CALGARY, Alberta — Lauren Coughlin gained the CPKC Girls’s Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, pulling away from Haeran Ryu with a two-stroke swing on the par-3 seventeenth.
Tied for the lead after Ryu three-putted for bogey on the par-4 sixteenth, Coughlin hit a 6-iron to eight ft and birdied the 195-yard seventeenth. Ryu then missed a 3-foot par attempt to fall two pictures again.
“It was sort of a tweener of a membership,” Coughlin mentioned. “I may actually solely hit 6 and I wanted to take some off it or else it may need gone over, particularly contemplating how jacked up I used to be on the time.
“However I hit it fairly good and, the putt, I assumed it was virtually going to remain out to the left there and simply dove proper on the final second. It was large.”
She completed at 13-under 275, closing with a 1-under 71 for a two-stroke victory over Mao Saigo in principally calm circumstances at Earl Gray Golf Membership, with smoke from wildfires once more leaving a haze over the course.
Saigo shot 69 a day after breaking the event document with a 61 on the tree-lined course with thick tough and small greens.
“Being in rivalry this week was nice expertise for me,” mentioned Saigo, the 22-year-old Japanese participant who’s an LPGA Tour rookie after profitable six occasions on the JLPGA.
Ryu additionally bogeyed the 18th in a 75 that left her tied for third with Jenny Shin (67) at 10 underneath.
“I can solely keep in mind my errors from the final couple holes, however there’s all the time subsequent time,” Ryu mentioned.
Jennifer Kupcho was fifth at 8 underneath after a 71.
The chief after every of the primary two rounds, Coughlin started the day a shot behind Ryu. Coughlin birdied the par-3 fifth, bogeyed the par-4 sixth and tenth and birdied the par-5 fifteenth.
The 31-year-old former College of Virginia participant was coming off a fourth-place end two weeks in the past in France within the main Evian Champions.
“I feel simply my story on the whole simply reveals that I’m all the time making an attempt, all the time will to attempt to do issues,” Coughlin mentioned. “I’m prepared to remain in it. I don’t quit. I feel I confirmed that completely right this moment.”
Coughlin is in place to play for the USA in her home-state Solheim Cup in September on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership. She gained in her 103rd LPGA Tour begin.
“I don’t even actually know how one can describe it,” Coughlin mentioned. “I’ve had individuals imagine in me for a very very long time, and I wouldn’t be right here with out their push and love.”
Ryu had her second straight top-three end. The 23-year-old South Korean was second final week in Ohio within the Dana Open. She gained the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship final yr for her first tour title.
“I’ll do my greatest subsequent,” Ryu mentioned.
Canadian star Brooke Henderson, the 2018 winner, completed with a 68 to tie for eighth at 6 underneath. On Friday, she bogeyed the ultimate 4 holes in a 73 that left her seven pictures again going into the weekend.
“I really feel like I’m proper there,” Henderson mentioned. “Nice days like yesterday and right this moment, whole minus-7, so if I cleaned up the primary two days just a little bit, I may have been proper within the combine.”
