Charley Hull - © Tristan Jones / LET

Arrived at the club house, the Marianne Skarpnord was seven under par, while Charley Hull on her side needed the par to pocket the title, which she did, with talent coming out of a bunker behind the green at 18, while her new fiancé Ozzie Smith was watching her out of the corner of his eye. The two lovers now have a new reason to celebrate their commitment with this victory and the prospect of another successful season, with perhaps a fourth appearance in the Solheim Cup in Scotland in September ...

"I trained very, very hard this winter and it feels good to get back on the LET, especially since my first professional victory in Morocco five years ago"said Hull, 2013 Rookie of the Year who was then awarded the Order of Merit in 2014.

“I hope I have a few more wins this year and I have trained really hard to pay off my hard work. "

Charley Hull started the last lap one stroke ahead and took two lengths in a row birdie on the two, but after a miss on the 3 stuck in a steep slope to the right of the green, ella saved the Bogey making a good 2,4 meter putt.

The 22-year-old from Kettering made another 2,4-meter putt, this time for birdie, on the 6 but then lost a stroke on the 10. An eagle on the 11th par-5 hole, where she played his iron 6 to 4 yards from the flag, propelling him two points behind Skarpnord. She then made another birdie putt from 3 meters in the 14th to reach -8 and held her own against the vagaries of the wind as well as the assaults of the Norwegian.

“I am very happy with my turn. I missed a lot of putts today, but it's hard to putt when it's windy like that ”, she says.

“There was wind during the three days and especially the second day. Today, the wind picked up at the end and the finish was tricky, especially at the 18th hole, because you can't hit more than the 5 iron on the tee from this tee to be far from the bunkers otherwise we do with the driver, and it's a dangerous blow. With that right back pin it was a good finish and I hit with a 5 iron, over the green I had a shot at the 32 yard bunker and I immobilized it. It was pretty tricky but I hit the putt so it feels really good to be back in the winner's circle. "

Hull received the iconic gazelle trophy from golf course designer Gary Player, whom she said she has admired her entire career and whom she thanked for designing « such a beautiful journey ”.

Skarpnord, who won LET for the last time in 2013, said his 68 points for second place alone were "A big step in the right direction".

“Every time I was in competition last year, in the top three, five, ten, I played over par on the last round. My goal today was to play under par and that if I did, I would be very happy, ” to you she underlined.

“I putt two putts on the back nine and played pretty well, but Charley was better and I heard she had a really tough bunker exit on the last hole and that she ensured to win the point. She often hits those kinds of shots and you probably have to be one step ahead to beat her. "

Five players occupy the last step of the podium at -3, the Swedish Caroline Hedwall, holder of the Lacoste Ladies Open and present for the next Solheim Cup, with the Dutch Anne Van Dam (68), Dane Nicole Broch Larsen (71), from the 'Spaniard Luna Sobron (72) and England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff (73).

But the day's performance went to 2017 champion Aditi Ashok, author of the best card with a 66 to finish tied for eighth in a tie with Jenny Haglund and Nanna Koerstz Madsen a -2.

Côté Bleue, a shy start to the season

It was Manon Mollé who finished first blue with a 33rd final place (+7). Jabra Ladies Open title holder Astrid Vayson de Pradenne finished in the top 40 (+10), just ahead of Camille Chevalier. A difficult week for Isabelle Boineau who finished (52nd). Next meeting scheduled for the end of February for all LET players for three weeks in Australia.