Chiara Tamburlini has made {golfing} historical past after changing into the primary Swiss participant to be topped Rookie of the Yr on the Girls European Tour
The 24-year-old from St Gallen has loved a formidable first yr on Europe’s high tier skilled ladies’s circuit, accumulating 2,623 factors from 23 occasions and now has an unassailable lead within the season-long competitors to crown one of the best new participant on Tour.
Tamburlini performed on the LET Entry Sequence in 2023, turning skilled in August and securing two victories which noticed her end third on the Order of Benefit and clinch her LET card for the 2024 season.
It was a superb begin to the yr for the Swiss participant as she had top-10 finishes on the Kenya Girls Open and within the particular person occasion on the Aramco Workforce Sequence Tampa, earlier than capturing her maiden LET title on the Joburg Girls Open.
Over the summer season, the 24-year-old recorded a T2 end on the Jabra Girls Open, T10 in her homeland on the VP Financial institution Swiss Girls Open and a fourth-place end on the KPMG Ladies’s Irish Open.
Tamburlini secured her second victory of the season profitable by way of a playoff on the Lacoste Girls Open de France and adopted that up with a T3 within the particular person occasion on the Aramco Workforce Sequence Shenzhen.
The College of Mississippi graduate then clinched her third title of the season on the Wistron Girls Open in Taiwan to all however seal her Rookie of the Yr title.
“Successful the Rookie of the Yr award is a aim I set myself in the beginning of the yr – a really excessive aim – however one which I assumed was achievable, and I can’t consider I’ve executed it,” mentioned Tamburlini. “To see the record of gamers who’ve gained Rookie of the Yr is nice and to be the primary participant from Switzerland to win the title is an honour. I’ve actually loved my first season on the LET attending to know all of the gamers and employees.”
She added: “Successful a event is particular, so to have the ability to win 3 times in my first yr on Tour has been unbelievable and I’m wanting ahead to the final couple of occasions and hopefully, being ready to win the Order of Benefit as nicely.”
With the LET Order of Merit nonetheless within the steadiness, Tamburlini can change into the seventh participant to win each titles in the identical season following within the footsteps of Laura Davies, Carlota Ciganda, Esther Henseleit, Jeeno Thitikul, Linn Grant and Trichat Cheenglab.
The LET season continues this week with the Aramco Workforce Sequence offered by PIF – Riyadh earlier than the yr culminates within the season-ending Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España on the finish of November.
