Paula Reto held off Nelly Korda to win her first LPGA Tour title on the CP Women’s Open on Sunday in Ottawa, Ontario.
Reto shot a 4-under-par 67 within the closing spherical to tie up a 19-under 265 for the week. The South African set the course file at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club on Thursday with a first-round 62, however she entered Sunday trailing rookies Hye-Jin Choi and Na Rin An of South Korea by a stroke.
Reto birdied the primary, third, sixth, eighth and ninth holes to shoot forward to twenty beneath for the event. She performed the again 9 in 1 over, however by that time she had sufficient of a cushion to see the win by way of.
Her tap-in par on the par-5 18th secured the milestone victory.
“I was so nervous, oh my gosh,” Reto stated on the CBS broadcast. “Coming to the last hole, I (told myself) ‘OK, just calm your nerves.'”
The 32-year-old has performed on the LPGA Tour since 2014. Her earlier finest end was a third-place mark on the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic in her rookie yr.
“I’m really happy, and it’s been such a long time,” Reto stated. “I was like, ‘I hope one day I’ll win.’ You know? But it came true. A dream come true for sure.”
Korda, the world No. 3, made a late push after taking part in the entrance 9 in even par. She birdied No. 11 earlier than holing out for an eagle on the par-4 twelfth, leaping to 17 beneath on the time.
After a bogey and two extra birdies, Korda could not gap a birdie putt at both of the final two holes to tie Reto at 19 beneath. She additionally carded a 67 and tied for second with Choi (69).
Lydia Ko of New Zealand, ranked fourth on the planet, rolled in birdies at every of her final 4 holes to shoot an 8-under 63, tied for the low spherical of the day. She completed alone in fourth at 17 beneath. A Lim Kim of South Korea (67) was fifth at 16 beneath.
–Field Level Media