Hero Honda Ladies Open, where she recorded her first ever top 10 finish last year.

Holly was one of 83 players, professional and amateur, who had travelled from all over the globe to compete for just 18 places in the tournament.

Holly was one of the earlier starters and posted a very steady 1 under par, consisting of 2 birdies and just one bogey, on the par 4 12th. Close to the top of the leaderboard when she finished, Holly had a four hour wait to see whether her score was good enough to get her a coveted place in the LET's major championship.

It was! Holly finished joint 8th and now looks forward to lining up at Carnoustie alongside Jee Young Lee Korea and Beth Allen from the USA.

Good luck Holly, play well!

She stormed into a 3 stroke lead on day 1, with 5 under par round that included no less than 8 birdies. She attributed this to her new putter, taking just 26 putts to complete her round.

This was backed up by a solid 1 under par round on day 2 to put Holly in the final pairing on day 3. Both she and her playing partner struggled, while the rest of the field caught them, but Holly ground out the pars she needed over the last few holes to secure a tie for 2nd place, and her best ever tour finish.

Holly's performance catapults her a massive 89 places up the Henderson Money List, and also puts her 29th in the LET Order Of Merit. Another good result next week could see Holly climb into the top 25, which will give her an automatic place in the Ricoh British Open.

Well done Holly!

Germany is one of the best tournaments the Ladies European Tour has, the atmosphere is awesome, the crowds are huge and the cars are fast! I took the Monday off and took a stroll round the shops in Munich, it is a very beautiful place with lots of history. Back to practice on the Tuesday and Wednesday and I was starting to hit the ball quite nicely so I was looking forward to a good week. The first time I played in Germany I missed the cut by 2, the 2nd time I missed by 1 so I was going for 3rd time lucky and it was!! I made the cut on the number and was lucky enough to have my boyfriend caddy for me on the weekend. My boyfriend caddies for Stacy Bregman and his name is Olly (Olly and Holly get the jokes in now!) and as she missed the cut he was kind enough to help me out over the weekend. I played well but unfortunately a lot of my putts didn't drop and I finished 55th, but hey it's money in the bank and every little helps at the minute! In between playing golf we managed to visit Dachau concentration camp which was a very sobering experience and one which I will never forget. We also got to drive the Audi R8 spiders as the tournament was sponsored by Audi and wow what an experience! We were allowed on the autobahn with no speed limit, I managed to get it up to 230km in rush hour, pretty happy with that effort!

So we hopped on another plane and I am now in Slovakia, had a light practice yesterday and 18 holes today. It is on a ski slope and is ridiculously hilly definitely a week where I wish I had a caddy, however on the plus side it's an easy way to get fit! We are forecast thunderstorms all week so we all have our fingers crossed we won't be called in too many times. I will keep updating my progress whenever I have internet, in the mean time. keep swinging well!!

In Germany today, there was a 2 hour rain delay, and I was one of a handful of players still to complete their second round. I was right on the cut line with just 3 holes to go when we were called off. With most of the players in, there were no complicated mathematical permutations, it was dead easy: par or better for the last 3 holes and I would be here for the weekend; any dropped shots and I was out.

My friends and family at home tell me they were all glued to....the internet. The live scoring here is great, literally with hole by hole coverage, so everyone was linked in pressing their refresh buttons and willing the holes to pass. Apparently it take AGES to play a hole when you can't watch it live.

Well thanks all for following, and as you see, I managed those 3 pars, so I'm back out early tomorrow.

Holly X

First I would like to introduce myself properly, I am 24 years old and live in Bedford in the UK. I have been playing golf since I was 11 and turned pro in 2008. I have had tough first couple of years on tour but I have been improving steadily so I am hoping for a good year this year, as they say 3rd time lucky! 

I played in one event earlier this year in Morocco and thoroughly enjoyed it. The men had a European Tour event just down the road from ours at the Kings course, it was inside the palace walls and hadn't been played by anyone for 7months as it is the Kings own personal course!! I was lucky enough to be able to see it before the men played on it and I have never seen a course like it. Not a divot or a pitchmark in sight, the best golf course I have ever laid eyes on. After having a little stroll round that course it was back to hard work for my event. Unfortunately I didn't play great and missed the cut by 2 but it is early in the year and it gave me a lot of feedback on how my game was looking for the rest of the year. Morocco is actually a lovely place, the people were all friendly and the hotel we stayed in was lovely! The only thing I would say if you ever want to go there is watch out for the food!! I wasn't very well when I came home and it took me about a week to recover, not the best start to my next lot of practice and gym work.

I have been back home a couple of weeks and have been working hard at my golf and going to the gym when I can. I have had some exciting news in the last week as I have been signed up to Bunker Mentality/Queen of the Green clothing. It is an exciting and fun new clothing company and I am really excited about representing them for the next year. I am hoping to get some photos of me in their clothing which I will post soon and I will have a link for them on my website.

My next event is in Turkey and I leave on the 1st May. I played there last year and it is a really well run tournament so I am really looking forward to getting out there! I will keep you posted with how it all goes and thanks for reading!

She began the tournament well finishing her first round with 2 birdies for a one under par 72 and a share of the lead. Weather conditions on day 2 were tougher, and scoring was lower. Holly dug deep to hang on to a 76 and remain in contention in 10th place.

With the winds getting up on the last day, all the competitors struggled, and Holly's 77 was only one shot off the best score of the day. This took her back up to a share of 7th place and earned her 4th place in the final Access Series Order of Merit.

Holly is back in action again next week, in the Murcia Ladies Open at La Manga in Spain.

A tentative start on day 1 saw Holly out in 40. She then rallied for the back 9 with eight pars and a birdie for a 3 over par round of 75. Holly went on to shoot 2 sub par rounds in the fnal two days to secure a 1 over par total and 5th position.

Holly is also currently lying 78th in the Order of Merit in the Ladies European Tour.

She didn't have the best of starts - an opening 75 saw her down in 79th place, but Holly made her move on day 2. Five birdies and just one bogey made up her card on Saturday, and propelled her up the leaderboard. This was followed by a nice steady round on Sunday, and once again Holly finished in the top 30.

This run of form has seen Holly steadily climb up the Order of Merit tables, and she is now pushing for an automatic place on next season's tour.

Holly travels to Austria next week for the Uniqa Ladies Open, where she is hoping to further consolidate her position in the exemption rankings. Looking at what she's been doing in the last few tournaments, it would be foolish to bet against Holly.