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Kuwaki wins Women’s Open after Henseleit’s unlucky break off marshal’s leg in playoff

Japanese 23-year-old wins her first major championship England’s Charley Hull and Lottie Woad finish tied sixth It was no surprise that an extraordinary Sunday at the Women’s Open ended in such circumstances. Has the ankle of a marshal ever before played a crucial role in the outcome of a major championship? A competition that looked for so long as if no one wanted to win rumbled on at Royal Lytham & St Annes until…

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Watch Japan's Shiho Kuwaki beat beat Esther Henseleit in a two-hole play-off to win the 2026 Women's Open, her first major title.

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Kuwaki wins Women’s Open after Henseleit’s unlucky break off marshal’s leg in playoff

Kuwaki wins tense play-off to lift Women's Open titleBBC Sport
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Kuwaki wins tense play-off to lift Women's Open title

Watch Japan's Shiho Kuwaki beat beat Esther Henseleit in a two-hole play-off to win the 2026 Women's Open, her first major title.

Kuwaki wins Women's Open after Henseleit's ball strikes marshalBBC Sport
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Kuwaki wins Women's Open after Henseleit's ball strikes marshal

Shiho Kuwaki holds her nerve to beat Esther Henseleit after two play-off holes to become the second consecutive Japanese player to win the Women's Open.

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