FRENCH INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR WOMEN'S TEAM 2026

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Around twenty Spanish golfers will compete from April 1st to 6th in the 2026 French Junior International, Esmond Cup, one of the oldest tournaments on the women's calendar. As usual, the event is being held at the popular Saint Cloud course, near Paris, where some of the best players on the continent will be competing.

The competition brings together 120 golfers, and among them, these twenty Spanish women: Nagore Martínez, Carolina Pérez-Tasso Rodríguez, Daniela Montolio, Carlota Carmona and Adriana García Terol from Barcelona, Carlota López from Valencia, Marta Muñoz, Amanda and Ángela Revuelta, Liz Hao, Blanca Gómez-Balboa, Gabriela Rincón de la Torre, Pilar Montells and Rut Díaz from Madrid, Chanya Huaysan from Andalusia, Ioana García from Aragon, María Carlón and Cristina García from Castile and León, Luna Isabella Valencia from Murcia and Beatriz Sueiro from the Basque Country.

Irene Rollán and Álvaro Salto will serve as captain and coach, respectively, of the official team of the Women's Amateur Technical Committee that has traveled to Paris.

This delegation has more than enough ingredients to extend Spain's positive momentum in the tournament. Just looking at the last few months, it's worth highlighting that Carolina Pérez-Tasso has just become the new national champion in the Under-18 category, Chanya Huaysan has won the National Junior Ranking Tournament, and Adriana García Terol added another success to her 2025 tally at the Andalusian Cup.

These are excellent precedents for what lies ahead in a week complicated by the level of the participating players; in Saint Cloud will be Germany's Yoo Jin Bae, the Czech Republic's Anna Ludvova, Italy's Paris Appendino and Natalia Aparicio, England's Charlotte Naughton, Lauren Crump, and Elizabeth Wilson – a finalist in the recent Queen's Cup – and local players Manon Petitnicolas and Giselle Zhao. All of them are players of the highest competitive caliber.

The tournament is played in two phases: a first Stroke Play in which all participants face two rounds of 18 holes, and a second Match Play to which only the 64 best ranked in the previous phase have access.

Marta García, Nuria Iturrioz and other beautiful precedents

The winning track record in the 65 editions of the French Junior International is very promising for Spanish golfers. The most recent successes include the victory in 2018 by Marta García from Galicia, who defeated Dimana Viudes from Murcia 2&1 in a thrilling final, and Paula Martín's second-place finish in 2023.

In 2015, the victory went to Nuria Iturrioz from the Balearic Islands, now a professional player. The former student of the Blume National School defeated French player Agathe Laisne 4&2 in the final, a score that demonstrated her superiority throughout the decisive 36-hole match. Nuria Iturrioz thus claimed her first international title, having previously defeated her teammate and friend Ana Peláez in the semifinals.
Prior to this victory, the record was already very positive for Spanish golfers. At St. Cloud, Estefanía Knuth (1990 and 1992), María José Pons (1994 and 1996), Tania Elósegui (1999), Emma Cabrera (2001), María Hernández (2003), Elisa Serramià (2004), Beatriz Recari (2005), and Carlota Ciganda (2006) have also won.