ROGERS, Ark. (AP) Jasmine Suwannapura made a 12-foot eagle putt on the second gap of a playoff with Lucy Li to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday.
Suwannapura – taking part in within the group behind Li – additionally eagled the par-5 18th in regulation to drive the playoff at Pinnacle Nation Membership. They every birdied the 18th on the primary additional gap.
Suwannapura shot a career-best 10-under 61, taking part in the again 9 in 7-under 28, to match Li at 17-under 196. Tied for twenty fifth getting into the day, Li shot a tournament-record and career-best 60, making her third eagle of the spherical on 18.
“Lucy was not the straightforward participant to play in a playoff with, so I’m actually glad to play and keep calm and keep inside myself, play my recreation,” mentioned Suwannapura, who jumped into husband-caddie Michael Thomas’ arms after the profitable putt. “Right this moment occurred, so I’m very completely satisfied.”
Suwannapura gained her third LPGA Tour title, taking part in the final 22 holes with no bogey. The 31-year-old Thai participant additionally gained the 2018 Marathon Traditional and teamed with Cydney Clanton to take the 2019 Dow Nice Lakes Bay Invitational.
“It’s been a very long time, and there’s a time that I feel I in all probability not going to win once more,” Suwannapura mentioned. “However immediately the whole lot simply fall in the precise place, proper time. And we did it with my husband is much more particular.”
Li, the 21-year-old American who performed within the 2014 U.S. Ladies’s Open at age 11, missed an opportunity for her first LPGA Tour victory.
“I had actually no clue that this was going to occur,” Li mentioned. “I didn’t assume I used to be in it in any respect. I imply, after two three-putts within the first 4 holes I used to be similar to, `I don’t know.′ After which some magic got here and I shot 60. Despite the fact that I didn’t win, simply that is the best factor.”
Sei Younger Kim was a stroke again after a 63. She made a 20-footer for eagle on 18.
Mao Saigo (65) and Arpichaya Yubol (66) tied for fourth at 14 beneath, and second-round chief Ashleigh Buhai (69) was sixth at 13 beneath.
College of Arkansas sophomore Maria Marin topped the Razorbacks contingent within the area, closing with a 69 to tie for seventeenth at 10 beneath in her first tour begin.
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