Epson, Fernandez Cano wins in comeback

Benedetta Moresco delivered a great performance in the Guardian Championship, the fourth last race of the season on the Epson Tour, where she finished in fifth place with 207 (65 70 72, -9) strokes, after a race in which she was all in the top positions and was on top in the opening round.

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At the Capitol Hill Golf Club course (par 72) in Prattville, Alabama, Spain’s Fatima Fernandez Cano achieved her third success on the circuit with 203 (69 66 67, -14). She came back from third place with a 67 (-5, six birdies, one bogey) and narrowly defeated Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad, second with 203 (-13).

In third place with 205 (-11) the Canadian John Leah, in fourth place with 206 (-10) Cydney Clanton, who was in first place with Lindblad after two rounds, and in fifth place, shared with Moresco, also Amanda Doherty, Amy Lee and the Chinese Miranda Wang and Yahui Zhang, leaders of the ranking.

The winner, 28 years old and originally from Santiago de Compostela, has been a pro since 2018 and recently made a number of trips to Europe to also compete in the Ladies Italian Open. She previously won the IOA Championship in 2020 and the Carlisle Arizona Women’ Classic in 2022.

She received a check for $39,375 on a prize pool of $262,500. Benedetta Moresco, who achieved the best result of the season, closed the competition with a 72 (par) thanks to two birdies and two bogeys. Her sister Angelica did not make the cut and finished 73rd with 145 (71 74, +1) and one stroke out.

The Ladies European Tour (LET for short) is an annual series of golf tournaments for professional female golfers. It is mainly held in Europe, but also in Australia, South Africa and Dubai. The tournament series was introduced in 1979 and has since struggled to establish itself alongside the very popular American women’s tournament series LPGA Tour.

In 2011, the LET organised 27 tournaments (including one in Germany) with a total prize money of around 11 million euros. The two most important tournaments, the Masters in France and the Women’s British Open in England, were held together with the American LPGA.