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Turkish delight for wahlin

Sweden's Lotta Wahlin cruised to her maiden Ladies European Tour victory at the inaugural Garanti American Express Turkish Ladies Open on Sunday.

The 24-year-old carded rounds of 71, 71, 73 and 70 at the punishing National Golf Club in Antalya to win by 12 shots on seven under par.

It was the second largest winning margin in the LET's 30-year history, Laura Davies winning the 1995 Guardian Irish Holidays Open by 16 shots.

Another Swede, Johanna Westerberg (71), shared second with South African Stacy Lee Bregman (72) and Spaniard Paula Marti (74).

"It's fantastic. I'm so happy. I only understood I'd won on the 18th green because I didn't think about it before then," said Wahlin.

"I was just enjoying it. I wanted to finish well. My goal for today was to shoot in the 60s so I had to make a birdie on the last, but I didn't. That was my only goal.

"The four days have just been so good. I've been playing good golf and I had a good focus. It's the best moment in my career.

"I have been on tour for three years so I think it was time to win. I want to win three times this year so I'm going to keep on going."

The Ladies European Tour now takes a week's break before the Deutsche Bank Ladies' Swiss Open at Golf Gerre Losone from May 22-25.

ALL THE FINAL ROUND SCORES
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 73):

285 Lotta Maria Wahlin (Swe) 71 71 73 70

297 Paula Marti (Spa) 73 77 73 74, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 74 80 71 72, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 80 72 74 71

298 Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 79 72 74 73, Amy Yang (USA) 77 77 72 72

299 Lisa Hall 80 74 74 71, Trish Johnson (USA) 78 77 74 70

300 Stephanie Arricau (Fra) 78 73 78 71

301 Iben Tinning (Den) 77 76 75 73

302 Rachel Bell 76 77 74 75, Anna Rawson (Aus) 79 74 73 76, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 77 72 81 72

303 Laura Terebey (USA) 77 79 72 75, Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 75 74 81 73, Samantha Head 80 79 73 71

304 Joanne Morley 80 75 75 74, Becky Brewerton (Gbr) 77 80 77 70

305 Ana-Belen Sanchez (Spa) 74 76 79 76, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 75 80 76 74, Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 79 73 76 77, Martina Eberl (Ger) 79 77 74 75

306 Caroline Afonso (Fra) 80 76 77 73, Hanna Salonen (Fin) 77 79 74 76, Lill Saether (Nor) 80 76 77 73, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 79 78 75 74, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 75 78 78 75

307 Martina Gillen 77 77 78 75, Dana Lacey (Aus) 78 79 78 72, Melissa Reid 77 76 78 76, Danielle Masters 77 80 76 74, Lara Tadiotto (Bel) 80 78 76 73

308 Lynn Kenny 77 76 81 74, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 78 76 74 80, Stefania Croce (Ita) 76 78 77 77, Anna Knutsson (Swe) 81 78 75 74

309 Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 74 78 80 77, Maria Verchenova (Rus) 81 71 78 79, Beatriz Recari (Spa) 82 77 76 74, Jehanne Jail (Fra) 79 77 76 77, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 75 78 81 75

310 Anja Monke (Ger) 74 82 81 73, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 74 80 77 79, Yuki Sakurai (Jpn) 80 78 82 70

311 Anna-Lise Caudal (Fra) 74 81 79 77, Maria Boden (Swe) 77 77 81 76, Clare Queen 78 78 80 75

312 Kirsty S Taylor 79 76 85 72, Ana Larraneta (Spa) 76 83 78 75

314 Nuria Clau (Spa) 78 79 78 79, Vittoria Valvassori (Ita) 83 76 83 72, Karen-Margreth Juul (Den) 76 75 82 81, Maria Beautell (Spa) 79 79 78 78, Nathalie David (Fra) 80 78 79 77

315 Mianne Bagger (Den) 75 84 78 78, Anna Temple (USA) 80 78 80 77, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 81 76 80 78, Emma Lyons 77 80 81 77

316 Rebecca Coakley 81 77 82 76

318 Hazel Kavanagh 78 79 80 81, Zuzana Kamasova (Svk) 75 82 79 82

321 Natalie Booth 75 82 84 80

325 Julie Berton (Fra) 79 80 82 84

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