Madsen breaks by way of on the LPGA Tour in Thailand

Madsen grew to become the primary Danish winner in historical past on the LPGA Tour after working his method up the second time beyond regulation gap to defeat China’s Xiyu Lin; Leona Maguire completed twelfth with a draw after the ultimate 64

Nanna Koerstz Madsen wins her first LPGA Tour title in Thailand

Nanna Koerstz Madsen secured her first LPGA Tour win with a dramatic playoff victory over Honda LPGA Thailand.

The Dane took a one-shot lead on the ultimate day at Outdated Pattaya Stadium and took a four-shot benefit over the chase package deal with three holes to play, just for Xiyu Lin to reap the benefits of Madsen’s costly end to take the competition to further holes.

Madsen mistook sixteenth, and Lynn took a shot into the triple web afterward to halve the lead, earlier than swinging a two-stroke final time he noticed Madsen fail to stand up and down the again of the inexperienced and Lane tumbling in a five-foot fowl to settle the competition.

The duo broke the championship’s 72-hole document by ending twenty sixth underground and each tied on the primary additional gap of the playoffs, solely to Madsen draining a 10-foot eagle the following to grow to be the primary Danish winner on the LPGA Tour.

It is a dream come true. It has been a loopy day; so many good issues. I am actually excited to face with the trophy now,” stated Koerstz Madsen, LPGA Tour member since 2018.

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Check out the highlights of the final spherical of the Honda LPGA Thailand at Pattaya Outdated Course in Chonburi, Thailand.

Lynn had crashed three of her final 4 holes to attain within the closing 66 and almost went in for the Eagle on the primary additional gap, to match Madsen’s birdie, and one other one the following is not sufficient to assert her spectacular win.

“I am very proud,” Lynn stated. “Typically it is bizarre. I’ve shot 26 beneath beneath after which you possibly can’t win the championship. However that is my lowest shot ever in a match week, and like 4 days of very sturdy golf. As if I will reap the benefits of this loads.”

An eagle from the final gap of French participant Céline Potier completed third, whereas Amy Younger completed fourth in fourth with Canadian Brooke Henderson.

Eire’s Leona Maguire was awarded a sixty fourth free-of-stealth card to leap to twelfth, whereas England’s Mel Reed completed the unrestricted occasion – the place there was a two-and-a-half-hour delay on account of thunderstorms – in a tie-51

“The sport does not want a large quantity of labor,” Maguire stated. “Simply sort of fine-tuning, just a few home-cooked meals and sleeping in my very own mattress and I am tremendous once more.”