SINGAPORE (AP) — Hanna Inexperienced made a surprising 30-foot birdie on the ultimate gap to earn a one-stroke victory over Kailyn Boutier on the LPPA Tour’s HSBC Ladies’s World Championship on Sunday.
Inexperienced made six birdies, three of which got here within the closing three holes, towards a bogey in a final-round 67 at Sentosa Golf Membership for a 13-under-par 275.
It was the 27-year-old Australian’s fourth LPGA title, and first since final yr’s GM Eagle LA Championship.
“I knew I wanted to be aggressive on the greens and ensure I hit the outlet versus leaving them brief,” Inexperienced mentioned after his dramatic end.
Boutier (67), who mentioned on Saturday that she was attending Taylor Swift’s Singapore live performance as a “good strategy to loosen up” for the ultimate spherical, gave the impression to be fortunate on Sunday as she completed two within the closing spherical. Strokes cleared only for the inexperienced. Create some magic of your personal to win.
The 30-year-old Frenchwoman, who gained 4 titles final season together with the Ladies’s Scottish Open and Evan Championship for her first main title, completed at 12-under-par 276.
“I feel I performed rather a lot higher than yesterday which was actually constructive. I really feel like I made some photographs and I gave myself a number of possibilities,” Boutier mentioned. “So I am very happy with my interval and it was nice to even consider making it to a play-off.”
Yuna Nishimura (66) had the par finest spherical of the day as her six birdies in a bubble-free closing spherical lifted her to 9-under 279 and right into a four-way tie with Brooke Henderson (68) for third place, M. Hyang Lee. (67) and Nasa Hatawaka (69).
In a single day chief Ayaka Furu of Japan had a disappointing 3-over spherical on Sunday as she tied for eighth at 7-under 288 within the 66-player, no-cut event.
Additionally tied for eighth had been two-time defending champion Jin Younger Ko (71) and Patty Tautanakit (67), who gained the LPEA occasion in Thailand final week.
Lydia Ko, who has 20 profession wins, together with two majors, shot 72 for a 1-over 289 whole and completed in a tie for thirty fourth.
Two-time main winner Lilia Wu, who was tied for second after the primary spherical, withdrew in the course of the closing spherical as a result of sickness.
The event is the second of three straight weeks in Asia for the LPGA Tour. Subsequent week the tour strikes to China and the Blue Bay occasion on Hainan Island beginning March 21 earlier than heading again to the Pacific and Palos Verdes in California for its subsequent event.