The Jordan Mixed Open presented by Ayla is a professional

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

tournament. The event included players from the

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, the

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and the

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. The event was first held in April 2019 at Ayla Golf Club,

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. In 2019 there were 40 players from each of the

, the

and the

together with three high-level amateur golfers. The tournament was over 54 holes with a cut after 36 holes after which the top 60 players and ties played the final round. Players from the three tours played to the same pins but from different tees. Challenge Tour players competed from approximately 7,100 yards, European Senior Tour players competed from approximately 6,601 yards, while Ladies European Tour players competed from approximately 6,139 yards. 66 players made the cut, 25 from the Challenge Tour, 21 from the European Senior Tour, 19 professionals from the Ladies European Tour and one of the three amateurs,

Emilie Alba Paltrinieri Emilie Alba Paltrinieri (born 1 October 2001) is an Italian amateur golfer. In 2016 she won The R&A's Girls Amateur Championship. Amateur career Paltrinieri was born in Paris, France, before her family moved to Milan, Italy when she was a young ...

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, from the Challenge Tour, won the tournament, two strokes ahead of

Meghan MacLaren Meghan MacLaren (born 15 May 1994) is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. Early life and amateur career MacLaren starting playing golf at age 4 and attended The Ferrers Specialists Arts College between 2005 and 12, w ...

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was the leading senior, finishing tied for 4th place.

Winners

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official siteCoverage on the Ladies European Tour's official site
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