Sweden’s Linda Wessberg is determined to retain her title at the UNIQA Ladies Open Presented by Raiffeisen at Golf Club Foehrenwald in Wiener Neustadt near Vienna this week.
The €200,000 tournament, from September 3-5, is the third last event in Europe before the Tour heads to Asia and Wessberg is keen to consolidate her recent rich form on the 6,243 yard, par-72 course.
The 30-year-old from Gothenburg earned her third Ladies European Tour title 12 months ago by defeating England’s Laura Davies at the second sudden death play-off hole.
Playing through pouring rain, both players took regulation pars on the 16th hole before Wessberg took advantage of Davies’ mistakes on the par-five 18th and won with a bogey six.
This year Wessberg’s best finish has been a tie for fifth at the UniCredit Ladies German Open but she feels ready for a fourth victory.
“Naturally I feel a little pressure. But I am in good form and have been in the top 10 six times this year already,” she said. “Since I know this course well and each year it’s prepared perfectly, it kind of feels like I have a good chance...more
