Title holder Gaby Lopez and Céline Boutier - © DR

During the 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, Gaby Lopez put in a 7,6-meter putt on the seventh hole of the playoffs to claim his second career victory on the LPGA Tour. After Inbee Park fell with a bogey on the play-off third hole, Lopez and Nasa Hataoka needed four more holes to decide the winner, waiting all night for Lopez to win on Monday morning. in the cold.

A year later, the native of Mexico City can't help but smile as she remembers her victory, hoping to do it all over again.

"It's very special for me to be able to come back to Orlando, and play the celebrity tournament"said Lopez, who will start at 9:50 a.m., alongside World Golf Hall of Famer member Annika Sorenstam and two-time DRTOC winner and MLB Hall of Famer John Smoltz. “I think we have an incredible opportunity to learn from great minds with whom we don't often have the opportunity to interact. "

This year, Lopez comes to Central Florida in dazzling form. This contrasts with 2020, when she had participated in the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in her lifelong struggle with chronic neck pain.

"I probably feel stronger than ever in my career, so that's probably the biggest advantage I have in me"said Lopez, who also contracted COVID-19 in July 2020. “So for me it's been great. To be healthy, stronger and a little faster in my swing this year is also a blessing. "

In front of her, the Americans Jessica and Nelly Korda, Brittany Lincicome, Danielle Kang or Lexi Thompson

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Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions: play-off between Lopez and Hataoka interrupted by night