South Africa’s Casandra Alexander is back at the Wistron Ladies Open for the third consecutive year and is expecting tough conditions at Sunrise Golf and Country club.
The event, which is co-sanctioned by both the TLPGA and Ladies European Tour (LET), will see 108 players tee it up for an increased prize fund of $1.2 million USD.
The three-time LET winner has played solidly in Chinese Taipei for the past two seasons recording a T12 finish in 2024 and T21 in 2025.
So far in 2026, the weather has been kind with the course basked in sunshine albeit accompanied by very strong winds.
With different weather conditions, Alexander is adapting her course strategy at Sunrise Golf and Country Club.
“You have got to play more into space [with the wind] and accept that it’s playing tough for everybody and stay patient with it,” she said. “That’s going to be the most important aspect.
“Trusting the wind and the lines off the tees for the second shots as much as possible because it is breezy and there’s a lot of little tee boxes or parts of the fairways where the wind dips down and it really dies. You have got to trust that it’s there and pick the starting lines.
“It’s been really nice – we haven’t been stuck in a hotel room! We missed the typhoon by one week. The rough is a little softer than it was before, it looks the same, but as you hit it a lot of grass flies with it, so you can get under the ball nicely and stay aggressive. That’s a big change and you can see most of the golf course now with the sun out. The greens are running slow, but they are grainy greens. It looks alright.”
The LET Order of Merit leader heads into this week with a chance to seal the title as she currently leads the standings by 1,270.78 points.
If Alexander has a lead of over 1,000 points at the conclusion of the Wistron Ladies Open, she will win the 2026 LET Order of Merit with two events remaining.
She explained: “It would be really special [to win the Order of Merit] for what we’ve done this year. We’ve only got two wins, but if we look at the season. I look back and Saudi was my first event out, which feels like two years ago, because so much has happened in between.
“It’s easy to reflect after the season and difficult to reflect in the season. You’re always looking at what’s next, what else, what other possibilities. Reflecting on the year, it’s been a pretty good one. It’s not over yet, but at the same time I don’t want to take my foot off the gas and end pretty average.
“We’ve set some side goals to try and get as many points as possible. I would really like to win an Aramco event because I haven’t won an individual one, so next week is important. Let’s see what this week offers. It’s been a good season and it’s going to be good to take a step back at the end of the year and reflect on it.”
Alexander tees it up in the first round of the Wistron Ladies Open on Thursday at 11.30 am (local time) alongside Thailand’s P.K. Kongkraphan and defending champion Yani Tseng.
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