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English Ladies Golf Association
Win in Spain for Rebecca
credit: John Bailey

Rebecca Hudson (Wheatley) beat home player Tania Elosegui in the final of the Spanish Ladies’ Open Amateur Championship at Club de Golf de Pals to win the event following her defeat in the 1999 final.  With four birdies she was under par when winning at the 17th by 3 and 1.  An early lead of three holes was cut back to one before she closed out the match.Rebecca had also led the English Players who won the Nations Cup in the stroke play qualifying event.A member of the English Ladies’ Golf Association Elite Squad, Rebecca’s success is an early reward for the intensive training undertaken by Squad players in the past year, three of whom were in the quarter finals of the Championship