Monday morning shag bag...Georgia Hall leads the list...

Of all the golf played this weekend the most compelling by far was the Ricoh Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes where a plucky little Thai called Pornanong Phatlum played out of her mind and held the lead most of the week until she was tracked down and caught at the wire by a gutsy English star call Georgia Hall, with her coach and father on the bag. Canada's Brooke Henderson was in contention, did her best 69 70 69 74 -6 T11.

These stories and more in my Monday morning shag bag.


LPGA/ LET Ricoh Women's British Open final leaderboard https://ricohwomensbritishopen.com/

England’s Georgia Hall created a major slice of history when she produced the performance of her life to win the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

The-then 16-year won the 2012 British Girls’ Championship at Tenby and then added the British Ladies’ title 12 months later and now just five years later she has become the first player to complete the national treble by carding a closing 67 to add the British Women’s Open title to her name.

Thailand’s Pananong Phatlum started the final round one shot ahead of Hall and two in front of two-time major winner So Yeon Ryu. Sung Hyun Park, Mamika Higa and Minjee Lee were also in close attendance but it turned out to be a two-horse race.

With her win Hall becomes just the third British player after Karen Stupples and Catriona Matthew to win the Ricoh Women’s British Open since it became a major in 2001 and just the fourth English major winner after Laura Davies (four majors) Alison Nicholas (one major) and Stupples (one major).


WGC Firestone Invitational final leaderboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2018/tournamentid=2018064/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y#/results
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Justin Thomas cruised to his maiden World Golf Championship title with a commanding four-shot victory at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

As Firestone Country Club - playing host to this tournament for the final time before it moves to Memphis next year - made life difficult for the world's best players on day four, overnight leader Thomas kept out of trouble, carding two birdies and a single bogey to get to -15 and secure a comfortable victory.

 

Thomas, who will defend his US PGA Championship title at Bellerive Country Club next week, was the only man in the final two groups to break par on Sunday with a closing 69 - his fourth straight round in the sixties this week.

Kyle Stanley finished alone in second place on -11 after mixing five birdies with three bogeys, one stroke clear of Dane Thorbjørn Olesen and World #1, Dustin Johnson after they closed with matching 64s.

 

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Bryan Angus