KEY FACTS AHEAD OF THE ANDALUCÍA COSTA DEL SOL OPEN DE ESPAÑA

The Ladies European Tour (LET) season for 2022 is nearly over having had 32 events this year, there is just one event left at the season-ending Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España at Alferini Golf.

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

Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España

Race to Costa del Sol: 500 points (winner)

Purse: €650,000

Field: 75 players (Top 64 on RTCDS and 11 invites)

Format: 72-hole stroke play, no cut

Entry into Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España

• The field consists of 75 players (Top 64 on RTCDS and 11 invites) in a 72-hole stroke play format
• The threshold to make the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España field was 417.11 points (Nobuhle Dlamini, No. 75)
• Currently Marianne Skarpnord sits in 60^th place with 521.09 points
• Ten players are within 70 points of Skarpnord’s total with only ATS – Jeddah winner Chiara Noja (No. 61, 500 points) not in the field for the finale.

2022 Race to Costa del Sol

Battle for number one on the RTCDS

• Two players have a mathematical chance of winning the RTCDS with one event remaining
• Linn Grant, who has already clinched Rookie of the Year, has 3,394.91 points and leads Maja Stark by 69.77 points
• Both players are scheduled to compete at the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España

If Linn Grant finishes tied alongside or above Maja Stark in Spain, she will win the 2022 RTCDS and become the fifth player to win the Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year titles following in the footsteps of Laura Davies, Carlota Ciganda, Esther Henseleit and Atthaya Thitikul.

If Maja Stark wins the finale in Spain, she will win the 2022 RTCDS.

If Maja finishes in second place and Linn finishes in solo third place, Maja wins the 2022 RTCDS.

If Maja finishes in solo third place and Linn finishes in solo fourth place, Linn wins the 2022 RTCDS.

If Maja finishes in solo third place and Linn finishes in solo fifth place, Maja wins the RTCDS.

If Maja finished in solo fourth place and Linn finishes in solo sixth place, Linn wins the RTCDS.

If Maja finishes in solo fourth place and Linn finishes in solo seventh place, Maja wins the RTCDS.

If Maja finishes in solo fifth place and Linn finishes in solo eighth place, Linn wins the RTCDS.

If Maja finishes in solo fifth place and Linn finishes in solo ninth place, Linn wins the RTCDS.

If Maja finishes in solo fifth place and Linn finishes in solo tenth place, Maja wins the RTCDS.

Top three in the RTCDS

The top three in the RTCDS will receive a bonus.

• Six players have a mathematical chance of finishing in the third-place spot on the 2022 Race to Costa del Sol.
• However, due to the number of points they are behind Lee-Anne Pace, Meghan MacLaren, Magdalena Simmermacher and Ana Peláez Trivino would have to win the tournament in order to have a change of clinching third place.
• Manon De Roey is only 168.92 points behind Johanna Gustavsson, the Belgian would have to finish ahead of the Swede and likely finish in the top five to have any chance of overtaking Gustavsson.

Top 10 in the RTCDS for Final Stage of LPGA Q-Series

• Players ranked 1-10 including those tied for 10^th place on the LET’s Race to Costa del Sol at the conclusion of the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España will be exempt into the Final Stage of LPGA Q-Series should they wish to take up their place.
• These players will be entered following the conclusion of the finale in Spain.
• Technically Kim Metraux (No. 41, 687.45 points) has a slim chance of claiming 10^th place if she were to win the tournament and results go her way.