Jenny Shin stuttered over the road on the ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open to safe her first LPGA Tour title in a decade with England’s defending champion Lottie Woad ending tied-Thirty seventh as gamers ready for subsequent week’s AIG Women’s Open.
South Korean golfer Shin ended two strokes away from compatriot A-Lim Kim on 9 underneath par after bogeying two of her ultimate three holes on Sunday to signal for a three-over 75, having begun spherical 4 with a five-shot benefit over Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn.
The 33-year-old suffered three bogeys in a row from the sixth however her birdies at 10 and 12 proved essential following her sluggish finish to the spherical as Kim’s four-under 68 got here in useless at Dundonald Links.
Shin was emotional as she clinched her first trophy because the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout in May 2016 – she is the primary lady in 30 years to go a full decade between LPGA Tour wins – and can now change focus to the main at Royal Lytham and St Annes.
She mentioned: “My first title didn’t really feel like a win at the time. I didn’t feel like I deserved it. It felt very accidental. But this one definitely feels a lot different, feels like I earned it. I worked hard for it.”
Lottie Woad completed tied-Thirty seventh in her Scottish Open title defence
How did the British and Irish stars fare?
Woad – whose victory in Ayrshire final 12 months was her first as a professional and got here just a few weeks after she had gained the Women’s Irish Open as an newbie – closed out her week with a one-over 73 to end on seven over, with a lot of the harm finished by a six-over 78 on Saturday.
Charley Hull, who began her match with a 78, ended up in a share of forty fourth place on 10 over after taking pictures 74 on Sunday.
England’s Charley Hull completed 10 over for the match in Ayrshire
Ireland’s Leona Maguire claimed a top-10 end on one underneath after a final-round 70 took her into the crimson, with Alice Hewson, on three over, the highest-placed British golfer in a share of nineteenth spot.
What about a few of the different huge names?
Reigning Women’s Open champion Miyu Yamashita – who triumphed by two strokes from fellow Japanese Minami Katsu and England’s Hull at Royal Porthcawl in 2025 – completed tied-fifth on three underneath in Scotland forward of her title defence in Lancashire from Thursday.
World No 1 Nelly Korda has gained two majors this 12 months, the Chevron Championship and the US Women’s Open
World No 1 Nelly Korda will probably be aiming for a 3rd main title of the 12 months and fifth of her profession after victories on the Chevron Championship and US Women’s Open this time period.
The American will head to Royal Lytham & St Annes following a end of tied-Sixteenth on the Scottish Open, taking pictures her finest spherical of the week on Sunday – a three-under 69 – to finish on two over par.
This 12 months’s different double main winner – Women’s PGA and Evian champion Haeran Ryu – didn’t play on the Scottish Open.
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