USA retain the Women’s PGA Cup at Sunriver Resort, Oregon, with an impressive 14-under 625 total, making it three consecutive wins for USA at this event.
After a quick start and setting an early pace, USA kept their relentless nature to pull away from the pack and it was Canada who got closest at 2-under 637.
PGA of America President and United States Team Captain John Lindert had been praising the depth of his team all week.
“As a team today, with all five players, we were 8-under, which is really incredible,” said Lindert. “Once again, the team performed from top to bottom. I just kept telling the girls to keep playing their game and they did a fabulous job.
GB&I’s Alison Gray - who’s 2-under 69 was the lowest round of the tournament for her side - was pleased with the performance across the week, despite striving for better next time out.
She said: “I was a lot more pleased with my performance in the final round – I holed more putts than I had done in the previous two, I was a lot more consistent and just put myself in the right place to make those putts.
“I’m just happy to contribute to the team – better late than never I suppose but very happy nonetheless.
“It’s been a fantastic opportunity for all of us and I think it gets better every time we take part. A great group of girls, the camaraderie, the banter, it’s all great and the team spirit is fantastic.
“We’ve done well – we’d like to have done better but we didn’t get off to a great start. We got better day by day but overall, we did ok.”
USA’s Stephanie Connelly-Eiswerth took command of the lead for her side, and the field, with a final round 5-under 66, a 6-under 207 for the week.
Connelly Eiswerth recorded five birdies on the day, including on the first two holes of her round, with no bogies. She closed out the front nine with a 20-foot birdie on the par-four 9th, followed by birdies on holes 13 and 17 to cement her place atop the individual leaderboard.
Team Canada, finishing 2-under par as a team for the week, was once again led by Christine Wong. She finished in third place individually, 3-under for the tournament.
Canada’s Playing Captain Emma de Groot was proud of the team’s performance.
“I think everybody played their hearts out,” said de Groot. “You can’t control the result, you can only control how you prepare and how you play. America is a great team, a deep team. The Women’s PGA Cup brings a lot of awareness to the quality of players in the PGA of Canada, and I’m sure it’s the same for all the other associations.”
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