Agathe Laisne won the Florida’s Natural Charity Classic, the inaugural race of the 2023 Epson Tour, the second US women’s circuit which has a calendar of 22 events. The Frenchwoman finished with 207 (73 68 66, -9) strokes tied with Jillian Hollis (68 67 72), who had been at the top since the opening round, and Finland’s Kiira Riihijarvi (70 69 68) and then he topped them with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
Agathe Laisne, results
On the course of the Country Club of Winter Haven (par 72), in Winter Haven in Florida, Roberta Liti finished in 16th place with 212 (70 70 72, -4), author of a tonic test even if she lost something in the final after the second and fourth position in the first two rounds.
The other Italian in the field, Angelica Moresco, came out in the cut, 117th with 156 (79 77, +12). Agathe Laisne recovered from eighth place with a 66 (-6), thanks to six birdies (the last two to close to catch up with the opponents were decisive), recovering six shots from Hollis, who didn’t go beyond 72 of par (three birdies, three bogeys), while Riihijarvi came up from third with a 68 (-4, an eagle, four birdies, two bogeys).
The 23-year-old Parisian signed her first title on the Epson Tour, for a palmarès that also includes two victories dated 2020 on the LET Access, the second European women’s tour. For her, a check for $30,000 on a $200,000 prize pool.
Becca Huffer remained out of the playoffs by a stroke and Taiwanese Heather Lin, fourth with 208 (-8), occupied sixth position with 209 (-7) Auston Kim and finished in seventh with 210 (-6) the Chinese Yan Liu, Malaysian Natasha Andrea Oon and French Perrine Delacour.
Winter Haven (Italian: Porto d’Inverno) is a city located in Polk County, Florida, (United States). The city had a population of 26,487 at the 2000 census, and the US Census Bureau estimated the population at 32,577 in 2007, making it the second most populous city in Polk County.
Winter Haven is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven metropolitan area. The first settlements in the area date back to 1860, in 1885 the first commercial activity opened there and the area was called Harris Corners, Harris was the name of the owner of the first shop.
The following year, the name Winter Haven was proposed due to the area’s pleasant climate. By the end of the century the population grew to about 400 people and in 1911 the town acquired administrative autonomy. Florida’s first building boom, dating back to the 1920s, caused a dramatic increase in population.
The event that brought further growth to the town was the opening of the Cypress Gardens theme park (1936) which transformed Winter Haven into a tourist resort . Until 2009, the year in which it was closed, it remained the main attraction of the city; after its closure, the area was purchased by Merlin Entertainments which on October 15, 2011 opened Legoland Florida, the second LEGO theme park in the United States.
