LET Rookie of the Year winner eyes up bigger prize – Golf News

Chiara Tamburlini has made {golfing} historical past after changing into the primary Swiss participant to be topped Rookie of the 12 months on the Women European Tour

The 24-year-old from St Gallen has loved a formidable first yr on Europe’s prime tier skilled ladies’s circuit,  accumulating 2,623 factors from 23 occasions and now has an unassailable lead within the season-long competitors to crown one of the best new participant on Tour.

Tamburlini performed on the LET Entry Sequence in 2023, turning skilled in August and securing two victories which noticed her end third on the Order of Advantage and clinch her LET card for the 2024 season.

It was an excellent begin to the yr for the Swiss participant as she had top-10 finishes on the Kenya Women Open and within the particular person occasion on the Aramco Workforce Sequence Tampa, earlier than capturing her maiden LET title on the Joburg Women Open.

Over the summer season, the 24-year-old recorded a T2 end on the Jabra Women Open, T10 in her homeland on the VP Financial institution Swiss Women Open and a fourth-place end on the KPMG Girls’s Irish Open.

Tamburlini secured her second victory of the season successful through a playoff on the Lacoste Women Open de France and adopted that up with a T3 within the particular person occasion on the Aramco Workforce Sequence Shenzhen.

The College of Mississippi graduate then clinched her third title of the season on the Wistron Women Open in Taiwan to all however seal her Rookie of the 12 months title.

“Successful the Rookie of the 12 months award  is a purpose I set myself at the beginning of the yr – a really excessive purpose – however one which I believed was achievable, and I can’t consider I’ve completed it,” mentioned Tamburlini. “To see the checklist of gamers who’ve received Rookie of the 12 months is nice and to be the primary participant from Switzerland to win the title is an honour. I’ve actually loved my first season on the LET attending to know all of the gamers and employees.”

She added: “Successful a event is particular, so to have the ability to win 3 times in my first yr on Tour has been unbelievable and I’m trying ahead to the final couple of occasions and hopefully, being ready to win the Order of Advantage as nicely.”

With the LET Order of Advantage nonetheless within the steadiness, Tamburlini can grow to be the seventh participant to win each titles in the identical season following within the footsteps of Laura Davies, Carlota Ciganda, Esther Henseleit, Jeeno Thitikul, Linn Grant and Trichat Cheenglab.

The LET season continues this week with the Aramco Workforce Sequence introduced by PIF – Riyadh earlier than the yr culminates within the season-ending Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España on the finish of November.