Carlota Ciganda gave her residence followers a lot to cheer about when securing a one-stroke victory on the season-ending Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España on the Women European Tour.
The Spanish star held a four-shot lead in a single day, but it surely was a rocky begin to the ultimate day as she made two bogeys in her opening three holes at Actual Membership Guadalhorce Golf.
After simply 4 holes her lead evaporated with back-to-back birdies from Belgium’s Manon De Roey because the duo battled it out.
Ciganda made her first birdies of the day on the fifth and added one other on the seventh to have a one-shot lead over De Rosy, who additionally birdied the seventh
On the again 9, Ciganda made a clutch strategy shot and putt after discovering the water on 10 to stroll away with a par however De Roey drew stage on -17 with a three-foot birdie on 12.
Nevertheless, on 14 the Spanish star went again in entrance with a brief birdie putt of her personal and prolonged her benefit to 2 photographs with a birdie on 17 and though she made a bogey on the final, she received with a complete of 18-under-par.
“I’m very joyful to win right here in Spain in entrance of so many individuals and my household” mentioned Ciganda. “It wasn’t straightforward, typically when you’ve a four-shot lead it’s not straightforward. I haven’t been up there shortly, so I had some adrenaline happening and began with a few bogeys, so issues have been fairly tight these first few holes.
“I fought onerous and I like after we are proper there, I like to hit good photographs, so I made a very good birdie on 14 and the putt on 17 was nice too. I’m actually joyful to win right here in Spain.”
DE ROEY PUTS UP A FIGHT
Belgium’s De Roey put up a fantastic combat on the ultimate day firing a bogey-free 68 to complete in outright second
“I knew I needed to make a whole lot of birdies right now, I obtained off to an excellent begin and Carlota didn’t begin that effectively,” mentioned the two-time LET winner.
“It was up and down the entire spherical; I obtained actually shut. I’m very pleased with how I performed, I performed bogey-free once more and didn’t actually make any errors. I’m nonetheless actually joyful.
Indiia’s Pranavi Urs recorded her best-ever end on the LET with a solo third after a ultimate spherical of 69.
Within the LET Order of Benefit, the highest three within the rankings completed as Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini with 2,718 factors, Belgium’s Manon De Roey with 2,216 factors and England’s Charley Hull with 1,742 factors.
Ciganda jumped from 81st as much as twenty eighth within the rankings, whereas France’s Celine Herbin secured the essential seventieth spot within the Order of Benefit to maintain her full LET card for 2025.
