Successful professional debut for Lucie Mal

Last Sunday, Lucie Malchirand won the Ladies Italian Open, becoming the first French amateur player to win on the Ladies European Tour. Two days later, she decided to give up her amateur status, attracted by the prospect of playing at her leisure in the biggest tournaments on the European circuit this season and next. This Thursday, the neo-proet was once again talked about, making a card of 69 (-2) for her first round in competition with her new status. ” It’s incredible ! I’m super excited to be playing my first tournament as a pro. I feel a little less stressed and calmer, because I know the course well and I love it ”, she said after returning to the clubhouse with three birdies and a bogey. “When I looked at the LET calendar, I thought it was going to be really fun to travel so much, to meet new tournaments and new people. “

This solid map, on a course of theEvian Golf Resort still as selective, tied for third, two strokes behind the Englishman Annabel Dimmock, winner in 2019 and title holder. What to dream of a second consecutive trophy? “It’s only the first round, so we’ll see… But it would be huge to win, and I really want to. I will do my best while continuing to behave as usual ”, she concluded. The player of Marseille-La Salette, 18, shares her rank with Anne-Lise Caudal, which has alternated six birdies and four bogeys.

In this first event of the 2021 calendar in France, a third Tricolor has started under the by: Camille Chevalier, who signed a 70 (-1) to point in eighth position three strokes behind Dimmock. The amateur Agathe Laisne is 28th in 73 (+2), Isabelle Boineau and Anaëlle Notebook are 43rd in 74 (+3), and Anaïs Meyssonnier is 51st in 75 (+4), while the thirteen other Bleues are beyond the top 60.