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Linda Henriksson: WAPT Victory

Linda Henriksson is a pro golfer from Finland who has won on the LET Access Series, the feeder tour to the Ladies European Tour. In 2019, Linda is playing mostly in America and she has Symetra Tour status. But the week of April 8-14, 2019, Henriksson was in Louisiana playing the Atchafalaya Basin Championship . That's a tournament on the Women's All Pro Tour (WAPT). And Henriksson emerged as the champ — her first win the United States. We say "emerged" because Linda had to win a four-golfer playoff to claim the trophy. She got into the playoff by sinking a 16-foot par putt on the 72nd hole. That gave her a final-round score of 70, and a four-round total of 1-over-par 289. And it tied her with Riley Rennell, Kasey Miller and Catherine O'Donnell. But Henriksson ended the playoff quickly, winning it on the first extra hole. "I have so many people to thank and I’ll start doing that tomorrow. Now it’s time to CELEBRATE!" Henriksson wrote on Inst

Jillian Hollis Claims First Symetra Tour Victory

Jillian Hollis earned her first career win on the Symetra Tour at the 2019 IOA Championship, and she did it with a late birdie and a late eagle in the final round. After struggling in very windy conditions for much of the round, Hollis rolled in a birdie putt on the 15th hole, then eagled the par-5 16th. After parring out, she finished at 4-under 212, one stroke ahead of runners-up Julieta Granada and Amy Lee. While it was her first win on the Symetra Tour, it wasn't the first high finish for Hollis, who joined the turn after turning pro in 2018. She finished eighth earlier this year in the SKYiGOLF Championship. Hollis had three Top 10s in her rookie year of 2018, including a runner-up finish. What's @freewilly_jilly working on? "getting my club more in front of me and on plane at the top" https://t.co/xsFBV0uCvf pic.twitter.com/HHqi286osw — Golf Babes (@golfbabes) January 10, 2019 In her 12 starts in 2018, Hollis showed great touch with the putter,