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PLAY-OFF, THEN DOES IT AGAIN TO
WIN THE WPGA MASTERS
Doncaster's Rebecca Hudson won the Ladies African Tour's WPGA Masters after a play-off against American Anna Temple at the Parkview Golf Club, Johannesburg.
Starting the third and final day in the joint lead, Hudson started well, making birdie on the first hole of the day. A further three birdies on the front nine left her four-under for the day and two shots in the lead.
“I sneaked a look at the leaderboard on the 9th so I knew that I was a couple ahead, but I was determined to keep playing my own game and not try to protect my lead,” she explained afterwards.
She played solidly on the back nine, but knew when she stood on the 18th tee that the USA’s Anna Temple had charged round in 64 to be the leader in the clubhouse on 12-under for the three rounds.
That meant that Hudson had to birdie to tie and she did just that, hitting an eight iron from 126 yards to just six feet. “That left me with quite a straightforward putt, flat and just inside right, so I made it quite easily,” said an ecstatic Hudson, above the din of the celebrations with her friends.
“Then in the playoff on the 18th, I hit my drive in pretty much the same place and had eight-iron in again. It wasn’t the best shot I hit all day, but it was good enough to get to about eight feet and I made the putt for the win. I must say that it feels just as good to win this one as it was to win the Women’s SA Open two years ago.”
Pre-tournament favourite Ashleigh Simon had an uncharacteristically poor final round, finishing two-over for the day, which left her in joint seventh with her World Cup teammate Laurette Maritz. Best South African finisher was amateur Gina Switala, who finished fifth after rounds of 71, 66 and 73.
Hudson was extremely positive about the Ladies African Tour: “I really enjoy playing here. It is great preparation for the year ahead; the weather is great and the standard of competition just keeps getting better and better. With a little more prize money, I’m sure we would get some of the best players in the world coming over here to play.”
The Tour now moves down to Durban for the Acer Women’s SA Open at Durban Country Club next week
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
204 Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 71 66 67 (42,750 Rand) beat Anna Temple (US) 71 69 64 (31,350 Rand) at first hole of sudden death play-off.
205 Lill Kristin Saether 69 72 64 (22,800).
208 Marianne Skarpnord 71 66 61 (17,100).
210 Gina Switala (am) 71 66 73.
211 Stacy Bregman 72 69 70 (13,680).
212 Ashleigh Simon 71 67 74, Laurette Maritz 72 69 71, Anne-Lise Caudal 71 70 71 (9,928 each).
213 Lee-Anne Pace 69 70 74 (7,268), Ashleigh Holmes (am) 71 69 74.
215 Lisa Holm Sorensen 73 70 72 (6,413).
216 Frederique Seeholzer 70 74 72 (5,462).
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PLAY-OFF, THEN DOES IT AGAIN TO
WIN THE WPGA MASTERS
Doncaster's Rebecca Hudson won the Ladies African Tour's WPGA Masters after a play-off against American Anna Temple at the Parkview Golf Club, Johannesburg.
Starting the third and final day in the joint lead, Hudson started well, making birdie on the first hole of the day. A further three birdies on the front nine left her four-under for the day and two shots in the lead.
“I sneaked a look at the leaderboard on the 9th so I knew that I was a couple ahead, but I was determined to keep playing my own game and not try to protect my lead,” she explained afterwards.
She played solidly on the back nine, but knew when she stood on the 18th tee that the USA’s Anna Temple had charged round in 64 to be the leader in the clubhouse on 12-under for the three rounds.
That meant that Hudson had to birdie to tie and she did just that, hitting an eight iron from 126 yards to just six feet. “That left me with quite a straightforward putt, flat and just inside right, so I made it quite easily,” said an ecstatic Hudson, above the din of the celebrations with her friends.
“Then in the playoff on the 18th, I hit my drive in pretty much the same place and had eight-iron in again. It wasn’t the best shot I hit all day, but it was good enough to get to about eight feet and I made the putt for the win. I must say that it feels just as good to win this one as it was to win the Women’s SA Open two years ago.”
Pre-tournament favourite Ashleigh Simon had an uncharacteristically poor final round, finishing two-over for the day, which left her in joint seventh with her World Cup teammate Laurette Maritz. Best South African finisher was amateur Gina Switala, who finished fifth after rounds of 71, 66 and 73.
Hudson was extremely positive about the Ladies African Tour: “I really enjoy playing here. It is great preparation for the year ahead; the weather is great and the standard of competition just keeps getting better and better. With a little more prize money, I’m sure we would get some of the best players in the world coming over here to play.”
The Tour now moves down to Durban for the Acer Women’s SA Open at Durban Country Club next week
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
204 Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 71 66 67 (42,750 Rand) beat Anna Temple (US) 71 69 64 (31,350 Rand) at first hole of sudden death play-off.
205 Lill Kristin Saether 69 72 64 (22,800).
208 Marianne Skarpnord 71 66 61 (17,100).
210 Gina Switala (am) 71 66 73.
211 Stacy Bregman 72 69 70 (13,680).
212 Ashleigh Simon 71 67 74, Laurette Maritz 72 69 71, Anne-Lise Caudal 71 70 71 (9,928 each).
213 Lee-Anne Pace 69 70 74 (7,268), Ashleigh Holmes (am) 71 69 74.
215 Lisa Holm Sorensen 73 70 72 (6,413).
216 Frederique Seeholzer 70 74 72 (5,462).
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