Tan edged out her closest challenger, Alessandra Fanali from Italy, by four shots to seal her fantastic debut win on the Tour and become Singapore’s first LET winner.

Tournament Details:

Tournament: Magical Kenya Ladies Open 2024
Venue:             Vipingo Ridge Baobab Golf Course
Dates:              February 8 – 11^, 2024
Purse:              300,000 Euros

Nineteen-year-old Shannon Tan from Singapore carded a final round of 3 under par 70 to taker her total score for the tournament to 12 under par 280 to win the 2024 Magical Kenya Ladies Open (MKLO) on her debut event on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She edged out her closest challenger, Alessandra Fanali from Italy, by four shots to seal her fantastic debut win on the Tour and become Singapore’s first LET winner.

She had a hot start to her final round, holing three birdies in the first five holes before dropping a shot at the par-five sixth. She immediately recovered that shot in the par-5 seventh with a birdie, before dropping another short at the par-3 eighth to card a total of 35 on the first nine. She played bogey-free on the back nine, holing a birdie at the par-5 11th for a total of 35.

For her outstanding performance, Shannon bagged €45,000, earned 500 LET Order of Merit points and qualified to play at prestigious Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by PIF whose prize kitty was USD 5 million.

Shannon, who came to the Magical Kenya ladies Open being the first player from Singapore to secure a full LET card, went to the Lalla Aicha Q-School in Morocco in December last year for the experience but ended up finishing in the top 20, securing her full LET card and thereafter making the decision to turn pro.

Speaking after the round, she said: “It was close until hole 16 where it was like a one-shot difference… but I stuck to my own game plan just trying to hit every fairway and every green I could. That was my game plan throughout the whole day today. It was a tough decision to begin with, but I made the decision.”

For her outstanding performance, Shannon bagged €45,000, earned 500 LET Order of Merit points and qualified to play at prestigious Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by PIF whose prize kitty was USD 5 million.

24-year-old Alessandra Fanali played level par 37 on the first nine courtesy of birdies at the second and the seventh holes and bogeys at the fifth and the eighth. She made a steady start to the back nine, playing bogey-free through the first five holes before holing a birdie at the par-5 15th. She, however, dropped consecutive shots at the 16th and 17th holes for a score of 1-over par 74 for the day; taking her total for the tournament to 8-under par 284.

For her runner-up finish, Alessandra banked €27,000 and earn 320 Order of Merit points and also took part at Aramco Saudi Ladies tournament.

“It was a great day, I mean, this golf course is very tough, and with the wind, it is not easy to handle it. Today was fun, I had great shots – some good putts, a chip-in as well so, everything you could have asked for so, I am pretty happy about it,” said Alessandra.

Alessandra Fanali

The lowest score of the day was posted by 24-year-old Sara Kouskova from the Czech Republic who carded a round of 66 – the lowest score of the tournament so far – to take her total for the tournament to 2-under par 217.  Her scorecard featured seven birdies, an eagle-three at the seventh, with the only dropped shots coming at the fourth and the 16th holes.

There was a five-way share for third place featuring Belgium’s Manon De Roey, Spain’s Ana Pelaez Trivino, England’s Alice Hewson, Chiara Tamburlini from Switzerland and Nataliya Guseva – who all ended their challenge in Vipingo with scores of 4-under par 288 to complete the podium places.

The 2024 Magical Kenya Ladies Open teed-off for the fourth edition of the event at the PGA Baobab Course in Vipingo Ridge, bringing together 108 golfers among them five Kenyan amateurs. The tournament attracted the participation of golfers from 36 nationalities and was broadcasted live globally across eleven territories.

The event was sponsored by the Government of Kenya, The County Government of Kilifi, Safaricom’s MPesa, Huawei, East African Breweries Limited, and Absa Bank Kenya.