Matilda Carsten triumphed at home with an ultimate 68 (-5 total) to win the Gant Ladies Open 2021, her first European title. The best Frenchwoman Emma Grechi, won her first top 10 on the Ladies European Tour, 9th in the event with a last lap in 72 +1 (+2 total).

Glove Ladies Open (LET): Matilda Carsten wins, Emma Grechi Top 10

Matilda Castren winner of the Ladies Open Glove - photo Tristan Jones - LET

Matilda Carsten led from start to finish, ending a great week, which saw her cards of 71, 69 and 68 triumph with a score of five under par at Aura Golf.

Castren said: “JI am so happy! I couldn't be happier. This is what I came here for, and it's amazing that I succeeded »

On her last lap, the Finn managed four birdies - including two consecutive 16 and 17 against a bogey to seal a first victory surrounded by her family.

« I touched the ball a little better today, so I had a few more birdie chances, but my putting wasn't as good as I expected, and I missed a few shorter chances. It was a little frustrating, but I really tried to be patient and believe that eventually they will fall, and they did it on the right holes. It's always nice to finish well », She explained.

« It was great to see so many people here and to see kids too. A lot of people came to watch, like my relatives and my family - people I haven't seen for a few years. »

After winning the LPGA MEDIHEAL 2021 championship in June, Matilda Castren needed a victory over the LET to become a member of the Tour and be eligible to possibly make the 2021 Solheim Cup squad.

She added: " It was my goal this week to become a LET member by winning. I couldn't be happier to get there and I'm just so happy. It's been my dream since I was little to be at the Solheim Cup. This is one of my goals which I knew might be possible in the future. It all happened very quickly this year and to be able to be considered is such an honor. I hope that will happen and that I can represent Finland and Team Europe.

India's Tvesa Malik and Finland's Ursula Wikstrom finished three heads (-2) after posting rounds of 68 and 69, respectively.

Three players were tied for fourth place with a sub-par, including Thailand's Atthaya Thitikul, Norway's Marianne Skarpnord and India's Diksha Dagar.

Spanish golfer Carmen Alonso was seventh, while Finland's Kiira Riihijarvi was eighth with England's Alice Hewson, Argentina's Magdalena Simmermacher and France's Emma Grechi all tied for ninth. - the Bordelaise who managed to stay in the top 10, which she held since the first round. - offered a hole in one on the par 3 of 7 in this last round.

The other French women who passed the cut finish beyond the top 25. Astrid Vayson de Pradenne, at +7, finished 26th, Agathe Sauzon at +9 points in 35th position, Anaëlle Carnet and Emie Peronnin finished together in 40th position at + 10. two strokes and ten places in front of Anne-Charlotte Mora. , Isabelle Boineau was ranked 60th, at +15.

In the 2021 Costa del Sol Race, Thitikul still leads the standings with 1272,50 points while Sanna Nuutinen is second with 1016,42 and Stéphanie Kyriacou is third.

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