NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Celine Boutier saved going. And going. And going.
And remains to be going.
After surviving 28 holes within the spherical of 16 on Saturday to beat Ashleigh Buhai, Boutier returned to the Shadow Creek course half-hour later for her T-Cell Match Play quarterfinal towards Madelene Sagstrom. The match was suspended due to darkness with the gamers tied by means of 17 holes.
That meant 45 holes in someday for the Frenchwoman, who will return Sunday morning to finish the match with Sagstrom.
“Yeah, it was a really lengthy day,” Boutier stated. “I really feel form of drained, however I really feel prefer it was a superb match once more this afternoon, very tight and going forwards and backwards with Madelene. So simply obtained to maintain pushing till tomorrow.”
Boutier’s round-of-16 victory was the longest match within the five-year historical past of the occasion. The earlier file was 22 holes, set twice. Buhai bogeyed the ultimate gap, permitting Boutier to advance with a par.
Sagstrom additionally wanted prolonged time, beating Carlota Ciganda in 19 holes. However Sagstrom needed to wait greater than two hours earlier than teeing up once more.
The winner will face Angel Yin within the semifinals. Yin is one in every of two Individuals within the closing 4 — Lauren Coughlin is the opposite — and at No. 12 is the highest-ranked participant nonetheless within the subject.
Yin took care of the second-ranked participant, Jeeno Thitikul, profitable 4 and a couple of to beat a participant who had steamrolled opponents this week. However Yin took the lead for good with a tough downhill chip from simply off the inexperienced for birdie on the par-13 thirteenth gap.
“This golf course, something can occur, and I used to be like, ‘OK, a minimum of I am 1-up now,'” stated Yin, who’s from Los Angeles. “I have been form of 1-up at first after which 1-down all through the day, all sq., 1-down once more. Till 16, I chipped it to 2 ft, that is after I was like, ‘OK, the match is over.'”
Coughlin, who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, superior to her semifinal by defeating Stephanie Kyriacou 1-up. Coughlin has performed every a minimum of 18 holes in each match.
“I am undoubtedly feeling it in my legs, and I feel I used to be somewhat bit drained to start out the primary few holes,” Coughlin stated. “Then the adrenaline began to take over there in all probability by means of about 8 or 9. I lastly began to mentally really feel like I used to be again in it.”
Her opponent can be Ariya Jutanugarn, who defeated Maja Stark 4 and a couple of. This got here a day after Jutanugarn took down top-ranked and defending champion Nelly Korda 1-up.
Jutanugarn maintained an easy-going angle throughout round-robin play, however acknowledged it was tougher to maintain that mindset the nearer she obtained to a possible match title.
“So I simply advised myself as quickly I obtained as much as the tee, I simply do my greatest each shot,” Jutanugarn stated. “It is laborious. At the moment, generally it obtained in my head I need to win, get within the final 4. I all the time got here again to myself and say I’ve to do my greatest each shot.”
In different round-of-16 matches, Thitikul routed Nataliya Guseva 8 and seven, Yin beat Mao Saigo 3 and a couple of, Kyriacou edged A Lim Kim 2 and 1, Coughlin beat Sei Younger Kim 2-up, Stark simply defeated Brooke Henderson 5 and 4, and Jutanugarn topped Narin An 1-up.
