Australia’s Steph Kyriacou made a surprising hole-in-one as world No.1 Jeeno Thitikul gained the profitable US$4 million LPGA Tour Championship on the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort in Florida.
The 22-year-old Thai celebrity completed -26, 4 pictures away from countrywoman Pajaree Anannarukarn, having strung collectively rounds of 67, 63, 64, and 68 to win the season-ending match for a second straight yr.
Thitikul sealed the victory in fashion, draining a birdie putt on the final to clinch the most important cheque within the historical past of the ladies’s tour, whereas world No.2 Nelly Korda got here third, six pictures again.
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Thitikul’s dominance was showcased by the actual fact she was the one participant to win 3 times for the years, and she or he additionally broke the LPGA report for scoring common in a season.
Kyriacou, in the meantime, fired among the finest closing rounds with a six-under par 66 to complete in a share of thirteenth place at -12 for the match alongside fellow Australian Minjee Lee.
The 25-year-old, who celebrated her birthday on Saturday, obtained a present from the golf gods a day late when she made an ace on the par 3 eighth that sadly was not captured by broadcast cameras.
“Yeah, I hit a 9-iron and truly the woman in my group I performed with, Hye-Jin, she had one on 5. So after I had mine I used to be like this is sort of a joke; this by no means occurs,” Kyriacou mentioned.
“Yeah, it was a reasonably ten-out-of-ten shot. Hitting proper in direction of it. I picked up my tee and went to the facet and everybody began cheering. Couldn’t see it go in however heard it from the cheers.”
Kyriacou has featured recurrently on spotlight reels this match, making her first ever profession ace with a slam dunk within the closing main of the yr.
In the identical occasion in Wales, she additionally assisted Mimi Rhode’s hole-in-one because it ricocheted off the Australian’s ball and into the cup.
“I had one earlier this yr on the British Open, so selecting good tournaments to have them at. Sadly not the nice holes. Didn’t get the automotive. Possibly subsequent time,” Kyriacou mentioned with fun.
Lee virtually produced a surprising hole-out of her personal, however was denied an eagle from the green on the fifteenth by a merciless lip out.
The 29-year-old, who gained the Annika Award for the perfect participant in girls’s majors this yr, which included her victory on the Girls’s PGA Championship, shot a one-under par closing spherical 71 to drop out of the highest ten, however she nonetheless loved a incredible season, ending third within the LPGA’s season-long rankings.
The three-time main champion has additionally risen to fourth on this planet rankings, having began the yr seventeenth.
Evian Championship winner Grace Kim was the following better of the Australians, coming in a tie for twenty sixth at -10 after a three-under par closing spherical 69.
Fellow main champion Hannah Inexperienced was the opposite Australian to achieve the LPGA’s prime 60 for the season-ending occasion, and she or he completed tied 51st at -2 general.