Valentine Derrey is measured today during the first Saint-Malo Mixed Open against the best players of the Alps Tour circuit. The LET Access Series player believes this is a great opportunity to shine a light on the strengths of women's golf.

Valentine Derrey hopes to make a mark at the Saint-Malo Mixed Open

Valentine Derrey - © LET Access Series

The first mixed professional golf tournament ever organized in Europe will take place today at Saint-Malo Golf Resort in Brittany and players will tackle the course designed by Hubert Chesneau from their respective tees.

Chesneau has also designed the 2018 Ryder Cup course, the National Golf and the Saint-Malo Golf Resort also offer a 27-hole course in a bucolic setting, its fairways taking place between lakes, granite boulders and mature trees, leading to small well-defended greens surrounded by numerous bunkers.

The "Surcouf": an 18-hole course, has hosted the Saint-Malo Golf Open for three years, from 2016 to 2018, on the Alps Tour, but this year, the site has decided to welcome players for the first time. time.

The field consists of 72 players from the Alps Tour and 51 players from the Ladies European Tour Access Series (LETAS). Everyone will compete for the € 45 prize money as well as the trophy.

“It's my first time in Saint-Malo and I've never played there before. I love the area and find it fun to play with the boys ”said Valentine Derrey, who missed the Jordan Mixed Open earlier this year, which brought together players from the Ladies European Tour, players from the Challenge Tour and the over-50s of the Staysure Tour. However, she does have experience of playing in a mixed national competition.

“Previously, the French Golf Federation organized an event with men in April: the Schweppes Grand Prix, at the Golf du Médoc in Bordeaux, where we now play the Lacoste Ladies Open in France. "

"Of course it would be nice to win. I'm not sure the guys would like it, but I would be proud of myself if it happened. "

“I'm playing pretty well this year. I have been playing better since March, so I will try to maintain that momentum and do my best this week to see what will happen. I don't put pressure on myself. I just want to enjoy the week and see how it will end. "

The Parisian, who is a member of St Cloud golf, won two victories in the 2017 LET Access Series, at the Terre Blanche Ladies Open and at the Forget Foundation PGA Championship and hopes to make a hat-trick this week, but her ultimate ambition is to win at new to LET after winning the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open in 2014.

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