Celine Boutier clinches her fourth title of the season after a nine-hole playoff against Atthaya Thitikul at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club course. The playoff tied the record for the second-longest playoff in LPGA Tour history.
In a marathon playoff, both players made near identical shots on several holes and saw potential winning putts lip out as they stayed tied through eight tense holes, which included sitting out a 90-minute storm delay at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club course.
“I didn’t expect it to be that long, to be honest,” Boutier said of the playoff. “I felt like we were both very close to winning a few times, and I just felt like we just had to make a birdie essentially. I knew she wasn’t going to make a mistake, so I had to go for it and give myself the best chances for birdies.”
It was Zhang’s fifth top-10 finish on the LPGA Tour in just her 12th event as a professional in her rookie season.
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