Boutier wins in 28 holes in longest Match Play tilt

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Celine Boutier outlasted Ashleigh Buhai on the twenty eighth gap Saturday within the longest match within the five-year historical past of the T-Cell Match Play, sending the Frenchwoman to quarterfinals.

The earlier report was 22 holes, set twice.

Boutier confronted Madelene Sagstrom later Saturday. Sagstrom additionally wanted prolonged time, beating Carlota Ciganda in 19 holes.

Buhai bogeyed the ultimate gap, permitting Boutier to advance with a par.

Second-ranked Jeeno Thitikul routed Nataliya Guseva 8 and seven. Thitikul is the one remaining participant ranked within the prime 10. Seven of the eight within the discipline had been eradicated Friday on the ultimate day of round-robin play, together with No. 1 and defending champion Nelly Korda.

Thitikul, who’s from Thailand, has maintained a relaxed angle this week as she has dominated her competitors on the treacherous Shadow Creek. She stated he had “no thought” why she has performed so nicely.

“Simply attempting to hit the place my caddie needs me to go,” Thitikul stated.

She is going to play Angel Yin, who beat Mao Saigo 3 and a couple of. No. 12 Yin, who’s from Los Angeles, is the highest-ranked participant moreover Thitikul nonetheless within the match.

Within the different round-of-16 matches, Stephanie Kyriacou edged A Lim Kim 2 and 1, Lauren Coughlin beat Sei Younger Kim 2-up, Maja Stark simply defeated Brooke Henderson 5 and 4, and Ariya Jutanugarn topped Narin An 1-up.

Within the quarterfinals, Jutanugarn confronted Stark, and Coughlin performed Kyriacou.

Sei Younger Kim and Henderson had been the one gamers to not path over the primary three days and now they’re out of the Match Play.

“It’s the hardest course on this planet, most likely,” Stark stated. “It is so agency, so quick, and there are such a lot of occasions throughout these rounds the place you simply go, ‘Properly, I am unable to go in direction of the opening right here.’ On chips even. You will be 10 meters from the pin, however nonetheless cannot go in direction of the pin. Yeah, just a bit foolish, but it surely’s an ideal match play course.”