Date: June 24, 2013
Author: Australian Ladies Professional Golf
WA&aposs Whitney Hillier had her best finish in her first LET season by finishing 3rd at the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open presented by Respect. The 22-year-old from Perth said: I had a nice drive on the 18th, a nice 5-wood, it hit the slope and ran up to about five feet. I was like, I m going to hole this, and I did. I was pushing for third place and I did it, so I was quite happy about that. Hopefully I ll get into the (Ricoh Women’s British) Open now. That was my only incentive for the week, really. If I make the Open I ll bring my parents over. I was really, really keen for this week. Former European No.1 Gwladys Nocera gave herself a confidence lift when she won her first Ladies European Tour title for five years on Sunday. The 38-year-old Frenchwoman, whose last tournament victory was at the 2008 Madrid Ladies Masters, took the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open presented by Respect with a four stroke margin of victory over South African Lee-Anne Pace. I m very, very happy and pretty emotional, said a tearful Nocera after claiming her 11th LET title. It’s been a while since I lifted a trophy. It was hard again today. I don t feel like I m hitting the ball like I should and I don t feel that I m hitting the ball well enough, but I tried to stay patient and draw on my experience. First round co-leader Nikki Campbell finished with 1 over par (73) to be tied 7th and Rebecca Artis had a 5 over par (77) to finish tied 27th. The next LET event is the Open de Espa a Femenino Madrid 2020 , taking place at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, on July 18-21.