Kuwaki pips Henseleit to major play-off win after extraordinary finish

Shiho Kuwaki snatched a dramatic play-off victory over Esther Henseleit after an extraordinary finish to the AIG Women’s Open, as Charley Hull and Lottie Woad fell short on the final day.

Henseleit holed a remarkable 45-foot birdie on the final hole at Royal Lytham & St Annes to move to five under alongside Kuwaki, who also posted a one-under 70 and overturned a three-shot deficit during an eventful Sunday.

The two players returned to the par-four 18th for the sudden-death play-off, where Kuwaki scrambled an unlikely par as Henseleit missed a 10-foot birdie putt for victory.

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Henseleit's tee shot on the second extra hole hit a marshal's ankle and finished in a bush, leaving her hacking back into the fairway on her way to a bogey, as Kuwaki two-putted for par to become Japan's second successive AIG Women's Open champion.

Yealimi Noh took a three-shot lead into the final round at Royal Lytham & St Annes and briefly went four clear, only to card three bogeys in a five-hole stretch on her front nine and eventually finish a shot back in third.

Nelly Korda and Jeeno Thitikul - the world's top two - shared fourth spot on two under, while Hull and Woad both finished four strokes back in tied-sixth after both failed to mount a late challenge for a maiden major title.

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