The tortuous Australian tour of the Ladies European Tour ends this week with the celebration from this Thursday of the Ford Women’s NSW Open. It will be the first ‘normal’ tournament of the tour. The first was suspended due to Cyclone Alfred, the second was reduced to 54 holes due to the consequences of torrential rains, and the third, fingers crossed, seems to be able to be played normally from Thursday to Sunday with 72 holes.
The curiosity of the week is that the event is held at Wollongong Golf Club, a links course. Something very unusual on the circuit, beyond the Open and the Scottish Open. The course with spectacular views of the Tasman Sea is a century-old course that was opened back in 1897.
As a good links course, the wind plays a fundamental role and it seems that this week it may be respectful and not complicate things excessively. However, being next to the sea, it is not ruled out that it could come into play throughout the week. A beautiful setting where you can end up playing from the beach, but it doesn’t seem like the most accessible setting to close three already tortuous weeks.
Luna Sobrón, María Hernández, Blanca Fernández, Nuria Iturrioz are the four Spanish players who have endured until the end of the tour in oceanic lands in search of a good result to turn around this strange start to the season. The Madrid native Blanca Fernández acknowledges that it is her first professional tournament on this type of course and that she has been training all week to get used to the type of bounce and how the wind influences each shot. It is not an easy task, but Blanca has already shown that her ability to adapt to the highest level of golf is astonishing.
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