A year after finishing tied for second in the Hero Women\u2019s Indian Open, Christine Wolf enjoyed a much happier experience at DLF Golf and Country Club as she claimed her first Ladies European Tour title.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old Austrian, who had led by three going into the 18th<\/sup> hole 12 months ago before a nightmare double-bogey wrecked her chances, was able to take care of unfinished business.<\/p>\n Again, standing on the 18th<\/sup> tee, she held a three-stroke advantage, but this time, there was no sign of nerves and her third shot sailed over the dangerous lake and rolled beyond the flag into the rear greenside bunker. She played a superb sand shot and was able to tap-in for a regulation par to win the event by three strokes over Marianne Skarpnord.<\/p>\n Last year, the 18th<\/sup> had proved her nemesis and she had played the hole in eight-over-par, including a quadruple bogey nine in the third round, but this year, she played the hole in one-under-par, with scores of par-par-birdie-par.<\/p>\n Wolf played four rounds of confident golf on one of the world\u2019s most challenging golf courses and was error-free over the weekend. She went 44 holes without a bogey, her last coming at the 10th<\/sup> hole in the second round on Friday and she shot a flawless final round of 69 for a 72-hole total of 11-under-par.<\/p>\n After being showered in water and champagne, Wolf said: \u201cI\u2019m very relieved. I was looking forward to coming back here. I didn\u2019t think, in my wildest dreams, that I would actually pull through and I\u2019m just excited right now. I just tried to stay calm and enjoy it out here and hit good shots.<\/p>\n \u201cI am super happy, obviously, to post my first victory but also because I did it here.\u00a0I love the course and I already knew that coming into this week. Everyone knew about the drama that went on last year.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I left\u00a0last year, I was ready to be back, play the course and get some revenge on the 18th.\u201d<\/p>\n Wolf emerged from the pack with a third round of 67 and held a one stroke lead over Meghan MacLaren heading into the final round. Her ball-striking proved reliable and she fired in to close range, converting a short birdie putt on the first hole and extending her lead to two shots. That lead became three when MacLaren bogeyed the next hole.<\/p>\n Wolf made an up and down from the bunker for birdie on the fourth hole but Skarpnord closed the gap to two with her gain on the sixth. They both birdied the ninth and went out in 33.<\/p>\n Wolf made nine steady pars on the back nine to come home in 36 and almost birdied the treacherous 17th<\/sup> for the fourth successive day, but her putt from 10 feet missed by a fraction. Skarpnord\u2019s only error was on the par-5 15th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n Wolf\u2019s local caddie, Ajay, was perhaps the most excited to make amends as he had taken the loss in 2018 personally.<\/p>\n \u201cHe texted me all of last year and even at Christmas time. He said, \u2018I\u2019m so sorry, ma\u2019am, I think it was my fault.\u2019 I said, \u2018Well the only thing you could have done differently was hit that shot for me\u2019, so it was nice having him there and I think he\u2019s super excited as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A year after finishing tied for second in the Hero Women\u2019s Indian Open, Christine Wolf enjoyed a much happier experience at DLF Golf and Country Club as she claimed her first Ladies European Tour title. The 30-year-old Austrian, who had led by three going into the 18th hole 12 months ago before a nightmare double-bogey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"categories":[881],"tags":[403,139,125,404,405],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t