Nigerian Georgia Oboh has been listed among the 96 golfers from 23 countries competing at the LET season opener Magical Kenya Ladies Open taking place in Mombasa, Kenya.
The 96 field of players will from tomorrow, take to the Baobab Course and do battle in a 72-hole stroke play format for the largest share of the prize purse, which is set at €300,000, at Vipingo Ridge near Mombasa.
Apart from Oboh, defending champion and 2019 Order of Merit winner Esther Henseleit heads the field and the German hopes to replicate the form she displayed at the last edition and she will be joined by South Africa’s Lee-Anne Pace, who was the LET’s Order of Merit winner for 2010, and triumphed last season at the Investec SA Women’s Open.
As one of Africa’s representatives in the tournament, the 20-year-old Nigerian also has South Africans Casandra Hall, Stacy Lee Bregman and Lejan Lewthwaite.
They will tee it up alongside Eswatini’s Nobuhle Dlamini and Morocco’s Maha Haddioui, while four Kenyan amateurs and Kenyan professional Bhavi Shah will also be in attendance.
Two-time LET winner Julia Engström makes a return to the Tour following time out from the game with a back injury.
Finland’s Sanna Nuutinen and Germany’s Olivia Cowan, who finished fourth and fifth in the 2021 Race to Costa del Sol, will begin their season after securing status on the LPGA Tour.
France’s Lucie Malchirand, who won as an amateur last season, will be in the field as will LET Access Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year Lily May Humphreys.
Sweden’s Lisa Pettersson topped the standings at the Pre-Qualifier of LET Q-School and eventually finished in second place at the Final Qualifier to secure her card will make her LET debut.
The Magical Kenya Open is the first of 31 events lined up in the LET 2022 calendar.