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CIGANDA OPENS ACCOUNT ON TOUR

3rd June 2012, 07:21pm

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Ciganda: Off the mark in Europe

Ciganda: Off the mark in Europe

Spanish rookie Carlota Ciganda claimed her maiden Ladies European Tour victory with a two-shot triumph at the Deloitte Ladies Open in Holland.

The 22-year-old from Pamplona had a one-stroke lead over Ursula Wikstrom when play eventually got under way today after a long weather delay due to heavy rainfall overnight and through the morning.

And she held her nerve to card a three-under-par final round of 69 in cold and breezy conditions at Golfclub Broekpolder on the outskirts of Rotterdam to finish nine under - two clear of the Finn.

"I am very happy," Ciganda said. "It's a very good feeling and I am very happy because I played very good golf. I was feeling calm and I was fine.

"Like yesterday, I started with a birdie on the first hole and made another one on my fifth and then ninth, so I was three under. Then my bogey was on hole number 11. I three-putted and missed a short putt but I was hitting lots of fairways, lots of greens. I was keeping in the present and playing great golf.

"It's very big because it's my first win on the Ladies European Tour so I'm very happy and hopefully I can win more."

South African Lee-Anne Pace shot a final round of 71 to end outright third on four under. Dewi Claire Schreefel was the leading Dutch player and tied for fourth place with Carin Koch of Sweden at three under.

Further down the leaderboard, European number one Christel Boeljon of Holland - who started the week as the home favourite - finished joint 11th after a final round of 73.

Lauren Taylor from England ended as the leading amateur in the field in a share of 57th place and will also play in the next LET event - the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open next week.

Collated final-round scores (Par 72):

207 Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 71 67 69

209 Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 71 68 70

212 Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 71 70 71

213 Carin Koch (Swe) 71 70 72, Dewi Claire Schreefel (Ned) 71 70 72

214 Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 73 69 72, Caroline Masson (Ger) 71 72 71, Mikaela Parmlid (Swe) 72 71 71, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 71 70 73

215 Florentyna Parker (Eng) 68 72 75

216 Louise Larsson (Swe) 72 71 73, Hannah Burke (Eng) 69 75 72, Alison Whitaker (Aus) 70 72 74, Elena Giraud (Fra) 68 73 75, Marion Ricordeau (Fra) 72 74 70, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 73 69 74, Diana Luna (Ita) 69 76 71, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 70 73 73, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 76 70 70, Sophie Walker (Eng) 72 74 70

217 Stacey Keating (Aus) 74 71 72, Nontaya Srisawang (Tha) 73 72 72, Line Vedel (Den) 76 66 75

218 Esther Choe (USA) 76 71 71, Rebecca Artis (Aus) 73 71 74, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 70 71 77, Henrietta Zuel (Eng) 72 69 77, Stefania Croce (Ita) 71 73 74, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 72 71 75

219 Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 73 71 75, Anja Monke (Ger) 70 77 72, Caroline Westrup (Swe) 76 71 72, Rachel Bailey (Aus) 74 73 72, Rebecca Codd (Irl) 75 72 72, Joanna Klatten (Fra) 72 71 76, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 76 69 74, Frances Bondad (Aus) 74 71 74, Lydia Hall (Wal) 74 71 74, Eleanor Givens (Eng) 75 73 71, Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 72 73 74

220 Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 71 74 75, Connie Chen (Rsa) 75 72 73, Sahra Hassan (Wal) 72 74 74, Julie Maisongrosse (Fra) 72 72 76, Anais Maggetti (Swi) 72 72 76

221 Karen Lunn (Aus) 68 76 77, Clare Queen (Sco) 72 75 74, Trish Johnson (Eng) 75 73 73, Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra) 71 74 76, Lynnette Brooky (Nzl) 72 73 76, Liebelei Lawrence (Lux) 77 69 75

222 Georgina Simpson (Eng) 74 74 74, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 72 76 74, Beth Allen (USA) 75 72 75

223 Sophie Giquel-Bettan (Fra) 75 70 78, Steffi Kirchmayr (Ger) 68 79 76

224 Julie Greciet (Fra) 75 72 77, Jessica Yadloczky (USA) 73 74 77, Lauren Taylor (Eng) 72 76 76

225 Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 73 75 77, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 74 73 78, Maria Ohlsson (Swe) 76 71 78

226 Kendall Dye (USA) 71 74 81, Linda Wessberg (Swe) 74 74 78, Celine Palomar (Fra) 72 72 82

227 Karlijn Zaanen (Ned) 75 73 79

228 Maria Beautell (Spa) 76 72 80

230 Mianne Bagger (Den) 71 74 85

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