Like last year, the DP World Tour, LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour joined forces to stage a tournament which offered separate events for both the men and women, but equal prize money.
During the final day of the ISPS Handa World Invitational, there couldn’t have been two more contrasting tournaments, as Ewen Ferguson battled to a second DP World Tour title in five months, whilst Maja Stark showed a relentless display as a 10-under-par final round of 63, gave her a five shot victory.
Wire-to-wire. @EwboF wins by three 🔥His second Tour win this season.@World_Inv_Golf | #WorldInvitational pic.twitter.com/3GIIRDy91CAugust 14, 2022
We begin with Stark, who began the day two shots back of overnight leader, Amanda Doherty. However, after just five holes, the Swede found herself in a four-way tie of the lead, as three birdies vaulted her into a share with Peiyun Chien, Georgia Hall and Doherty.
Coming in to the final day, Stark was looking for her fourth Ladies European Tour title and first on the LPGA Tour. Following yet more birdies at the sixth, eighth and ninth, that share of the lead was now a three shot advantage as she scythed ahead of a crammed leaderboard.
Her relentless display carried on throughout the back nine, with a trio of birdies on the 12th – 14th putting Stark nine-under for the day and five shots clear. You think Stark was done there? The answer was no, as a 10th birdie dropped on the 17th for the 22-year-old took a six shot lead down the last.
Despite finding the water with her second at the par 5, Stark showed her class yet again, as her fourth pitched and stopped just four-foot from the flag. From there, a par putt followed, as she cruised to a five shot win, with a final round 63.
A life changing putt. Maja Stark shatters the course record with a 63 at the @World_Inv_Golf 🏆 pic.twitter.com/q562i7ey4cAugust 14, 2022
It was a somewhat different story for Ferguson who, although led going in to the final round by three, and actually extended it to four earlier on, found himself all-square with Richard Mansell at the turn,…
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