Jul 9th, 2022 Article
Ciganda in command at Estrella Damm Ladies Open
Spain’s Carlota Ciganda holds a commanding five shot lead at the midway point of the Estrella Damm Ladies Open presented by Catalunya.
Spain’s Carlota Ciganda holds a commanding five shot lead at the midway point of the Estrella Damm Ladies Open presented by Catalunya.
Carlota Ciganda and Jessica Karlsson set the pace with a pair of seven-under-par 65s on the opening day of the Estrella Damm Ladies Open presented by Catalunya in Sitges. Both players made strong starts in hot and breezy conditions at Club de Golf Terramar to lead by three strokes over six other players.
Sweden’s Maja Stark sealed a fourth title on the Ladies European Tour (LET) winning the Amundi German Masters by one stroke. After beginning the final round in second place, the 22-year-old didn’t get off to the best of starts at Golf & Country Club Seddiner See with a bogey on the first.
Jessica Karlsson sits at the top of the leaderboard at the Amundi German Masters on twelve-under-par at the end of day two. It was a disrupted day of play on Friday as those players who teed off in the morning encountered a three-hour delay from 11 am until 2 pm due to severe weather.
The Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund is returning for 2022, with a new date and the biggest early-season purse in what will be a record-breaking year for the Ladies European Tour (LET). The ground-breaking event will tee-up at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, King Abdullah Economic City, in just over two weeks’ time – March 17-20th.
American Harold Varner III drained a colossal 92-foot putt for a 72nd hole eagle and the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers title – beating close friend Bubba Watson by a single stroke.
Dustin Johnson is hoping a third victory at the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers can help set his course to a return to the top of the world rankings in 2022. Johnson returns to defend his Saudi International title at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club from 3-6 February, with the American the only two-time winner in the event's history.
Emily Kristine Pedersen defended her Saudi Arabian team title with a play-off victory in the Aramco Team Series – Jeddah, with Slovenian teenager Pia Babnik bagging the tournament’s individual title.
Major-winner Georgia Hall will play with the Ladies European Tour’s first and only Arabic golfer Maha Haddioui in Saudi Arabia this week at $1million Aramco Team Series – Jeddah after choosing the Moroccan from the event’s unique draft. Hall was paired with Haddioui for Saturday’s round of last week’s Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by PIF, where she was impressed by her play.
Defending champion Emily Kristine Pedersen is back at a golf course where she found success as she returns to Saudi Arabia and the scene of her triumph in 2020.
Sweden’s Maja Stark put on a clinical display to win for the second time in her last three starts on the Ladies European Tour after firing a superb tournament low-round 65, which propelled her to eight-under-par and two strokes clear of Pia Babnik at the Estrella Damm Ladies Open presented by Catalunya in Sitges, Spain.
Phillip Price and Chris Williams remain in a share of the lead at the end of the second round in the Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship hosted by Ian Woosnam at Trevose Golf & Country Club followed by Legend Tour debutant Thomas Bjørn.