Hampshire’s Liz Younger secured the second Girls European Tour title of her profession after she pipped Belgium’s Manon De Roey to the Hero Ladies’s Indian Open title.
Trailing De Roey and compatriot Alice Hewson by one shot heading into Sunday’s closing spherical at DLF Golf & Nation Membership, the 42-year-old from Brockenhurst was nonetheless a shot behind De Roey after 14 holes, however the turning level got here on the par-5 fifteenth when Younger’s endurance paid off and she or he carded a wonderful birdie.
Two holes later and the treacherous seventeenth proved decisive once more as De Roey dropped a shot to provide Younger the lead heading down the final.
LAST HOLE DRAMA
Then, drama. Younger’s third shot from the tough discovered the water as a playoff on the playing cards in Delhi. However after De Roey was unable to stand up and down from in need of the inexperienced, Younger dialled in a improbable wedge shot from the drop zone to salvage a bogey and clinch a one-stroke victory with a closing level-par 72.
I’m in shock,” mentioned Younger, whose solely different LET victory got here on the Swiss Girls Open in 2022. “It’s my second win, nevertheless it’s nonetheless as essential as another. They don’t occur fairly often as knowledgeable golfer.
“Manon is a good good friend of mine and we had been battling all day. It’s by no means straightforward to beat a good friend, however she had one a win earlier this yr, so it was my flip!”
“I do know I had an excellent spherical (on Saturday) and I used to be feeling good about (Sunday), however I really didn’t hit it nice all day. Placing was the important thing. Me and my caddie had been studying the greens nice all day.”
The outcome noticed Younger climb to twelfth on the LET Order of Advantage.
