German world rankings-304. the golf sensation succeeds
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Sophia Popov sensationally won the British Open by two strokes
Source: AP / Gene J. Puskar
A German golfer has never won a major tournament and certainly not the British Open. This has now changed. Sophia Popov can hardly believe her coup. She was hardly considered an outsider.
Sophia Popov was the first German female golfer to sensationally win a major tournament. The 27-year-old, who lives in the USA, won the women’s British Open in Troon, Scotland, after a strong final round of 68 with a total of 277 strokes ahead of Jasmine Suwannapura from Thailand (279 strokes) and canceled 675,000 US for the greatest success of her career Dollar one. Third in the $ 4.5 million tournament at the Royal Troon Golf Club was Australian Minjee Lee (281).
“To be honest, I don’t even know if I’ll get a word out. It’s really unbelievable, “said Popov in a tear-choked voice. The world rankings-304. had just celebrated her first victory as a professional golfer on the Cactus Tour this year, in England she was not even given an outsider’s chance to win. In the men’s category, only Bernhard Langer (Masters 1985, 1993) and Martin Kaymer (PGA Championship 2010, US Open 2014) have been successful in a major.
Caroline Masson from Gladbeck finished the first major of the year with 286 strokes in a shared seventh place. Laura Fünfstück from Langen (294) was 45th on the par 71 course, Sandra Gal (299) from Düsseldorf came in 69th place. Esther Henseleit (Varel), Olivia Cowan (Homburg) and Karolin Lampert (Sandhausen) failed on the cut after two days and were eliminated early. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the tournament took place without spectators.
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