SALLY WATSON WINS £4,800 FOR T6 FINISH DOWN UNDER
FROM LADIES EUROPEAN TOURBethan Cutler, LET Media Manager
Australian teenager Su-Hyun Oh has won the first tournament of the 2015 Ladies European Tour season, the RACV Ladies Masters, becoming the fourth home winner of the championship.
The 18-year-old Victorian signalled her arrival as a world-class professional by capturing her first title at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Queensland Gold Coast in only her second tournament as a professional.
With rounds of 69, 75, 72 and 69, Oh finished at seven-under-par 285 (over the par-73 course of 5,982yd) atop of the leader board and three clear of English pair Florentyna Parker (69) and Charley Hull (73) and 2009 champion Katherine Kirk (69) from Australia.
As Kirk and Parker walked to the clubhouse sharing the lead at four under, Oh made her winning move by reeling off four straight birdies at the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th holes.
Overnight leader and tournament favourite Charley Hull was holding a one-shot lead when she had a meltdown on the par-four sixth.
The 18-year-old sprayed her tee shot left and into trees, having an air-swing on her second stroke before taking a drop for an unplayable lie.
It hardly got better from there, with Hull sending her fourth shot to the right of the green before two-putting to complete a disastrous triple bogey.
That allowed 17-year-old Taiwanese player Ssu-Chia Cheng to briefly take the lead at the turn, before she faded in the face of the challenges from Kirk, Parker and Oh.
Outright fifth was South Korean Annie Choi, while six players finished at two-under-par including South African Lee-Anne Pace and leading amateur Rebecca Kay.
Oh said that words of encouragement from her idol Karrie Webb who texted messages of support before her final round has helped her to stay relaxed.
“I spoke to Karrie. I asked her: ‘what do I need to do, you’ve won this eight times.’”
“Karrie said ‘just don’t think, just do it kind of. Just let it go, just keep doing what you’re doing.”
Oh burst into tears of joy on the 18th green after tapping in her winning birdie putt, before hugging her father Suk Gu Oh, who acted as caddie for the week.
“I got pretty emotional, didn’t I? That was a bit weird,” said the exuberant teenager.
Co-runner up Kirk was full of praise for Oh and the way in which she claimed her first victory after having secured an invite from tournament director Bob Tuohy.
“She looked pretty composed out there, she’s got the goods,” said Kirk, who fired rounds of (70-75-72-69).
Oh, the world’s number one ranked amateur in 2013, finished second on her professional debut in the Oates Victorian Open on the Australian Ladies Professional Golf tour the previous week and she had also finished tied for second behind Karrie Webb at Royal Pines as an amateur in the Ladies’ Masters in 2013. This was her fourth time playing in the championship.
The Ladies Masters’ has a tradition of producing world class players with Webb, Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam and Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa all going on to be ranked No.1 in the world after winning the title.
Having secured the opportunity to join the Ladies European Tour with her win, Oh is now looking for back-to-back wins with next week’s ISPS HANDA Women’s Australian Open starting on Thursday at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
SCOTSWATCH: Sally Watson (pictured) earned £4,800 with a T6 finish, thanks to a four-under-par 69, one of the best final rounds, for a total of two-under 290.
The Edinburgh-born player birdied the second, third, fifth, 12th, 15th and 16th. Sally bogeyed the 11th and the 14th in halves of 34-35.
Comrie's Carly Booth moved ahead of the rest of the Scots with a fine fourth-round 70 for a total of 298 and a T37 finish.
Pamela Pretswell dropped back to T42 on 299 with a closing 76 while Vikki Laing's Sunday 73 gave her a T46 finish on 300.
Innterleithen-born teenager Karis Davidson, who has lived in Queensland since her family emigrated from Scotland eight years ago finished T53 on 302 with a closing round of 76.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 292 (4x73)
285 - Su-Hyun Oh (AUS) 69 75 72 69
288 - Florentyna Parker (ENG) 71 74 74 69, Charley Hull (ENG) 70 70 75 73, Katherine Kirk (AUS) 70 75 74 69
289 - Eun Woo Choi (SKOR) 69 71 75 74
290 - Ssu-Chia Cheng (TPE) 74 69 74 73, Rebecca Kay (AUS) 74 70 73 73, Emma De Groot (AUS) 72 75 73 70, Lee-Anne Pace (RSA) 73 73 72 72, Sally Watson (SCO) 77 70 74 69, Camilla Lennarth (SWE) 71 75 72 72
291 - Michelle Koh (MYS) 74 71 72 74, Jiwon Jeon (AUS) 72 73 74 72, Melissa Reid (ENG) 72 73 74 72, Laura Jansone (LVA) 73 74 75 69
292 - Rebecca Artis (AUS) 71 66 79 76, Tonje Daffinrud (NOR) 74 70 72 76, Beth Allen (USA) 76 73 75 68, Holly Clyburn (ENG) 70 71 74 77
293 - Felicity Johnson (ENG) 73 73 74 73, Connie Chen (RSA) 75 73 75 70, Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 72 71 76 74, Amy Boulden (WAL) 72 73 73 75
294 - Lorie Kane (CAN) 71 74 75 74, Christine Wolf (AUT) 75 71 78 70
295 - Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 73 74 74 74, Marta Sanz (ESP) 74 73 75 73, Marion Ricordeau (FRA) 76 70 77 72, Kristie Smith (AUS) 73 75 72 75, Yu-Ju Chen (TWN) 77 72 75 71, Pei-Yun Chien (TPE) 73 73 78 71, Cheyenne Woods (USA) 73 78 73 71
296 - Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) 77 73 72 74, Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN) 75 72 75 74
297 - Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 73 77 74 73, Hannah Green (AUS) 71 73 80 73
298 - Whitney Hillier (AUS) 72 75 73 78, Carly Booth (SCO) 77 73 78 70, Su-Bin Jang (SKOR) 74 71 78 75, Isabelle Boineau (FRA) 74 74 74 76, Adriana Brent (AUS) 74 75 79 70
299 - Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 75 74 74 76, Pennapa Plusawath (THA) 71 78 75 75, Breanna Elliott (AUS) 75 69 79 76, Yu-Sang Hou (TPE) 74 74 75 76
300 - Laura Davies (ENG) 74 74 76 76, Hannah Collier (USA) 75 73 78 74, Yu Yang Zhang (CHN) 77 74 74 75, Vikki Laing (SCO) 75 74 78 73, Eleanor Givens (ENG) 72 76 77 75
301 - Tamie Durdin (AUS) 75 75 73 78, Stacey Keating (AUS) 77 74 74 76
302 - Jessica Speechley (AUS) 75 76 73 78, Karis Davidson (AUS) 78 72 76 76, Liv Cheng (NZL) 77 74 75 76
303 - Valentine Derrey (FRA) 74 72 80 77, Caroline Martens (NOR) 70 77 80 76, Rebecca Codd (IRL) 74 77 77 75, Alison Whitaker (AUS) 72 74 78 79
304 - Anne Van Dam (NLD) 76 73 79 76, Esther So-jin Baik (SKOR) 72 75 82 75
305 - Tiranan Yoopan (THA) 73 77 77 78
306 - Sydney Cox (USA) 73 73 85 75
307 - Nina Holleder (GER) 75 74 81 77
308 - Da Eun Kim (KOR) 73 75 80 80
309 - Sophie Gustafson (SWE) 76 75 79 79
311 - Grace Lennon (AUS) 75 75 79 82
FROM LADIES EUROPEAN TOURBethan Cutler, LET Media Manager
Australian teenager Su-Hyun Oh has won the first tournament of the 2015 Ladies European Tour season, the RACV Ladies Masters, becoming the fourth home winner of the championship.
The 18-year-old Victorian signalled her arrival as a world-class professional by capturing her first title at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Queensland Gold Coast in only her second tournament as a professional.
With rounds of 69, 75, 72 and 69, Oh finished at seven-under-par 285 (over the par-73 course of 5,982yd) atop of the leader board and three clear of English pair Florentyna Parker (69) and Charley Hull (73) and 2009 champion Katherine Kirk (69) from Australia.
As Kirk and Parker walked to the clubhouse sharing the lead at four under, Oh made her winning move by reeling off four straight birdies at the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th holes.
Overnight leader and tournament favourite Charley Hull was holding a one-shot lead when she had a meltdown on the par-four sixth.
The 18-year-old sprayed her tee shot left and into trees, having an air-swing on her second stroke before taking a drop for an unplayable lie.
It hardly got better from there, with Hull sending her fourth shot to the right of the green before two-putting to complete a disastrous triple bogey.
That allowed 17-year-old Taiwanese player Ssu-Chia Cheng to briefly take the lead at the turn, before she faded in the face of the challenges from Kirk, Parker and Oh.
Outright fifth was South Korean Annie Choi, while six players finished at two-under-par including South African Lee-Anne Pace and leading amateur Rebecca Kay.
Oh said that words of encouragement from her idol Karrie Webb who texted messages of support before her final round has helped her to stay relaxed.
“I spoke to Karrie. I asked her: ‘what do I need to do, you’ve won this eight times.’”
“Karrie said ‘just don’t think, just do it kind of. Just let it go, just keep doing what you’re doing.”
Oh burst into tears of joy on the 18th green after tapping in her winning birdie putt, before hugging her father Suk Gu Oh, who acted as caddie for the week.
“I got pretty emotional, didn’t I? That was a bit weird,” said the exuberant teenager.
Co-runner up Kirk was full of praise for Oh and the way in which she claimed her first victory after having secured an invite from tournament director Bob Tuohy.
“She looked pretty composed out there, she’s got the goods,” said Kirk, who fired rounds of (70-75-72-69).
Oh, the world’s number one ranked amateur in 2013, finished second on her professional debut in the Oates Victorian Open on the Australian Ladies Professional Golf tour the previous week and she had also finished tied for second behind Karrie Webb at Royal Pines as an amateur in the Ladies’ Masters in 2013. This was her fourth time playing in the championship.
The Ladies Masters’ has a tradition of producing world class players with Webb, Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam and Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa all going on to be ranked No.1 in the world after winning the title.
Having secured the opportunity to join the Ladies European Tour with her win, Oh is now looking for back-to-back wins with next week’s ISPS HANDA Women’s Australian Open starting on Thursday at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
SCOTSWATCH: Sally Watson (pictured) earned £4,800 with a T6 finish, thanks to a four-under-par 69, one of the best final rounds, for a total of two-under 290.
The Edinburgh-born player birdied the second, third, fifth, 12th, 15th and 16th. Sally bogeyed the 11th and the 14th in halves of 34-35.
Comrie's Carly Booth moved ahead of the rest of the Scots with a fine fourth-round 70 for a total of 298 and a T37 finish.
Pamela Pretswell dropped back to T42 on 299 with a closing 76 while Vikki Laing's Sunday 73 gave her a T46 finish on 300.
Innterleithen-born teenager Karis Davidson, who has lived in Queensland since her family emigrated from Scotland eight years ago finished T53 on 302 with a closing round of 76.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 292 (4x73)
285 - Su-Hyun Oh (AUS) 69 75 72 69
288 - Florentyna Parker (ENG) 71 74 74 69, Charley Hull (ENG) 70 70 75 73, Katherine Kirk (AUS) 70 75 74 69
289 - Eun Woo Choi (SKOR) 69 71 75 74
290 - Ssu-Chia Cheng (TPE) 74 69 74 73, Rebecca Kay (AUS) 74 70 73 73, Emma De Groot (AUS) 72 75 73 70, Lee-Anne Pace (RSA) 73 73 72 72, Sally Watson (SCO) 77 70 74 69, Camilla Lennarth (SWE) 71 75 72 72
291 - Michelle Koh (MYS) 74 71 72 74, Jiwon Jeon (AUS) 72 73 74 72, Melissa Reid (ENG) 72 73 74 72, Laura Jansone (LVA) 73 74 75 69
292 - Rebecca Artis (AUS) 71 66 79 76, Tonje Daffinrud (NOR) 74 70 72 76, Beth Allen (USA) 76 73 75 68, Holly Clyburn (ENG) 70 71 74 77
293 - Felicity Johnson (ENG) 73 73 74 73, Connie Chen (RSA) 75 73 75 70, Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 72 71 76 74, Amy Boulden (WAL) 72 73 73 75
294 - Lorie Kane (CAN) 71 74 75 74, Christine Wolf (AUT) 75 71 78 70
295 - Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 73 74 74 74, Marta Sanz (ESP) 74 73 75 73, Marion Ricordeau (FRA) 76 70 77 72, Kristie Smith (AUS) 73 75 72 75, Yu-Ju Chen (TWN) 77 72 75 71, Pei-Yun Chien (TPE) 73 73 78 71, Cheyenne Woods (USA) 73 78 73 71
296 - Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) 77 73 72 74, Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN) 75 72 75 74
297 - Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 73 77 74 73, Hannah Green (AUS) 71 73 80 73
298 - Whitney Hillier (AUS) 72 75 73 78, Carly Booth (SCO) 77 73 78 70, Su-Bin Jang (SKOR) 74 71 78 75, Isabelle Boineau (FRA) 74 74 74 76, Adriana Brent (AUS) 74 75 79 70
299 - Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 75 74 74 76, Pennapa Plusawath (THA) 71 78 75 75, Breanna Elliott (AUS) 75 69 79 76, Yu-Sang Hou (TPE) 74 74 75 76
300 - Laura Davies (ENG) 74 74 76 76, Hannah Collier (USA) 75 73 78 74, Yu Yang Zhang (CHN) 77 74 74 75, Vikki Laing (SCO) 75 74 78 73, Eleanor Givens (ENG) 72 76 77 75
301 - Tamie Durdin (AUS) 75 75 73 78, Stacey Keating (AUS) 77 74 74 76
302 - Jessica Speechley (AUS) 75 76 73 78, Karis Davidson (AUS) 78 72 76 76, Liv Cheng (NZL) 77 74 75 76
303 - Valentine Derrey (FRA) 74 72 80 77, Caroline Martens (NOR) 70 77 80 76, Rebecca Codd (IRL) 74 77 77 75, Alison Whitaker (AUS) 72 74 78 79
304 - Anne Van Dam (NLD) 76 73 79 76, Esther So-jin Baik (SKOR) 72 75 82 75
305 - Tiranan Yoopan (THA) 73 77 77 78
306 - Sydney Cox (USA) 73 73 85 75
307 - Nina Holleder (GER) 75 74 81 77
308 - Da Eun Kim (KOR) 73 75 80 80
309 - Sophie Gustafson (SWE) 76 75 79 79
311 - Grace Lennon (AUS) 75 75 79 82
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