Lto Malaga Azahara Muoz, Navarra Carlota Ciganda and the Mallorcan Moon Sobrn They will be the three Spaniards who compete from this Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, third big of the season of the five that make up the women’s circuit.
After the rise it has meant for Spanish golf Jon Rahm’s triumph at the US Open, the golfers of our country are looking for a first victory in one of the five ‘majors’ at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
Muoz, who at 33 years old to play the fifty-fifth ‘major’ of her career, was already fourth in this same tournament in 2014: “This is my twelfth year on the circuit and I have experience in the greats, although I have never played them as I would have liked. I hope things change. Have more patience and I hope this week is mine“.
“I have been training the speed of the ‘putt’ a lot, which was struggling lately. I’m playing very well and I’m hitting the drive a little harder. Let’s see if I relax a bit because I’m having a hard time getting results. I am working mentally and to see if I do it well “, he affirmed.
The Andalusian also referred to Jon Rahm’s recent victory at the US Open: “I was flying, but I was lucky because I had a TV. Jon is amazing and he is proving his worth. I really wanted to do it like him“.
Ciganda and the greats
Carlota Ciganda, third in the tournament last year and accumulating up to eight ‘top ten’ in the five ‘majors’She said she felt comfortable in Atlanta: “This week I’m looking forward to it because I like the ‘bigs’. And I like the way this field is played, that it is quite wet and that suits me quite well. The key is to take fairways and greens and make some putt“.
On Rahm’s triumph at Torrey Pines, the Pamplona said: “On Sunday I was on my way to Detroit to fly here, to Atlanta. I was watching it on my mobile. I know I saw Jon’s last nine holes, the last two putts on 17 and 18 … I highlight their recoveries. Very happy for him and for Spain “.
Sobrn’s trust
The third Spaniard in the PGA is the Mallorcan Luna Sobrn, who arrives in Atlanta “very happy” and with “a lot of desire to compete.”
“I started the season very well, although I have had some last tournaments that ‘neither yes, nor sa’, but I do not lose confidence. I know my time will come. I have that confidence“, aadi.
On the difference of a ‘major’ with other tournaments, Luna Sobrn highlighted “the montage”. “There is much more montage here, but in the end it does not stop being another tournament. It is a ‘major’, obviously, there is a lot of level, the field is spectacular … But it is another LPGA tournament and it is already“.
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