![]() ![]() Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Lizette Salas’s missed birdie on the 18th cost her the chance of a play-off. Ko and Salas, as Sunday playing partners, had a better-ball score of 12 under par, which was also the case inside 15 holes. Ko could barely have given this a better run her birdie putt at the 72nd hole stopped agonisingly short, meaning a 16-under-par total and third place after a 66. The South Korean was seeking to become the seventh player – male or female – to win three majors in a single calendar year. On an engrossing final afternoon, Ko Jin-young flirted with the making of history. I gave it a good stroke, I controlled all my thoughts, it just didn’t drop. I haven’t been in that position in a long time. You’re made for this,’” said Salas of her fateful moment. In tears, Salas admitted there was a “sting” attached to what transpired. These kind of defeats tend to linger, especially for a 30-year-old without a major title. The roar as the Japanese converted reverberated to the practice putting green, where Salas was preparing for potential extra holes. Her hopes of possible salvation via a play-off were ended by Shibuno’s brilliance. The birdie attempt remained above ground. Playing two groups in front of Shibuno, she stood over a 5ft putt on the 18th green with the chance to move to 18 under. Salas was on the verge of regarding the British Open in altogether different light. Photograph: Matthew Lewis/R&A/R&A via Getty Images Hinako Shibuno of Japan and her caddie are overjoyed after she had just holed the winning putt. Salas, a US Solheim Cup player, is of Mexican descent. Salas was bombarded by news outlets then and by her own admission felt desperately uncomfortable after the then-US president elect had made disparaging remarks about Mexicans. The American found herself an unwanted centre of attention at this tournament in 2015, owing to its hosting by Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort. The inward half at Woburn was kind to Shibuno all week – she played it in a four-round total of minus 18.Īs Shibuno celebrated, it was impossible not to feel sympathy for Salas. She made a double bogey at the 3rd and played the front nine in 37. “Contending at a tournament like this is nerve-racking but I was determined to enjoy it.” ![]() “I feel like I’m going to vomit,” said Shibuno, suggesting anxiety that was not at all apparent. Shibuno’s back nine of 31 on her major championship debut afforded her a one-shot victory over Lizette Salas. Had the ball not banged into the back of the cup, it seemed destined to roll several feet past.įear not, Cinderella. It felt altogether fitting that there was one perfect moment delivered with the final putt of the tournament. ![]()
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