Rookie Carlota Ciganda racks up her first LET victory at Deloitte Ladies Open
Spanish Carlota Ciganda stunned the spectators on the final day of the Deloitte Ladies Open, as she fired an impressive 69 to record her first LET (Ladies European Tour) victory.
Ciganda played a decent game throughout the three days of the event, held at the prestigious Golfclub Broekpolder Rotterdam, Netherlands.
According to the final-round details, the Spanish star managed to pile up a big score to get a comfortable lead by the end of the second round. She posted a massive 67 on the second day, ramping up pressure on her rivals.
The field for the three-day event was quite strong, as it featured most of the prominent LET contenders. However, big names could not hold their ground and most of them finished outside the top 10.
Ciganda kicked off the round with confidence, as she recorded her first birdie on the very first hole. She then parred the next three holes and shot another birdie on the par-4 5th hole.
Ursula Wikstrom was the only player who gave a tough time to the winner. Wikstrom posted an overall 209 to finish 2nd.
However, Ciganda’s phenomenal performance overshadowed everything on the course, and the crowd gave plenty of the support to her, despite Dutch players in the roster.
Speaking to the media about grabbing her professional victory, the 22-year-old golfer said that she is happy to beat big names, which will hopefully help her keep the momentum going in the upcoming tournaments.
Sharing her thoughts about her second-day performance, the rising star said that she gained much-needed confidence after posting a good score in the second round. She said she faced some pressure on some holes, but most of the day she kept her cool.
“I played very well today, felt very comfortable starting with two birdies on the first and second hole. I hit it very close, like one metre on the first and two metres on the second,” the rookie said.
“I played very solid golf, hitting a lot of fairways. I hit 18 greens, so that was very good and then I made one bogey on hole number 12”.
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