Lee Keeps Her Cool as Webb Throws Away Two-Shot Lead at Dundonald

Mi Hyang Lee of South Korea shot a six-under-par 66 to win the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open by a stroke from Australian Karrie Webb and compatriot Mi Jung Hur on a dramatic final day at Dundonald Links in North Ayrshire.

Lee was effectively the last woman standing after four days of brutal conditions that saw players dressed for conditions that many of them mad never experienced before. The temperatures plummeted, the wind howled and the rain hammered down. Cristie Kerr, the veteran LPGA star, even resorted to ear muffs.

Lee, a 24-year-old from Incheon, made six birdies and a bogey in her first nine holes to catch the experienced overnight co-leader Webb, before closing with a birdie on 18 for a 72-hole total of 282, six-under-par.

While Hur set the clubhouse target with her own 66, Webb was two strokes ahead of the chasing pack after chipping in for eagle on the long 14^th, but then dropped three strokes in two holes. 

The Australian three-putted the 16th and then hit her tee shot into a deep pot bunker on the 17th,  and had to play out backwards, only to find another bunker with her third shot, running up a double bogey that ended her chances. Webb needed to hole a greenside bunker shot for eagle on the final hole to force a play-off, but made an up and down for birdie and a final round of 73.

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Lee said afterwards: “It was really a surprise for me. My front nine was amazing, and then I think I got a good start from my first hole. The first and second round, I hit it really good, but just I missed a lot of putts, so I tried to practice my putting with the wind.”

Unsurprisingly, Webb was bitterly disappointed, and said she couldn't believe it when she found her drive in the bunker at the 17th.  “I absolutely knotted my 3-wood exactly how I wanted and my caddie said it kicked into the bunker. I have no idea how it did that,” she said afterwards.

Carlota Ciganda and Kerr were also in contention up until the final hole, but ended in a tie for fourth place after final rounds of 70 and 72 respectively.

“I made enough birdies to be up there. I made a few bogeys, a bogey on 10 and 11. Those two were tough. Overall, I’m happy. I played solid this week and I think I’m ready for next week,” said Ciganda, ahead of the Ricoh Women’s British Open.

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South Korean pair Sun Young Yoo and Sei Young Kim tied for sixth place, with Minjee Lee a stroke further back in eighth place. European Solheim Cup rankings leader Georgia Hall came home in 31 to tie for ninth place with Caroline Masson and In-Kyung Kim.

Lina Boqvist, Olafia Kristinsdottir and Becky Morgan all qualified for the Ricoh Women's British Open at Kingsbarns. Jessica Karlsson dropped three shots in her last two holes to miss her spot in the season’s fourth Major and will now head to Final Qualifying looking to seal one of the 22 spots available at The Castle Course, St Andrews.