Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol fired the lowest round of the final day to win the Trust Golf Links Series at the Musselburgh Golf Club by five shots.
This week’s champion started Saturday’s round one stroke behind the leader before putting on a show today to card a round of five-under 67 and finish at a total score of ten-under-par.
“I’m really proud of myself because this is my first win in Europe and the golf course was so hard this week,” admitted the winner.
“We had it all – a rainy day, windy day, and a hot sunny day so making a lot of birdies overall made me very confident for the upcoming events.”
Yubol opened her final round with an early birdie on the second hole and added one more birdie and two bogeys on the front nine to make the turn in 36 shots.
She then started to get away from the rest of the field, making six birdies on the back nine with two pars and one bogey which came on the 14th hole.
Coming down the final four, the 20-year-old talent maximised her lead and sealed her first European win with three birdies on 15, 16, and 18.
“I think today was my lucky day because I could rely on my putting, and I could do it on every hole.
“I didn’t put a lot of pressure or stress on myself, just focused on my own game and smiled if I made any mistakes.”
Her win this week follows a runner-up finish last week at Ramside Hall, and with that Yubol secured one of two invitation spots in the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open that will take place at the Dundonald Links between July 28–31.
“I am really looking forward to that week because I will be playing with famous golfers from the LPGA Tour, and they are all superstars. I don’t know how to focus on myself because I’ll be so excited to see all of the great players there!” she said.
In a tie for second at -5 were Dutch amateur Lauren Holmey with a final round of two-under 70 and Germany’s Patricia Isabel Schmidt carding one-under 71 today.
Thailand’s Chanettee Wannasaen took outright fourth space shooting three-under 69 on the last day in Scotland. With her win last week at Ramside Hall, she will join her compatriot Yubol as the second invite for the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open.
In solo fifth is Germany’s Chiara Noja finishing on three-under-par, extending her lead in the season-long LETAS Order of Merit.
Amy Taylor of England finished another stroke back, taking sixth place in her third LETAS start on -2, while the seventh spot goes to Sara Kouskova from the Czech Republic who finished at -1 total for the tournament.
Thailand’s Trichat Cheenglab and Italy’s Clara Manzalini finished in joint eighth at level-par after three rounds.
Welsh talent Jordan Ryan and Thailand’s Aunchisa Utama finished in a tie for tenth place at +2 total.
The LET Access Series will continue with Santander Golf Tour – Málaga which takes place on July 21–23 at Golf Torrequebrada.
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