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Sunday, May 08, 2016

Sensational final-round 65 gives Spanish 

rookie  Nuria first win in Morocco 

NEWS RELEASE FROM LET
From Bethan Cutler, LET Media Manager
Rabat, Morocco: Ladies European Tour Rookie Nuria Iturrios (pictured right by Tristan Jones of LET) from Spain won the Lalla Meryem Cup in only her second start as a professional.

The 20-year-old from Mallorca fired a sensational final round of seven-under-par 65 on the Blue Course at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in torrential rain for a total of 277, 11-under-par, to end six strokes clear of overnight leader Florentyna Parker in the Moroccan capital of Rabat.

Two strokes behind going into the final round, Iturrios recorded the first of her eight birdies at the second hole to quickly move within one of the lead. Although a missed green cost her a bogey at the fourth, she immediately quickly recovered with a second birdie at the fifth and then picked up a third at the eighth to tie for the lead with Parker.

Iturrios gained a one stroke advantage with a birdie on the 10th and it looked set to become a battle of the rookies as 17-year-old American Angel Yin birdied 12 and 13 to get within one stroke of the lead. 
However, after Yin dropped three shots in a row, it turned into a procession for Iturrios, who birdied 15 and made a final birdie on 18 with a seven metre putt.

“This is the best day of my life and my best achievement since finishing fourth in Lalla Aicha Tour School,” said Iturrios, who qualified for the Ladies European Tour in Morocco a little over four months ago and started her career with a tie for 24th at the ISPS HANDA New Zealand Women’s Open in February.

She felt that the concurrent staging of the Lalla Meryem Cup and Trophée Hassan II on the men’s European Tour at the same venue was a fantastic innovation and added:
 “I really enjoyed playing at the same venue with my Spanish friends and colleagues on the European Tour.  I had a lot of fun.”

Parker, who played with Iturrios in the final round, had 17 straight pars and a bogey on 18 in a 73 to finish second on five-under-par. She said: “I played quite nicely and I had to save a few of those pars. I had a few chances so it wasn’t quite as boring as my scorecard suggests but then again the last was a bit of a shame.
" It doesn’t change anything but I was going for 18 straight pars. Nuria  played really well and she deserved to win. She played incredible. It was raining from start to finish and it was really hard out there, so to shoot seven under is incredible. She won it and I was just hanging on basically to my pars.”

Yin finished in solo third place a stroke further back after a final round of 70. Finland’s Noora Tamminen was outright fourth on two under par and Switzerland’s Albane Valezuela was the leading amateur in a tie for fifth with Emily Kristine Pedersen and Isabelle Boineau.

Belgium’s Chloe Leurquin finished in eighth place and England’s Liz Young was among the six players sharing ninth.

Another highlight of the final round was a hole in one from Sophie Walker, who used her 6-iron to ace the 15th

FINAL TOTALS

Nuria ITURRIOS

ESP (ESP) 70 72 70 65 -11 277 € 67,500.00
2

Florentyna PARKER

ENG (ENG) 67 71 72 73 -5 283 € 40,500.00
3

Angel YIN

USA (USA) 70 75 69 70 -4 284 € 27,000.00
4

Noora TAMMINEN

FIN (FIN) 71 71 71 73 -2 286 € 20,250.00
T5

Albane VALENZUELA

SUI (SUI) 70 73 74 70 -1 287
T5

Emily Kristine PEDERSEN

DEN (DEN) 71 75 70 71 -1 287 € 15,075.00
T5

Isabelle BOINEAU

FRA (FRA) 70 70 74 73 -1 287 € 15,075.00
8

Chloe LEURQUIN

BEL (BEL) 72 71 76 69 E 288 € 12,600.00
T9

Lina BOQVIST

SWE (SWE) 76 71 74 69 +2 290 € 10,350.00
T9

Trish JOHNSON

ENG (ENG) 73 73 72 72 +2 290 € 10,350.00
T9

Nanna Koerstz MADSEN

DEN (DEN) 73 72 71 74 +2 290 € 10,350.00
T9

Maria PARRA

ESP (ESP) 72 71 72 75 +2 290
T9

Krista BAKKER

FIN (FIN) 69 73 72 76 +2 290 € 10,350.00
T9

Liz YOUNG

ENG (ENG) 68 72 72 78 +2 290 € 10,350.00
15

Linda WESSBERG

SWE (SWE) 74 71 72 74 +3 291 € 9,000.00
T16

Mathilda CAPPELIEZ

FRA (FRA) 74 74 73 71 +4 292
T16

Marta SANZ BARRIO

ESP (ESP) 75 73 72 72 +4 292 € 7,931.25
T16

Holly CLYBURN

ENG (ENG) 74 73 73 72 +4 292 € 7,931.25
T16

Beth ALLEN

USA (USA) 74 76 72 70 +4 292 € 7,931.25
T16

Lucie ANDRE

FRA (FRA) 70 73 70 79 +4 292 € 7,931.25
T21

Daisy NIELSEN

DEN (DEN) 76 71 75 71 +5 293 € 6,525.00
T21

Victoria LOVELADY

BRA (BRA) 72 75 75 71 +5 293 € 6,525.00
T21

Nicole BROCH LARSEN

DEN (DEN) 73 72 74 74 +5 293 € 6,525.00
T21

Aditi ASHOK

IND (IND) 72 74 73 74 +5 293 € 6,525.00
T21

Kelsey MACDONALD

SCO (SCO) 71 75 73 74 +5 293 € 6,525.00
T21

Maha HADDIOUI

MAR (MAR) 72 74 73 74 +5 293 € 6,525.00
T21

Camilla LENNARTH

SWE (SWE) 75 74 74 70 +5 293 € 6,525.00
T28

Linda HENRIKSSON

FIN (FIN) 76 74 72 72 +6 294 € 5,152.50
T28

Kanphanitnan MUANGKHUMSAKUL

THA (THA) 72 73 74 75 +6 294 € 5,152.50
T28

Marianne SKARPNORD

NOR (NOR) 68 76 74 76 +6 294 € 5,152.50
T28

Isi GABSA

GER (GER) 73 72 70 79 +6 294 € 5,152.50
T32

Lynn CARLSSON

SWE (SWE) 73 72 75 75 +7 295 € 4,387.50
T32

Ana MENENDEZ

MEX (MEX) 70 76 74 75 +7 295 € 4,387.50
T32

Gemma DRYBURGH

SCO (SCO) 73 72 72 78 +7 295 € 4,387.50
T32

Georgia HALL

ENG (ENG) 75 73 69 78 +7 295 € 4,387.50
T36

Mireia PRAT

ESP (ESP) 75 73 72 76 +8 296 € 3,780.00
T36

Sophie GIQUEL-BETTAN

FRA (FRA) 76 73 72 75 +8 296 € 3,780.00
T36

Johanna GUSTAVSSON

SWE (SWE) 74 73 76 73 +8 296 € 3,780.00
T36

Melissa REID

ENG (ENG) 75 73 71 77 +8 296 € 3,780.00
T36

Justine DREHER

FRA (FRA) 70 73 75 78 +8 296 € 3,780.00
T41

Caroline MARTENS

NOR (NOR) 75 72 74 76 +9 297 € 3,087.00
T41

Caroline AFONSO

FRA (FRA) 73 74 76 74 +9 297 € 3,087.00
T41

Tonje DAFFINRUD

NOR (NOR) 72 74 77 74 +9 297 € 3,087.00
T41

Gwladys NOCERA

FRA (FRA) 73 69 75 80 +9 297 € 3,087.00
T41

Miriam NAGL

BRA (BRA) 73 76 76 72 +9 297 € 3,087.00
T46

Stacey KEATING

AUS (AUS) 74 74 72 78 +10 298 € 2,655.00
T46

Rebecca ARTIS

AUS (AUS) 74 76 75 73 +10 298 € 2,655.00
T48

Oona VARTIAINEN

FIN (FIN) 68 79 75 77 +11 299 € 2,385.00
T48

Jessica BRADLEY

ENG (ENG) 77 73 72 77 +11 299 € 2,385.00
T48

Hannah BURKE

ENG (ENG) 72 72 79 76 +11 299 € 2,385.00
T48

Luna SOBRON

ESP (ESP) 74 75 74 76 +11 299
T48

Malene JORGENSEN

DEN (DEN) 77 71 77 74 +11 299 € 2,385.00
T53

Pamela PRETSWELL

SCO (SCO) 77 70 78 75 +12 300 € 2,115.00
T53

Diana LUNA

ITA (ITA) 75 75 75 75 +12 300 € 2,115.00
T55

Valentine DERREY

FRA (FRA) 76 71 74 80 +13 301 € 1,755.00
T55

Olivia COWAN

GER (GER) 72 74 75 80 +13 301 € 1,755.00
T55

Xiang SUI

CHN (CHN) 73 74 76 78 +13 301
T55

Leigh WHITTAKER

GER (GER) 76 71 77 77 +13 301 € 1,755.00
T55

Stacy Lee BREGMAN

RSA (RSA) 74 74 76 77 +13 301 € 1,755.00
T55

Ariane PROVOT

FRA (FRA) 78 70 78 75 +13 301 € 1,755.00
T55

Sophie WALKER

ENG (ENG) 77 73 77 74 +13 301 € 1,755.00
T62

Annabel DIMMOCK

ENG (ENG) 73 73 77 80 +15 303 € 1,440.00
T62

Nicole GARCIA

RSA (RSA) 74 75 79 75 +15 303 € 1,440.00
T62

Laura JANSONE

LAT (LAT) 79 71 79 74 +15 303 € 1,440.00
T65

Stefania CROCE

ITA (ITA) 73 74 77 80 +16 304 € 1,282.50
T65

Rosie DAVIES

ENG (ENG) 78 72 74 80 +16 304 € 1,282.50
T65

Elia FOLCH

ESP (ESP) 72 75 78 79 +16 304 € 1,282.50
T65

Louise STAHLE

SWE (SWE) 77 70 78 79 +16 304 € 1,282.50
T69

Ursula WIKSTROM

FIN (FIN) 78 72 76 80 +18 306 € 1,147.50
T69

Natalie WILLE

SWE (SWE) 74 72 84 76 +18 306 € 1,147.50
71

Whitney HILLIER

AUS (AUS) 76 74 79 78 +19 307 € 1,080.00



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