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The Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open came to a dramatic end earlier on Sunday with South Korea’s Lee Mi-hyang taking home the silverware.
The 24-year-old sank seven birdies on the final day, finishing six under par with a round of 66.
Her fellow country woman, Hur Mi-jung, and Australian Karrie Webb were both second place on five under.
Mi-hyang believes this competition was really good practice for the British Open and that she will take a lot of confidence from this win. She said: “It was really a surprise for me. My front nine was amazing and then I thought I got a good start from my first hole. Then my back nine was a little up-and-down, but I made a lot of putts. I made a lot of good putts and then a good chip shot, too. I just kept thinking hole-by-hole, simple.”
Mi-hyang had begun the weekend at Dundonald Links nine-strokes back after opening rounds of 73- 75. After her round Sunday, she revealed her clubs hadn’t arrived in Scotland until Wednesday, so she played with a rented set for her Tuesday practice round and it took her a few days to adjust.
She leaped into contention during Saturday’s extreme weather with a four-under par, 68 to climb back to Even par and six-strokes back of Webb.
Sunday, she picked up exactly where she left off with a 31 on her outward nine that put her in a tie at the top with Webb. However, Mi-hyang cooled on the back, with eight consecutive pars and was unaware of Webb’s situation. Mi-hyang then went on to make a well-timed birdie at the 72nd hole, which proved to be the one-stroke difference that earned her a second career win.
Webb, who was the 54-hole leader, went from celebrating to trailing by two with one hole to play.
Tied with Mi-hyang at five-under par, Webb chipped in for eagle at the par five, 14th to take a two-stroke lead and looked in command of her game as she nearly holed out at the next hole.
But then at the 16th, she missed a short putt to save par and her round continued to fall apart from there. Now leading by one with three to play, Webb hit what she thought was a solid drive at the 17th, but it took an awkward kick into the fairway bunker at the par four, the first bunker Webb found this week.
From there she was forced to chip out backwards, unable to scale the wall that stood between her and the green. She then hit her approach in to the greenside bunker up ahead. On the green in four, Webb two-putted for double bogey to fall two-back with one hole to play. With no leaderboard on the final hole, Webb was unaware that Mi-hyang was already in the clubhouse at six-under and she would need eagle to tie. Her approach found the greenside bunker at the par five, 18th.
Webb carded a final round, one-over par, 73 to finish tied for second with Mi-jung.
In the meantime, 2012 winner Carly Booth was top performing Scot of the tournament finishing five over par with a final round of 73.
Meanwhile, two-time tournament winner Catriona Matthew finished 10 over par after a round of 74.
