Poland’s Adrian Meronk drained an eagle putt on the final gap for a five-stroke win within the Australian Open, whereas South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai held on to win the ladies’s event in Melbourne on Sunday.
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Meronk, the world No 56, confirmed his victory with a putt from off the 18th inexperienced to complete a transparent winner over his {golfing} idol Adam Scott at Victoria Golf Club.
The large Pole carded his eagle and 4 birdies to complete at four-under 66 and draw back from former Masters champion Scott, who misplaced his profitable probability with a double-bogey six on the seventeenth gap.
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“I’m super excited and to finish like that on the 18th hole is just unreal,” Meronk stated.
“I felt actually good once more as we speak. I stored doing what I’ve accomplished the final two days and it labored fairly properly.
“I’m super proud of myself, proud of my team and super happy right now.”
Meronk made historical past by turning into the primary participant from Poland to win on the DP World Tour with victory on this yr’s Irish Open by three strokes after ending joint runner-up finally yr’s Italian Open.
He zoomed into competition with 9 birdies in a course record-equalling seven-under 63 in Saturday’s third spherical and was rock strong all through the ultimate spherical.
The Pole overcome a horror begin in his opening spherical on Thursday, falling to four-over par by his opening seven holes earlier than he clawed his method again into the event to say an emphatic victory.
Despite an eagle end on the ultimate gap within the second and third rounds to take the in a single day lead and driving constantly properly off the tee, Scott struggled to provide himself sufficient beauty at birdie putts as he chased his second Australian Open title.
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Meanwhile, British Open champion Buhai held off the fast-finishing Jiyai Shin to win the ladies’s event by one shot.
Buhai, the world No 28, led by 4 photographs at one stage however needed to face up to a giant end from the South Korean, who had an eight-foot putt on the ultimate gap to pressure a playoff, solely to narrowly miss.
Australia’s Grace Kim was tied for the lead going to the 18th gap earlier than a double-bogey seven dashed her late flurry.
Buhai carded 4 birdies and 5 bogeys to complete with one-over 73, but it surely was nonetheless sufficient to say victory.
“It’s the cherry on the top,” Buhai stated.
“And to have my husband Dave on the bag, it’s very particular to have the ability to have a good time collectively.
“He was good as we speak. It was a bit simpler for him being contained in the ropes than exterior the ropes. You’re a bit bit extra in management.
“Got lots of friends and family here, it’s very cool.”
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Final spherical scores on Sunday on the Australian Open
The males’s and ladies’s occasions are happening on the similar time and on the similar venue. (AUS until acknowledged):
Men
268 – Adrian Meronk (POL) 73-66-63-66
273 – Adam Scott 71-63-67-72
274 – Min Woo Lee 70-70-65-69
275 – Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 70-73-68-64, Haydn Barron 69-68-68-70
276 – Josh Geary (NZL) 68-69-69-70
277 – Matthew Millar 72-72-66-67, Andrew Martin 73-69-68-67, Conor Purcell (IRL) 68-72-66-71
278 – Tom Lewis (ENG) 68-71-72-67, Jason Norris 71-68-71-68, Hayden Hopewell 73-68-68-69, Lucas Herbert 70-72-67-69, David Micheluzzi 63-71-73-71, Nicolai Hojgaard (DEN) 67-71-69-71, Pierre Pineau (FRA) 67-71-69-71
279 – Gunner Wiebe (USA) 69-68-70-72
Women
277 – Ashleigh Buhai (RSA) 69-69-66-73
278 – Jiyai Shin (KOR) 68-68-67-75
279 – Hannah Green 68-66-71-74
280 – Grace Kim 66-72-70-72
281 – Minjee Lee 70-70-70-71
282 – Jenny Shin (KOR) 70-73-71-68
283 – So-Yeon Ryu (KOR) 69-69-70-75
284 – Marina Alex (USA) 73-70-69-72, Stephanie Kyriacou 71-70-71-72
286 – Fiona Xu (NZL) 68-77-72-69
288 – Cassie Porter 75-73-67-73, Justice Bosio 71-71-72-74, Jennifer Kupcho (USA) 72-70-72-74, Yuri Yoshida (JPN) 72-69-71-76
289 – Stephanie Bunque 69-78-70-72
290 – Sarah Jane Smith 73-73-72-72, Xiyu Lin (CHN) 73-70-72-75, Chonlada Chayanun (THA) 70-78-70-72
292 – Sarah Kemp 71-72-72-77, Gabriela Ruffels 72-77-71-72
By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
