Rianne Malixi lost grip of what had appeared to be a big 3-up frontside lead as she lost her rhythm and touch then ran out of holes in her comeback bid, allowing Irish Sara Byrne to snare a 1-up victory in the first round of Match Play in The Women's Amateur at the Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent in southeast England Thursday.
It was a sorry turn of events for the Filipina shotmaker, who had looked in control of the match after winning holes 1, 3 and 8. But she hit the wall of the fairway bunker on the ninth, leading to a bogey and Byrne cashed in on that break to mount her rally and fashion out the big come-from-behind win.
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