Norton, Mass. , Miranda wang Lost the lead for the number 1 player in women’s golf and then gave clutch shots on the last three holes for 2-under 70 and won a shot Geno Thatikul On Sunday at the FM Championship for its first LPGA title.
Wang became the seventh LPGA crook to win this year, which expands a remarkable line of any number of winners through the first 23 tournaments of the tour.
“I hope this is the first of many people, and I will keep working hard,” said Chinese player Wang, who gave the winning point when Duke won the NCAA team title in 2019. “This is a dream true.”
Thatikul, who handled the number 1 rankings Nelli corda Three weeks ago, the streak was designed to end and wasted Wang’s expectations, when Thai covered a distance of 2 feet at number 9 for his fifth Birdi to go out in 31 in TPC Boston and tie for the lead.
Wang showed some veins when she got nervous in a 3-foot Birdi put, which she missed on Par-5 12th. Then she came down well in a bunker at number 15, did not reach green and dropped the bogey from the lead.
But he showed a lot of Moxi in a lot of ways, and Thaitikul helped him a lot.
After an aggressive drive on Thaitikul 17th, the ball above his feet was in the rough collar. He pulled his shot to the left side of a bunker, sticking through the green and had to rise up and down from the other side for the bogie.
“I don’t think I do anything wrong. Just the technology-wise is just a few mistakes,” Thatikul said.
Wang Par-3 missed the 7-foot canidi on the 16th on the 16th, but then hit his vision from 17th to 6 feet behind the hole and grabbed enough cup to make a bedi and achieve the lead.
On Para -5 Closing Hole, Thaitikul lacked a trench and his beailed fell by 5 feet and then some 20 feet back. He made equal to 67.
Wang covered a distance of 25 feet, hit a two-footer to end at 20-under 268. Rose ZhangWho was played in the final group with Wang, was one of those who submerged him with a bubbly to become the first winner in LPGA this year.
Wang set a tone for his first LPGA title on Thursday, when after starting at number 10, he made eight birdies on the front nine. His confidence only grew with the vessel, and he led three shots, which was going to the last round.
“On the last nine of the first round, I really started hitting good shots,” Wang said. “I thought it could be my week. I really worked hard and did not give up.”
Zhang did not fight a lot, after the turn missing the opportunity of good Birdi and then was out of controversy to carry a double bogie on the 14th hole.
Sei young kim (70) Third, three shots behind. Andrea Lee 70 shots also finished and another shot back. Zhang had to compromise for 72 to tie for the fifth Jin onlyWhich had a bogie-free 62.
There are 24 winners in the 23 tournament of LPGA – one of them was a team event – before it was on Cincinnati in two weeks for the Krroger Queen City Championship.
Last year, seven -time winner Corda closed with 75 and tied the 35th, 14 shots behind Wang.
