Hannah Inexperienced joins elite firm with third LPGA title of the yr

Hannah Inexperienced joined some elite firm after notching her sixth profession LPGA win — and third title of the yr — on the BMW Women Championship at Seowon Valley Nation Membership in Korea.

The 27-year-old Aussie is one in all solely three gamers to win three or extra tournaments this yr, becoming a member of Nelly Korda (6 wins) and Lydia Ko (3 wins), and she or he claimed her newest victory in spectacular trend, going wire-to-wire to assert the title by one shot over a charging Chanettee Wannasaen, who drew even with Inexperienced heading into the again 9 after posting a front-nine 30 that included 4 birdies and an eagle; and Celine Boutier, who birdied 5 of her final seven holes en path to a final-round 66.

After firing back-to-back bogey-free rounds of eight-under 64 within the first two rounds, Inexperienced’s third and ultimate rounds had been a bit extra up-and down. After a front-nine 38 in Spherical 3, Inexperienced bounced again with a 32 on the again 9 that featured two birdies and an eagle for a spherical of 70.

On Sunday, Inexperienced birdied the par-4 third, then bogeyed the par-3 seventh. A birdie on the par-4 ninth introduced her to 19 below par total. On No. 11, Inexperienced dropped a shot with a bogey on the par 5, then birdied the seventeenth gap to take a one-shot lead with one gap remaining. After discovering the inexperienced in regulation on 18, a clutch par putt sealed the deal for a final-round 71 — and a one-shot victory.

“It was a loopy end, I suppose,” Inexperienced mentioned after her spherical on Sunday. “My caddie mentioned to me initially of the day, ‘Let’s attempt to get a lead and have a little bit of a cushion coming in.’ I didn’t do this and made it very attention-grabbing. However the putt on 17, I used to be very nervous. I used to be simply very completely happy to see that one go in and on the final gap I hoped I’d have extra of a tap-in however I wish to make issues attention-grabbing. However yeah, simply tremendous happy with myself for hanging in there as a result of immediately situations had been very robust. The wind was very swirly, and I feel everybody was making an attempt to battle the wind.”

With the victory, Inexperienced is projected to maneuver into the highest 5 within the Race to CME Globe, the LPGA’s season-ending occasion in November. The following cease on the LPGA’s Asian swing is the Maybank Championship at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Nation Membership’s West Course in Malaysia subsequent week, adopted by the TOTO Japan Traditional.

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