Home victory for England´s Hudson

7/6/2008

Rebecca Hudson captured her second title in the space of three weeks with a final round 64 at the weather interrupted Ladies English Open.

Hudson came from four shots behind the overnight leader Melissa Reid, also from England, to capture the title by a stroke on a wet and windy day at The Oxfordshire Golf Club in Thame.

The 29-year-old from Doncaster fired eight birdies, with four on the front nine and four on the back, for a ten-under-par 206 total and a first prize of €24,750.

With no tournament scheduled on the Ladies European Tour the previous week, Hudson’s win followed her recent triumph at the Tenerife Ladies Open, played in contrasting sunny and dry conditions. It was her third win on the LET after a maiden tour title in Hungary in 2006.

Playing in the final pairing, one group behind Hudson, Reid fired a final round 69 and finished on a nine-under-par total. She missed a 10 foot birdie putt to catch Hudson on the par-five 17th and then had to settle for a regulation par at the last hole after pulling her approach shot into the rough. Her chip stopped two feet short of the hole.

Leaderboard – Final:

1.  Rebecca Hudson           ENG  72 70 64 206 -10
2.  Mellisa Reid                  ENG  68 70 69 207 - 9
3.  Joanne Mills                  AUS  68 76 66 210 - 6
4.  Marina Arruti                  ESP  69 71 71 211 - 5
5.  Natasha Fink                 AUT  72 73 67 212 - 4
     Iben Tinning                 DEN  73 72 67 212 - 4
7.   Lora Fairclough             ENG  72 71 70 213 - 3
      Becky Brewerton           WAL  74 69 70 213 - 3
9.   Leah Hart                     AUS  71 73 70 214 - 2
10. Martina Gillen                 IRE  70 76 70 216  E
      Yuki Sakurai                  JPN  73 72 71 216  E
      Kiran Matharu                ENG  70 73 73 216  E

37. Zuzana Kamasová          SVK  71 75 77 223 +7

Source: Ladies European Tour