Date: July 07, 2008
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Hudson snares home Open

England&aposs Rebecca Hudson captured her second title in the space of three weeks with a final-round 64 at the English Open. Hudson came from four shots behind the overnight leader Melissa Reid, also from England, to capture the title by a stroke on a wet and windy day at The Oxfordshire Golf Club in Thame. Australia&aposs Joanne Mills took outright third on six-under-par after a bogey-free 66, four shots off the winner. Hudson fired eight birdies, with four on the front nine and four on the back, for a 10-under-par 206 total and first prize. The win, which followed her recent triumph at the Tenerife Open, was Hudson&aposs third on the LET after a maiden tour title in Hungary in 2006. “Back-to-back wins, I can&apost believe it. To win in your home country is just fantastic. It&aposs wonderful,” Hudson said. “And to have two English players at the top is something special as well.” “At the beginning of the day I knew that someone would have to shoot low to catch Mel but I didn&apost think this would happen. I hit some good shots and played the course the way I wanted to.” Wales&apos Becky Brewerton, who won last year at Chart Hills, tied for seventh with England&aposs Lora Fairclough. Apart from Mills, who struggled in her second round with a 76, the Australian contingent had a week to forget. Karen Lunn (73) was next best on three-over-par, two strokes better than Kate Combes (76). Cherie Byrnes had a third-round 79 to be eight-over the card for the tournament, one shot ahead of Bronwyn Mullins-Lane who managed a final-day 76. Meanwhile, Australian Katherine Hull has finished the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship five shots from winner Seon Hwa Lee. Lee won by one stroke from Jane Park (62) and Meena Lee (70). Hull closed the event with a round of 66, her best effort of the week. Final Round Scores from The Oxfordshire Ladies English Open -10: Rebecca Hudson 72 70 64 -9: Melissa Reid 68 70 69 -6: Joanne Mills (Australia) 68 76 66 -5: Marina Arruti 69 71 71 -4: Natascha Fink 72 73 67, Iben Tinning 73 72 67 -3 Lora Fairclough 72 71 70, Becky Brewerton 74 69 70 -2: Leah Hart 71 73 70 E: Martina Gillen 70 76 70, Yuki Sakurai 73 72 71, Kiran Matharu 70 73 73 Also: +3: Karen Lunn (Australia) 70 76 73 +5: Kate Combes (Australia) 73 72 76 +7: Sarah Nicholson (New Zealand) 74 75 74 +8: Cherie Byrnes (Australia) 72 73 79 +9: Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Australia) 71 79 76 +13: Elizabeth McKinnon (New Zealand) 69 80 80 Final Round Scores from the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship, Rogers, Arkansas -15: Seon Hwa Lee 64 69 68 -14: Jane Park 71 69 62, Meena Lee 67 65 70 -13: Karen Stupples 68 69 66, Ai Miyazato 67 68 68, Kristy McPherson 64 69 70, Angela Park 71, 62, 70 -12: Na Yeon Choi 71 65 68, Eun-Hee Ji 67 65 72 -11: Inbee Park 70 65 70 -10: Katherine Hull (Australia) 70 70 66, Hee-Won Han 72 68 68, Cristie Kerr 72 65 69, Jeong Jang 66 69 71 -9: Soo-Yun Kang 68 70 69, Giulia Sergas 69 69 69