The Mexican Gaby Lopez and the Japanese Nasa Hataoka could not decide between themselves after 5 holes of play-off and will resume the game today at 14 p.m. French time. Céline Boutier finishes at the 9e instead.

Gaby Lopez and Nasa Hataoka @ LPGA

Perhaps it would have been more judicious to choose another hole than the 18 of the Tranquilo Golf Course, in Orlando, to decide between the three players who finished the tournament in the head at -13: Gaby Lopez (n ° 56 world), Nasa Hataoka (n ° 6) and Inbee Park (n ° 16). This frightening par 3 defended by an interminable water obstacle forced the champions to take out the rescue or the wood to reach the green. Result: last night we saw a string of long putts or small approaches to save the par, without any of the three players offering themselves a real chance of birdie.

At the third play-off hole, the South Korean Inbee Park missed the green ... by a few centimeters and saw her ball disappear into the water hazard, drowning at the same time her chances of victory. The two "survivors" still unable to decide in the dark, during the 4e and 5e play-off hole, the two players preferred to shake hands, despite the audience chanting: “One more hole, one more hole! " Gaby Lopez and Nasa Hataoka will meet this Monday at 8 a.m. (14 p.m. in France) to try to raise the first trophy of the season on the LPGA circuit.

Céline Boutier 9th to -9

Note the last card in the par by Céline Boutier, which ends at 9e final place (out of 26) in this Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, which brought together all the titled golfers on the American circuit over the past two seasons. An outcome undoubtedly a little disappointing for the French n ° 1, who never left the top 5 of the tournament during the first three rounds, even temporarily taking the lead during the second day.

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