Emily Kristine Pedersen, the reference golfer in post-confinement Europe, and Nuria Iturrioz will discuss the Andalusian Costa del Sol in Spain on Sunday at 18 holes, the first tournament of the trilogue that will lead to the Solheim Cup at Finca Cortesin in 2023. A final eagle, the thirteenth of this season for her, the leader of the Race To Costa del Sol, allowed her to face the final day with a stroke of advantage over the Mallorcan.
The hybrid that he put in the 18 of the Guadalmina Golf Club and the perfect 10-meter putt, each from left to right, allowed Pedersen to pass Iturrioz and launch for the third title of the season in a row, a milestone that has not been achieved on the Ladies European Tour since 1989 , when the French Marie Laure de Lorenzi got it. It will be the fourth of the course, together with that of the Czech Republic at the end of August and the two of Saudi Arabia this month.
EAGLE finish to take a one shot lead on -9 into the @Openfemenino final day.@ emilypedersen96#SpanishOpen#RaceToCostaDelSol#RaiseOurGame#BreakParChallengepic.twitter.com/8h0xkcGE6H
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“I was so confident in the second shot of the 18th hole”Pedersen said, “I don’t care about the risk I take. I played very well, although I missed several putts. The truth is that I am not bored with being a leader every week,” joked the 24-year-old, whose amateur career I always drew something big.
Iturrioz stayed in the par of the fieldAfter squandering an advantage that became five strokes late in the morning of a day, that of the movement, which began in droves, in only two hours, and which had started happily for Nuria with three birdies in the first four holes. “But then I made bad decisions and they cost me three bogeys. I hope to play tomorrow with fewer errors,” confessed Iturrioz, who was not able to even take advantage of his punch in the last two holes, two par 5. He settled for the pair.
Also, Luna Sobrn, with 71 hits, and a second nine holes locked, she was fourth to four strokes, overtaken by Moroccan Maha Haddioui, who premiered putter and brought brilliance out of her. With 67 strokes he signed the best card of the day, one stroke less than the surprising amateur Ana Pelez, seventh in the ranking as host Azahara Muoz (69), seven strokes behind.
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