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Thanks to two birdies on the last four holes and a score of -21, Hannah Green won her second victory of the season on the Columbia Edgewater Country Club yesterday, following the KPGM Women's PGA Championship in June. “This course is really difficult, I had to remain patient and give myself opportunities. Said the 22-year-old. Yealimi Noh, 18 years old and pro since last February, was at the top of the leaderboard with three strokes ahead at the start of the last lap. Still in the lead after 14 holes, the American broke down on the home stretch, conceding two bogeys and finishing one stroke behind the winner.

Noh was playing his seventh tournament on the tour this year, with his best result so far being a 6th place finish at the Thornberry Creek Classic in early July. If she won on Sunday, she could have joined Canada's Brooke Henderson, winner of the 2015 Portland Classic, and Laurel Kean, winner of the State Farm LPGA Classic in 2000, as the only victorious rookies in LPGA history. " I did my best. My shots did not come out as I wanted them today, ”confided Noh, very moved on leaving 18. With a last card of 69, Brittany Altomoareet finished on the 3rd step of the podium (-17).

Like the week before her KPMG Women's PGA Championship victory in June, Hannah Green missed the cut last week before lifting the trophy at the Cambia Portland Classic. The Perth native said her composure and ability to cope with tough times have been the keys to her success. “I guess I'm good enough not to dwell on past results, which is obviously very important in the special job that I practice,” she concluded with a smile.

On the blue side, the n ° 1 Céline Boutier, the only Frenchwoman to pass the cut finishes in 26th position, five points from the lead, alongside the world number one Jin Young Ko and the former world number one Lydia Ko, who shared his part.

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