AIG Women's Open 2022, Muirfield, East Lothian, Scotland, 4-7 August
Ashleigh Buhai wins 2022 Women's Open at Muirfield!
South African Ashleigh Buhai has won the history-making first ever Women's Open to be held at Muirfield. Her win came after a daunting triple bogey, followed by a sudden-death playoff against South Korean In Gee Chun. (The last time this tournament's champion was determined by playoff was in 1990, when Ashleigh was barely a year old.)
From AIG Women's Open:
Ashleigh Buhai bravely overcame a nightmarish triple-bogey on the 15th to claim a hugely dramatic victory in the AIG Women’s Open, defeating In Gee Chun on the fourth hole of an extraordinary sudden-death play-off at Muirfield.
Thirty-two years on from this Championship’s last play-off, a remarkable conclusion left spectators gripped as Buhai and Chun, who had both finished on 10-under-par after respective rounds of 75 and 70, matched each other shot for shot over three extra trips down the 18th.
The end finally came – in fading light at 9:10pm local time – as Chun made bogey after driving into a fairway bunker and Buhai got up and down superbly from a greenside trap to clinch victory with a par. Read more
From LPGA Communications:
It took 15 years of hard work and patience, and 76 holes of determination at Muirfield. Now, South African Ashleigh Buhai is a major champion. Buhai outlasted three-time major champion In Gee Chun in a four-hole, sudden-death playoff to win the 2022 AIG Women’s Open, becoming the first woman to etch her name on the trophy at the famed links of Muirfield...
Buhai, who started the day with a five-stroke lead at -14, never looked as at ease on the Muirfield links on Sunday as she had the previous three rounds. She carded one birdie and two bogeys on the front nine, but still held a three-stroke lead at -13 at the turn as the field around her failed to capitalize. Read more
From LET Blog, 7/8/22:
South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai clinched the first Major of her career by winning the 2022 AIG Women’s Open after a four-hole playoff.
After being level on 10-under-par with Korea’s In Gee Chun after 72 holes, it took four holes to separate the duo.
It was a par on the fourth playoff hole, after a magnificent bunker shot, which saw Buhai secure her first LPGA Tour title and the AIG Women’s Open crown. Read more
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