The Czech Kristuna Napoleaovaformer soccer player, at 27 years old, achieved his first success in Women’s European Golf Tour (LET)by prevailing with -14 (274 strokes) in the tiebreaker with himEnglish Face Gainer within Amundi German Masterswhich was played in Berlin.
Carmen Alonso, with 280 shots (-8) ended up in sixth place, being the best Spaniard in the tournament. Ana Pelaez Triviño, despite finishing in eighteenth place, with 284, went on to lead the Race on the Costa del Sol, season ranking to crown the number one player on the Ladies European Tour.
Napoleaova and Gainer, who are the same age, face the final day with the same punches and, moreover, also share a quest for what could be one or the other’s first victory on the Circuit.
In the end, the glory went to Napoleaova, a former professional soccer player, who came to play in his country’s sub’17s, played for Sparta Prague, and hung up his boots at the age of 20 due to a serious injury. He started playing golf, he suffered from intestinal problems near him away from the courses, and this Sunday he won a prize for all his efforts and sacrifices.
The tournament could be judged on the last hole of the four rounds, reached by Kristyna Napoleaova with -15 and Cara Gainer with -14. But the Czech was unlucky with the putt, needing three shots to finish, giving him a bogey.
The Englishwoman, for her part, even hit for a birdie that would have given her, initially, an equalizer in the lead, but that, after Napoleaova’s failure, would have taken her to the title. In the end, both with – 14 , after two final cards with 71, they went to a tiebreaker.
They played again on 18 (par 4 of 360 meters), the most difficult hole of the four days and which both faced a tie-breaker, leaving with a drive and almost leaving the balls in the fairway. Napoleaova’s second shot was better, as she stayed about four meters from the hole, while the Englishwoman reached about 8 meters.
Gainer nearly made a long putt, but it was Napoleaova who holed out, making her first birdie of the tournament on this hole, giving her the victory.
Of the remaining Spaniards, Nuria Iturrioz finished fourteenth (283); Ana Pelaez Triviño eighteenth (284); Laura Gomez with 292; and Mireia Prat and Maria Hernández with 294.
Source: La Verdad
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