Rebecca Coakley of Team Ireland finished with a one under par 71 to secure a share of 35th place at the Sanya Ladies Open on 2 over par overall at Yalong Bay Golf Club in China with Lee-Anne pace winning the event on 11 under.
Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa returned to the summit of European women’s golf on Sunday when she shot a six-under-par 66 to collect her fourth victory of the season which moves her up to first place on the Ladies European Tour’s Henderson Money List ahead of England’s Laura Davies.
The 29-year-old from Mossel Bay ended on 11-under-par 205 after three rounds for a one-shot victory over Austria’s Stefanie Michl, playing in temperatures of 44°C at midday.
With her winnings of €30,000, Pace moved €25,962 ahead of Davies, who has also won four times this season, on the Henderson Money List. With Davies skipping next week’s Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open in Suzhou, China, Pace will have another opportunity to climb further ahead.
Michl’s round of one-under 71 saw her earn her best finish in four seasons on the Ladies European Tour.
Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum (67) was third on eight-under-par and Australian Nikki Garrett (69) was a shot back in fourth. England’s Florentyna Parker shot a final round of 73 and slipped back into a tie for fifth place with Scotland’s Vikki Laing (67), South Korean Jeehae
Lee (67) and Thailand’s Russamee Gulyanamitta (68).
China’s teen sensation Lin Xiyu was also within striking distance to go for a win but faltered on the homestretch to sign off with a 2-under 70 for a 211 total and share the ninth spot with the Netherlands’ Christel Boeljon and Chinese Taipei’s Lin Tzu Chi.
Spain’s Belen Mozo, who was invited to the event, recorded the first hole-in-one of her short professional career at the third hole using a six-iron and finished on one-under-par in a share of 16th place overall.
