The Ladies European Tour (LET) season for 2023 is nearly over having had 28 events this year, there is just one event left at the season-ending Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España at Real Club de Golf Las Brisas.
There is plenty to play for with many battles having come down to the final event. Here is what you need to know ahead of this week…
Tournament Information
Name: Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España
Race to Costa del Sol points breakdown: Standard event – 500 points for the win
Purse: €650,000
Field: 75 players (11 invites, 64 from the RTCDS)
Format: 72-hole stroke play, no cut
Battle for number one on the RTCDS
| Rank | Player | Points | Points Behind |
| 1 | Trichat Cheenglab | 1,961.72 | – |
| 2 | Celine Boutier | 1,792.88 | 168.84 |
| 3 | Diksha Dagar | 1,742.11 | 219.61 |
| 4 | Johanna Gustavsson | 1,621.97 | 339.75 |
| 5 | Alexandra Försterling | 1,548.09 | 413.63 |
| 6 | Ana Peláez Trivino | 1,529.20 | 432.52 |
- Trichat Cheenglab went into the lead of the 2023 Race to Costa del Sol after her second-place finish in Mallorca last week.
- The Thai rookie leads the standings by 168.84 points ahead of Celine Boutier.
- The winner of the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España will earn 500 points, and such there are six players with a mathematical chance of winning the Race to Costa del Sol.
Scenarios
If Trichat finishes tied alongside or ahead of Boutier, Dagar, Gustavsson, Försterling and Peláez Trivino then she will win the 2023 RTCDS and Rookie of the Year. In the process becoming the sixth player to win the Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year titles following in the footsteps of Dame Laura Davies, Carlota Ciganda, Esther Henseleit, Atthaya Thitikul and Linn Grant.
If Celine wins the finale in Spain, she will win the 2023 RTCDS.
If Celine finishes in solo second place, Trichat would need to finish in third or fourth place to win the 2023 RTCDS.
If Celine finishes in solo third place, Trichat would need to finish in 12th place or better to win the 2023 RTCDS.
If Celine finishes in solo fourth place, Trichat would need to finish in 43rd place or better to win the 2023 RTCDS.
If Diksha wins the finale in Spain, Trichat would need to finish in solo second place to win the 2023 RTCDS.
If Diksha finishes in solo second place, Trichat would need to finish in a tie for sixth place to win the 2023 RTCDS while Celine would need to win the finale.
If Diksha finishes in solo third place, Trichat would need to finish in 44th place or better to win the 2023 RTCDS while Celine would need to finish in fourth place or better.
Johanna Gustavsson, Alexandra Försterling and Ana Peláez Trivino would all have to win the finale in Spain to have a chance of winning the RTCDS.
If Johanna wins the finale, then for Johanna to win the Race, Trichat would have to finish fifth and lower.
If Alexandra wins the finale, then for Alexandra to win the Race, Trichat would have to finish ninth or lower.
If Ana wins the finale, then for Ana to win the Race, Trichat would have to finish 12th or lower.
Rookie of the Year
| Rank | Player | Points | Points Behind |
| 1 | Trichat Cheenglab | 1,961.72 | – |
| 2 | Alexandra Försterling | 1,548.09 | 413.63 |
| 3 | Sara Kjellker | 1,227.35 | 734.37 |
- Trichat Cheenglab leads Rookie of the Year by 413.63 points with just one event of the season remaining.
- Germany’s Alexandra Försterling is in second after her win in Mallorca last week. Försterling would need to win the season finale and hope Cheenglab finishes in ninth place or lower to win Rookie of the Year.
Top three in the RTCDS
The top three in the RTCDS will receive a bonus.
Breakdown:
- €125,000
- €75,000
- €50,000
| Rank | Player | Points | Points Behind |
| 1 | Trichat Cheenglab | 1,961.72 | – |
| 2 | Celine Boutier | 1,792.88 | – |
| 3 | Diksha Dagar | 1,742.11 | – |
| 4 | Johanna Gustavsson | 1,621.97 | 120.14 |
| 5 | Alexandra Försterling | 1,548.09 | 194.02 |
| 6 | Ana Peláez Trivino | 1,529.20 | 212.91 |
| 7 | Anne Van Dam | 1,435.80 | 306.31 |
| 8 | Aditi Ashok | 1,309.19 | 432.92 |
| 9 | Klara Davidson Spilkova | 1,299.71 | 442.40 |
| 10 | Linn Grant | 1,276.28 | 465.83 |
- Top three in the RTCDS receive a bonus (1 – €125,000, 2 – €75,000, 3 – €50,000)
- The winner of the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España will earn 500 points, and such there are seven players with a mathematical chance of moving to third place in the 2023 Race to Costa del Sol.
- Sweden’s Johanna Gustavsson has the best chance and would need to finish in fifth place or better and hope Dagar finishes in 31st place or lower.
- Germany’s Alexandra Försterling would need to finish in third place or better and hope Gustavsson finishes outside the top 10 and Dagar finishes 25th or lower.
- Spain’s Ana Peláez Trivino would need to finish in third place or better and hope Gustavsson finishes sixth place or lower, Dagar finishes 38th or lower and Försterling finishes fourth or lower.
- Dutch star Anne Van Dam would need to finish in second place or better and hope Försterling and Peláez Trivino finish in fourth place or lower, Gustavsson finishes sixth place or lower and Dagar finishes in 42nd place or lower.
- India’s Aditi Ashok, Czechia’s Klara Davidson Spilkova and Sweden’s Linn Grant all have outside chances for the top three but would need to win the finale in Spain and hope for favourable results.
Top 10 in the RTCDS for Final Stage of LPGA Q-Series
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 7 | Anne Van Dam | 1,435.80 |
| 8 | Aditi Ashok | 1,309.19 |
| 9 | Klara Davidson Spilkova | 1,299.71 |
| 10 | Linn Grant | 1,276.28 |
| 11 | Sara Kjellker | 1,227.35 |
| 12 | Nuria Iturrioz | 1,224.01 |
| 13 | Charley Hull* | 1,215.00 |
| 14 | Gabriella Cowley | 1,210.89 |
| 15 | Lisa Pettersson | 1,171.14 |
| 16 | Cara Gainer | 1,168.86 |
| 17 | Olivia Cowan* | 1,062.47 |
| 18 | Carmen Alonso | 1,004.04 |
| 19 | Moa Folke | 991.05 |
| 20 | Alice Hewson | 968.49 |
| 21 | Nicole Broch Estrup | 966.55 |
*Not in the field for the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España
- 2023 LET Members ranked #1-10, including those tied for 10th place, on the Race to Costa del Sol Ranking List at the conclusion of the 2023 Andalucía Costa Del Sol Open De Espana.
- Players qualifying through this category will be permitted to late enter following the conclusion of the 2023 Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De Espana.
- The winner of the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España will earn 500 points, and such there are lots of players with a mathematical chance of moving into the top 10 in the 2023 RTCDS.
- Technically April Angurasaranee (No. 30, 797.33 points) has a slim chance of claiming 10th place if she were to win the tournament and results go her way.
Battle on the bubble
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 60 | Kim Metraux | 452.50 |
| 61 | Annabel Dimmock* | 447.12 |
| 62 | Marta Sanz Barrio | 439.75 |
| 63 | Agathe Sauzon | 433.91 |
| 64 | Lydia Hall | 430.13 |
| 65 | Sarah Schober | 419.59 |
| 66 | Sofie Bringner | 414.96 |
| 67 | Christine Wolf | 413.87 |
| 68 | Eleanor Givens | 398.60 |
| 69 | Hayley Davis | 397.25 |
| 70 | Laura Beveridge | 393.00 |
| 71 | Anne-Lise Caudal | 389.35 |
| 72 | Stephanie Kyriacou* | 385.56 |
| 73 | Leonie Harm | 379.19 |
| 74 | Albane Valenzuela* | 368.15 |
| 75 | Sanna Nuutinen | 365.03 |
| 76 | Renate Grimstad | 364.73 |
| 77 | Linnea Johansson | 358.70 |
| 78 | Leona Maguire* | 349.72 |
| 79 | Elin Arvidsson | 347.05 |
| 80 | Magdalena Simmermacher | 325.10 |
*Not in the field for the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España
- Members finishing in positions #2-70 and ties on the 2023 Race to Costa del Sol will be in Category 4: Top 70 for the 2024 season.
- Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España: Last spot right now is taken by Renate Grimstad (72nd in RTCDS).
- Magdalena Simmermacher sits 80th in the 2023 RTCDS and will be hoping for a big week in Spain.
- Marta Sanz Barrio (62nd) is an invite this week in Spain and therefore will only earn RTCDS points if she wins the event.
- Anne-Lise Caudal (71st) is an invite, however, she will get RTCDS points due to the fact that by the time the event started, she would have qualified via the OOM Exemption after being on the reserve list.
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