Carlota Ciganda overcame a nervy finish to claim the Aramco Team Series individual crown at West Palm Beach on Sunday — taking a one-shot victory over Klara Davidson Spilkova.

Spaniard Ciganda held off the Czech Republic’s Klara Davidson Spilkova for her first trophy of the season and seventh Ladies European Tour title overall after a nervy final-round 73.

The Trump International course was baring its teeth as the winning score at with two-under and only Ciganda and Spilkova finishing under par.

World No. 3 Lydia Ko and Germany’s Olivia Cowan finished tied for third on even par.

“To win is always special. It’s not easy to win nowadays, there is a lot of good players and a lot of youngsters coming in very strong,” Ciganda said, “so yeah to come here and win, I think it’s big also with the likes of Lexi [Thompson], Lydia, and Alison [Lee]. It feels very special.”

The challenges of the par-72 layout were the talk of the weekend and Ciganda alluded to the winning formula. “Patience was the key for this week,” she said. “I think it’s a very tricky golf course. Pretty much every hole has a creek or a lake or a hazard. It’s a great ball striking course, you have to hit it to the right spot so I just wanted to be patient and try to give myself birdie chances.”

The win secures Ciganda vital Race to Costa Del Sol points during a Solheim Cup year, which is due to take place in her home country of Spain in September. The Spaniard has previously played a vital role in Team Europe 2013, 2019, and 2021 victories.

Spilkova came up just shy of securing her third LET victory with one of the best back nines of the day to put her in contention. Birdies on 13 and 15 lifted the Czech to second place but she couldn’t find another on the tricky final hole to force a playoff. The 28-year-old said after the round: “It was difficult, mentally quite a difficult golf course. I think the first day was my best day, I was in a nice flow and hitting a lot of pars.

“The last two days were like a real roller-coaster but I fought back on the back nine today. It was good and I felt really good. After a tough first nine today, I was very proud of myself, that other one shot or two would have been nice but I’m happy.”

Cowan tied the low round of the day, a four-under 68, to climb 15 places and set the clubhouse lead at level par. “I managed to get a few birdies out there today, I don’t know what was going on,” she said. “I guess we were getting the right lines today and hitting it quite close. I gave myself a lot of chances and rolled the putts nicely.

“We had a lot of fun this week and it was nice to have my friend on the bag to support me.”

Earlier in the day the team championship concluded with Team Roussin rising to the top to win by two securing France’s Pauline Roussin’s back-to-back victories in the Aramco Team Series after she won the individual title in Singapore earlier in the year.