Meghan MacLaren - © Tristan Jones / LET

Tied for first place with Carlsson at the start of the final day, MacLaren lost her lead twice on the final lap and the finish was tight, but the 24-year-old from Rushden, Northamptonshire, finished with eagle , par, birdie, under intense pressure to conquer her second women's title in a temperature of 30ºC, at Queanbeyan.

While MacLaren saved his best for last, Keh sadly saved his worst. Six under par for the day and with a two-stroke lead after making her own eagle on the 16, the 26-year-old collapsed with a double bogey on the last hole to give a two advantage. blows to MacLaren.

Keh, who hadn't done a bogey all day, hit her tee on the 18 while trying to cut under the tree, but the Auckland player then hit the trunk, her ball ricocheting at the adjacent hole 8, then she returned to the 18 fairway to then hit the green and miss a 2,4 meter putt for Bogey.

MacLaren, who held a one-stroke lead after coming to the return tied with two bugys and two birdies on the nine to go, lost her advantage after some trouble with the trees at 13, but managed a stroke of genius at the 16th par-5 hole.

Knowing she was two strokes behind, she made a brave shot of wood-3 over 188 yards from the flag over the trees and rolled a six foot putt to eagle and come back level.

After making the par on the 17th, she then played a perfect 8 iron stroke to find herself in the heart of the 18th green and rolled a 3,65 meter putt for birdie.

“Last year was my first win and it was very important and I don't think there is anything like that. You don't want to be a one-time victory prodigy. There has been a little more pressure this week so it's fantastic to come out of it. "

“The leader was 11 under par, so I needed something then and I found it, so it will always be a magical moment for me. "

After lifting the trophy, MacLaren headed straight to Cape Town for the next LET tournament: the Investec Women's South African Open, which will take place at Westlake Golf Club on Thursday.

On the French side, in the firsts since the start of the week and always well placed (18th) at the start of the final round, Astrid Vayson de Pradenne experienced a real descent into hell this Sunday: with 9 bogeys and a terrible quadruple, against only two birdies, the Avignon player found herself 53rd (+9) with a very heavy card of 82 (+11).

First French in the final table, Manon Gidali finished 18th at -2 after having finished on a beautiful card of 69 (-2) including 5 birdies against 3 bogeys. The 25-year-old Parisian, who competed in the 6th tournament of her (young) career on the Ladies European Tour, signs her best result in this last Australian stage. She precedes Émilie Alonso in one fell swoop, who finished 25th after a final round of 71 (par) after struggling hard, as she scored at +3 after the first 5 holes. Isabelle Boineau, with her card of 75 (+4), will have to be satisfied with a 44th place with +7.

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