February 27 - March 01
Dubbo Golf Club, New South Wales
€210,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Julia Engström saved her best for last as she made a fantastic birdie two to win her first Ladies European Tour title at the Women’s New South Wales Open at Dubbo Golf Club.
The 18-year-old from Halmstad in southern Sweden began the final round five strokes behind the overnight leader, Manon De Roey, but put up a strong challenge from the outset, eventually drawing level with the leader after the Belgian bogeyed the 17th hole.
Engstrom conjured a piece of magic when she rifled a 5-iron from 176 metres, or 193 yards, to about two feet on the par-3 18th and holed her birdie putt in front of an enormous gallery on a sun-drenched day in Dubbo, rural New South Wales, after De Roey missed the green and took a bogey, handing Engström a two stroke victory on 14-under-par.
The win is the first for the third year professional, who is still studying for two high school exams in Sweden and a sign of things to come from the exceptional talent, who last year was only second in driving distance to Anne Van Dam.
Sweden’s @juliaengstrom1 hit the perfect 5-iron setting up this birdie putt on 18 to become the 2020 #WomensNSWOpen champion.
— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) March 1, 2020
Let the celebrations begin! 🥳 🎉 🎊 pic.twitter.com/t1guf7CAKL
It was also redemption for her loss at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open in December, where she held a seven stroke lead going into the final round, but finished third after a final round of 74.
“It’s been a great week and I’m just thrilled,” said Engström, the LET Rookie of the Year in 2017. “I bogeyed 18 in all three previous rounds and I decided that this time, I was not going to bogey it and I hit a great shot and I didn’t realise how close it was until I heard the reaction from the crowd. It was amazing and a great finish to a great week. ”
De Roey had a shaky start when she pushed her opening drive right into the trees, but she quickly steadied the nerves.
However, a birdie-bogey turnaround on the second hole followed by a second Engström birdie on the third, where she made an up and down from a bunker, cut De Roey’s lead to two strokes.
De Roey jumped back into a four shot lead with a 12 foot birdie putt on the fifth hole, just as Engström made her first mistake, after fluffing a shot from a cart path after a monster drive which almost reached the green.
3️⃣ birdies from the last group on no. 1️⃣2️⃣@manonderoey -1️⃣6️⃣@juliaengstrom1 -1️⃣3️⃣@camillalennarth -🔟#WomensNSWOpen ⛳️ pic.twitter.com/j8xHfwfbNq
— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) March 1, 2020
De Roey bogeyed the sixth but then both she and Engström birdied the long ninth and De Roey was back at 15-under with a three-stroke lead through the turn.
Both players birdied the long 12th, but then De Roey dropped four shots in the last six holes for a 75, as Engström conjured a piece of magic on the last for a 68.
De Roey finished in second, with Sweden’s Camilla Lennarth in third on 11-under-par.
“I tried not to focus on what she was doing and I didn’t know what the others were at, so I was just out there trying to play as well as I could and I played very solid at the end and finished up with a birdie,” said Engström.
“I’ve been close a few times and I’ve been waiting for a win, but you never know if it is going to happen. It’s great to finally get that win and be on top of the leader board.”
With her victory in the Women’s New South Wales Open, following on from a tie for seventh in the Australian Ladies Classic Bonville, Engström moved to the top of the Race to Costa Del Sol leader board and will take extra confidence into the next LET event, the Investec South African Women’s Open, which will take place in Cape Town in a fortnight’s time.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Score |
€ |
1 |
Julia Engstrom (SWE) | -14 |
69 |
69 |
68 |
68 |
274 |
31,500.00 |
2 |
Manon De Roey (BEL) | -12 |
71 |
64 |
66 |
75 |
276 |
18,900.00 |
3 |
Camilla Lennarth (SWE) | -11 |
68 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
277 |
12,600.00 |
4 |
Aditi Ashok (IND) | -10 |
73 |
68 |
70 |
67 |
278 |
8,505.00 |
4 |
Atthaya Thitikul (THA) | -10 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
278 |
8,505.00 |
6 |
Katja Pogacar (SLO) | -8 |
71 |
69 |
68 |
72 |
280 |
6,510.00 |
7 |
Pia Babnik (SLO) | -6 |
73 |
70 |
66 |
73 |
282 |
5,565.00 |
7 |
Diksha Dagar (IND) | -6 |
69 |
68 |
71 |
74 |
282 |
5,565.00 |
9 |
Kylie Henry (SCO) | -4 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
68 |
284 |
4,830.00 |
9 |
Soo Jin Lee (AUS) | -4 |
72 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
284 |
4,830.00 |
9 |
Michele Thomson (SCO) | -4 |
67 |
71 |
73 |
73 |
284 |
4,830.00 |
12 |
Maha Haddioui (MAR) | -3 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
69 |
285 |
4,214.00 |
12 |
Agathe Sauzon (FRA) | -3 |
70 |
67 |
78 |
70 |
285 |
4,214.00 |
12 |
Esther Henseleit (GER) | -3 |
70 |
74 |
68 |
73 |
285 |
4,214.00 |
15 |
Olivia Cowan (GER) | -2 |
68 |
71 |
74 |
73 |
286 |
3,801.00 |
16 |
Gemma Dryburgh (SCO) | -1 |
67 |
73 |
75 |
72 |
287 |
3,591.00 |
17 |
Sanna Nuutinen (FIN) | Par |
75 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
288 |
3,433.50 |
17 |
Leonie Harm (GER) | Par |
72 |
71 |
70 |
75 |
288 |
3,433.50 |
19 |
Amy Boulden (WAL) | 1 |
72 |
71 |
76 |
70 |
289 |
3,223.50 |
19 |
Breanna Gill (AUS) | 1 |
69 |
73 |
72 |
75 |
289 |
3,223.50 |
21 |
Valdis Thora Jonsdottir (ISL) | 2 |
72 |
74 |
72 |
72 |
290 |
2,803.50 |
21 |
Chloe Williams (WAL) | 2 |
72 |
74 |
72 |
72 |
290 |
2,803.50 |
21 |
Sarah Kemp (AUS) | 2 |
72 |
71 |
74 |
73 |
290 |
2,803.50 |
21 |
Laura Gonzalez Escallon (BEL) | 2 |
72 |
73 |
72 |
73 |
290 |
2,803.50 |
21 |
Hannah Burke (ENG) | 2 |
72 |
76 |
71 |
71 |
290 |
2,803.50 |
21 |
Whitney Hillier (AUS) | 2 |
73 |
73 |
74 |
70 |
290 |
2,803.50 |
21 |
Grace Kim (AUS) (a) | 2 |
72 |
71 |
70 |
77 |
290 |
Amateur |
28 |
Meghan MacLaren (ENG) | 3 |
75 |
74 |
68 |
74 |
291 |
2,226.00 |
28 |
Noora Komulainen (FIN) | 3 |
74 |
72 |
73 |
72 |
291 |
2,226.00 |
28 |
Celine Herbin (FRA) | 3 |
72 |
69 |
75 |
75 |
291 |
2,226.00 |
31 |
Johanna Gustavsson (SWE) | 4 |
74 |
73 |
71 |
74 |
292 |
1,946.00 |
31 |
Ayaka Sugihara (JPN) | 4 |
74 |
68 |
76 |
74 |
292 |
1,946.00 |
31 |
Alejandra Llaneza (MEX) | 4 |
74 |
75 |
69 |
74 |
292 |
1,946.00 |
31 |
Kelsey Macdonald (SCO) | 4 |
75 |
69 |
71 |
77 |
292 |
1,946.00 |
31 |
Marta Sanz Barrio (ESP) | 4 |
73 |
75 |
74 |
70 |
292 |
1,946.00 |
31 |
Holly Clyburn (ENG) | 4 |
70 |
75 |
68 |
79 |
292 |
1,946.00 |
37 |
Stephanie Na (AUS) | 5 |
75 |
73 |
70 |
75 |
293 |
1,648.50 |
37 |
Linette Littau Durr Holmslykke (DEN) | 5 |
71 |
73 |
70 |
79 |
293 |
1,648.50 |
37 |
Emily Kristine Pedersen (DEN) | 5 |
71 |
77 |
75 |
70 |
293 |
1,648.50 |
37 |
Carolin Kauffmann (GER) | 5 |
73 |
72 |
79 |
69 |
293 |
1,648.50 |
41 |
Christine Wolf (AUT) | 7 |
73 |
72 |
74 |
76 |
295 |
1,491.00 |
42 |
Rebecca Artis (AUS) | 8 |
77 |
72 |
71 |
76 |
296 |
1,375.50 |
42 |
Manon Gidali (FRA) | 8 |
78 |
71 |
72 |
75 |
296 |
1,375.50 |
44 |
Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) | 9 |
71 |
78 |
70 |
78 |
297 |
1,302.00 |
45 |
Sarah Wilson (AUS) (a) | 10 |
76 |
73 |
69 |
80 |
298 |
Amateur |
45 |
Lydia Hall (WAL) | 10 |
71 |
75 |
71 |
81 |
298 |
1,134.00 |
45 |
Becky Kay (AUS) | 10 |
72 |
75 |
74 |
77 |
298 |
1,134.00 |
45 |
Laura Murray (SCO) | 10 |
72 |
76 |
74 |
76 |
298 |
1,134.00 |
45 |
Isabelle Boineau (FRA) | 10 |
75 |
74 |
73 |
76 |
298 |
1,134.00 |
45 |
Harang Lee (ESP) | 10 |
71 |
75 |
78 |
74 |
298 |
1,134.00 |
45 |
Nadine White (AUS) | 10 |
77 |
71 |
76 |
74 |
298 |
1,134.00 |
45 |
Doey Choi (AUS) (a) | 10 |
74 |
74 |
76 |
74 |
298 |
Amateur |
45 |
Mireia Prat (ESP) | 10 |
74 |
75 |
76 |
73 |
298 |
1,134.00 |
54 |
Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) | 12 |
72 |
77 |
72 |
79 |
300 |
924 |
54 |
Kim Metraux (SUI) | 12 |
74 |
74 |
75 |
77 |
300 |
924 |
54 |
Marta Martin (ESP) | 12 |
75 |
72 |
77 |
76 |
300 |
924 |
57 |
Kristalle Blum (AUS) | 13 |
71 |
78 |
77 |
75 |
301 |
840 |
58 |
Alison Muirhead (SCO) | 14 |
74 |
72 |
77 |
79 |
302 |
750.75 |
58 |
Beth Allen (USA) | 14 |
70 |
76 |
78 |
78 |
302 |
750.75 |
58 |
Laura Fuenfstueck (GER) | 14 |
74 |
72 |
79 |
77 |
302 |
750.75 |
58 |
Hye Ji Lee (KOR) | 14 |
77 |
72 |
77 |
76 |
302 |
750.75 |
62 |
Karoline Lund (NOR) | 15 |
72 |
73 |
72 |
86 |
303 |
693 |
63 |
Astrid Vayson De Pradenne (FRA) | 16 |
75 |
74 |
78 |
77 |
304 |
672 |
64 |
Onkanok Soisuwan (THA) | 18 |
72 |
76 |
78 |
80 |
306 |
651 |
65 |
Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (ISL) | 22 |
77 |
72 |
81 |
80 |
310 |
630 |
CUT |
||||||||
66 |
Amelia Lewis (USA) | 6 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
|||
66 |
Robyn Doig (CAN) | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
|||
66 |
Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) | 6 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
|||
66 |
Camille Chevalier (FRA) | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
|||
66 |
Sophie Yip (AUS) (a) | 6 |
73 |
77 |
150 |
Amateur |
||
66 |
Hanee Song (NZL) | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
|||
66 |
Maria Hernandez (ESP) | 6 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
|||
66 |
Sian Evans (ENG) | 6 |
74 |
76 |
150 |
|||
66 |
Kanyalak Preedasuttijit (THA) | 6 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
|||
66 |
Gabriella Cowley (ENG) | 6 |
77 |
73 |
150 |
|||
66 |
Maddison Hinson-tolchard (AUS) (a) | 6 |
80 |
70 |
150 |
Amateur |
||
66 |
Noemi Jimenez Martin (ESP) | 6 |
75 |
75 |
150 |
|||
78 |
Karina Kukkonen (FIN) | 7 |
78 |
73 |
151 |
|||
78 |
Hannah Hellyer (CAN) | 7 |
72 |
79 |
151 |
|||
78 |
Lina Boqvist (SWE) | 7 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
|||
78 |
Emilie Alonso (FRA) | 7 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
|||
78 |
Emma Nilsson (SWE) | 7 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
|||
78 |
Magdalena Simmermacher (ARG) | 7 |
74 |
77 |
151 |
|||
78 |
Sophie Hausmann (GER) | 7 |
77 |
74 |
151 |
|||
78 |
Dulcie Sverdloff (ENG) | 7 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
|||
78 |
Jess Pickwick (AUS) | 7 |
79 |
72 |
151 |
|||
78 |
Cassie Porter (AUS) (a) | 7 |
76 |
75 |
151 |
Amateur |
||
78 |
Stephanie Kyriacou (AUS) | 7 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
|||
78 |
Celina Yuan (AUS) | 7 |
75 |
76 |
151 |
|||
78 |
Franziska Friedrich (GER) | 7 |
78 |
73 |
151 |
|||
91 |
Elmay Viking (COK) | 8 |
78 |
74 |
152 |
|||
91 |
Tvesa Malik (IND) | 8 |
79 |
73 |
152 |
|||
91 |
Anne-charlotte Mora (FRA) | 8 |
73 |
79 |
152 |
|||
91 |
Maiken Bing Paulsen (NOR) | 8 |
80 |
72 |
152 |
|||
91 |
Charlotte Thomas (ENG) | 8 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
|||
91 |
Kelsey Bennett (AUS) (a) | 8 |
76 |
76 |
152 |
Amateur |
||
91 |
Gaurika Bishnoi (IND) | 8 |
74 |
78 |
152 |
|||
91 |
Yerin Kim (AUS) (a) | 8 |
75 |
77 |
152 |
Amateur |
||
91 |
Sarina Schmidt (GER) | 8 |
77 |
75 |
152 |
|||
91 |
Rosie Davies (ENG) | 8 |
74 |
78 |
152 |
|||
91 |
Laura Gomez Ruiz (ESP) | 8 |
77 |
75 |
152 |
|||
102 |
Justine Dreher (FRA) | 9 |
77 |
76 |
153 |
|||
102 |
Charlotte Thompson (ENG) | 9 |
78 |
75 |
153 |
|||
102 |
Nina Pegova (RUS) | 9 |
78 |
75 |
153 |
|||
102 |
Hannah Park (AUS) | 9 |
77 |
76 |
153 |
|||
102 |
Megan Osland (CAN) | 9 |
75 |
78 |
153 |
|||
102 |
Elina Nummenpaa (FIN) | 9 |
73 |
80 |
153 |
|||
102 |
Carmen Alonso (ESP) | 9 |
81 |
72 |
153 |
|||
102 |
Patricia Sanz Barrio (ESP) | 9 |
78 |
75 |
153 |
|||
102 |
Annabel Dimmock (ENG) | 9 |
76 |
77 |
153 |
|||
111 |
Natasha Fear (ESP) | 10 |
74 |
80 |
154 |
|||
111 |
Morgane Metraux (SUI) | 10 |
77 |
77 |
154 |
|||
111 |
EunJung Ji (KOR) | 10 |
78 |
76 |
154 |
|||
111 |
Leticia Ras-anderica (GER) | 10 |
83 |
71 |
154 |
|||
111 |
Felicity Johnson (ENG) | 10 |
77 |
77 |
154 |
|||
111 |
Tonje Daffinrud (NOR) | 10 |
72 |
82 |
154 |
|||
111 |
Madelene Stavnar (NOR) | 10 |
76 |
78 |
154 |
|||
118 |
Louise Markvardsen (DEN) | 11 |
77 |
78 |
155 |
|||
118 |
Adele Douglas (AUS) (a) | 11 |
73 |
82 |
155 |
Amateur |
||
118 |
Astha Madan (IND) | 11 |
78 |
77 |
155 |
|||
118 |
Amy Walsh (AUS) | 11 |
75 |
80 |
155 |
|||
118 |
Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso (ITA) | 11 |
75 |
80 |
155 |
|||
118 |
Munchin Keh (NZL) | 11 |
80 |
75 |
155 |
|||
118 |
Tiia Koivisto (FIN) | 11 |
79 |
76 |
155 |
|||
118 |
Jenny Haglund (SWE) | 11 |
76 |
79 |
155 |
|||
118 |
Sock Hwee Koh (SIN) | 11 |
80 |
75 |
155 |
|||
127 |
Georgia Iziemgbe Oboh (NGR) | 12 |
78 |
78 |
156 |
|||
127 |
Tomoko Yokoyama (JPN) | 12 |
79 |
77 |
156 |
|||
127 |
Montana Strauss (AUS) | 12 |
82 |
74 |
156 |
|||
130 |
Elia Folch (ESP) | 13 |
81 |
76 |
157 |
|||
130 |
Stina Resen (NOR) | 13 |
77 |
80 |
157 |
|||
130 |
Annika Rathbone (AUS) (a) | 13 |
75 |
82 |
157 |
Amateur |
||
130 |
Annelie Sjoholm (SWE) | 13 |
78 |
79 |
157 |
|||
130 |
Georgia Clarke (AUS) | 13 |
80 |
77 |
157 |
|||
130 |
Grace St Just (AUS) | 13 |
76 |
81 |
157 |
|||
130 |
Caitlin Roberts (AUS) | 13 |
78 |
79 |
157 |
|||
130 |
Tahnia Ravnjak (AUS) | 13 |
79 |
78 |
157 |
|||
138 |
Julienne Soo (AUS) | 14 |
78 |
80 |
158 |
|||
138 |
June Song (AUS) (a) | 14 |
86 |
72 |
158 |
Amateur |
||
138 |
Katelyn Must (AUS) | 14 |
81 |
77 |
158 |
|||
141 |
Brooke Baker (USA) | 15 |
78 |
81 |
159 |
|||
141 |
Koto Ishiyama (JPN) | 15 |
80 |
79 |
159 |
|||
141 |
Elizabeth Elmassian (AUS) | 15 |
77 |
82 |
159 |
|||
141 |
Ridhima Dilawari (IND) | 15 |
81 |
78 |
159 |
|||
145 |
Bree Arthur (AUS) | 16 |
83 |
77 |
160 |
|||
146 |
Cloe Frankish (ENG) | 17 |
81 |
80 |
161 |
|||
147 |
Miki Nishiyama (JPN) | 18 |
85 |
77 |
162 |
|||
147 |
Casey Wild (AUS) | 18 |
82 |
80 |
162 |
|||
147 |
Jenna Hunter (NZL) | 18 |
85 |
77 |
162 |
|||
150 |
Jade Shellback (AUS) | 19 |
81 |
82 |
163 |
|||
150 |
Paige Stubbs (AUS) | 19 |
80 |
83 |
163 |
|||
152 |
Karen Pearce (AUS) | 20 |
83 |
81 |
164 |
|||
153 |
Ella Murray (AUS) (a) | 22 |
84 |
82 |
166 |
Amateur |
||
154 |
Adele Huggard (AUS) | 25 |
84 |
85 |
169 |
|||
155 |
Kristen Farmer (AUS) | 89 |
* |
RTD |
||||
155 |
Chizuru Ueda (AUS) | 87 |
* |
RTD |