ISPS Handa World Invitational, Galgorm Castle, Northern Ireland: 17-20 Aug (Women)
Alexa Pano wins the World Invitational after playoff, on her 19th birthday!
From LPGA, by LET:
It was a birthday to remember for Alexa Pano as she won the ISPS HANDA World Invitational Presented by AVIV Clinics in a dramatic playoff.
After rounds of 76-70-69-66, Pano ended the tournament with a total of eight-under-par and found herself in a playoff alongside Germany’s Esther Henseleit and England’s Gabriella Cowley.
The American, who turns 19 today, headed back down 18 and made a birdie on the first playoff hole, as did Cowley to send them back to the tee. Read more
From The Irish Times, by Philip Reid:
A new star shone brightly, as tour rookie Alexa Pano – on her 19th birthday – showed maturity and fortitude beyond her years to secure a breakthrough win on the LPGA Tour when securing the ISPS Handa World Invitational at Galgorm Castle Golf Club.
Pano, a onetime child reality television star when she featured in the 2013 Netflix documentary film The Short Game, again demonstrated the X-factor when beating off Gabriella Cowley and Esther Henseleit in a playoff.
In producing a superb final round 66 for an eight-under-par total of 281 to join the German and the Englishwoman in the playoff. Read more
From BBC Sport:
Pano looked set to win in regulation after birdieing the 17th and 18th to card a six-under-66 but was then joined in the clubhouse on eight under by Germany's Esther Henseleit before England's third-round leader Gabriella Cowley made it a three-woman play-off by sensationally rolling in a 30-foot eagle putt at the last.
After Henseleit dropped out of the play-off following the first tie hole, London-born Cowley, 27, looked set to land a career-changing first victory as she had a three-footer to win at the next but missed with a nervy effort. Read more
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