'It's life-changing' - Buhai wins Women's Open after dramatic play-off

South Africa's Ashleigh Buhai recovered from throwing away a five-shot lead to beat South Korea's In Gee Chun in a dramatic play-off at the AIG Women's Open to seal her first major win.The 33-year-old's commanding lead at the start of the day evaporated as she triple-bogeyed the par four 15th.The pair could not be separated on the first three holes of the play-off, matching each other with par, bogey, par.

"I am so proud of myself, how I dug deep to get into the play-off," said Buhai, who joins compatriots Gary Player and Ernie Els in winning a major title at Muirfield. "We're a very small country so to be able to produce quite a few major champions it's quite something, and now for me to be a female South African major winner I've got no words - it's life-changing."

Chun, who won the Women's PGA Championship in June, had been tied for second place overnight on nine under and started strongly as she birdied three of the first nine holes.Japan's Hinako Shibuno, who also started the day on nine under, had a mixed round that included an eagle on the par-five fifth. She was still in contention on the 18th needing a birdie, but a par saw her score 71 to finish on nine under in third.

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