America’s Lauren Coughlin secured her second victory in three begins after successful the Ladies’s Scottish Open at Dundonald Hyperlinks.
Coughlin, who received the Canadian Ladies’s Open on the finish of final month, got here into the ultimate day main by one stroke in Scotland.
A closing three-under 69, which included 5 birdies, was sufficient for the 31-year-old from Minnesota to safe her first on the Women European Tour.
“It’s unbelievable,” mentioned Coughlin. “Two wins in three occasions is fairly loopy, however I simply caught in there, tried to remain as current as I might, and acquired some putts to drop on the finish.
“For those who would have informed me at starting of the 12 months that I might be on this place, I wouldn’t consider it. It’s simply how exhausting I’ve labored to get right here, and it’s wonderful.”
Coughlin didn’t get off to the perfect of begins, with bogeys on the second and fourth holes, however quickly bounced again with birdies on 5 and 7.
HENSELEIT FINISHES SECOND AGAIN
With Germany’s Esther Henseleit closing the hole, Coughlin rolled in back-to-back birdies on 14 and 15 to increase her benefit and provides herself a three-stroke lead.
Down the stretch, the American made an incredible par-save on 16 earlier than making a birdie on 18 to clinch a four-stroke victory.
Henseleit, winner of the silver medal on the Paris Olympics, continued her wonderful type with a second-place end in Scotland after a ultimate spherical of 70. The 2-time LET winner had a gentle entrance 9 earlier than making back-to-back birdies on 10 and 11 to slim Coughlin’s benefit.
The German dropped a shot on the thirteenth earlier than rolling in one other birdie on the 14th and completed in outright second place on 11-under.
Japan’s Ayaka Furue and American Megan Khang completed the week in a share of third place on nine-under-par, with Charley Hull in outright fifth place on eight-under.
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