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Laura Davies will go for her fourth victory at the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open presented by Raiffeisen in Austria from September 7-9.
Britain’s most recognised woman golfer will look to get back to her winning ways at Golfclub Föhrenwald in Wiener Neustadt, where won three times in a span of four years in 2007, 2008 and 2010 and finished second to Sweden’s Linda Wessberg in 2009.
The 48-year-old from Surrey, who shared 27th place last year, said: “The course suits my game very well as it enables me to hit a lot of drivers. My game is good but I need to hole some putts to have a chance.”
The golf course has been immaculately prepared for the eighth edition of the tournament by the greens staff under the leadership of Wayne Beasley.
A new 13th green has been opened next to the fourth hole, which will be considered the second signature hole on the course after the attractive par-three 16th, which plays over a lake. Recent additions also include new stone bridges on holes one, nine, 13, 17 and 18.
In total, 108 players will contest the 54-hole stroke play event with a 36-hole cut to leading 50 professionals and ties after round two.
The championship features 200,000 euro prize money with a 30,000 euro first prize. At the conclusion of the tournament at approximately 3pm on Sunday, a private jet will be waiting to whisk a handful of the leading players off to the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Royal Liverpool.