{"id":4463,"date":"2018-08-06T01:43:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T01:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=4463"},"modified":"2018-08-06T01:43:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T01:43:36","slug":"georgia-hall-wins-the-womens-british-open-canadian-brooke-henderson-ties-for-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/georgia-hall-wins-the-womens-british-open-canadian-brooke-henderson-ties-for-11th","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Hall Wins the Women’s British Open; Canadian Brooke Henderson ties for 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Georgia Hall celebrates with the Women’s British Open trophy after defeating Pornanong Phatlum<\/p><\/div>\n

As the final round of the Women\u2019s British Open came to an end, it was Georgia Hall<\/a> who raised the trophy in victory after a tournament that saw multiple leader changes.<\/p>\n

At 22 years of age, Hall faced stiff completion from Pornanong Phatlum, who was in the lead at the end of the third round<\/a>, as the two were close in score in from the beginning of round one through to the third round.<\/p>\n

As the day went on, it was Hall that slowly began to move out front of Phatlum in what was a tight race at the Royal Lytham course. It was Hall\u2019s first major title on the LPGA tour and her first win at the Women’s British Open.<\/p>\n

The winning shot for Hall came on the 18th hole after tapping in her putt to earn a birdie. This gave the British player a two shot lead over Phatlum. Afterwards, the two hugged and was then congratulated by her father Wayne, who happens to be her caddie.<\/p>\n

As her father Wayne was a two- handicap golfer himself, she was named in honour of the Augusta, Georgia course being that the tournament was in motion as she was born and saw English golfer Nick Faldo winning the 1996 Masters at the famous Augusta course.<\/p>\n

Now 22 years later, it was Hall who brought home pride after winning on home soil. The young player was able to maintain composure, stay focused and produce shot after shot and ended the final round at 5-under 67 and 17-under 271 for the tournament.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media after the final round, Hall said,<\/p>\n

“I was loving it deep down, hitting the shots under pressure. To get six birdies in the final round of a major is not bad.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

LPGA<\/strong><\/p>\n