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Michelle Wie shot a final round -7 65 to edge a group led by Brooke Henderson by a shot in today's final round to win the HSBC Women's World Championship, but it wasn't easy...
As she was on Saturday, Brooke was bogey free again today and the T2 is her third top 10 in her four 2018 events. As I suggested yesterday she'd need a good start to catch Nelly Korda and Danielle Lang ahead of her, and she did, making 4 birdies in 8 holes on the front nine and she was right in it all day, but like a few others she couldn't buy a putt on the back nine until the 18th. She ended up with 28 putts as opposed to 23 on Saturday.
Up ahead of her Michelle Wie put the finishing touches on a -7 65 with a 40' bomb on her 72nd hole, which turned out to be the game winner.
Brooke needed an eagle at 18, the birdie left her one short. Then Nelly Korda who parred her last 8, missed a short birdie putt to tie Wie, as did Daniellle Yang who couldn't make a birdie in her last 14 !! They all finished T2 -16 272 as did Jenny Shin who closed with a 65.
So Wie, who was waiting anxiously in the clubhouse managed to finish at -17, 271 for her first win since 2014, and I must say it's nice to see her healthy and competing again after all her trials and tribulations in front of the cameras over the years.
She summed up her win like this|: "Winning is everything. I mean, there is no better feeling than when you think you sink that winning putt. It’s a high, for sure. You go out there, and it’s this feeling that gets you going. It’s this feeling that makes you practice. It’s that winning putt that makes you practice for hours and hours and hours, and even the hard times, it gets you going back. You know that good feeling is on the other side.”
Alena Sharp finished her week with a 76 to finish +8
The women are off for two weeks now, resurfacing at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup in Phoenix, Arizona.
Bryan Angus
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