Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play Day 3

LPGA Match-Play 2021 3
May 26-30
Shadow Creek, Las Vegas, Nevada
$1,500,000
Day 1, Day 2, Day 4, Day 5

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Just a few weeks away from September’s Solheim Cup at Inverness Club, England’s Bronte Law beat three Team USA hopefuls to survive group play and reach the Round of 16 at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play Hosted by Shadow Creek. Her 6&5 win over Annie Park was tied for the widest margin of victory on Friday, the final day of group play.

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“You still have to execute the shots, but obviously feeling that little bit of momentum shift is what you have to grab when you’re in match play,” said Law, who won eight of 13 holes in her match with Park. “I can sense it when it’s there. I think that’s one of the things that I like the most, it’s the quality that you kind of need to have in that situation.”

Law will take on Las Vegas’ own Danielle Kang who beat close friend Lizette Salas on Friday, winning the first hole to grab a 1-up lead and cruising to a 4&3 win.

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“Of course I want to win whoever I’m playing, but it’s just different. It’s a different feeling, especially with Lizette,” said Kang. “Every time she missed a putt, any time she missed I’d go, ‘Oh, go in.’ My heart just kind of dropped because I don’t ever want her to miss putts. I’m not wishing that on her or anything.”

Kang is the only player who went 3-0-0 in the group-play format.

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American Jenny Coleman drained a par putt on 18 in the day’s final match to tie with Ashleigh Buhai and reach the Round of 16. Coleman built a 3-up lead through six holes, but Buhai chipped away at the deficit and tied the match with a birdie at the 11th. Buhai nearly chipped in for birdie from the front of the green at 18 to force a playoff, but two pars gave the group victory to Coleman.

“We’d been back and forth all day hitting like good shot, getting rewarded, hitting a good shot, not getting rewarded. You name it, it could happen,” said Coleman. “Just being very patient and hoping you get a little luck.”

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Six matches went to sudden-death playoffs to set Saturday’s match-play bracket. The longest playoff saw Jenny Shin knock out Alison Lee with a par on the fourth playoff hole. Anna Nordqvist made a two-putt par on the first playoff hole to eliminate No. 1 seed Jin Young Ko, after beating her by a 5&3 margin earlier in the day.

“I played really well this morning. She is a World No. 1, so I knew she was going to be a really tough match,” said Nordqvist. “Part of me felt like I didn’t have anything to lose because I knew I had to get my point to have a chance at a potential playoff, so just very proud of myself.”

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Playoff Results
Group 1 – Anna Nordqvist eliminated Jin Young Ko with a par on the first playoff hole
Group 3 – Brittany Altomare eliminated Sei Young Kim with a par on the second playoff hole
Group 6 – Jenny Shin eliminated Alison Lee with a par on the fourth playoff hole
Group 9 – Mel Reid eliminated Azahara Munoz with a birdie on the first playoff hole
Group 11 – Eun-Hee Ji eliminated So Yeon Ryu with a par on the second playoff hole
Group 16 – Ariya Jutanugarn eliminated Sarah Schmelzel with a par on the first playoff hole

Match	Group	Seed	Players		Results		Seed	Players
	No.	No.					No.
Match 65	3	35	Yu Liu	<	4&3		62	Ayako Uehara
Match 66	8	40	Cheyenne Knight		1UP	>	57	Jaye Marie Green
Match 67	5	37	Madelene Sagstrom		TIED		60	Albane Valenzuela
Match 68	10	10	Nasa Hataoka		TIED		23	Mi Jung Hur
Match 69	10	43	Jasmine Suwannapura		4&3	>	55	Jing Yan
Match 70	7	7	Patty Tavatanakit	<	5&4		26	Stacy Lewis
Match 71	7	39	Mi Hyang Lee		TIED		58	Sarah Kemp
Match 72	15	15	Sophia Popov	<	6&5		18	Sung Hyun Park
Match 73	15	47	Su Oh	<	2UP		50	Hee Young Park
Match 74	2	2	Inbee Park	<	2&1		31	Gaby Lopez
Match 75	2	34	Celine Boutier	<	3&1		63	Jennifer Chang
Match 76	11	11	So Yeon Ryu		4&3	>	22	Mirim Lee
Match 77	11	43	Eun-Hee Ji	<	1UP		54	Ryann O’Toole
Match 78	6	6	Hyo Joo Kim	<	1UP		27	Megan Khang
Match 79	6	38	Jenny Shin	<	4&2		59	Alison Lee
Match 80	14	14	Jeongeun Lee6		1UP	>	19	Shanshan Feng
Match 81	14	46	Brittany Lincicome		2&1	>	51	Pajaree Anannarukarn
Match 82	3	3	Sei Young Kim	<	2&1		30	Brittany Altomare
Match 83	9	9	Hannah Green		1UP	>	24	Mel Reid
Match 84	9	41	Azahara Munoz	<	2&1		56	Gerina Piller
Match 85	8	8	Minjee Lee	<	4&3		25	Moriya Jutanugarn
Match 86	16	16	Ariya Jutanugarn		TIED		17	Carlota Ciganda
Match 87	16	48	Sarah Schmelzel	<	3&2		49	Lauren Stephenson
Match 88	1	1	Jin Young Ko		5&3	>	32	Anna Nordqvist
Match 89	1	33	Caroline Masson		TIED		64	Natalie Gulbis
Match 90	12	12	Austin Ernst	<	5&4		21	Amy Olson
Match 91	12	44	Bronte Law	<	6&5		53	Annie Park
Match 92	5	5	Danielle Kang	<	4&3		28	Lizette Salas
Match 93	13	13	Jennifer Kupcho		1UP	>	20	Ally Ewing
Match 94	13	45	Leona Maguire		1UP	>	52	Christina Kim
Match 95	4	4	Brooke M. Henderson		TIED		61	Angela Stanford
Match 96	4	36	Ashleigh Buhai		TIED		29	Jenny Coleman