Sara Byrne, Anna Foster and Annabel Wilson secure LET tour cards at Q-School
Sara For Her Tour The Byrne Card Pbs Picture: Card Secured: Secures Let
Douglas native Sara Byrne secured her LET tour card after carding a four under 69 in round five of the Q-School at the Al Maaden Golf Marrakech and will be joined by Dubliner Anna Foster and Castlerock's Annabel Wilson.
Byrne finished on 12 under for the tournament in 15th. She carded four birdies on the fourth, seventh, eighth and 13th and completed the round without dropping a shot.
“Yeah I am over the moon, it doesn’t really feel like it’s real at the moment" said Byrne who capped off her final season as an amateur by winning two collegiate wins for Miami and an unbeaten run for Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup when they beat America for the first time since 2016 in Sunningdale before she turned professional in September.
“It feels absolutely amazing and to come out of that week with a full tour card is a cherry on top for an unbelievable 2024. I can tell nine-year-old Sara I did it!”
With Foster and Wilson securing cards in Morocco also this week they will all link up with Laruen Walsh.
“We knew this was going to be coming for a couple of years there was a big bunch of us ready to get out there on tour. So, to finally have a big contingent of us out on tour makes it all the sweeter really,” said Byrne.
Byrne and Walsh missed out on LPGA Tour cards at the final stage of Q-School in Arizona
Foster ended her week tied for sixth on 17 under overall after carding four under 69 for the fifth round. Foster hit the ground running with a three birdies in the first four holes and followed up with three more birdies on the eighth, 13th and 18th. She dropped two shots with bogey's on the 11th and 16th to secure her card for the Ladies European Tour.
Wilson finished tied for eighth overall on 15 under. She also carded a four under 69 in the fifth round. Wilson had a mixed bag in her final round starting off with four birdies in the first seven holes before her fifth birdie on the 10th. She hit her first bogey of the day on the 11th and followed it up with a double bogey on the 12th. She found her rhythm again with three more birdies on the 13th, 14th and 16th before hitting another bogey on 17.
Wilson also secured her card for the LET and the trio will join Lauren Walsh who has already booked her card for the tour.
Ecuador's Daniela Darquea won the tournament finishing on 24 under overall. Darquea hit eight birdies and three bogey's in her final round to finish on five under 68. Wales' Darcey Harry finished in second while Polly Mack from Germany finished in third.
