CALGARY, Alberta — Lauren Coughlin gained the CPKC Girls’s Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, pulling away from Haeran Ryu with a two-stroke swing on the par-3 seventeenth.
Tied for the lead after Ryu three-putted for bogey on the par-4 sixteenth, Coughlin hit a 6-iron to eight toes and birdied the 195-yard seventeenth. Ryu then missed a 3-foot par attempt to fall two photographs again.
“It was sort of a tweener of a membership,” Coughlin stated. “I might actually solely hit 6 and I wanted to take some off it or else it may need gone over, particularly contemplating how jacked up I used to be on the time.
“However I hit it fairly good and, the putt, I assumed it was nearly going to remain out to the left there and simply dove proper on the final second. It was enormous.”
She completed at 13-under 275, closing with a 1-under 71 for a two-stroke victory over Mao Saigo in principally calm circumstances at Earl Gray Golf Membership, with smoke from wildfires once more leaving a haze over the course.
Saigo shot 69 a day after breaking the match file with a 61 on the tree-lined course with thick tough and small greens.
“Being in competition this week was nice expertise for me,” stated Saigo, the 22-year-old Japanese participant who’s an LPGA Tour rookie after profitable six instances on the JLPGA.
Ryu additionally bogeyed the 18th in a 75 that left her tied for third with Jenny Shin (67) at 10 beneath.
“I can solely keep in mind my errors from the final couple holes, however there may be at all times subsequent time,” Ryu stated.
Jennifer Kupcho was fifth at 8 beneath after a 71.
The chief after every of the primary two rounds, Coughlin started the day a shot behind Ryu. Coughlin birdied the par-3 fifth, bogeyed the par-4 sixth and tenth and birdied the par-5 fifteenth.
The 31-year-old former College of Virginia participant was coming off a fourth-place end two weeks in the past in France within the main Evian Champions.
“I believe simply my story basically simply exhibits that I’m at all times making an attempt, at all times will to attempt to do issues,” Coughlin stated. “I’m prepared to remain in it. I don’t hand over. I believe I confirmed that completely immediately.”
Coughlin is in place to play for the US in her home-state Solheim Cup in September on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership. She gained in her 103rd LPGA Tour begin.
“I don’t even actually know the way to describe it,” Coughlin stated. “I’ve had folks imagine in me for a extremely very long time, and I wouldn’t be right here with out their push and love.”
Ryu had her second straight top-three end. The 23-year-old South Korean was second final week in Ohio within the Dana Open. She gained the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship final 12 months for her first tour title.
“I’ll do my greatest subsequent,” Ryu stated.
Canadian star Brooke Henderson, the 2018 winner, completed with a 68 to tie for eighth at 6 beneath. On Friday, she bogeyed the ultimate 4 holes in a 73 that left her seven photographs again going into the weekend.
“I really feel like I’m proper there,” Henderson stated. “Nice days like yesterday and immediately, complete minus-7, so if I cleaned up the primary two days slightly bit, I might have been proper within the combine.”
