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16-03-2025
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Belgian golfer de Roey salutes in Aust Women's Classic
Belgian Manon de Roey has held her nerve in a war of attrition to claim her second WPGA Tour of Australasia title at the Australian Women's Classic at Coffs Harbour. Five years after her win at the Moss Vale Pro-Am, de Roey's round of one-under 69 and nine-under total was enough to clinch victory by a stroke from England's Cara Gainer (68). Teenaged Thai phenomenon Cholcheva Wongras (70) snared third with Sarah Kemp (74) the leading Australian in a tie for fourth. De Roey, 33, clinched the title on the final hole when she hit a gap wedge to eight feet and drained the birdie putt. Clutch finish! Manon De Roey birdies 18 to clinch her third LET victory 🏆#AusWomensClassic — Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) March 16, 2025 "I like to look at the leaderboards. I want to know what I have to do," she said. "I asked on 15 what the leaderboard was and then on 18 before my putt I also checked. "It was downhill, down-grain so I wanted to know that I had to just tap it there or make it." Trailing Kemp (75) by two strokes at the start of the final round, de Roey bounced back from two early bogeys to play the steadiest hand down the stretch. Kemp's tie for fourth was beyond her wildest expectations given the compound fracture she suffered to her right leg just seven months ago. Sarah Kemp you are a champion! 💪What a week for the Aussie 👏👏 — WPGA Tour of Australasia (@WPGATour) March 16, 2025 "Honestly, the goal was just to see if I could make the cut so it's exceeded all of my non-expectations," said the Australian, who will back up for next week's Women's NSW Open at Wollongong Golf Club. "I'd already won this week. I was able to finish the tournament and I proved clearly I can still play golf and that's the two main objectives. "It makes me feel really good now going back into the States." Australian LPGA Tour star Grace Kim finished strongly with a 67 to claim a share of sixth spot.
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15-03-2025
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Kemp homes in on amazing comeback win at Coffs Harbour
Sarah Kemp is on the verge of an extraordinary comeback triumph at the Australian Women's Classic just months after she feared her career could be over, threatened by a freak injury. Sydney's experienced LPGA stalwart could hardly believe she was leading the field by two going into the final round of the Ladies European Tour event after shooting a brilliant eight-under par 62 at at Coffs Harbour on Saturday's 'moving day'. Back in action seven months since breaking her tibia and fibula in a freak golf cart accident, Kemp, who had needed surgery after the compound fracture, beamed: "I had absolutely no expectations here, so I'm really shocked!" New leader on the block 🇦🇺Have a day, Sarah Kemp! 🔥 #AusWomensClassic — Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) March 15, 2025 The 39-year-old US-based Kemp, a 12-time tournament winner, is on 10 under after two rounds of the 54-hole event, two ahead of Belgium's Manon De Roey and Wales' Darcey Harry. "Honestly, the goal was to just finish this week. With my leg injury, having had a compound leg fracture seven months ago, I've now got some screws in there. So there's a bit of pain, especially bending down," said Kemp. "The goal was to just get back into tournament mode and be able to walk 18 holes." Kemp holed long ones on the 6th, 11th, and 16th holes, and attributed her putting prowess to weeks of practice on a mat at home as she underwent her recovery after the operation. "I'm sure it played a big help out there today, but I'm still shocked," said Kemp, who's back in Australia aiming for her first triumph in six years. She's taken inspiration in her comeback from Tiger Woods' fightback from his car accident, even while admitting that the 15-time major winner's battle has been much tougher than hers. "Seeing how he's gone about his recovery, which is 10 times worse, just made me think, 'Oh my God, am I going to limp for the rest of my life? Will I ever be able to play? Will I get my strength back'," said Kemp, before the tournament started. Back from a broken leg and into the outright lead! Sarah Kemp is on a mission at home 🇦🇺#AusWomensClassic — Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) March 15, 2025 "The first two months there was a lot of tears, a lot of sleepless nights." Struggling when she took her first steps again on crutches 11 weeks after the accident, Kemp wondered if it might prove too much to get her career back on track. "I was depressed. I thought that was it," she said. "I remember bawling my eyes out as soon as I could drop the crutches. "The gratitude of going back and just being able to walk … I feel like I took that for granted for my whole life. "I'm just honestly so happy to be playing golf, that's all. Just being able to compete again and to come back and almost treat these as a little bit of a warm-up before I go back to the LPGA."
