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May 26-30
Shadow Creek, Las Vegas, Nevada
$1,500,000
Day 1, Day 2, Day 4, Day 5
6&5 👀 @brontemaylaw is officially heading to the weekend at the @LPGAMatchPlay 👏 pic.twitter.com/y2iFYZDPo8
— LPGA (@LPGA) May 29, 2021
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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.
This approach shot from @daniellekang 🔥🔥
— LPGA (@LPGA) May 28, 2021
The Vegas resident is 4UP after 9 pic.twitter.com/Z5KYqULJU2
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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.”
CLUTCH par save by @jennycoleman14 at the 18 to advance to the Round of 16! 💪🔥 pic.twitter.com/4DoXRQSDqo
— LPGA (@LPGA) May 29, 2021
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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 |
