{"id":12104,"date":"2022-07-10T19:24:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T17:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladiesingolf.com\/?p=12104"},"modified":"2022-07-12T08:24:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T06:24:28","slug":"ciganda-wins-again-the-estrella-damm-ladies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladiesingolf.com\/en\/ciganda-wins-again-the-estrella-damm-ladies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciganda wins again the Estrella Damm Ladies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo: Tristan Jones\/LET<\/em><\/p>\n

Carlota Ciganda completed a wire-to-wire victory for her sixth LET title at Club de Golf Terramar on Sunday, despite losing her overnight lead with eight holes remaining at the Estrella Damm Ladies Open presented by Catalunya.<\/p>\n

The Spanish star, who had previously won the event in 2019<\/a>, held a four stroke advantage heading into the final round and seemed to be on the cusp of a comfortable victory, but the five-time Solheim Cup player said afterwards, \u201cWinning is never easy,\u201d and she had to dig deep to hold off the chasing pack.<\/p>\n

Argentinian Magdalena Simmermacher, who began the day five shots off the pace, picked up shots at the first and third holes and then made a run of four straight birdies from the eighth through to the 11th<\/sup> to gain the outright lead after Ciganda double bogeyed the ninth hole.<\/p>\n

However, a three-putt bogey from Simmermacher on the long 12th<\/sup> hole ended her rally and from that point, Ciganda fought for every single shot and cries of \u201cVamos\u201d echoed around the course.<\/p>\n

Ciganda birdied the 12th<\/sup> and made a great sand save at the 13th<\/sup>, holing a clutch putt from 20 feet. Although she lipped out and made a bogey on 14, she closed out in some style, with an eagle on 16, a birdie on 17 and then a bogey on 18 for a final round of 70 an a 72-hole total of 270, 18-under-par.<\/p>\n

A relieved Ciganda was on cloud nine after lifting another title on home soil, having also won the Andaluc\u00eda Costa del Sol Open de Espa\u00f1a in November. She said: \u201cI love playing here in Spain and winning here is always special. My family is here and I have lots of support. There is always extra motivation to win here and I love it: it\u2019s great.\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning is never easy. I started with a birdie on the first hole, bogeyed number two and then good birdies on the par fives. I just hit a bad tee shot on nine and that cost me a double. It was a little shaky and it wasn\u2019t easy but I\u2019m very happy with how I handled myself. That eagle on 16 was amazing and then a birdie on the next one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked at the leaderboard on 11 and I just thought, if you do what you need to do, you are going to be fine. I didn\u2019t look too much, but I did see on 17 that I was two or three ahead, so that was nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scotland\u2019s Laura Beveridge, who fired a 66, ended two strokes behind for her career best finish of second, a week after her tie for fourth in the Amundi German Masters.<\/p>\n

Beveridge said: \u201cI\u2019ve just really enjoyed this week from the word go. I\u2019ve had my husband, Keil, on the bag, and we\u2019ve been working a lot on rhythm and how I am on the golf course, trying to be super relaxed. I think Spain is a perfect place to do that, you know, have a plate of tapas in the evening and maybe a glass of wine. I just took it easy this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy putting has improved and I\u2019m more comfortable on the golf course. Everyone takes time to find themselves and how they are as a pro and it\u2019s just nice being me on the course. I can show emotion, react how I want to, I\u2019m quite friendly and chatty on the golf course and it\u2019s just accepting that that\u2019s the way I want to play. It\u2019s nice that I can now perform within myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simmermacher and Elin Arvidsson of Sweden finished in joint third on 15-under-par.<\/p>\n

Arvidsson, who scored her best ever round of 64, containing eight birdies, said afterwards: \u201cI started off with five straight pars and the girls in my group were making birdies and I just tried to stay patient and kept telling myself that chances would come. I think that was the best that I could have done, to stay in the moment. I made a good sand save on 10 which got it rolling a little and then I reached 12 in two and just had an easy two-putt, so I made a few putts and hit it close.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simmermacher, who closed with a 68, commented: \u201cI played really well all day and in the middle of the round I had a good birdie run going on. I would just step over the ball and make the putt, but then the three-putt on number 12 put me down a bit. I played good golf for the rest of the round but didn\u2019t make the putts. I had some good saves and my brother, Santiago, was watching from outside the ropes. He said that I was still going for the pins on every hole and that\u2019s why I had some really tough up and downs. Once I had lost the lead, I wanted to get it back, so I kept going for the pins and I ended up in the worst places possible, but I managed to save pars from a lot of places, so I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sweden\u2019s Maja Stark finished in solo fifth place, extending her lead in the season-long Race to Costa del Sol, while Manon de Roey of Belgium ended in sixth with a further four players in a tie for seventh position: Anne Lise Caudal of France, Lydia Hall of Wales and Spanish pair Ana Pelaez Trivi\u00f1o and Nuria Iturrioz.<\/p>\n

Race to Costa del Sol Rankings\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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