England’s Alice Hewson produced a composed final round on Saturday at the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open, to defend her title and land her third Ladies European Tour (LET) title.
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Starting the day with a two-shot advantage at Golfpark Holzhäusern, Hewson held her nerve with a round of 67 (-4) to once again triumph in Switzerland, and finish five shots clear ahead of the rest of the field.
A total of five birdies – including three back-to-back on the last three holes – and a dropped shot, was enough for the English player.
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“It’s an absolute dream come true”, said Hewson. “I tried to keep my expectations down this week. I wanted to put in a good effort for the title defence so to come away winning again, I couldn’t ask for anymore.
“I didn’t see a single leaderboard out there today. There was one off the back of 16, which you can see when you come around 10 as well, and I intentionally didn’t look at it, because it doesn’t really change how I’m trying to play the golf course.”
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The 28-year-old explained that there’s a lot of opportunities out there. She continued: “If you just play sensibly, it’s ok. I think I hit 17 greens again today, so gave myself lots of opportunities and converted a couple early on, which was really nice.”
There was a four-year gap between her first win at the 2020 Investec South African Women’s Open, and her second win here in Switzerland last year.
Reflecting on how it feels compared to her last win here, she said: “Last year, it was a bit of a relief to know that I could get it over the line again. Then this year, I think it’s just been building as I’ve been playing really solid golf. I’ve had quite a few top 10’s in the last few weeks [at the PIF London Championship and Hills Open], so to come in here and get the job done, it’s good.”
The three-time LET winner now jumps 15 places to eighth in the LET Order of Merit on 1,177.77 points.
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Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini, Sweden’s Kajsa Arwefjall, and Ireland’s Lauren Walsh, all finished in a tie for second place on eight-under par.
Tamburlini – who was grouped with Swiss amateur Axelle Martin – had a solid final round, dropping her only shot of the day on the 8th hole. A total of five birdies kept the pressure firmly on Hewson throughout the day.
“It was a lot of fun”, she said. “Honestly, I had chills walking down 18, seeing how many people are here, supporting all the Swiss players today. I think that’s really special. I think Swiss golf has come a long way to have a crowd like this here on a Saturday afternoon, and I’m just really happy to be here today and to have played some good golf.
“I know I’m probably going to come up too short, but I gave it a good run and climbed up the leaderboard from the first round, so really happy with my performance.”
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Tamburlini credited the work that VP Bank do to promote this tournament. She added: “This event has been great. VP Bank really promotes it a lot, all the banners out here have been here for about a month. They do a lot on Instagram and LinkedIn, and they do a good job. I think that’s really cool.”
Arwefjall carded round of the day (-6), highlighted by three birdies on the bounce on holes 13, 14, and 15.
“It was super fun”, said the Swede. “I feel like I’ve been playing well the whole week. The putts just haven’t dropped and today, I was giving myself a lot of opportunities.”
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This also marks the rookie’s best finish on the LET.
It was a stacked leaderboard on the final day with a total of 10 players in a tie for seventh place. Players included America’s Brianna Navarrosa, Finland’s Ursula Wikstrom, England’s Esme Hamilton, Canada’s Anna Huang, Spain’s Harang Lee and Nuria Iturrioz, Germany’s Carolin Kauffmann and Celina Sattelkau, Wales’ Lydia Hall, and Australia’s Sarah Kemp.
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