- It will be held from July 20 to 23 in Dénia (Alicante)
- It will be the women's golf tournament with the largest prize pool in the history of Spain
One of the most anticipated competitions on the calendar of the Ladies European Tour 2023. It will be in the final stretch of the month of July, between the 20th and 23rd, when the best LET players will arrive at the well-known field of La Sella Golf, in the Alicante town of Dénia, with the aim of winning the title of his new Open.
La Sella Open It will undoubtedly be a special event, born with the name of being "a tournament for women", due to its vocation to provide female players with important tournaments that reduce the differences in social and economic recognition in relation to men. Thus, it will have the great incentive of being the women's golf tournament with the highest prize pool in Spain, with a bag of 1.000.000 €, marking a before and after in professional women's golf in our country.
The list of golfers that will give shine to this new LET event on European soil is made up of the big names in women's golf, who will be joined by young promises willing to surprise. There are also golfers who will compete "at home" due to their special relationship with La Sella Golf, As is the case Celin Herbin, Leticia Ras o Sock Hwee Koh.
Celine Herbin
The French player and double winner on the European circuit, Celine Herbin, came to La Sella several years ago to carry out a series of training sessions and fell in love with the course and the area. Today, Celine has her residence fixed in La Sella and she is perfectly integrated in Dénia and in La Sella Golfwhere you feel at home. Undoubtedly, due to her knowledge of the field, her game and her career -this year she has obtained several Top 10 finishes on the circuit-, she will be one of the great favorites for the title.
The French golfer hopes to conquer in La Sella Open her third LET victory, after achieving victory at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France in 2015 and at the inaugural edition of the La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational in 2019.
Celine is delighted to play in La Sella Open , in a field that qualifies as "my home, the perfect place to relax and work training, a field that is a whole challenges"
Regarding her participation in this important event, the French golfer arrives with confidence, stating: "I am very motivated with my last result on the circuit and with how I am playing this year. I want to win at La Sella and I am in shape to achieve it".
Ana Pelaez
The Spanish representation in La Sella Open is insured with names like malagueña Ana Pelaez, who will take on the double challenge of inaugurating the tournament's record and trying to secure a place in the European team for the Solheim Cup.
An overflowing smile and raised fist are expressions of joy that characterize this player, who achieved important second places in the Aramco Team Series Sotogrande in 2022, the prelude to another three accumulated in 2023, at the Joburg Ladies Open, the South Africa Womens Open and the Helsingborg Open.
Will be La Sella Open another good moment to shore up this magnificent trajectory? "I'm going for it," he says Ana Pelaez-, since this tournament means a lot to me, not only because I play in Spain, at home, but also because La Sella is a course that I remember very fondly from when I played the Lacoste Promesas a few years ago. Hopefully I will coincide with many friends, and that is always an added incentive".
And on the horizon, taking advantage of the magnificent springboard that can mean a good result in La Sella Open , is being part of the European team in the imminent Solheim Cup 2023. "I am sure that there will be a very interesting squad of players, with a high level. I know that if I compete well, the captain of the European team in the Solheim Cup will will take into account, regardless of the points that I can accumulate in a tournament as important as this one. I dream of doing a good job", he concludes Ana Pelaez.
The young golfer also confesses that she is especially excited to compete in a tournament like the one in La Sella Open , whose significant amount of prizes “says a lot about what its organizers trust in women's professional golf and the support they want to offer women. Everything related to the fight for equality in prizes between men and women is highly appreciated. And what luck that it is in Spain and in a field like La Sella where an initiative like this is carried out”, relates the Andalusian player with conviction.
Sock Hwee Koh
Another outstanding golfer destined to become a reference in La Sella Open is the singaporean Sock Hwee Kohwho maintains a close relationship with La Sella Golf.
For the tournament, Sock Hwee Koh will have an exceptional caddy, Dino Ferrer, professional golf player and director of the La Sella Academy, forming a solid, highly motivated team with enormous knowledge of the field.
The Singaporean player arrives at the La Sella Open ready to display her talent and achieve a good result.
Leticia Ras
Another of the names to stand out among the squad of players who will play La Sella Open is the Leticia Ras-Anderica, golfer who plays under the German flag but was born in Alicante and has trained in sports La Sella Golf. As a child, she was already part of her academy and, thanks to the support of her parents, John and Carmen, very dear members of the club, she left the amateur field in 2015 to enter the professional world. Nowadays, Leticia She is a player with experience in the big circuits: LET, LPGA and Asian.
She is passionate about the growth of women's golf and so, as a touring professional, she tries to promote the game among women and young girls. In this context, the La Sella Open It is presented as the dream tournament for Leticia, not only for the fact of playing at home, but also for being a tournament designed for professional women in golf.
As a local player, La Sella Open it could be your tournament. For Leticia, playing at home is a privilege and a great motivation. “La Sella is being with my friends, my principles, my family, the players, my memories of youth. I would like nothing more than a victory at home”, says the player from Alicante.
Contact La Sella Golf
| C / José María Olazábal, s / n (Jesús Pobre) View in Google Maps | |
| 96 645 42 52 | |
| lasellagolf.com | |
| laSellaGolf | |
| lasellagolf | |
| info@lasellagolf.com | |
| Leisure and entertainment, Shops and sports venues |
