Davies wins Austrian Ladies Open for 75th victory
September 6, 2010
WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria (AP)—England’s Laura Davies won the Austrian LadiesOpen on Sunday for her 75th worldwide victory, closing with a 2-under 70 to beatFrance’s Virginie Lagoutte-Clement by a stroke.
Davies, also the winner at Golf Club Foehrenwald in 2007 and 2008 and secondlast year, finished at 11-under 205. She won with a birdie on the final holeafter hitting a shot from a greenside bunker to 6 feet.
“I was shaking,” Davies said. “Over that bunker shot, with all the waterbehind, my legs were a bit shaky on that and over the putt, but I guess that’sjust the adrenaline and you’re just excited about trying to win a golftournament.”
At 46 years, 11 months, she broke her own record as the oldest winner inLadies European Tour history. The four-time major champion also won LET eventsthis year in New Zealand and Germany.
Lagoutte-Clement shot a 68.
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