A painful torticollis that she had been dragging for a few weeks and that did not fully subside despite the intense work of the circuit’s physiotherapists prevented Marta Martín from attempting to defend the title she won a year ago at the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open, a Ladies European Tour tournament currently taking place in the Czech Republic, which marked her first victory on the circuit. However, the Madrid native may have a worthy successor in one of the three Spanish players who will start tomorrow with clear chances of fighting for victory.
Luna Sobrón (-10), Nuria Iturrioz (-10), and Harang Lee (-9) will seek this Sunday at the Royal Beroun Golf Club, just over 30 kilometres from Prague, in Beroun, what would be the first trophy of the season on the tour for the golfers from our country, with the need, of course, to overcome a small deficit in the standings. The golfer from Palma de Mallorca and the one from Son Servera will start three strokes behind the Swiss Kim Metraux (-13), who leads the standings alone after a flawless 63-stroke performance to climb eleven places, while the one from Bilbao will be four shots away from that coveted first place.
Nuria was the best of the three this Saturday with a scorecard of 66 strokes, six under par, with eight birdies and two bogeys. Luna was the most solid, with 67 strokes, five under par, but without mistakes, with five birdies. Meanwhile, Harang was the only one of the Spanish trio to score an eagle, on the par-five 7th hole. It helped her deliver a scorecard of 68 strokes, which also included three birdies and a single bogey. A great level of golf from all of them to give themselves a chance, also aspired to by, among others, the English Esme Hamilton (-12), second, and the Canadian Anna Huang (-10), just 16 years old.
María Hernández (-4) and Marta Sanz (-4) are the other two Spanish players who will have the opportunity to continue playing on Sunday to try to improve their final position in the standings after delivering rounds of 69 strokes today. Without options to fight for the victory, attempting to break into the top 15, which is four strokes away, should be their goal. Amaia Latorre (+1), penalised this Saturday with a round of 73 strokes, Clara Moyano (+2), whose notable 69 today was not enough, Carmen Alonso (+3), and Blanca Fernández (+4) missed the cut and end their adventure in this 54-hole event seeking a new champion.
