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Miyu Yamashita of Japan shot a final-round 65, then made a birdie putt on the primary playoff gap, to come back from eight strokes behind to win the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday.
Entering play on Sunday, Hye-Jin Choi of South Korea was in charge of the event, a three-round chief with a four-shot benefit. Choi was in search of her first event win.
But she turned in a spherical of 73 as Yamashita ran off seven birdies. Hannah Green of Australia shot a four-under 68 to hitch Yamashita and Choi within the playoff at 18-under 270 for the event.
Yamashita’s birdie within the playoff on the par-5 No. 18 gap gave her the win — her second of her rookie season — which she chalked as much as additional follow after her spherical of 69 on Saturday.
‘So my placing was strong and I may make many birdies,’ the 24-year-old mentioned. ‘Since (Saturday) my pictures weren’t good, and after the third spherical, I simply follow loads after which I may make it, so I’m very joyful about it.’
It was the second time within the three-year historical past of the Maybank Championship that the event was determined by a playoff.
Choi may muster solely two birdies on a three-bogey day after setting 36- and 54-hole event scoring information in Malaysia after posting cumulative scores of 130 and 197. She and Green have been unavailable for remark.
Choi has 9 top-10 finishes on the season and was second to Carlota Ciganda on the Meijer LPGA Classic in June.
World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand fired a 68 to finish in a five-way tie for fourth at 17-under, one shot off the lead. Joining her have been South Koreans A Lim Kim (68) and Sei Young Kim (66), Japan’s Akie Iwai (67) and Yan Liu (70) of China.
‘To be trustworthy, I’m probably not assured with my putter coming on this week,’ Thitikul mentioned. ‘Like final week I am unable to make any putts, so ending up right here, like in Top 10 being Top 5 … I’m actually joyful about how I fought with myself on the market.’
Liu additionally was joyful together with her efficiency.
‘Overall good week for, I feel, extra confidence coming from my every part. Yeah, and my psychological and my sport,’ she mentioned. ‘I feel it is extra confidence for subsequent couple weeks.’
–Field Level Media