Carlota Ciganda: “The Grand Slam tournaments motivated me a lot”

Charlotte Ciganda33 years old and world number 31, will once again be the Spaniard’s best trick this week in the fifth and final grand slam of women’s golf, the Evian Championship which will be held from Thursday to Sunday at the Evian Resort Golf Club in the French town of Evian-les-Bains.

“I feel good. I like the course a lot, last year I played very well. I was at home last week, I have a good feeling and I want to play a good role,” said Ciganda, alluding to his 3rd place in the last edition, in statements provided by the American circuit (LPGA).

Last month, Carlota added her 10th top-10 in a ‘major’ after finishing third in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. A few weeks ago it was the 20th in the US Open.

“The Grand Slam tournaments motivate me, I like the difficulty of the ‘big one’, of course. You have to be better mentally than in other regular tournaments and I think I have it, so I hope to start on Thursday. Let’s see if I can go there on Sunday to fight”, added the golfer from Navarra, who enjoys playing the ‘big’ tournaments. Europe.

“Here I feel more at home. I love the small town of Evian, going to dinner, you see the people. I want to play here,” said Ciganda, winner of two LPGA titles and seven on the European circuit.

Ciganda will start his first round on Thursday at 1:27 pm with the Swedish Anna Nordqvist and the French Celine Herbin. Carmen Alonso (07:27) and Ana Pelaez (12.15 pm) the other two Spaniards present at the French event.

The Evian Championship is one of the women’s Grand Slams since 2013. The Canadian Brooke Henderson is the defending champion and will face all the best golfers in the world, including all members of the world top-10 currently led by the South Korean My Jin Young ahead of the American Nelly Korda and the australian My Lydia.