‘Before I was so rudely interrupted…’ – Lewthwaite

Apr 6, 2021 | Featured, Sunshine Ladies Tour

Lejan Lewthwaite wants to pick up from where she was so rudely interrupted. She gets her chance in the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s Cape Town Ladies Open which tees off on Wednesday at Royal Cape Golf Club.

Lewthwaite, who won the Dimension Data Ladies Challenge and the SuperSport Ladies Challenge hosted by Sun International last year, finished third on the Investec Order of Merit and was primed to play her first full season on the Ladies European Tour.

“I definitely had high hopes after a successful season at home, but at least I did get to play a few LET events and gain some invaluable experience. So I am ready to pick up where I left off and I think this season is going to be incredible.

“We see more international players come out to South Africa year-on-year because the Sunshine Ladies Tour is so perfectly positioned to build competitive form before the European season starts.

“And this year we should see even more top professionals on the tour with the Investec South African Women’s Open being a qualifier for the US Women’s Open. That’s great news for the seasoned pros and the rookies and the amateurs, too. I cut my teeth on the Sunshine Ladies Tour when I came back from college in the USA and it is such a great circuit to build experience.”

The Sunshine Ladies Tour’s most prolific winner Lee-Anne Pace will headline the field in the season-opener in the Mother City. The LPGA champion will be chasing an unprecedented fourth Cape Town Ladies Open title, having won the event in 2016, 2018 and 2020.

Other players on the watch list include LET campaigners Stacy Bregman, Casandra Hall and eSwatini standout Nobuhle Dlamini, Sunshine Ladies Tour winners Jane Turner from Scotland and France’s Anne-Lise Caudal and rising stars Ivanna Samu, Zethu Myeki, Cara Gorlei, Michaela Fletcher and Tara Griebenow.

By Lali Stander

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