Forced to endure the worst of the conditions that resulted in the Hauts de France Pas de Calais Golf Open being reduced to a 36-hole tournament, Bennett drained a 35-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole to record her first international professional win.

The champion at The Athena in February, Bennett has now moved up to ninth in the LET Access Series Order of Merit with the top six to earn promotion to the Ladies European Tour in 2025.

“This win means a lot,” said Bennett.

“I missed the cut at the Rose Ladies Open last week and I was wanting the week off.

“I spoke to my team and they pushed me to come and play this week because a win can give you so many points on the leaderboard.

“So now I’ve done it, it feels really good.”

Green is still chasing that winning feeling in the US after yet another heartbreaker at the Sanford International in South Dakota.

Fellow Aussie Michael Wright led the field into the final round yet it would once again be Green who was fighting it out late on the final day.

Tied for the lead with Steve Stricker shortly after the turn, Green dropped shots at both 13 and 14 to fall two shots back.

Stricker’s bogey on 18 gave Green a glimmer of hope, the Victorian piloting home his birdie putt from outside 20 feet to force extra holes.

He narrowly missed what would have been a winning birdie putt at the first extra hole and lipped out for birdie at the third, Stricker taking the title for a third straight year with birdie at the fourth playoff hole.

A three-time winner on the Legends Tour in Europe, it is Green’s fourth runner-up finish this season which includes three top-three finishes in major championships. He remains fourth on the Schwab Cup standings with total prize money this year of $US1.66 million.

Lucas Herbert’s tie for sixth was the pick of the Aussies at LIV Golf’s final individual tournament of the year in Chicago while Cassie Porter dropped to 10th in the Race For The Card despite finishing tied ninth at the Epson Tour’s Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic.

Photo: Federico Capretti/LETAS (Bennett)

Results

LET Access Series
Hauts de France Pas de Calais Golf Open
Golf Saint Omer, Lumbres, France
Event reduced to 36 holes due to rain
1          Kelsey Bennett             67-73—140     €6,400
Won at the first hole of sudden-death playoff
T45      Wenyung Keh (NZ)       73-77—150

Epson Tour
Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic
Ol’ Colony Golf Complex, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1          Ingrid Lindblad            67-66-67—200 $US35,625
T9        Cassie Porter                71-66-70—207 $5,070
T37      Fiona Xu (NZ)               74-69-69—212 $1,589
T63      Maddison Hinson-Tolchard      73-70-75—218 $798