Flumserberg, Switzerland, Sep 3: Tvesa Malik coming off two weeks of Links golf and a Top-20 finish opened with a solid three-under 69 in the first round of the Flumserberg Ladies Open at Gams-Werdenberg Golf Club, Switzerland. The event is a part of the Ladies European Tour’s Access Series (LETAS), which returns for the first time this season. The 54-hole event has 82 starters vying for the €40,000 prize fund.
Tvesa, who said that she will play every event she gets into, had four birdies against one bogey in her round is Tied-fifth. India’s other player in the field, Diksha Dagar shot one-over 73 and is Tied-28th.
The leader is Norwegian golfer Stina Resen, whose career-low seven-under 65 gave her three-shot lead over three players, Stefania Avanzo, amateur Emma Spitz and Anaell Carnet, who shot four-under 68 each. Tvesa with four others including Sanaa Nuutinen, third at Czech Ladies Open. Resen, 27, has just one Top-10 on LETAS in past two years.
Tvesa said, “I enjoyed my Links experience. I plan to play all events possible. I have had enough rest in the past few months. After the LET Access event this week, I stay on in Switzerland and play an LET event and then in France.”
Next week Switzerland will host the Euros 200,000 VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open.
Tvesa bogeyed the second hole, but that was the only bogey she had during the day. She birdied fourth, 11th, 16th and 17th for a three-under 69.
Diksha opened with a double bogey and added bogey on sixth and eighth. Her birdies on third and ninth helped her turn in two-over 38. She birdied 10th and 18th and bogeyed 17th for a day’s work of one-over 73.
The top player at the end of the season on LET Access will earn the coveted LET membership for the 2021 season.
