LORA Fairclough will have a second stab at qualifying for the American LPGA Tour next week.

The Chorley pro, who played on the LPGA in 1998 and 1999 but returned to Europe because of homesickness, believes she is better equipped now to deal with the rigours of the Tour.

"I understand my golf a bit better than I did then," said the 31-year-old.

"I think you have to be ruthless, I have only got 10 good years ahead of me.

"I missed home when I was out there before but the tournaments and the organisation were brilliant. I just wasn't in the right frame of mind."

Fairclough, who has won £29,000 on the Evian Ladies European Tour this season despite missing four events, attempted the qualifying school in Florida last week but failed to make the top 30.

She tries again at Mission Hills, California, on Tuesday.

"It was tough," she said. "There were about 170 girls going for 30 places, I didn't play very well."

Fairclough has had to bury some demons after a nightmare at the Weetabix British Open at the beginning of this month.

She finished joint 21st after a disappointing final round of 77 -- after finding a ditch on the 14th -- leaving her three under for the tournament. She had been one of the leaders going into the last day after excellent rounds of 71, 70 and 67.

"I was a bit miffed about it. There were a few problems, a couple of things happened but I don't really want to talk about it because it will just look like sour grapes.

"What happened on the 14th unnerved me a bit. I was advised to go to the press about what happened but I didn't really want to do that."