LETAS CHAT

England’s Billie-Jo Smith had an amazing season on LETAS and fulfilled a long-awaited dream by walking away with a full LET card for 2025. 

Smith self-described her season as “the most consistent to date”, and it certainly was. The 25-year-old from Nottinghamshire earnt nine top 10 finishes including finishing the season with three runner-up positions after losing out on three consecutive play offs. 

Whilst it was heartbreaking to witness Smith lose out on three wins, the Belton Woods player knew it was part of the longer game to finish third in the LETAS Order of Merit. 

From injury to performance knockbacks, it's fair to say Smith hasn't gone down the usual route and her story is such an inspiration. So give it a listen.

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For the first time, LETAS is heading to Slovakia for the Ladies Slovak Golf Open. The event, previously on the LET schedule has not been held for 10 years, and has now found its new home on LETAS.

To mark the occasion, we welcomed a special guest. Zuzana Kamasová.

Zuzana made history in 2011 at the Lalla Meryem Cup when, after receiving an invitation to the tournament, she became the first Slovakian and Eastern European to win on the Ladies European Tour. 

Amazingly, that year she only expected three starts at best, she went onto play a full tournament schedule thanks to the win

What’s even more remarkable is that at the time Slovakia just had 6000 registered golfers emphasising the hard work, Zuzana had to put in to get to that stage. 

In 2013 she retired from the tour and has since worked for the Slovak Golf Association as a General Secretary, an assistant golf coach for the Ladies Team and she became a part of the board until the start of this year. 

A certified PGA coach Kamasova is busier these days working as a commentator for YOISH SPORT, which broadcasts LIVGOLF. 

And even more importantly, she’s been working behind the scenes on our upcoming tournament, the Ladies Slovak golf open. so without any futher ado. Welcome Zuzana to LETAS Chat. 

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HOST HUSTED IN THE HOUSE!! Welcome Natacha to LETAS Chat. This was an honest, entertaining chat all about how hard your rookie year on tour can be. Whilst Natacha finally had her dreams come true with a win in Sweden at the PGA Championship Gothenburg, her start to tour life has not been the easiest.

We also chat about her time at Ole Miss and get to the bottom of why we are seeing so many Ole Miss Graduates on tour! Natacha also chats about the importance of finding your circle and the importance of having a special few people to have your back.

We chatted about a lot more, but you will have to give it a listen to find out!! TW: This podcast might leave you craving coffee.

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Kajsa Arwefjall just wants to have fun! The Swedish star joins the chat to discuss why she prioritises having fun on the course, her amazing season so far and her not so secret past as a World Champion Rope Skipper.

After winning the MoreGolf Mastercard Open, Arwefjall has cemented herself in number two spot on the LETAS Order of Merit and LETAS Rookie of the Year List, now you can get to know the 2 time LETAS Champion better.

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Three weeks is all it takes to become a name everyone is watching. Welcome to the podcast Helen Briem and congratulations on your back-to-back wins in Montauban and Czech. Now Briem takes on a new challenge, to be the first player in tour history to record three consecutive wins.

For the two-time Ping Junior Champion, Junior Ryder Cup Champion and 2023 R&A Girls Amateur champion, events in the last few weeks have not played into her hands despite the outward success. 

For instance, falling one stroke short of the top-10 at the Amundi German Masters prevented Briem from an exemption into the next LET event and making her mark on a higher stage. Likewise, the top-10 exemption did not apply at the Scandi mixed where she finished tied second. Nevertheless Briem has dusted herself off and focused on earning her LET card as quickly as possible on LETAS.

Get to know Briem better, learn why she is yet to turn professional, how she balances school and golf and why she always wears the same shirt in final rounds.

“As I’ve said many times, I play to win. That’s the attitude for every tournament and it doesn’t change, no matter if it’s a special tournament or something.”

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Three years ago, a Texas State freshman took the Montauban Ladies Open by a storm coming from behind to clinch victory at her first professional event, an event she only entered the week before.

France’s Marine Griffaut now returns to the tournament for her professional debut. Before she embarks on this challenge, she joins the podcast for an honest chat about the process of turning professional and why winning two years ago provided a turning point in her career.

“I still get goosebumps thinking about that week,” Griffaut admitted, “When I won that tournament, it gave me a turn in my golf career and made me believe in what I could do.”

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A truly honest and brave chat this week, as Australia's Kristalle Blum opens up about her tough decision to take an extended break from tournament golf and travel due to her mental health.

"It's time to find who I am off the course so I know who I am when I step back on it!"

We also chat about what its like to be coached by your mum, be part of a sports mad family. her passion for fitness and so much more..

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This week, England's Sarah Gee joins the podcast for an honest, hilarious chat about all things life on LETAS, going to college in Texas and why she wishes golf tournaments were played with music.

Such a fun, enlightening and entertaining episode. Get to know Sarah Gee better in the next 30 minutes.

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Two and bit weeks after she stole the show in France, we caught up with Sweden's Anna Magnusson for a quick chat.

The chat topics this week:

• The trials of training in colder climates
• The NEXT Golf Tour
• Aramco Team Series events
• Why she almost quit the professional game at the start of this year
• The power of yoga + so much more....

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It's a new season and with a new season comes a new name!! Welcome to LETAS Chat where we chat all things about LETAS. This is the podcast where the golfers drive the narrative so you can really get to know them.

It's going to be the best season yet and who better to start with than Switzerland's Vanessa Knecht.

Knecht chats to us about fulfilling her childhood dreams, her work as an ambassador for Room to Read and how she plans to spend this year on LETAS, lucky us!

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