The Ladies European Tour returns to Spain this week for the Tenerife Women's Spanish Open at the stunning Golf Costa Adeje in the southwest of the island.

Azahara Muñoz Photo: DR

Azahara Munoz
Photo: DR

A field of 126 players will play the 18th tournament on the LET 2014 calendar, including three of last year's Solheim Cup winners, Carlota Ciganda, Azahara Munoz and Charley Hull, who will play together for the first two rounds, suddenly. departure at 08:45 am on Thursday.

They will be joined by five winners of the Ladies Eropean Tour 2014: Trish Johnson (Scottish Open 'Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies), Julie Greciet (Sberbank Golf Masters in the Czech Republic), Florentyna Parker (Ladies Italian Open), Kylie Walker (Dutch and German Open) ) and Hull (Lalla Meryem Cup of Morocco) as well as the reigning South African champion Lee-Anne Pace victorious last year in Madrid.

“I really can't wait to go to Tenerife every year. The people are really nice and the climate is fantastic. I love the ocean, I feel like I'm on vacation when I'm there, so it's a very relaxing week. " said Pace who finished in 55th position this weekend at the Evian Championship, the last major tournament of the season.

“I have been to Tenerife twice. I played in the Tenerife Open in Costa Adeje in 2008 when I was still an amateur for a charity event a few years ago ”, said Azahara Munoz, winner of the Lacoste Ladies Open of France in 2013. “I like the climate because it is always warm and sunny and I really like the people of the islands; everyone seems to really enjoy life, they are laid back and have a strong tendency to smile. I'm really looking forward to playing the Spanish Open again and I'm super excited to play in front of my home crowd, of which I would have all the support. It's so much fun when you have people cheering for you. Winning the Spanish Open is definitely something I would love to do ”.