Sweden's Emma Nilsson will have home advantage when the Creekhouse Ladies Open, a new Ladies European Tour (LET) tournament, takes place September 3-6 at Kristianstads GK in Åhus.

Creekhouse Ladies Open: Emma Nilsson prepares

Emma Nilsson - © LETAS

Although Emma represents Sölvesborgs GK, Kristianstads GK is the closest establishment to her home and she is fortunate that the Åhus Ostra course, which will host the LET tournament next September, opened its doors last Thursday.

“It was closed due to the weather because it got too cold, but now I can play on the tournament course, it's great! We don't have lockdown in Sweden, as it does in a lot of other countries, and we can still get together in groups of up to 50 people, but we try to avoid people as much as possible and be reasonable so as not to contract the coronavirus. "

“I still live at home with my parents and my sister, who is also a professional golfer and who plays this year as part of the LET Access Series, so fortunately we can still train together. "

“My sister Sarah lost her LET card this year so I was alone in Australia and South Africa and missed her a lot, but I have my LET mates Lina Boqvist and Johanna Gustavsson to cheer me up and keep me company. "

Emma, ​​the 2018 LET Access Series Order of Merit winner with four titles on the LET Development Round, missed the first two cups of the year in Australia but secured the best place of her career finishing second tied at the Investec South African Women's Open at Westlake Golf Club in Cape Town, which tied her for sixth place in the Race To Costa Del Sol standings.

"It's my best place on the LET and I had a lot of fun", said the 26-year-old who turned professional in 2014.

“I was playing well in Australia, but my short game wasn't good enough, so I didn't save the pars and make the birdies. I made some stupid mistakes, like an 8 over a par-5, so a lot of shots were wasted. I knew my game was tight and then in South Africa the greens were fine for me. There was not so much grain. "

“It was so much fun and since I played well I obviously want to be more competitive, but we all know safety comes first. We need the coronavirus to go away and like everyone else, I hope it goes away quickly. "

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