Former champion Catriona Matthew has introduced this yr’s Ladies’s Open might be her final.
The Scot, 54, gained the title in 2009 and this yr’s championship over the Outdated Course at St Andrews might be her thirtieth consecutive look within the main.
Matthew has claimed 11 skilled wins, together with 4 on the US-based LPGA Tour and 6 on the Women European Tour, in a stellar taking part in profession.
The 2-time profitable Solheim Cup captain will skipper the Nice Britain and Eire group when the main feminine amateurs tackle the US within the Curtis Cup at Sunningdale subsequent week.
“What higher place than St Andrews to complete off,” Matthew informed BBC Sport.