French Tour rookie Karine Icher snatched her second victory in three weeks
when she birdied the third playoff hole in the Mexx Sport Open at Kennemer GC,
picking up the £15,000 first prize denying fellow rookie Suzann Pettersen
from Norway a second Tour win.
The 22-year-old presumed she had thrown away her chance of the £15,000
first prize when, two ahead, she ran up a six-over-par 11 at the 487-yard 12th
where she lost two balls and then three-putted.
But, with fighting birdies at the 16th and 17th in a level-par 72, she posted
a four-under-par 212 total and went on to secure the title with a birdie three
at the third hole of a sudden-death play-off against Norway's Suzann Pettersen,
who carded a 73.
After holing the 12-foot winning put, Icher, winner of the German Open two
weeks ago, said: "After the 11, I really thought I'd lost it. I was so stupid
- but it was a great comeback."
212 K Icher (Fra) 70 70 72 (£15,000), S Pettersen (Nor) 69 70 73, (£10,150)
213 V Van Ryckeghem (Bel) 71 71 71, G Scott (Nzl) 68 73 72 (£6,200 each)
214 D Reid 74 74 66, A Berg (Swe) 70 73 71, I Tinning (Den) 71 68 75, C Knight
(Nzl) 73 68 73
215 M Hedberg (Swe) 71 75 69, M Adamson (Rsa) 74 69 72, J Van Hagen (Ned) 69
73 73, D Barnard 69 71 75
216 L Kreutz (Fra) 72 76 68, M Hageman (Ned) 73 70 73
218 E Ratcliffe 69 80 69, F Dassu (Ita) 73 75 70, C Lundgreen (Nor) 75 71 72,
P Sterner (Swe) 70 76 72, S Sandolo (Ita) 74 71 73
219 S Arricau (Fra) 73 74 72, A Munt (Aus) 72 74 73, J Forbes 70 76 73, R Hakkarainen
(Fin) 68 77 74, M Arruti (Spa) 71 74 74, N Fink (Aut) 71 74 74, S Marais (Rsa)
69 75 75
220 E-L Stromlid (Swe) 70 80 70, C Louw (Rsa) 74 73 73, C Nilsmark (Swe) 72
74 74, G Sergas (Ita) 72 73 75, L Maritz (Rsa) 72 72 76, S Gronberg Whitmore (Swe)
70 74 76
221 V Michaud (Fra) 77 72 72, C Duffy 70 79 72, K Mathiot (Fra) 70 77 74, C
Grady 68 79 74, A Wessels (Rsa) 73 74 74, K Taylor 74 72 75, M Zelsmann (Ned)
71 74 76, P Marti (Ita) 74 69 78
222 M Mijenhuis (Ned) 72 78 72, A Armas (Spa) 75 74 73, J Kebbell 75 73 74,
N Laitenen (Fin) 76 71 75, I Rosberg (Swe) 72 74 76, N Stillig (Ger) 71 73 78
223 S Head 74 76 73, V Auffret (Fra) 72 77 74, S Beautell (Spa) 72 76 75, N
Moult 73 75 75, L Tadiotto (Bel) 75 73 75, S Forster 74 73 76, J Jail (Swe) 68
76 78, S Bennett 70 74 79
225 S Eklund (Swe) 71 79 75, M Cosenza (Ita) 73 73 79
226 S Fischer (Aut) 77 73 76
227 C Kuld (Den) 71 78 78, K Lunn (Aus) 73 73 81
228 L Wen-Lin (Chn) 78 72 78, A Milie (Ita) 78 71 79
229 A Tybring (Swe) 76 74 79, J Lindbergh (Swe) 77 72 80, T Hjertstedt (Swe)
75 73 79
