This season, the LET Access Series (LETAS) is heading to Portugal, after a seven year hiatus, for the newly announced Super Bock Ladies Open at Vidago Palace.
Taking place between May 6-8, a maximum of 126 players will tee it up at Vidago Palace Golf across 54 holes of stroke play with a cut to the top 45 professionals and ties after day two.
The Vidago Palace golf course was redesigned by Cameron & Powell from an original by Mackenzie Ross, which was built in 1936.
The current course was transformed into a Par 72 course to enhance the holding of international championships but maintains the identity of the original design and faithfully reflects the beauty of the natural surroundings.
The tour has not travelled to Portugal since 2017, where England’s Meghan Maclaren won the Azores Ladies Open at Golfe da Ilha Terceira.
Currently there are no Portugese professionals on LETAS, but strong amateur talent is emerging with 17-year-old Ines Belchior recently securing one of the best individual results in Portugese history by making the cut at the LET’s Lalla Meryem Cup after earning an invitation.
Inês Belchior was the best national athlete (16th) in the 95th Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship, held at the Sir Henry Cotton Championship Course of the Penina Hotel & Golf Resort, in Portimão.
France’s Louise Uma Landgraf, who made history by becoming the youngest winner of a professional golf tournament at the 2023 Terre Blanche Ladies Open, won the whole event and earnt herself an invite for this year’s Super Bock Ladies Open.
English golfer Imogen Courtney also has earnt herself an invitation to participate in the event after placing as the highest woman at the Optilink Tour Championship on the PT tour.
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