Rebecca Hudson wins the Tenerife Ladies Open
June 23rd, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
29 year old Rebecca Hudson of Doncaster, England birdied the third extra hole of a sudden-death playoff against Anne-Lise Caudal of France to win the Tenerife Ladies Open at Golf Costa Adeje and a cheque for 45,000 euros today.
Hudson began the final round one shot behind Caudal and posted a final round 69 in regulation play to tie at 10-under-par 278.
Caudal, who won the previous week’s tournament in Portugal, had a chance to win in 72 hole regulation time but bogeyed the par-five 18th after hitting her second shot into a greenside bunker, from where astonishingly she took four shots to get down for a final round 70.
Hudson sank her three foot birdie putt at the 3rd extra play-off hole claiming her second individual Ladies European Tour title and a first prize of €45,000. It was her third victory of the year having already won in South Africa and the European Team Cup, but it was her first LET victory since the 2006 OTP Bank Ladies European Open in Hungary.
“I didn’t expect Anne-Lise to bogey the last in regulation play so to actually get into the play-off and then win it, I’m thrilled,” said Hudson, who is playing in her sixth season on the LET.
“I did not expect her to make any mistakes. Making a five on that hole is a bit like a dropped shot because it is quite a short par five but it was playing into the wind today. It was difficult so I didn’t expect her to make a six. When she did it was a bit of a shock but I managed to hole that 12 footer on the first way round and that was crucial. Pressure or however the situation is took its toll and what happened, happened. I’ll definitely have a nice bottle of something tonight.” Hudson said she would celebrate her victory with fellow Tour player Kirsty Fisher, who was caddying for her over the weekend after missing the cut herself.LET European number one Gwladys Nocera shot a final round 68 to finish on a total of seven-under-par and shared third with European number 1 amateur Carlota Ciganda from Spain, who led at the halfway stage of the tournament and had a final round of 71.
Top Ten Result
1 Rebecca Hudson -10 (278)
2 Anne-Lise Cadual -10 (278)
T3 Gwladys Nocera -7 (281), Carlota Ciginda (Am)
T5 Maria Verchenova -6 (282), Marta Silva (Am), Malissa Reid,
T8 Paula Marti -5 (283), Lisa Holm Sorensen
T10 Lotta Wahlin -4 (284), Anja Monke, Louise Stahle, Ursula Wilkstrom
Source: LET
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England Win the VCI European Ladies Golf Cup
April 13th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Trish Johnson and Rebecca Hudson took the inaugural VCI European Ladies Golf Cup in Alecante, Spain played at the La Sella Golf Resort. The pair combined for rounds of 64, 70, 65 and 71 in the 72-hole competition to win on 18-under-par.
Belgium and Germany tied for second position on 13-under. Belgians Lara Tadiotto and Ellen Smets carded a final round of 71, while Germans Martina Eberl and Anja Monke fired a 65.
The Netherlands finished fourth on six-under-par, with Italy in fifth, Russia in sixth and the host nation Spain in seventh place on three-under-par.
The tournament featured four balls on days one and three, with “The Valencian Cup Format”, a variation on greensomes, played on days two and four.
“We jelled perfectly,” said Johnson. “The two Belgian girls were absolutely fantastic. They deserve better than what they got actually in the end but they played great and they pushed us all the way.”
Hudson added: “For me, I’ve just enjoyed the whole week and knowing that Trish was always going to be there or there abouts was just great.”
Both Johnson and Hudson will take increased confidence from their win so early in 2008, with Johnson adding: “It’s nice to start off with a win. You’re not always playing catch up.”
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