Harry Relishes Home Open - With Boyfriend Olesen As Caddy

AIG Women's Open

Venue: Royal Porthcawl, Wales Date: 31 July - 3 August

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Darcey Harry was astatine Royal Portrush earlier this month, cheering connected fellow Jacob Skov Olesen arsenic he shared nan lead aft information 1 of nan men's Open Championship.

This week it will beryllium Olesen successful nan supporting domiciled arsenic rising Welsh play prima Harry makes her AIG Women's Open debut astatine Royal Porthcawl.

But Olesen will not beryllium backing Harry, 22, from down nan ropes.

The Dane is to caddy for his partner, conscionable arsenic he did erstwhile nan Ladies European Tour (LET) rookie claimed a memorable triumph astatine Belgium's Hulencourt Women's Open successful June.

"Originally I was going to caddie for myself for a small bit, but past my fellow had an off-week that week [in Belgium] truthful I said 'ooh you tin travel and push my bag'," Harry explains.

"The first clip he caddied for maine we won, truthful that was a really bully infinitesimal to stock pinch him.

"I deliberation I learned a batch from him being connected my bag. I don't deliberation I would person been capable to do it without him."

The dream is that Olesen's beingness will bring much occurrence arsenic Harry plays conscionable nan 2nd awesome of her fledgling profession this week astatine nan people she calls home.

Like Harry, Olesen is successful his rookie twelvemonth connected circuit having turned master aft coming done qualifying school.

He made rather a scatter astatine nan Open, shooting 67 connected nan first time to scope nan apical of nan leaderboard.

Though he fell distant successful information two, Olesen made nan trim and ended up 68th, which was a creditable return successful what was conscionable nan 2nd awesome of nan 26-year-old's career.

Now it is Harry preparing for her 2nd awesome quality having debuted astatine nan Evian Championship earlier this month.

She missed nan trim successful France successful what was her first clip competing alongside nan champion players women's play has to offer.

But Harry is backmost location successful affirmative temper aft an encouraging show astatine past week's Scottish Open, wherever she vanished tied-38th successful what was different high-class field.

"I americium truthful excited," Harry says.

"I conscionable can't really judge that I americium going to beryllium playing [in nan Women's Open astatine Porthcawl]. I can't really put into words really overmuch I americium looking guardant to it."

A spread successful Olesen's schedule saw him parachuted successful to transportation Harry's container successful Belgium, erstwhile a last information of 68 saw her triumph by 3 shots – and book her spot successful Porthcawl successful nan process.

There was further occurrence for nan Harry-Olesen operation astatine nan Czech Ladies Open nan pursuing week, wherever Harry vanished tied-fourth.

Harry says Olesen's "knowledge" of different shots has fixed her "such an advantage" erstwhile they person worked together.

The truth is that this week astatine least, she will request small thief erstwhile it comes to mapping her measurement astir nan course.

Harry has been a personnel astatine Royal Porthcawl since she was successful her mid-teens and has played nan links hundreds of times.

"I wouldn't opportunity location will beryllium a immense advantage, but I will cognize immoderate of nan lines and I'll cognize wherever not to go," she says.

"But we are talking astir nan world's champion coming to play here, truthful they will study nan people successful 1 aliases 2 days."

Harry has ne'er played Royal Porthcawl pinch fairways and greens lined pinch nan benignant of crowds expected connected nan southbound Wales coastline this week.

Welsh play fans are crying retired for immoderate occurrence successful either nan women's aliases men's games, and location are precocious hopes for Harry fixed her awesome commencement to life connected nan LET.

Harry, Wales' highest-ranked golfer astatine 221st successful nan world, will enactment astatine location successful Dinas Powys this week, and is looking guardant to "some nutrient cooked by mum and dada and having each my washing done".

While she plans to "give a wave" to nan galore friends and family members who are apt to beryllium successful nan galleries this week, Harry says attraction will beryllium cardinal to her prospects of competing.

"I person sewage to dainty it for illustration each different week, effort to beryllium successful my ain area and effort not to get distracted by different things," says Harry.

"There will beryllium a batch of attraction because location will beryllium a batch of nerves.

"I decidedly deliberation if I play my champion golf, past I will person a chance to hopefully climb up nan leaderboard."