Hewson ends four-year title drought at Swiss Open

VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open last leaderboard

-11 Hewson (Eng), Malik (Ind); -10 Fernandez (Spa) Walsh (Ire); -8 Folke (Swe), Hernandez (Spa)

Selected others: -6 Davies (Eng); -4 Taylor (Eng), Young (Eng); -3 Williams (Wal)

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England's Alice Hewson claimed her first Ladies European Tour title successful 4 years pinch a play-off triumph astatine nan Swiss Open.

The 26-year-old shared nan lead pinch India's Tvesa Malik astatine 11 nether par aft a melodramatic last information successful which 23 players sat wrong 3 shots of nan lead astatine nan midway point.

Hewson made only 1 birdie connected nan beforehand 9 but carded 3 birdies and an eagle connected nan backmost 9 astatine nan Golfpark Holzhausern successful a six-under information of 65.

She made a birdie connected nan first play-off hole, while Malik missed nan greenish pinch her attack shot.

Hewson, whose only erstwhile triumph came astatine nan South African Women's Open successful 2020, said: "Coming from [winning] my first ever arena connected nan Tour to now, it's been a travel - a batch of ups and downs.

"There were times erstwhile nan belief was decidedly missing. I went done a spot of a unsmooth spot 2 and a spot years ago, truthful to beryllium backmost winning, I'm very grateful."

Hewson won 45,000 euros (£38,000) successful prize money and moved up to 5th successful nan LET Order of Merit.

At nan Italian Open, Northern Ireland's Tom McKibbin produced a stunning last information earlier losing successful a play-off to Germany's Marcel Siem.

McKibbin, who began nan time six shots down a four-way necktie for nan lead, changeable a flawless closing 65 to group nan clubhouse target connected 10 nether astatine Adriatic Golf Club Cervia successful Ravenna.

Siem birdied nan 18th to unit a play-off and repeated nan feat connected nan first other spread to contradict McKibbin.