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24.08
SAS Masters:
LETs forhåndsomtale
Her er den:
Davies and Pettersen
headline SAS Masters in
Norway
England’s Laura Davies
headlines the €200,000 SAS
Masters at Oslo Golf Club in
Norway this week, where she
won when the Ladies European
Tour last visited Norway
four years ago.
Davies, who beat Spaniard
Ana Larrañeta in a play-off
at the venue in 2002, has
had four runner-up places in
Europe so far this season,
including at last week’s
Wales Ladies Championship,
but this week she is hoping
to go one better by winning
for the first time since the
2004 AAMI Women’s Australian
Open.
She revealed that her next
victory would be the
sweetest despite having won
the LET’s order of merit six
times along with 66 titles
including four majors.
“I’ve won loads but the next
one is the most important
one,” she said. “Not having
won for two years now is
becoming a bit annoying and
I want to win.
“Once I’ve won I know I’ll
want to win again and again
but that’s just the nature
of being a professional
sportsperson. To me, if you
don’t win then to me you’re
not doing you’re job
properly.”
After her second place in
Wales last week, Davies
overtook French woman
Gwladys Nocera atop the New
Star Money List and is now
on course to claim the title
for a record seventh time.
Nocera, who has won three
times this year, is just
over 8000 euros behind.
“My big goal is to win the
money list – I want to win
that again. Obviously last
week by finishing second I
beat Gwladys by a few
thousand euros and I want to
win this week to make some
headway,” she said.
Davies has confirmed she
will play in the Finnair
Masters next week at
Helsinki Golf Club in
Finland from September 1-3
and in the Nykredit Masters
at Odense Eventyr Golf Klubb
from September 7-10, which
are the final two
tournaments in the Volvo
Cross Country Challenge
(Volvo XCC), a dedicated
order of merit for events in
the Nordic region which
carries a prize fund of
US$120,000 plus a Volvo car
for the winner.
The SAS Masters is the
second event in the Volvo
XCC and Davies said: “The
Volvo Cross Country
Challenge is an extra bonus
and I want to do well in
that.”
Annika Sorenstam currently
leads the Volvo XCC order of
merit, having won her own
tournament in Sweden but the
next highest ranked
contenders are Norway’s
Suzann Pettersen, Nocera and
Davies, who are currently
second, third and tied for
fourth respectively.
The three-time Solheim Cup
player Pettersen is playing
at her home course this week
and is keen to earn her
second Ladies European Tour
title. Pettersen last won at
the 2001 French Open but
denied that her local
knowledge would give her an
advantage over the field
this week.
“This is where I learned to
play golf but as far as
having an advantage goes I
think all the players will
be well prepared so when
Friday comes, everyone will
be starting from the same
position,” she said.
Pettersen arrives at the
tournament in good form
after two top tens on the US
LPGA Tour and a third place
at the Scandinavian TPC
Hosted by Annika in Sweden
two weeks ago.
“I feel prepared. It’s nice
to be back on my home track.
I feel relaxed and now I’m
just going to enjoy being
back here and I’m looking
forward to playing with
Laura (Davies) and Gwladys (Nocera).
From now on it’s just a case
of taking it shot by shot.”
Helen Alfredsson, the
European Solheim Cup Captain,
is in the field and will be
making her presence felt
along with the past captain,
Catrin Nilsmark.
England’s Rebecca Hudson,
the OTP Bank Ladies Central
European Open champion and
last week’s Wales Ladies
Champion Linda Wessberg are
in form and will be aiming
to win again on the LET this
year.
Kiran Matharu of England,
who made her professional
debut in last week’s Wales
Ladies Championship of
Europe and finished in a tie
for 15th, competes on the
Ladies European Tour for the
second week in a row.
Meanwhile Norwegians Cecilie
Lundgreen and Marianne
Skarpnord are also in the
field and aiming for a
strong finish on home soil.
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