With the dust barely settled from the Creekhouse Ladies Open, the LET continues its whistle-stop tour across Europe this week, with Switzerland the next destination as we prepare for the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open.
This will be the eleventh time that the country has hosted a tour event, with the first being in 1996 at Golf & Country Club de Maison Blanche in Échenevex – where Sophie Gustafson took the victory – while Amy Boulden was the victor last year as the event made a return to the circuit after an eight-year hiatus.
There have been many wonderful occasions across the home of Toblerone and fondue over the years, but let’s take a look back at the last three editions of the event and take a trip down memory lane.
2020 – Brilliant Boulden secures maiden LET title
Golfpark Holzhäusern will always hold a special place in the heart of Amy Boulden, having been the place where she secured her first – and so far only – LET title in 2020 after a superb showing across the three-day tournament.
Things got off to a steady start for the Welshwoman last time around, as she registered a score of 70 (-2) on the first day, before blitzing her way to scores of 65 and 64 on days two and three to post a final score of -17 to secure a three-shot victory over Steph Kyriacou.
The 2014 Rookie of the Year was over the moon with her victory, and after securing a LETAS victory in the Association Suisse de Golf Ladies Open six years previously, she seems to have a special relationship with the Swiss environment.
“Getting a win did feel like a long time coming, she said “I don’t know what it is about the country, I just always have a great time and I have friends there.”
2012 – Booth edges nail-biter in Losone
The final LET event stages at Golf Gerre Losone went right to the wire, with a three-way playoff needed to determine the winner at the Deutsche Bank Swiss Ladies Open.
Carly Booth, Anja Monke and Caroline Masson all went toe-to-toe after finishing 12 shots under par at the end of the four days, with four holes eventually needed to separate the trio.
Time and time again, all three players made birdies in the sudden death scenario, before Booth rolled in an eagle to take the spoils and claim a second LET title of the season having secured her maiden victory at home in Scotland a matter of weeks before.
Speaking of her victory, Booth said: “It was tough. We birdied three out of three and I was thinking, someone’s going to have to eagle to win this. I was just trying to hit a positive putt. I wasn’t trying to think about it and I think with having the experience of winning previously in the Scottish I had grasped the feeling of trying to stay calm and positive.”
2011 – Luna keeps her roll going in sensational Swiss showing
It is just over a decade since Diana Luna won the last of her five LET titles, with the Italian star edging out a raft of competitors to lift the trophy with a final score of -13.
After weather conditions shortened the competition from 72 to 54 holes, Luna had to play a resounding 27 holes on her final day’s play, with 67 shots from her final 18 enough to take the win by a single shot.
The triumvirate of Lee-Anne Pace, Sophie Giquel-Bettan and Kirstie Smith were all breathing heavily down Luna’s neck on the final day of action, with 2010 winner Pace level with the Roman heading down the 18th.
But the South African could only manage a par on her final hole of the weekend, whereas Luna birdied the par-five hole to clinch the victory – her second in a matter of weeks after victory in the UniCredit Ladies German Open.
“I feel very emotional at this moment because I wasn’t expecting it,” Luna said. “In the middle of the nine I wasn’t playing great, and I made a few bad shots. I really managed to stick together and keep going despite being very happy and tired.”
