SPANISH WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP OF 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH CATEGORIES 2025

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The Spanish Women's Championship for 2nd, 3rd and 4th Category, one of the most popular tournaments on the calendar, has successfully concluded its ninth edition at the Norba Golf course (Cáceres), where 89 golfers with exact handicaps between 4.5 and 27.9 have gathered.

Nearly one hundred participants witnessed the triumphs of María Agüero, Laura Fuentes and María Reyes Manteca in each of the categories of the event.

In the case of the 2nd Category, María Agüero managed to maintain the lead achieved after the first round thanks to a card of 79 strokes and a total of 155, enough to leave Inés María García, second, two strokes ahead, and Julia Izquierdo, third, five strokes ahead.

This was the only category in which the leader from the first day finally managed to take the victory, since in the other categories, 3rd and 4th, there were changes in first place.

This was the case for Laura Fuentes, who took the victory in the 3rd Category thanks to a card of 84 strokes and a total of 179 strokes, with which she was two strokes ahead of Alicia Cámara and Laura Torres, who shared second place.

Finally, the outcome of the 4th Category turned out to be the closest of the tournament, as María Reyes Manteca and Laura Isabel Romero finished at the top of the ranking with cards of 98 and 99 strokes respectively, and a total of 201 strokes, so it was necessary to play a tiebreaker playoff which fell in the favor of the former.

The honor roll for this 4th Category was completed by Lourdes Silva, who finished in third position with a total of 205 strokes.

A very evenly matched first day

The Spanish Women's Championship for 2nd, 3rd and 4th Category completed its first 18 holes without major differences in the top positions and with four golfers leading the three categories in competition.

Specifically, María Agüero was the best at the start of the 2nd Category, after signing a round of 76 strokes, two less than Garbiñe Medizábal, second, and three less than Julia Izquierdo, who took third place.

In the 3rd Category, the lead ended up shared by Macarena Velasco and Laura Torres, after both golfers handed in cards of 91 strokes, while Ofelia González-Carrascosa, in third place, was the closest to the leaders with two more strokes.

And as for the 4th Category, María José López took the lead thanks to a round of 101 strokes, one less than Laura Isabel Romero, second, and two less than María Reyes Manteca and Ana Gross, who shared third place.

The tournament has completed nine editions in this format.

This competition represented a significant change in 2016, as until that year the winner of the 2nd Category came from the Spanish Absolute Championship. In other words, golfers from both categories shared the same competition, while those in the 3rd and 4th Categories competed in their own separate events. However, all competitions took place on the same course.

In that edition, held at Lumine Golf (Tarragona), the victory went to the Basque Ana Barbi, who was also proclaimed Spanish champion of the 2nd Category, while the champion of the 3rd Category was Ana Belén Fernández and the champion of the 4th Category was Sonia García-Rivero.

In the penultimate edition, in 2024, the victory went to the Basque Daniella Ruiz, with Maialen Díaz and Daniela Vega as winners in the 3rd and 4th Categories respectively.

FINAL RESULTS

2nd Category

1. María Agüero (76, 79) 155 strokes

2. Inés María García (80, 77) 157 strokes

3. Julia Navaarro (79, 81) 160 strokes

3rd Category

1. Laura Fuentes (95, 84) 179 strokes

2. Alicia Cámara (94, 87) 181 strokes

3. Laura Torres (91, 90) 181 strokes

4th Category

1. María Reyes Manteca (103, 98) 201 strokes

2. Laura Romero (102, 99) 201 strokes)

3. Lourdes Silva (106, 99) 205 hits