Carlota Ciganda has won the Women’s German Open, an eventful and complicated tournament, strongly conditioned by the rain, which forced to reduce the competition to only 27 holes, but that had a tremendously intense and exciting end, a playoff between Carlota Ciganda and the English Charley Hull finally decanted in favor of the golfer from Navarre.
Using a 7 iron on the par 3 15th hole, the one designated for the playoff, Carlota Ciganda left the ball just 2 meters from the flag -while her rival was about 7 meters away- preamble of an accurate putt by the Navarre player that gave her, through a convincing birdie, the victory.
In this way, Carlota Ciganda continues to build, as she did in her amateur stage, a dream record. The player from Ulzama -who turned professional in June 2011- adds her third victory in the Women’s European Tour after the Deloitte Ladies Open and the China Suzhou Taihu Open won in 2012, victorious results that contributed decisively to conclude as Number 1 in the Ladies European Tour Ranking in her debut season, a feat only previously achieved by the legendary Laura Davies.
Second in the Turkish Open this season, Carlota Ciganda accumulated in Germany 101 strokes in the 27 holes played, 6 under par that show her quality in sometimes devilish weather conditions.
On Saturday, suspended for several hours due to rain, the English Charley Hull was 2 strokes ahead of her compatriot Rebecca Hudson and Carlota Ciganda when play resumed late in the afternoon, At that time the Navarre golfer scored a birdie on her card on the 14th hole for bogey Hull, combined actions that ultimately proved decisive for both had to play, and on Sunday, again under heavy rain, a playoff decanted in favor of the Spanish player.
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