After one playoff hole against USA's Brittany Lincicome, Thidapa Suwannapura from Thailand notched her first LPGA Tour victory at the Marathon Classic in Ohio.
After one playoff hole against USA's Brittany Lincicome, Thidapa Suwannapura from Thailand notched her first LPGA Tour victory at the Marathon Classic in Ohio.
Suwannapura, who finished about an hour before the final group, saw her 14-under par score hold up as Brittany Lincicome lipped out for a birdie on her 72nd hole to get to 15-under and also finished at 14-under.
Lincicome saw her second shot in the playoff find the water in front of the green, but still toughed out a par save.
However, Suwannapura made a birdie after playing the par-5 18th in textbook fashion.
She found the fairway with her tee shot, laid up to a comfortable yardage, and knocked a chip to just six feet. She made birdie and pumped her fist in jubilation before being doused in water by her supportive family.
Her career-best finish prior to Sunday was a 7th at the 2014 Kingsmill Championship, and in 120 career LPGA Tour starts, she had only notched two top-10’s.
However, after closing out her final round going eagle-birdie to shoot a 6-under-par 65 (tied for the round of the day), she finally found the winner’s circle.
Brooke Henderson recorded her seventh top-10 finish of the year. The Canadian was unable to notch a birdie on either of the back-to-back par fives to finish after making bogeys on No’s 15 and 16. She fell short of the playoff at 14-under by one shot.
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