Scot holes monster birdie putt on last green in Czech Republic

Pamela Pretswell ties for 2nd in Czech 

Republic behind first time winner Madsen

LET NEWS RELEASE

From BETHAN CUTLER, LET Media Manager

Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen gave a dominant display in the Czech Republic as she strode to her maiden Ladies European Tour title at the weather-interrupted Tipsport Golf Masters. 

The 21-year-old second year professional from Smoerum fired six birdies in a closing 65 – the best round of the day at Golf Park Pilsen - to end on 15-under-par and five strokes ahead of Hamilton’s Pamela Pretswell and overnight leader Stacey Keating of Australia

Pretswell and Keating both holed massive birdie putts on 18 to go into joint second, while Sweden’s Linda Wessberg tied for fourth with Swiss amateur Albane Valenzuela.

Madsen began the final round a stroke behind Keating but made a hot start with three birdies in her first seven holes. She birdied the second to tie for the lead and then made a four footer at the fifth to go one ahead. Another birdie on the seventh saw her establish a two stroke lead over Keating and a fourth birdie from long range on the par-4 12^th gave her a three stroke lead.

When play was suspended at 14.51 due to severe weather, Sweden’s Linda Wessberg was only two strokes behind. Madsen was about to step over a two foot birdie putt on 14 that would re-establish her three shot lead, but had to wait almost two hours as the storms passed through before she could roll it in to move to 14-under-par.

After the break, Wessberg made her par putt on 16 to stay in the running but she then bogeyed the final two holes, giving Madsen a five stroke cushion.

Madsen birdied the 17^th, stretching her lead to a massive six shots before Pretswell and Keating birdied the 18^th. It was then a march to victory for the Olympic hopeful.

“It’s been a good week,” said Madsen. “I played really solid with two bogey-free rounds and not a lot of bad shots. I just tried to stay calm and enjoy leading, having fun with my caddie. I thought I would have been more nervous, but I wasn’t that nervous at all.”

Pretswell, a former winner on the LET Access Series, was happy with joint second place which earned her 18,750 euros. 

She said: “I’m absolutely delighted. I played well all week, especially in the second round. I gave myself some chances out there and I’m happy with how I finished on 18. Everything was working nicely and there was a consistency that had been lacking a bit this year. It was good fun.”

Further down the leader board, Denmark’s Malene Jorgensen and Lydia Hall of Wales tied for sixth on eight-under. England’s Liz Young, who is five-and-a-half months pregnant, was a stroke further back and tied for eighth position with Frenchwoman Sophie Giquel-Bettan.

Three successive rounds of 69 gave England’s Holly Aitchison a share of 10^th spot in her first tournament of the year, alongside rookies Noemi Jimenez Martin of Spain and Oona Vartiainen of Finland, Nairn’s Kelsey MacDonald, Frenchwoman Alexandra Vilatte and Austrian Christine Wolf, on course to play in Rio 2016.

With her performance in Pilsen, Madsen earned a first prize of 37,500 euros and delivered on the great promise shown when she won Lalla Aicha Tour School in December 2014.

Neck and neck with fellow Dane Emily Kristine Pedersen heading into this, the last qualifying Ladies European Tour event before the Olympic Games, she now looks set to represent Denmark alongside Nicole Broch Larsen in Rio, although there are still several events to be played in the United States before the Olympic players are confirmed.

FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZEMONEY

1	Nanna Koerstz MADSEN		68	65	65		-15	198	€ 37,500.00
T2	Pamela PRETSWELL		70	65	68		-10	203	€ 18,750.00
T2	Stacey KEATING		68	64	71		-10	203	€ 18,750.00
T4	Linda WESSBERG		66	71	67		-9	204	€ 11,250.00
T4	Albane VALENZUELA		69	65	70		-9	204
T6	Malene JORGENSEN		72	67	66		-8	205	€ 8,375.00
T6	Lydia HALL		71	65	69		-8	205	€ 8,375.00
T8	Liz YOUNG		75	65	66		-7	206	€ 6,625.00
T8	Sophie GIQUEL-BETTAN		72	66	68		-7	206	€ 6,625.00
T10	Noemi JIMENEZ MARTIN		70	71	66		-6	207	€ 5,425.00
T10	Kelsey MACDONALD		71	69	67		-6	207	€ 5,425.00
T10	Christine WOLF		72	68	67		-6	207	€ 5,425.00
T10	Alexandra VILATTE		71	68	68		-6	207	€ 5,425.00
T10	Holly AITCHISON		69	69	69		-6	207	€ 5,425.00
T10	Oona VARTIAINEN		71	66	70		-6	207	€ 5,425.00
T16	Cathryn BRISTOW		69	73	66		-5	208	€ 4,112.50
T16	Lina BOQVIST		74	67	67		-5	208	€ 4,112.50
T16	Georgia HALL		72	69	67		-5	208	€ 4,112.50
T16	Olafia KRISTINSDOTTIR		71	69	68		-5	208	€ 4,112.50
T16	Miriam NAGL		72	68	68		-5	208	€ 4,112.50
T16	Noora TAMMINEN		71	67	70		-5	208	€ 4,112.50
T22	Marianne SKARPNORD		74	69	66		-4	209	€ 3,209.38
T22	Felicity JOHNSON		71	70	68		-4	209	€ 3,209.38
T22	Eleanor GIVENS		71	70	68		-4	209	€ 3,209.38
T22	Tonje DAFFINRUD		72	69	68		-4	209	€ 3,209.38
T22	Karolina VLCKOVA		72	68	69		-4	209
T22	Stacy Lee BREGMAN		71	69	69		-4	209	€ 3,209.38
T22	Maha HADDIOUI		73	66	70		-4	209	€ 3,209.38
T22	Nuria ITURRIOS		69	69	71		-4	209	€ 3,209.38
T22	Diana LUNA		70	67	72		-4	209	€ 3,209.38
T31	Aditi ASHOK		71	71	68		-3	210	€ 2,315.62
T31	Emily Kristine PEDERSEN		72	70	68		-3	210	€ 2,315.62
T31	Florentyna PARKER		75	66	69		-3	210	€ 2,315.62
T31	Anaelle CARNET		68	73	69		-3	210	€ 2,315.62
T31	Camilla LENNARTH		70	70	70		-3	210	€ 2,315.62
T31	Isi GABSA		66	72	72		-3	210	€ 2,315.62
T31	Olivia COWAN		68	70	72		-3	210	€ 2,315.62
T31	Whitney HILLIER		73	64	73		-3	210	€ 2,315.62
T39	Victoria LOVELADY		72	71	68		-2	211	€ 1,770.83
T39	Rosie DAVIES		70	73	68		-2	211	€ 1,770.83
T39	Isabelle BOINEAU		71	71	69		-2	211	€ 1,770.83
T39	Sophie WALKER		70	72	69		-2	211	€ 1,770.83
T39	Leticia RAS-ANDERICA		69	72	70		-2	211	€ 1,770.83
T39	Rebecca HUDSON		72	69	70		-2	211	€ 1,770.83
T45	Laura JANSONE		70	73	69		-1	212	€ 1,562.50
T45	Gemma DRYBURGH		71	71	70		-1	212	€ 1,562.50
T45	Kylie WALKER		74	65	73		-1	212	€ 1,562.50
T45	Chloe LEURQUIN		73	66	73		-1	212	€ 1,562.50
T49	Johanna BJORK		74	69	70		E	213	€ 1,445.00
T49	Linda HENRIKSSON		74	68	71		E	213	€ 1,445.00
T49	Anais MAGGETTI		70	72	71		E	213	€ 1,445.00
T49	Rebecca ARTIS		72	68	73		E	213	€ 1,445.00
T49	Maria VERCHENOVA		72	67	74		E	213	€ 1,445.00
T54	Sara KOUSKOVA		72	71	71		+1	214
T54	Anne VAN DAM		72	71	71		+1	214	€ 1,300.00
T54	Amy BOULDEN		71	72	71		+1	214	€ 1,300.00
T57	Angel YIN		69	74	72		+2	215	€ 1,125.00
T57	Leigh WHITTAKER		71	72	72		+2	215	€ 1,125.00
T57	Titiya PLUCKSATAPORN		71	72	72		+2	215	€ 1,125.00
T57	Jessica BRADLEY		71	72	72		+2	215	€ 1,125.00
T57	Anne-Lise CAUDAL		68	74	73		+2	215	€ 1,125.00
T62	Aram CHOI		75	68	73		+3	216	€ 925.00
T62	Charlotte THOMPSON		69	73	74		+3	216	€ 925.00
T62	Krista BAKKER		73	65	78		+3	216	€ 925.00
65	Lynn CARLSSON		72	71	74		+4	217	€ 825.00
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