Carlota Ciganda, before her first Major in the year of the Solheim Cup

If golf were a mathematical sport, to Carlota Ciganda Things should go very well for him this week in Woodlands (Texas), where the Chevron Championship begins, the first major of the course on The Club course -designed by Jack Nicklaus-, which replaces Rancho Mirage in California, venue of the tournament during the previous 51 years.

Formerly known as the Nabisco and the ANA Inspiration, The tournament now baptized by the oil company yields great results for the Spanish golfer every four years, in the most special year of her career as this is the year in which the Solheim Cup is held in her country. She was fourth in 2015, a position she repeated in 2019. She is the only major in which she has held a top-four position twice.

Two weeks ago, Ciganda was seen by Augusta for a couple of days during the Masters week. And, in addition to sighing that his family could one day see the great stage of world golf, he saw the forcefulness of the men’s punches and was amazed. Among other things because she knows that it is one of the important clubs in her bag and that in recent weeks she is performing as she wanted. And a setting like The Club (6,200 meters for women) putting the ball on the fairway with the woods seems decisive, especially if there are windy days.

After being fifth at the DIO Implant in Los Angeles a month ago, The Navarrese also feels comfortable again with the short game, Bermuda grass this week, more honest, which led her to sign her best result in the last six months. In a field where water often comes into play, Ciganda is in the squad of the chosen ones.