16-year-old sees off Charley for a first Tour victory
The Aramco Team Series – Jeddah finished in dramatic fashion yesterday with Chiara Noja claiming individual victory following a play-off at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club.
In the Individual, it was Germany’s Noja who triumphed after a sensational final round of 65 (-7) to finish level with the leader at the start of the day Charley Hull.
The 16-year-old then made a birdie on the first play-off hole putting pressure on English star Hull, but she duly rolled in her birdie putt.
And the duo headed back down to 18 for the second time but this time it was teenager Noja who rolled in her birdie putt to clinch her maiden LET title.
Noja started the day brightly with backto-back birdies before sinking an eagle on the fourth hole, and she finished her front nine with a bogey inbetween two birdies to make the turn in 31 (-5).
Two further birdies on 11 and 12 put the German rising star in pole position before she finished her round with a birdie on 16 and bogey on 17.
South Africa’s Nicole Garcia had a great final day with an eagle putt on 18 to finish in third place on 12-under-par, Italy’s Virginia Elena Carta was fourth just one shot further back.
England’s Bronte Law and South Africa’s Lee-anne Pace finished T5 with Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall in seventh place, while Scotland’s Laura Beveridge, India’s Vani Kapoor and Slovenia’s Pia Babnik rounded out the top 10 on eight-under-par.
FORMULA 1
George Russell fought his way past Max Verstappen to take the first win of his Formula One career in last night’s sprint
race to claim pole position for today’s Brazilian Grand Prix.
The 24-year-old Briton kept his composure to take the chequered flag 3.9 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, with Lewis Hamilton passing Verstappen on lap 20 to take third.
Verstappen was one of only two drivers to start the race on the slower, but more durable medium tyres. But that backfired on the double world champ with Russell, on the soft rubber, the speedier man.
By lap 12, Russell was crawling all over the back of Verstappen’s Red Bull and the Mercedes driver looked to have got the job done on the run down to Turn 4, only for Verstappen to hold firm.
But his defence ended two laps later when Russell swept by and Verstappen was suddenly a man in trouble. It was Sainz’s turn to gazump the Red Bull driver on lap 19 with Hamilton following through at the start of the ensuing lap.
Hamilton chased Sainz to the flag but could not complete a Mercedes one-two.
However, Sainz’s grid penalty for an engine change means Hamilton will join Russell in an all-mercedes front-row for the penultimate Grand Prix of the season, with Verstappen third.