Navarran golfer Carlota Ciganda, winner of the tournament in 2019, is one of the favorites of the Estrella Damm Ladies Open to be played at Terramar Golf Club in Sitges (Barcelona) between this Thursday, July 7 and Sunday, which will also be held. featuring other great names in the golf world such as Swedish Maja Stark, last year’s winner.
The cast of participants in the fifth edition of the contest, awarded 300,000 euros in prizes, is the Danish Emily Kristine Pedersen, the Slovenian Pia Babnik (second in 2021), the South African Lee-Anne Peace and the Swiss Albane Venezuela, to the other golfers of the ‘Ladies European Tour’ and the LPGA (the American circuit).
Managing the title defense won in 2021 is Maja Stark, who at just 22 years old is already one of the great names in women’s golf, with four victories on the ‘Ladies European Tour’ and one on the ‘Let Access. Series. ‘. In fact, he just won the ‘Amundi German Masters’.
But it won’t be easy for her to smile again on Sunday in Sitges, as Carlota Ciganda will want to taste a title again, something she hasn’t achieved since 2019, she will surely win at Terramar Golf Club. Since then, he has not played in this tournament, as he did not participate in the 2021 edition and the 2020 edition was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 32-year-old from Pamplona has accumulated six titles in his professional career, four of them winning on the European circuit and the other two on the American circuit.
Currently, she is ranked 52nd in the world rankings after becoming the only Spaniard to participate in the US Open in June, with the biggest prize in women’s golf history for the winner, Australian Minjee Lee, who earned 1.8 million. dollars. Ciganda finished with a +5 card.
Other Spanish golfers who will participate in this edition of Estrella Damm are Maria Hernández (third in 2021 along with Finnish Krista Bakker and Scottish Kylie Henry), Ana Peláez (who in 2022 won the Community of Madrid Ladies Open, which includes on the Ladies European Tour), Nuria Iturrioz and Carmen Alonso.
Source: La Verdad
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