Ladies European Tour (LET) - LET season starts Friday in Queensland, Australia!

 

A field of 138 competitors from 21 different countries will launch their 2013 season at the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters in Australia this weekend.
The 54-hole strokeplay tournament gets under way at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast in Queensland from Friday 1^st to Sunday 3^rd February.
The players – including 13 of last year’s LET tournament champions and 12 rookies making their tour debuts – are relishing the start of the new season.
Despite heavy rain over the weekend, which led to a course closure on Tuesday, organisers are confident of getting the tournament under way on schedule. The course has a history of recovering from storms in time to be ready to play.
The top players in the field include last year’s LET tournament winners Carlota Ciganda (Deloitte Ladies Open and Suzhou Taihu China Open), Caroline Masson (South African Women’s Open), Carly Booth (Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open and Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open), Stacey Keating (Tenerife Open de Espana and Lacoste Ladies Open de France), Anne-Lise Caudal (UniCredit Ladies German Open presented by Audi), Christel Boeljon (Gold Coast RACV Ladies Masters and Turkish Airlines Ladies Open), Lydia Hall (ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters), Caroline Hedwall (Uniqa Ladies Golf Open), Karen Lunn (Lalla Meryem Cup), Cassandra Kirkland (Sanya Ladies Open), Jessica Korda (ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open), Pornanong Phatlum (Hero Women’s Indian Open) and Jiyai Shin (Ricoh Women’s British Open).
The 12 rookie members of the Ladies European Tour in the field, excited to make a fresh start, are Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand, who won Lalla Aicha Tour School in December, China’s Xiyu Lin, England’s Emily Taylor, Scotland’s Pamela Pretswell, Camilla Lennarth, Daniela Holmqvist and Jacqueline Hedwall of Sweden, Cheyenne Woods and Mallory Fraiche of the United States, Australians Nikki Campbell, Whitney Hillier and Sarah King.
European Solheim Cup team hopefuls gearing up for the season include Sweden’s Pernilla Lindberg and Italians Diana Luna and Giulia Sergas, who are joined by fellow hopefuls Becky Brewerton and Gwladys Nocera, among others in the field.
Former champions Katherine Hull and seven-time winner Karrie Webb will attract strong support from their home galleries in Queensland.
Meanwhile South Koreans So Yeon Ryu and Jiyai Shin, at No.7 and No.8 in the world respectively, are the highest ranked players in the field.
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Ladies European Tour (LET) - LET season starts Friday in Queensland, Australia!