Yealimi Noh suffered Women's Open heartbreak — but found what she'd been missing

Yealimi Noh finished the Women's Open at Royal Lytham with a score of -4. According to BBC Sport, Shiho Kuwaki won the tournament, beating Esther Henseleit in a two-hole play-off. Kuwaki's previous five professional wins had all been on her home tour.

The final round was marked by drama, particularly on the 18th hole. Henseleit forced a play-off with a 45-foot birdie putt to level with Kuwaki at five under par. However, Henseleit's difficulties on the first sudden-death play-off hole, including her drive hitting a course marshal and being redirected into a gorse bush, ultimately allowed Kuwaki to secure the win with two putts.

Kuwaki's win was her first outside of her home tour and came 12 months after she failed to make the cut at Royal Porthcawl. The top prize was £1.11m. Yealimi Noh was mentioned by Golf.com as leaving Royal Lytham with something she had been missing, despite her own dreams of winning slipping away.

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