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03/01 01:47 CST Australian Hannah Green wins HSBC Women's World Championship by
a stroke
Australian Hannah Green wins HSBC Women's World Championship by a stroke
SINGAPORE (AP) --- Australian Hannah Green has won the HSBC Women's World
Championship for a second time, holding off a fast-finishing American Auston
Kim to claim a one-stroke victory on Sunday.
Green, the 2019 Women's PGA Championship winner, closed with a 69, after an
erratic back-nine with three birdies and three bogeys nearly opened the door
for Kim.
Green tapped in for bogey at the last and a 14-under four-round total of 274 at
the par-72 Sentosa Golf Club and give her another title in Singapore after also
winning here in 2024.
Kim had the equal-best round of the day with a 67 on the back off six birdies
and an eagle, but bogeys at the second and especially at the par-3 15th ended
her charge at 13-under 275, and one shot behind a faltering Green.
Minjee Lee, who had been co-leader with Green coming into Sunday's final round,
mixed three birdies with three bogeys for a frustrating even final round 72 and
was tied for third with Angel Yin (71) and Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (68) of
France at 11-under 277.
Top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul, who won last week's tournament in her native
Thailand, shot 73 Sunday and was 2-under 287 and tied for 31st. She was one
shot behind defending champion Lydia Ko, who had a 72.
The 72-player, no-cut tournament was the second of three stops on the LPGA's
early year Asian swing, with the final one next week at Hainan Island, China.
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