Carlota Ciganda, with suffering and struggle, won her second Spanish Open

Carlota Ciganda he carded a final round of 71 strokes (-1) to secure the win by one stroke in Andalusia Costa del Sol Spanish Open by Oysholast event of Ladies European Tour (LET) this 2024.

Navarrese overcame a nervous start Sunday and had a lap of 67-66-66-71 in Real Club Guadalhorce Golf (Malaga) won his eighth LET title. It was the second victory in this tournament for Ulzama, who won the trophy for the first time in 2021, and also fourth LET title in Spain.

“I am very happy to win here in Spain in front of so many people and my family, it is always great to play here. I love Spain and it is always very special,” said Ciganda.

“It wasn’t easy, sometimes when you’re four strokes ahead it’s not easy. I haven’t played there in a while, so I had a little bit of adrenaline and I started with a couple of bogeys and Manon (De Roey, the Belgian, second to final) played well in the first nine holes, so we were very tight in the first holes,” he added.

“I fought hard and I like when we are there, I love hitting good shots, so I made a really good birdie on 14 and the putt on 17 was also great,” said the Navarrese.

Ciganda was 4 strokes ahead after 54 holes, but it was a difficult start for the Spaniard on the final day, as he made two bogeys in his first three holes. His lead evaporated with consecutive birdies from Belgian De Roey.

The Spaniard made his first birdie of the day at the fifth and added another at the seventh to take a one-shot lead over the Belgian, who also birdied the seventh hole. On the back nine, Ciganda saved a big par after going into the water on the 10th, but De Roey tied it at -17 with a birdie on the 12th hole.

However, on the 14th the Pamplona native regained the lead with a short birdie putt and extended his lead to two strokes with a birdie on the 17th Even though he bogeyed the final hole, he won the overall 18-under pairs.

“I have fought a lot, I am a fighter. I try to give 100 percent every time I play golf and that is what I tried to do. It has been a good day for me, but I want to congratulate Manon because she did very well, especially that with the second shots, I thought that if she gives me a good chance in the last holes and she makes some putts, she played well, I know she will be next in the LPGA Q-School week, so I wish her a lot of good luck ,” concluded Ciganda.

In the LET Order of Merit, The first three classified are the Swiss Chiara Tamburlini with 2,718.44 points, the Belgian Manon De Roey with 2,216.21 and the English Charley Hull with 1,742. Ciganda jumped from 81st to 28th place in the classification.