The LET stops in Finland for the Ladies Open

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The LET stops in Finland for the Ladies Open By Pickala Rock Resort (June 29 – July 1) which takes place on the Pickala Golf Club course in Siunto where Virginia Elena Carta will be present.

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In the field, made up of 126 athletes, there will be 7 of the best 15 of the Race To Costa Del Sol (order of merit) and among all the underdogs go to the Indian Diksha Dakar (n. 5) who will try to repeat the victory of the last week at the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open. An opportunity also for the German Chiara Noja (n. 7) who, given the absence of the first four of the order of merit, with a good performance could gain positions in the standings and for the French Celine Herbin (n. 10) classified third in Czech Republic and four times in the top ten this year.

Virginia Elena Carta confirmed the good momentum as evidenced by the 11th place in the Czech Republic and will try in Finland to make further progress in the condition. The tournament takes place on 54 holes with a cut after 36 which will promote the best 60 classified and the equal merit to the final day. Out of a prize fund of 300,000 euros, 45,000 will go to the winner.

Women's golf in Europe only depopulated some time after the creation of the LPGA in the United States of America. In 1978, the Women's Professional Golfers' Association (or simply WPGA) was founded, underpinning the largest operating Professional Golfers' Association in the United Kingdom. The following year a tour was established with Carlsberg as the main sponsor and including 12 tournaments (36 holes), including the Women's British Open. For his first two seasons the Tour fields were rated for 36 strokes, later increased to 54; the prize money also underwent an increase, going from the initial 80,000 pounds to 250,000 in 1981, at the cost, however, of the loss of important tournaments and sponsorships. At the end of the 1981 season the collaboration with Carlsberg ended, and despite an initial optimism, the Ladies European Tour experienced a period of crisis which culminated in the cancellation of further stages. In the second part of the eighties the circuit found itself with only 10 tournaments left and its future was called into question.

To overcome the crisis and its now low visibility, in 1988 the main exponents of the management decided to create an independent body, the Women Professional Golfers' European Tour Limited: the new entity then changed its main office, moving from The Belfry (shared with the PGA) at the Tytherington Club in Cheshire. In 1998 the Tour changed its name to the European Ladies' Professional Golf Association Limited and then to the Ladies European Tour Limited in July 2000. In 2008 the body changed headquarters again, this time settling at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, near London.[ 8] In 2010 the Tour announced the creation of the LET Access Series (LETAS), its official development circuit.

In January 2020 the Ladies European Tour entered into a joint venture with the LPGA Tour, with the aim of further growing women's professional golf around the world: the Ladies European Golf Venture Limited became the central body of the board of directors and was joined by representatives of other realities such as LPGA Tour, PGA European Tour and The R&A.

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