Tour pro Anne Van Dam had her driver snapped by gallery rope while riding golf cart to playoff, and subsequently went on to lose on the first extra hole after playing with 3-wood instead.
Céline Boutier followed her victory at last week’s Evian Championship with an impressive win in Ayrshire in the FreeD Group Women’s Scottish Open.
Amid the celebrations on the 18th after Nick Taylor had written himself into Canadian folklore by becoming the first native to win the Canadian Open since 1954, Adam Hadwin stole the headlines by being floored by a security guard, who had thought the PGA tour pro was a fan.
Sweden’s Linn Grant came from behind on a dramatic final day at the Jabra Ladies Open to pip Anne van Dam by two shots on nine-under-par and clinch her fifth title on the Ladies European Tour.
Nick Bachem won the 2023 Jonsson Workwear Open by four strokes after a final round of 64 in Johannesburg. The German headed a crowded leaderboard for much of the final day before pulling clear as his rivals faltered on the back nine.
Sam Burns romped to victory at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play with eight birdies on his final ten holes. Burns defeated Cameron Young, who had dramatically beaten Rory McIlroy in the semi-finals, by 6&5.
England’s Lily May Humphreys fired a fantastic final six-under-par round of 67 to secure a two-shot victory at the Joburg Ladies Open. The 20-year-old began the day six shots behind overnight leader Moa Folke and got off to a good start with two birdies in her first two holes before her only dropped shot of the day on the third.
On a windy day at Siam Country Club’s Pattaya Old Course, it was American Lilia Vu who emerged victorious, winning by one shot over 54-hole leader Natthakritta Vongtaveelap.
Lydia Ko fired a final round of four-under-par 68 to triumph and record a one-shot victory at the 2023 Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund. The New Zealander headed into the final day in second place, just one shot off the lead, having shot rounds of 64, 69 and 66 on the first three days.
Ines Laklalech returns to Morocco as the star of the show at the Lalla Meryem Cup as she looks to achieve a lifelong dream of winning on home soil at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. The Moroccan will be teeing up in the tournament for the first time following its four-year hiatus – an event she admits helped forge her path to the Ladies European Tour (LET).
World numbers one and two, Lydia Ko and Nelly Korda will head the line-up along with defending champion Jin Young Ko at the 2023 HSBC Women’s World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore, March 2-5.
15-time major champion Tiger Woods will partner with his son Charlie as they return to the PNC Championship for a third time, having finished in seventh place in 2020 and second in 2021.
