Viterbo, 16 June 2024 – Amy Taylor won with 206 (70 67 69, -10) strokes the 27th edition of the Ladies Italian Open on the Golf Nazionale course (par 72) in Sutri (Viterbo). The Englishwoman obtained her first title on the Ladies European Tour by overtaking the Spanish Maria Hernandez, second with 207 (-9), in an event in which the Italians were also great protagonists. In fact, Francesca Fiorellini, the best Italian and best amateur of the tournament, placed third with 209 (71 71 67, -7), on par with the French Camille Chevalier, author of a 66 (-6) lowest partial of the day, and the Singaporean Shannon Tan, ahead of Alessandra Fanali in sixth with 210 (71 72 67, -6). She was joined by the Slovenian Pia Babnik, the Austrian Emma Spitz, the Australian Kirsten Rudgeley and the Indian Diksha Dagar, while the South African Lee-Anne Pace finished with one stroke more, 11th with 211 (-5), eleven titles on the circuit and one on the LPGA Tour. Swiss Tiffany Arafi was only 15th with 213 (-3), second after 36 holes. In the penultimate qualifying tournament for the Paris Olympics, which had the Lazio Region as its institutional partner and the support of the official advisor Infront Italy, Virginia Elena Carta also finished in good position, 19th with 215 (73 71 71, -1 ), and amateur Carolina Melgrati, 24th with 216 (72 71 73, par). Also in the money was Emma Lundgren, 67th with 226 (74 73 79, +10). Amy Taylor, a 23-year-old from Norwich making her 19th appearance on the tour, took the lead in the second round after recording a personal-lowest round score on the LET with a 67 (-5). For ten holes, in the third round, she held sway with four birdies, then took a big risk with two bogeys between the 11th and 13th. However, she recovered with two birdies and also allowed herself a bogey to close (69, -3 ), for a perhaps unexpected success after the last three races ended in the cut. She began playing golf at age 9 and, in 2022, she graduated from Texas Tech University before turning professional. In her palmares, a victory over LET Access (second European women’s circuit), which arrived two years ago in the Calatayud Ladies Open, in Zaragoza, Spain. She is a Norwich fan and so far she had earned 35,602 euros in her career, less than what she received with the first coin of 45,000 euros out of a prize pool of 300,000 euros. The Italians – Francesca Fiorellini, an 18-year-old from Rome, was the absolute protagonist in 2023 with her exploits. She won the National Women’s Championship/Giuseppe Silva Trophy (match play) and the International Women’s Championship of Italy, then the international show in which she led the continental teams in the Patsy Hankins Trophy against the Asian Pacific selection, then in the Junior Solheim Cup, against the American team, and finally in the Junior Ryder Cup, in the team together with Giovanni Binaghi, in the formation that overwhelmed (20.5-9.5) the Americans of the same age in the run-up to the first Ryder Cup held in Rome. This year she won the Women’s National Team / Silva Trophy for the third time (after 2021 and 2023). And now the big test between the stars. She began the final round with great determination with three birdies and, after a slowdown with a bogey, she scored three more and then finished her run with two birdies and two bogeys for 67 (-5). Alessandra Fanali, 24 year old born in Alatri and raised in Fiuggi (FR), in her second year on the circuit where she collected six top tens and runner up in February in the Magical Kenya Open, she recovered from 17th place with a 67 (-5 ). She also made a sprint start with four birdies in a row that became six on the 11th hole. Her run slowed down with a double bogey on the 14th and she completed the score with another birdie on the 16th. Virginia Elena Carta recovered eight positions with a 71(-1), due to three birdies and two bogeys, and Carolina Melgrati finished her good match with a 73 (+1, one birdie, two bogeys). Regardless of the score, Emma Lundgren, a 19-year-old making her first appearances among the stars, had a positive experience.
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