Teresa Puga from A Coruña and Patricia Sanz from Madrid played a remarkable role in the Women's International Championship of Switzerland, which concluded at the Golf Club Domaine Imperial with the victory of the German Lara Katzy.

The Galician and the Madrileña, accompanied by Lucía Mar in the women's event, came back on the last day, in which they played 36 holes, and approached the top positions in the standings, although the German player did not falter and prevented the Spanish performance from being categorized as outstanding.

As for the men's competition, in which the Spanish presence was reduced to a single player, the role of Oliver Mena from Cadiz was outstanding: he finished in seventeenth place in a competition attended by a large number of German and Italian golfers.

This result adds a new ingredient to the salad of good results obtained by Spanish players in the summer of 2009; namely, victories by Carlos Pigem in Hossegor and Biarritz, where Nerea Salaverría also won, and by Ha Rang Lee in Chiberta; good performances in the Evian Masters Juniors Cup, and in the European Young Masters by Camilla Hedberg and Noemí Jiménez,…

To date, the only victory in the Swiss competition – where Spanish representation, both male and female, has always been scarce – came in 2006 thanks to Barcelona native Diana Terol, who scored a spectacular 65 in her third round. The Catalan golfer outperformed players of the caliber of France's Isabelle Boineau and Lucía Mar herself.

RESULTS
Male Category
1.- Andrea Chipuzzo (ITA) 277 (71+70+67+69)
17.- Oliver Mena (ESP) 289 (73+72+71+73)
Female Category
1.- Lara Katzy (GER) 284 (67+73+75+69)
4. Teresa Puga (ESP) 290 (70+77+74+69)
+. Patricia Sanz (ESP) 290 (74+73+73+70)
27. Lucía Mar (ESP) 157 (79+78)
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