England\u2019s Holly Clyburn recorded her first victory on the Ladies European Tour at the Deloitte Ladies Open in Holland, with a superb three shot win over compatriot Charley Hull.
\nThe 22-year-old rookie professional from Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire, playing in just her fourth LET event of the season, carded rounds of 71, 69 and 71 for a three round total of 211, eight-under-par, at The International in Amsterdam.
\nThe Curtis Cup winner used her links education to master the unseasonably cold and windy conditions earning a 37,500 euro winner\u2019s cheque. Although temperatures dipped to 5C for the first two rounds, which was colder than Christmas Day in the region, they warmed to 10C for the final round with winds gusting at 20 miles per hour.
\n\u201cI\u2019m flabbergasted,\u201d said Clyburn, who won an LET Access Series event in Spain shortly after turning professional last October. \u201cI played great golf all week pretty much. I just relaxed, didn\u2019t get nervous all day and kept in my own little bubble. I didn\u2019t watch what the other girls were doing. I looked at the scoreboard when I could but there was only one way I was going and that was to get this.\u201d
\nClyburn started the final round a stroke behind the leader and bogeyed the second hole but then made birdie putts from 15 and 10 feet at the fifth and sixth holes respectively to take control of the tournament at seven-under. She then pulled further ahead by holing a 15 foot downhill putt on the 12th green.
\nShe said: \u201cIt proves that I can win, makes me believe in myself and makes me think that I can go on to win bigger things.\u201d
\nHull underlined the quality of her play with her fourth second place finish in as many starts on the Ladies European Tour this season. The impressive result lifted the 17-year-old from Northamptonshire into first position on the ISPS Handa Order of Merit, while Clyburn moved up to eighth following her win.
\nHull belted up the leader board with seven birdies in her first 11 holes and although she bogeyed the 15th and 18th, she made an incredible save after chipping from out of the rough onto the tricky par-three 17th green.
\n\u201cI was playing really well today and was seven under through 11 holes,\u201d Hull said. \u201cI played really well in that wind and I\u2019m hitting my new driver miles, an extra 30 yards with my new TaylorMade R1 driver so I\u2019m absolutely loving it.\u201d
\nSweden\u2019s Carin Koch moved up into third place with a two-under-par 71 to end four-under-par.
\nThe 2012 champion Carlota Ciganda of Spain was only two shots off the lead with a hole to play but triple bogeyed the par-5 18th and dropped into a share of fourth at three-under with Australian Bree Arthur and overnight leader Camilla Lennarth of Sweden.
\nChristel Boeljon was the top Dutch player and finished in a tie for 12th position.
\nThe Tour now moves to Munich for next week\u2019s UniCredit Ladies German Open presented by Audi, starting on Thursday at Golfpark Gut H\u00e4usern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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