Hampshire’s Liz Younger secured the second Girls European Tour title of her profession after she pipped Belgium’s Manon De Roey to the Hero Ladies’s Indian Open title.
Trailing De Roey and compatriot Alice Hewson by one shot heading into Sunday’s ultimate spherical at DLF Golf & Nation Membership, the 42-year-old from Brockenhurst was nonetheless a shot behind De Roey after 14 holes, however the turning level got here on the par-5 fifteenth when Younger’s persistence paid off and she or he carded a superb birdie.
Two holes later and the treacherous seventeenth proved decisive once more as De Roey dropped a shot to offer Younger the lead heading down the final.
LAST HOLE DRAMA
Then, drama. Younger’s third shot from the tough discovered the water as a playoff appeared to be on the playing cards in Delhi. However after De Roey was unable to stand up and down from wanting the inexperienced, Younger dialled in a unbelievable wedge shot from the drop zone to salvage a bogey and clinch a one-stroke victory with a closing level-par 72.
I’m in shock,” stated Younger, whose solely different LET victory got here on the Swiss Girls Open in 2022. “It’s my second win, however it’s nonetheless as vital as some other. They don’t occur fairly often as an expert golfer.
“Manon is a good pal of mine and we have been battling all day. It’s by no means simple to beat a pal, however she had one a win earlier this yr, so it was my flip!”
“I do know I had an excellent spherical (on Saturday) and I used to be feeling good about (Sunday), however I truly didn’t hit it nice all day. Placing was the important thing. Me and my caddie have been studying the greens nice all day.”
The end result noticed Younger climb to twelfth on the LET Order of Advantage.
