LET Unfiltered

From the golf course to the Galapagos, 2022 was quite the year for Christine Wolf. The Austrian took some time away from the sport last year to fulfill her dream of travelling around South America, while still managing to retain her full card for the 2023 season in the process. 

Wolf made the transition from the peaks of Patagonia back to the putting green perfectly, and put in some stellar performances towards the end of the year to keep her playing rights, which she celebrated by tying the knot to husband Robert after the season finale. 

From college to the LET Access Series, to that memorable win in India back in 2019, the Austrian has had quite the career so far, and we take a look back at the highlights on and off the course ahead of the resumption of the 2023 season. 

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Making the leap from college into professional life is a massive step for any golfer, with the trials and tribulations of Q-School a make or break time for many players as they battle to earn a full Tour card.

This week, we speak to two players who have recently been through it all and are now embarking on their maiden season on the LET, as Alex Försterling and Alessandra Fanali share all about their fledgling careers to date.

Having both shone on the European amateur stage, the duo met in college in the US at Arizona State University where they both played for the Sun Devils golf team - alongside a certain Linn Grant.

After registering a win each in their final season in the States, the pair packed their bags for a gruelling two week stretch at La Manga Golf Club for LET Q-School to both claim their place on tour, with Alex sharing the victory after five days of the Final Qualifier with compatriot Polly Mack.

With a number of LET events under their belt in 2023, the duo share their experiences of Tour life so far, as well as some great tales from their college days.

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Former Ladies European Tour player Sophie Walker joins us this week to discuss her journey through golf; from Cleethorpes to Q-School, and all the way to the commentary box.

After earning her card in 2007, Walker was a constant presence on Tour all the way until she put her clubs away for good in 2018 as she turned her hand to presenting and commentating, where she can regularly be heard alongside Richard Kaufmann on the Sky Sports coverage of the Tour events.

The decision to call a day on your golfing career is never an easy one, but Sophie has made the seamless transition into becoming one of the voices of women's golf, and she talks us through that journey into the unknown here.

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The Race to Costa Del Sol leader drops by this week to talk about her flying start to the season which saw her pick up a win in the curtain-raiser at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open, before two more top-three finishes to come flying out the blocks in 2023.

The 2016 Rookie of the Year reminisces on her searing start to professional life which saw her win twice in her inaugural season on the LET, including a historic win on home soil at the Hero Women's Indian Open to become the first ever Indian winner on Tour.

A two-time Olympian, Ashok came within a whisker of a medal at Tokyo 2020 before ending the competition in fourth spot in Japan, but nevertheless created a flurry of activity and excitement back in her homeland, and inspired a generation in the meantime.

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Manon De Roey joins us this week to reminisce on her career to date, from starting out in field hockey to claiming that memorable maiden LET win at Aramco Team Series - Bangkok last year, with a sprinkle of LET Access Series in between.

De Roey went from strength to strength in 2022 to finish fourth in the Race to Costa Del Sol - her finest finish to date - as well as earning part-status on the LPGA to set up an exciting year ahead on both sides of the pond.

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The reigning AIG Women's Open Champion is here this week, as Ashleigh Buhai joins us to talk about all things golf, and we relive that special moment at Muirfield in 2022 as she became a Major winner for the first time.

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The Queen of South Africa is here with us this week, with serial winner Lee-Anne Pace joining us to talk about all things golf.

The eleven-time LET winner talks us through her career, included a reluctant start to life as a professional, before embarking on a journey that would see her victorious on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as dominating events back in her home country, with no fewer than five South African Women's Open titles.

A real wander down memory lane for Pace, who even opens up on wedding plans for the future!

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Fresh from being announced Team Europe captain for the Solheim Cup in 2024, Suzann Pettersen joins us for this week's episode of The LET Golf Podcast.

The Norwegian is almost synonymous with the competition, having competed in the event nine times between making her debut in 2002, before that momentous final putt at Gleneagles in 2019 to secure victory and mark her retirement as one.

Taking a trip down memory lane, Pettersen relives some of her greatest Solheim Cup memories, as well as talking us through preparations for this year's showdown in Finca Cortesin.

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2022 Race to Costa Del Sol Champion Linn Grant joins us this week to reflect on a mesmerising last 12 months. From turning pro at the end of 2021 to breaking records and making history with almost every swing of her golf club last year, the Swede has already had a glittering golfing career, and she's not even 25 yet!

The first ever female winner on the DP World Tour talks us through that historic week at Halmstad Golf Club, as well as life away from the course; where she likes nothing more than a two hour breakfast before riding horses and going mushroom hunting.... no, seriously!

And we couldn't go a whole conversation without mentioning her great friend and on course opponent Maja Stark, with the Swedish duo almost inseparable throughout the past year, their battles throughout the season kept us all gripped to our televisions for many a weekend.

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