England’s Cara Gainer received her maiden Women European Tour occasion after a dramatic play-off on the Lalla Meryem Cup.
Gainer’s earlier finest outcome was second on the 2022 Belgian Women Open however she recorded her greatest profession triumph on Saturday after beating India’s Diksha Dagar to the title.
The 29-year-old stored her cool on the finish by birdieing the play-off gap, as Dagar made a bogey, to return out on prime after the pair had been on 9 beneath general.
Gainer was one in every of 9 gamers inside in a single day chief Shannon Tan, who misplaced her lead on the entrance 9 as she didn’t make any birdies.
Spain’s Nuria Iturrioz’s 4 consecutive birdies to midway noticed her take the lead however 4 bogeys on the again 9 put her out of rivalry.
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In the meantime, Gainer and Dagar had been stage going into the final 9 holes. Dagar birdied the eleventh and thirteenth however bogeyed the 14th, earlier than Gainer made a hat-trick of birdies previous to the ultimate gap and completed the day on four-under 69.
Dagar’s six-under 67 meant a play-off was required to settle the title and Gainer got here out on prime with one other birdie.
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