Anna Zanusso and Alessia Nobilio will play in 2025 on the Ladies European Tour, alongside Virginia Elena Carta and Alessandra Fanali. The two Italians with a brilliant performance obtained the full-time card by ranking respectively in 14th place with 350 (-13) strokes and 16th with 352 (-11) in the final of the Lalla Aicha Qualifying School, played over a distance of 90 holes, which took place on the two courses of the Royal Golf Marrakech (par 72) and the Al Maaden Golf (par 73), in Marrakech in Morocco.
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The tournament was won by Ecuadorian Daniela Darquea, a 29-year-old from Quito whose career has so far been spent in the United States where she achieved a success on the Symetra Tour (now Epson Tour) in 2017. Leader in the first two rounds and then in the fourth, she concluded the competition with a partial of 68 (-5, eight birdies, three bogeys) for a total of 339 (-24), beating by one stroke the Welshman Darcey Harry, second with 340 (-23).
In third place with 342 (-21) the German Polly Mack, in fourth with 343 (-20) the New Zealander Amelia Garvey, then the two Spaniards Teresa Toscano, fifth with 344 (-19), and Blanca Fernandez, sixth with 346 (-17) together with the Irish Anna Foster. Among the 24 promoted were Argentine Magdalena Simmermacher and Indian Avani Prashanth, with the same score as Nobilio.
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Anna Zanusso (67 75 71 69 68) started in second place, dropped to 23rd, but immediately reacted, reaching her goal with a 68 (-5) to close with five birdies and no bogeys. Alessia Nobilio made a comeback, starting slowly (56th) and then arriving in 16th place, passing through 51st, 26th and 18th, with a final partial of 69 (-4, five birdies, one bogey).
The competitors alternated in the first four rounds on the two courses, then the 70 who passed the cut after 72 holes finished the competition on the Al Maaden Golf. Out were the amateurs Maria Vittoria Corbi, 78th with 293 (+3), and Carolina Caminoli, 138th with 302 (+12). Daniela Darquea received a check for 5,000 euros from a prize pool of 10,000 euros. And this is all about it.
