The Conwy star, who turned professional in September after helping Wales to their third Home International title in six years, took to Twitter to express her disappointment at missing out for a second time on a full LET card.
WELSH wonder Amy Boulden suffered final round heartache in her quest for a Ladies European Tour card in 2014, writes Anthony Woolford.
The 20-year-old member of the victorious 2012 GB&I Curtis Cup team, headed into the final round of the 90-hole Lalla Aicha School event in 27th spot and on course to be among the top 30 and ties who earn full cards.
And despite a battling 71 at Samanah Golf Club, in Marrakech, her four over par score was only good enough for 34th spot with those on two over getting cards.
The Conwy star, who turned professional in September after helping Wales to their third Home International title in six years, is set for a limited number of appearances among the big hitters of the European game. And she took to Twitter to express her disappointment at missing out for a second time on a full LET card.
“I am gutted to have just missed out on getting a full LET card, but taking the positives out of it...I fought hard today,” Boulden tweeted as she headed home from Morocco.
“I had a rocky start but dug deep and came back in four under on the back nine. Holing my second shot on 16 with a four-iron helped. Thanks to everyone for all your messages and support! It means a lot! I’m excited for the 2014 season.”
At the top of the leaderboard Caroline Martens saved the best until last as she fired an eight-under-par 64 on the final day to end eight strokes ahead of the field on 13-under-par.
“It feels fantastic. I played ridiculously well and didn’t make any mistakes out there. I was striking the ball perfect, I was putting well. It was a fantastic round of golf: the best I’ve ever played,” said Martens, who had her mother, Ingrid, on caddie duties.
“The one word I kept on thinking on every shot, every day, was patience. Like, ‘It’s a marathon of a week, I have to be patient; it’s not over until it’s over. Even on the last putt on 18, I just kept saying to myself, I need to be patient, I need to be patient, just breathe, take one shot at a time, don’t get ahead of yourself and enjoy the moment really.”
And if Boulden needed any encouragement to bounce back then Martens provided it.
Having previously held a low ranking membership of the LET in 2012, Martens kept competitive by playing on the LET Access Series in 2013, but dislocated both of her shoulders during a tournament in Sweden in early September.
“It’s been such a difficult year and I’ve worked so hard. Having this week going the way it did, it makes me feel like all the hard work I’ve put into it really paid off. I’m really looking forward to next year, getting started and improving on what I did here,” she said.
Sally Watson of Scotland and Germany’s Steffi Kirchmayr shot rounds of 68 and 73 respectively to share second on five-under-par.
A stroke further back were Swedish pair Josephine Janson and Viva Schlasberg, who tied for fourth with amateur Nobuhle Dlamini, who qualified to become the LET’s first representative from Swaziland.
New players to qualify included Ariane Provot and Isabelle Boineau of France, South African Kim Williams, Tessa Teachman of the USA, Krista Bakker of Finland, Austrian Nina Muehl, Germany’s Karolin Lampert, England’s Charlotte Thompson and Victoria Lovelady of Brazil.
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