Chiara Tamburlini secured her third win of the season after storming to a four-stroke victory at the Wistron Ladies Open – Taiwan at Sunrise Golf and Country Club.
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The Swiss star has been in a rich vein of form of late on the Ladies European Tour (LET) having won her second title of the year at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France just two weeks ago.
Tamburlini then captained her Team to victory at last week’s Aramco Team Series presented by PIF – Shenzhen before finishing in a share of third place in the Individual event.
Having been in a share of the lead from the start of the Wistron Ladies Open, the 24-year-old produced rounds of 66-73-68-69 to win with a score of 12-under-par and capture her third LET title in her rookie season.
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“It’s an incredible feeling,” said Tamburlini. “It’s been a long week and to see the video of them engraving my name on the trophy is an incredible feeling. I’m just so proud to be in this situation right now.
“It feels really good to have won this tournament, it’s been a long couple of weeks and to be ending this stretch with a victory like this feels incredible right now.”
Tamburlini began the day with a four-shot lead and made a birdie on her first hole at Sunrise Golf and Country Club.
After flying the green on the par-five sixth, she made up-and-down to save par, but she then ran into trouble off the tee on the seventh and got lucky with her second shot staying dry coming away with a bogey.
However, the rookie soon started making birdies again rolling in three on the trot on holes 11, 12 and 13 to seal a final round of 69 (-3) and win number three on the LET.
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“I hit one or two bad shots, but otherwise it was still decent,” Tamburlini continued. “I didn’t make too many putts. I had two bad holes and Emma [Spitz] had a great front nine, so we ended up being really close at the turn.
“I have been playing better on the back nine all week and I’ve been telling myself that there were still plenty of holes left to go. I made birdies on 11, 12 and 13 which really helped. The par-save on 14 was definitely quite big.
“I knew making par from then would probably be enough. I still tried to make birdies, but I wasn’t being overly aggressive in the last couple of holes. I really like the back nine it seems like; I have been rolling in some good putts on the back nine again.”
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Yu-Sang Hou carded a bogey-free 68 (-4) to finish in outright second place on eight-under-par and also end the tournament as the best Taiwanese player.
“It’s a little bit of lack of luck, a lot of putts just didn’t fall for me,” said Hou. “Overall, it is a pleasure to play back in Taiwan and it’s such a great course that I grew up with.
“It was a really awesome tournament for Chiara, for her to get her third win of the season is incredible. It’s a little hard when you’re not holding the trophy in your home country, but overall, I want to thank everyone who supported me along the way and everyone who came out to watch us.”
France’s Perrine Delacour produced a final round of 67 (-5) which included an eagle, six birdies and three bogeys to finish in third place on seven-under-par.
