{"id":21293,"date":"2024-10-05T17:12:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T15:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladiesingolf.com\/?p=21293"},"modified":"2024-10-07T17:12:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T15:12:57","slug":"englands-gower-wins-the-calatayud-ladies-open-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladiesingolf.com\/en\/englands-gower-wins-the-calatayud-ladies-open-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"England\u00b4s Gower wins the Calatayud Ladies Open 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

England\u2019s Ellie Gower secured her professional debut win at the 2024 Calatayud Ladies Open after beating fellow compatriot Billie-Jo Smith in a one-hole play-off.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming from behind on a closely fought final day, Gower shot a 68 (-4) round in regulation play with two birdies on holes 16 and 17 to secure herself a spot in the play off, the third consecutive play-off for England\u2019s Billie-Jo Smith.<\/p>\n

It was short and sweet from Gower who took victory with one try on the difficult par three ninth hole.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the win, Gower said: \u201cIt means so much. I\u2019ve never won before, and I\u2019ve never been in a play-off so, it means a lot. It\u2019s crazy. It just makes all the hard work worthwhile. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked when I found out it was a play off. At the beginning of the day, the leading score was nine under, so I didn\u2019t really expect 10 under to be winning it. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI had no idea that billie-jo was on 10 under too. So, it was a bit of a shock, a good shock.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>With this win,\u00a0 Gower moves from 51st<\/sup> to 13th on the Order of Merit<\/strong><\/a>, which guarantees her a spot at Final LET Qualifying.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u201cSkipping pre-qualifying was one of my main goals coming into this week. I\u2019m happy that I managed to do that. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u201cBefore the playoff started, I was happy whether I won or not. My boyfriend said to me that it was ok to achieve one of my goals already. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u201cJust to have someone here who has helped me so much. I probably wouldn\u2019t have won without him. He really helped me and calmed me down.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>\u201cHe said forget about what score you are one and just play one shot at a time. That\u2019s what I did, I\u2019m so proud of us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s Amaia Latorre,<\/strong> Norway\u2019s Tina Mazarino<\/strong> and Italy\u2019s Alessia Nobilio<\/strong> finished third on eight-under-par.<\/p>\n

Whilst England\u2019s Gemma Clews<\/strong><\/a>, Esme Hamilton, Ellen Hume, Denmark\u2019s Puk Lyng Thomsen and overnight leader Sara Byrne all finished tied sixth on six-under-par.<\/p>\n

With the end of the season, we usher in the 2024 LETAS graduating class. The graduates are Sweden\u2019s Kajsa Arwefjall, England\u2019s Billie Jo Smith, Norway\u2019s Tina Mazarino, England\u2019s Megan Dennis, Sweden\u2019s Anna Magnusson, Denmark\u2019s Natacha Host Husted and France\u2019s Ariane Klotz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

England\u2019s Ellie Gower secured her professional debut win at the 2024 Calatayud Ladies Open after beating fellow compatriot Billie-Jo Smith in a one-hole play-off. Coming from behind on a closely fought final day, Gower shot a 68 (-4) round in regulation play with two birdies on holes 16 and 17 to secure herself a spot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"categories":[45,893,864,881],"tags":[4193,3167,4195,4194],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t