T-Cell Match Play: Celine Boutier beats Ashleigh Buhai over 28 holes in longest match in match’s historical past | Golf Information

Angel Yin knocked out world No 2 Jeeno Thitikul to advance to the semi-finals of the T-Cell Match Play in Las Vegas, on a day the place Celine Boutier and Ashleigh Buhai made match historical past.

Yin is the highest-ranked participant left standing at twelfth on this planet after a wild Saturday that whittled a high 16 all the way down to a remaining 4.

Yin defeated Japan’s Mao Saigo 3 and a pair of previous to getting the higher of Thailand’s Thitikul 4 and a pair of.

In the meantime, Ariya Jutanugarn joined Yin within the semi-finals after persevering with her exceptional run which noticed her emege from Group One with a head-to-head win over world No 1 Nelly Korda,

The Thai golfer edged South Korea’s Narin An 1-up earlier than defeating Sweden’s Maja Stark 4 and a pair of to safe her spot within the semis.

Additionally advancing to the ultimate 4 on Sunday is Lauren Coughlin, who knocked out South Korea’s Sei Younger Kim 2-up, earlier than taking down Australia’s Stephanie Kyriacou 1-up.

One final quarter-final conflict will should be accomplished on Sunday, as Celine Boutier and Madelene Sagstrom’s match was suspended as a result of darkness withe the pair tied via 17 holes.

It capped a exceptional day for each, with Boutier having taken 28 holes to beat Ashleigh Buhai within the longest match within the five-year historical past of the T-Cell Match Play.

Buhai bogeyed the ultimate gap of her encounter with Boutier, permitting the Frenchwoman to advance with a par. The earlier match record-longest match was 22 holes, set twice.

Buhai bogeyed the ultimate gap of her encounter with Boutier, permitting the Frenchwoman to advance with a par. The earlier match record-longest match was 22 holes, set twice.

Sagstrom too wanted prolonged time to beat Spain’s Carlota Ciganda within the final 16, albeit the Swede simply requiring one further nineteenth gap to get the job completed.

The 64-player subject on the T-Cell Match Play was divided into 16 four-player teams competing in three days of round-robin matches. A win earned one level, a tie earned a half-point and a loss was value zero factors.

The winner of every group moved on to a 16-player, single-elimination bracket which continues with the semi-finals and remaining on Sunday.

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