Victory took a long time to emerge. There were many contenders to lift the Olympe de Gouges trophy: the last two games were in the game. Quickly, the Italian Erika De Martini (7th in par) and the Scottish Louise Duncan (26th at +4) came out of the race. At the end of a complicated day, where only five players beat the Montauban L’Estang course, amateur Helen Briem came out on top. At -3 on this last round, two strokes less than anyone else, the The German finishes the Montauban Ladies Open at -7 total thanks to a birdie on the 18th. Meanwhile, Tiffany Arafi and the leader since the first round Kelsey Bennett are at the start at -6. The Swiss will leave it there, the Australian will concede a bogey, the third of her day, not counting the double at 12.
A week after her lost play-off against Perrine Delacour at the Dormy Open Helsingborg, in the LET, the top European division, the 18-year-old finally won her first title. “I prefer the hunter position and today (Sunday) it worked in my favor. It’s a big victory. I am very happy to finally win a professional tournament as an amateur. I’ve had a lot of second places so it’s great to finally get over the hump,” rejoices the double winner of the Ping Junior Solheim Cup.
Ariane Klotz and Marine Griffaut fourth
Helen Briem becomes the second amateur to register her name on the Montauban Ladies Open prize list, three years after Marine Griffaut’s coronation. A nod to history, the two players spent all three games together. “As someone who is used to shooting hard, I took a slap in the head because I took myself 30 meters on each drive from Helen. She is a player who will gain strength. She is young, she has experience, she played in the Solheim Cup Junior, she has just lost in the LET play-off, she is someone,” recognizes the Frenchwoman about her younger sister. Despite putting difficulties and several missed birdie putts, which cost her the victory, the Cannes-Mougins golf player took fourth place at -3 total, alongside her compatriot Ariane Klotz and the Englishwoman, Amy Taylor.
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