AIG Women’s Open: Ashleigh Buhai claims maiden…

LEADERBOARD -10 Buhai, Chun (Buhai wins in playoff); -9 Shibuno; -7 Maguire, M. Lee, Sagstrom SELECTED OTHERS -5 Ko; -1 Duncan; +1 Park; +3 Kupcho, J. Korda; +4 N. Korda

The South African broke her major duck with a dramatic playoff victory over In Gee Chun at Muirfield.

She had to do it the hard way. Having held a five-shot lead overnight, a collapse on the back-nine threatened to ruin her week.

Having been near-flawless for three-and-a-half rounds, Buhai triple-bogeyed the 15th to drop back. But a clutch par at the last ensured she survived to fight on.

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It took four trips back down the 18th to separate them.

First, Chun produced one of the shots of the week out of the treacherous right-hand greenside bunker, stiffing it when Buhai had safely found the green.

Incredible resilience. Ashleigh Buhai is the 2022 AIG Women’s Open Champion! 🏆

Ashleigh becomes the first South African to win the AIG Women’s Open since 1979.#WorldClasspic.twitter.com/dsaYnSPKGl

— AIG Women’s Open (@AIGWomensOpen) August 7, 2022

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