{"id":13080,"date":"2022-09-04T10:55:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T08:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladiesingolf.com\/?p=13080"},"modified":"2022-09-04T10:58:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T08:58:54","slug":"mora-crowned-queen-of-the-castle-aland-100-ladies-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladiesingolf.com\/en\/mora-crowned-queen-of-the-castle-aland-100-ladies-open\/","title":{"rendered":"MORA CROWNED QUEEN OF THE CASTLE \u00c5LAND 100 LADIES OPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo: Trist\u00e1n Jones\/LET<\/p>\n

Anne-Charlotte Mora claimed a maiden Ladies European Tour victory in dramatic style, producing a fine finish to win the \u00c5land 100 Ladies Open by Alandsbanken.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old from Nantes in France went into Saturday\u2019s final round a stroke adrift of overnight co-leaders Ana Pelaez Trivino of Spain and Lisa Pettersson of Sweden. Pettersson took the early advantage on a beautiful morning at Alands Golf Club, but then the Austrian Emma Spitz seized the lead with a birdie on the Castle Course\u2019s sixth hole.<\/p>\n

Mora made a huge putt for birdie on the fifth hole and then sank another on the long seventh, before giving a stroke back on the par-3 eighth hole. Although she pulled a shot back at the 10th<\/sup>, she dropped further strokes at the 11th<\/sup> and 13th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Spitz led right up until she three-putted on the par-3 17th<\/sup> hole and as the young Austrian slipped, Mora was able to take full advantage, firing four birdies in her last five holes to lift the trophy.<\/p>\n

She birdied the 14th<\/sup> and 15th<\/sup>, then took the lead by holing a six-foot birdie putt on the par-5 16th<\/sup> hole, before sealing the win with another birdie putt from 10 feet on the par-5 18th<\/sup> hole to edge Pettersson by a shot.<\/p>\n

After signing for 68 and a 54-hole total of eight-under-par, she said: \u201cIt feels really good to get my first win and I\u2019m very happy. My putting was really good, but I wasn\u2019t thinking about the score.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to play my own game and not focus on the scores. I was really nervous on 18 and we had to wait on the tee box, so I was getting more and more stressed, but it worked out. It means a lot. I actually can\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really liked the course. When I arrived, I thought, this is going to be a good week, no matter what\u201d<\/p>\n

Pettersson, who finished with a round of 70, was forced to settle for her second runner-up finish in as many weeks following her performance in last week\u2019s Skaft\u00f6 Open and she said: \u201cI started off really hot and I had a lot of opportunities that I didn\u2019t take care of. I missed some short putts at the beginning but then I played really solid and I\u2019m really happy that I gave it a chance on the final holes. It wasn\u2019t enough, but I\u2019m still happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnne-Charlotte holed a lot of long putts today so I thought that she would make that one on 18, it a pretty short straight uphill putt, but you can be nervous. It\u2019s her first win as well, so at least I gave it a chance to make it into a play-off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoyed the course. It\u2019s really pretty and it almost feels like a home tournament. The members have been so kind to me and I\u2019ve had a great host that I\u2019ve been staying with, so I felt very welcomed.\u201d\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

Ana Pelaez Trivi\u00f1o <\/a>finished third after a 71 and raid: \u201cRight after playing, I told my coach that I felt really proud of myself, because I really enjoyed my round and I didn\u2019t really focus on what was happening, but what I was doing and I think I played great. I was very unlucky on 16 because my foot slipped and I hit a shank, but besides that I think I played well. I came up short, but I\u2019m happy with a top-three finish. I\u2019ve never been to Finland or \u00c5land before and I told all the volunteers that I love it. I think this is a really good golf course and hopefully we can get to play here next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spitz, who tied for 10th<\/sup> on her professional debut in the Skaft\u00f6 Open last week, ended in fourth place on five-under-par and is undoubtedly a star of the future.<\/p>\n

Ursula Wikstrom, buoyed by her home crowd, made a run for the title over the closing holes but came up just short. She carded a final round of 69 to lie in a share of fifth place on four-under-par with Sweden\u2019s Sofie Bringner. Wikstrom relishes playing in Finland and is already looking forward to having another shot at her home title next year.<\/p>\n

Chloe Williams of Wales carded a\u00a0 final round of 68 to end in outright seventh position on three-under-par, two strokes ahead of Finland\u2019s Linda Osala, who also shot a 68 to tie for eighth place alongside Swedish pair Caroline Hedwall and Sara Kjellker, who signed for a pair of 70s.<\/p>\n

With her win, Mora vaulted 58 places from 74th<\/sup> to 16th<\/sup> on the Race to Costa del Sol Rankings and runner-up Pettersson climbed to 24th<\/sup>. Pelaez Trivino moved up from eighth to sixth position, with seven events still to be played on the 2022 Ladies European Tour.<\/p>\n

Prior to this tournament, Mora\u2019s best finishes in three seasons on tour were a tie for eighth and 10th<\/sup> in last year\u2019s Investec South African Women\u2019s Open and the VP Bank Ladies Swiss Open respectively.<\/p>\n

Next week\u2019s the LET returns to Switzerland, where she will no doubt be full of confidence following her first victory.<\/p>\n

Race to Costa del Sol Ranking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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