Teen sensation Anna Huang got here from six pictures off tempo to win the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco after firing a sensational seven-under 66 to assert her third Girls European Tour title.
The 17-year-old Canadian carded six birdies and one eagle on Royal Golf Dar Es Salam’s Blue Course to pip in a single day chief Kelsey Bennett to the title by one shot on 14-under par.
Huang’s victory follows a powerful few weeks after she certified for the US Ladies’s Open a fortnight in the past and completed third on the Amundi German Masters final week.
The win is Huang’s third on the LET in simply eight months after she gained back-to-back titles in September on the La Sella Open and Lacoste Girls Open de France.
At simply 17 years, six months and 24 days previous, she additionally turns into the youngest participant to succeed in three victories in LET historical past, surpassing Jeeno Thitikul’s earlier report who was 18-years-old.
“I’m actually simply so shocked proper now,” Huang mentioned. “I didn’t know the place I used to be on the leaderboard – I used to be simply making an attempt to remain affected person and make pars in the previous couple of holes. However it ended up being the win for me.”
Six behind Bennett earlier than the beginning of play, the younger star received off to the most well liked of begins in Rabat, birdying her opening gap earlier than carding an eagle on the par-5 2nd.
Huang then reeled off 4 birdies in a row at 5, 6, 7 and eight to maneuver to seven-under by eight holes, one off Bennett’s tally.
The Canadian would bogey the ninth to exit in 31 earlier than including one other birdie to her scorecard on the 14th.
Bennett in the meantime moved three clear with 4 birdies in 10 holes, earlier than dropping pictures on the twelfth and sixteenth to assist Huang draw stage.
With the 17-year-old within the clubhouse at 14-under par, all of it got here right down to the troublesome 18th gap for Bennett. The Australian’s tee shot would discover the golf green bunker forcing her to layup. Regardless of a tidy third shot in, Bennett’s par putt would miss left, handing Huang the win.
With Bennett ending second, USA’s Anna Morgan and Italy’s Anna Zanusso ended the week T3 on 10-under par. Slovenia’s Pia Babnik, solo second earlier than the beginning of play, rounded out the highest 5 placings on 9 beneath.
