LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR IN AUSTRIA
Laura Davies (46yr, 11 months) becomes LET's
oldest winner ... and it's her 75th career win
FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Laura Davies fired a closing 70 to win the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open presented by Raiffeisen in Austria today.
It was her 75th career victory and third at the same event at Golf Club Foehrenwald in Wiener Neustadt after wins in 2007 and 2008. She was also second in 2009.
It was Laura's third win of the season after victories in New Zealand and Germany and she finished with an 11-under 205 total, one ahead of Virginie Lagoutte-Clement from France.
The tournament went right down to the last hole, which Davies birdied after playing a magnificent shot out of the greenside bunker to six feet and sinking the putt.
Despite having won so many titles, she revealed that she was nervous.
Davies said: “I was shaking. It’s your legs; your legs go. If your hands and your arms go then you’re in trouble but you feel your legs getting a bit shaky. Over that bunker shot, with all the water behind, my legs were a bit shaky on that and over the putt but I guess that’s just the adrenaline and you’re just excited about trying to win a golf tournament. If you didn’t have that then you wouldn’t win.”
Davies entered the final round a stroke behind compatriot Melissa Reid, who closed with a 73 to share third with Irish-born Alison Walshe, entered from the United States, shot 67.
Reid was tied with Davies with a hole to play and in an almost identical spot in the bunker but three putted for a bogey to slip behind Lagoutte-Clement.
Davies explained: “It was very hard work. The conditions were much more difficult than the first two days and obviously the competition was really tough out there. There was a lot of players playing well. Mel and I tried to get clear of everybody and we never could so it was right down to the wire.”
Davies, who also plays a lot in America, is the Ladies European Tour’s oldest winner aged exactly 46 years and 11 months and she hopes to top the Henderson Money List for the eighth time in her career by the end of the year.
“That’s why I’m playing a lot of tournaments,” she said. “This is my seventh straight tournament and then I’m playing in France and Spain the next two weeks because I would love to do well on the Henderson Money List and obviously I have some ground to make up. Today was a good start.”
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
205 Laura Davies (Eng) 70 65 70
206 Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 71 67 68
207 Alison Walshe (US) 71 69 67, Melissa Reid (Eng) 67 67 73
208 Nikki Garrett (Aus) 66 71 71
209 Karen Lunn (Aus) 69 72 68, Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 68 69 72, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 67 69 73
210 Carin Koch (Swe) 71 71 68, Beth Allen (US) 69 69 72
211 Trish Johnson (Eng) 69 71 71, Federica Piovano (Ita) 67 72 72, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 70 68 73, Sophie Walker (Eng) 69 69 73
212 Mallory Blackwelder (US) 70 74 68, Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 70 72 70, Mollie Fankhauser (US) 71 70 71, Lee-Anne Pace (S Africa) 72 68 72, Marina Stutz (Am) (Aut) 66 72 74
213 Linda Wessberg (Swe) 71 71 71, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 71 70 72, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 70 70 73
214 Maria Boden (Swe) 74 69 71, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 72 70 72, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 66 74 74, Marta Prieto (Spa) 67 72 75, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 70 69 75
215 Martina Gillen (Irl) 71 73 71, Johanna W Johansson (Swe) 71 73 71, Jeehae Lee (S Korea) 70 71 74
216 Tandi Cuningham (S Africa) 70 75 71, Lydia Hall (Wal) 75 69 72, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 72 71 73, Elizabeth Bennett (Eng) 68 74 74
217 Kylie Walker (Sco) 74 71 72, Georgina Simpson (Eng) 70 75 72, Anja Monke (Ger) 70 73 74, Morgana Robbertze (Rsa) 70 73 74, Claire Aitken (Eng) 68 74 75, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 72 70 75, Holly Aitchison (Eng) 68 72 77, Caroline Masson (Ger) 68 71 78
218 Caroline Afonso (Fra) 72 73 73, Elin Emanuelsson (Swe) 70 73 75, Camille Fallay (Fra) 70 72 76
219 Carmen Alonso (Spa) 71 74 74, Carly Booth (Sco) 70 73 76, Pamela Feggans (Sco) 70 73 76, Jo Pritchard (Wal) 73 69 77, Julie Greciet (Fra) 66 76 77
220 Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger) 71 74 75, Tara Delaney (Ireland) 74 70 76, Lisa Hall (Eng) 72 72 76, Hazel Kavanagh (Ireland) 71 70 79
221 Stacy Lee Bregman (S Africa) 75 70 76, Cassandra Kirkland (France) 69 73 79
222 Lynnette Brooky (NZ) 78 67 77, Hanna-Leena Salonen (Finland) 70 75 77.
oldest winner ... and it's her 75th career win
FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Laura Davies fired a closing 70 to win the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open presented by Raiffeisen in Austria today.
It was her 75th career victory and third at the same event at Golf Club Foehrenwald in Wiener Neustadt after wins in 2007 and 2008. She was also second in 2009.
It was Laura's third win of the season after victories in New Zealand and Germany and she finished with an 11-under 205 total, one ahead of Virginie Lagoutte-Clement from France.
The tournament went right down to the last hole, which Davies birdied after playing a magnificent shot out of the greenside bunker to six feet and sinking the putt.
Despite having won so many titles, she revealed that she was nervous.
Davies said: “I was shaking. It’s your legs; your legs go. If your hands and your arms go then you’re in trouble but you feel your legs getting a bit shaky. Over that bunker shot, with all the water behind, my legs were a bit shaky on that and over the putt but I guess that’s just the adrenaline and you’re just excited about trying to win a golf tournament. If you didn’t have that then you wouldn’t win.”
Davies entered the final round a stroke behind compatriot Melissa Reid, who closed with a 73 to share third with Irish-born Alison Walshe, entered from the United States, shot 67.
Reid was tied with Davies with a hole to play and in an almost identical spot in the bunker but three putted for a bogey to slip behind Lagoutte-Clement.
Davies explained: “It was very hard work. The conditions were much more difficult than the first two days and obviously the competition was really tough out there. There was a lot of players playing well. Mel and I tried to get clear of everybody and we never could so it was right down to the wire.”
Davies, who also plays a lot in America, is the Ladies European Tour’s oldest winner aged exactly 46 years and 11 months and she hopes to top the Henderson Money List for the eighth time in her career by the end of the year.
“That’s why I’m playing a lot of tournaments,” she said. “This is my seventh straight tournament and then I’m playing in France and Spain the next two weeks because I would love to do well on the Henderson Money List and obviously I have some ground to make up. Today was a good start.”
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
205 Laura Davies (Eng) 70 65 70
206 Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 71 67 68
207 Alison Walshe (US) 71 69 67, Melissa Reid (Eng) 67 67 73
208 Nikki Garrett (Aus) 66 71 71
209 Karen Lunn (Aus) 69 72 68, Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 68 69 72, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 67 69 73
210 Carin Koch (Swe) 71 71 68, Beth Allen (US) 69 69 72
211 Trish Johnson (Eng) 69 71 71, Federica Piovano (Ita) 67 72 72, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 70 68 73, Sophie Walker (Eng) 69 69 73
212 Mallory Blackwelder (US) 70 74 68, Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 70 72 70, Mollie Fankhauser (US) 71 70 71, Lee-Anne Pace (S Africa) 72 68 72, Marina Stutz (Am) (Aut) 66 72 74
213 Linda Wessberg (Swe) 71 71 71, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 71 70 72, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 70 70 73
214 Maria Boden (Swe) 74 69 71, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 72 70 72, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 66 74 74, Marta Prieto (Spa) 67 72 75, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 70 69 75
215 Martina Gillen (Irl) 71 73 71, Johanna W Johansson (Swe) 71 73 71, Jeehae Lee (S Korea) 70 71 74
216 Tandi Cuningham (S Africa) 70 75 71, Lydia Hall (Wal) 75 69 72, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 72 71 73, Elizabeth Bennett (Eng) 68 74 74
217 Kylie Walker (Sco) 74 71 72, Georgina Simpson (Eng) 70 75 72, Anja Monke (Ger) 70 73 74, Morgana Robbertze (Rsa) 70 73 74, Claire Aitken (Eng) 68 74 75, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 72 70 75, Holly Aitchison (Eng) 68 72 77, Caroline Masson (Ger) 68 71 78
218 Caroline Afonso (Fra) 72 73 73, Elin Emanuelsson (Swe) 70 73 75, Camille Fallay (Fra) 70 72 76
219 Carmen Alonso (Spa) 71 74 74, Carly Booth (Sco) 70 73 76, Pamela Feggans (Sco) 70 73 76, Jo Pritchard (Wal) 73 69 77, Julie Greciet (Fra) 66 76 77
220 Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger) 71 74 75, Tara Delaney (Ireland) 74 70 76, Lisa Hall (Eng) 72 72 76, Hazel Kavanagh (Ireland) 71 70 79
221 Stacy Lee Bregman (S Africa) 75 70 76, Cassandra Kirkland (France) 69 73 79
222 Lynnette Brooky (NZ) 78 67 77, Hanna-Leena Salonen (Finland) 70 75 77.
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