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Anna Nordqvist

"I was a little bit nervous, but not as much as I expected or
I thought I was going to be," she said. "I feel like I was just
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really focused. I had a really tough chip from the right with
a break from right to left, so I was just trying to get as close
as I could. Then the 5- or 6-footer was definitely a little bit
of pressure."
Hall, who was looking for her first win since the 2020 Cambia
Portland Classic, which followed a victory at the Women's
British Open in 2018, tried to find some consolation in her
near-miss.
"Obviously fantastic to get to the position I was in," the
26-year-old major winner said. "I knew I had to shoot low
today, and obviously gutted about the playoff."
Japan's Ayaka Furue closed with a 65 and finished third at
19 under. Na Rin An of South Korea was alone in fourth at
18 under with a closing 67, while American Ally Ewing (67)
and South Korea's Jin Young Ko (68) were another stroke
back in fifth.

Nelly Corda Stacy Lewis

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