Spain's Ana Fernández de Mesa has won the Belgian International Junior Championship held at the Royal Golf Club of Belgium in Brussels, finishing six strokes ahead of a trio of players including fellow Spaniard Camilla Hedberg.
The golfer from Cadiz, Spanish Junior Champion in 2003, adds her first individual international title thanks to an outstanding performance that was especially evident on the third day, when she appeared at the card handover table with a score of 68 strokes that allowed her to acquire at that crucial moment no less than 7 strokes of advantage over the second-placed players.
From less to more until that moment, with performances that can be summarized as 74, 71 and the aforementioned 68 strokes throughout the first three days, Ana Fernández de Mesa became the virtual winner, a condition that she definitively ratified in the fourth round with a result of 77 strokes, less brilliant than in previous days but more than enough to prevail with enormous conviction over the rest of her rivals.
Among them, at 6 strokes to be exact, was Camilla Hedberg from Barcelona, who shared a place with the Frenchwoman Laure Castelein and the Scottish Kelsey McDonald, one of the most active players in the tournament until Ana Fernández de Mesa presented her credentials for the final victory in the third round.
Elia Folch, also from Barcelona, and Mandy Goyos from A Coruña also finished in the top 10 of the tournament, which highlights the dominance of Spanish golfers on a glorious day in which Carlota Ciganda and María Hernández were proclaimed champion and runner-up of Europe, respectively.
FINAL CLASSIFICATION
Female Category
1.- Ana Fernández de Mesa (SPAIN) 290 (74+71+68+77)
2.- Camilla Hedberg (SPAIN) 296 (73+76+73+74)
+-. Laure Castelein (France) 296 (76+74+74+72)
+.- Kelsey McDonald (Scotland) 296 (74+73+73+76)
7.- Elia Folch (SPAIN) 299 (75+74+74+76)
10.- Mandy Goyos (SPAIN) 304 (78+74+76+76)
23.- Andrea Vilarasau (SPAIN) 310 (83+72+77+78)
Male Category
1.- Joachim Hansen (Denmark) 288 (70+76+73+69)
54.- Albert Vilarasau (SPAIN) 311 (78+73+76+84)
