Jasmine Suwannapura seals NW Arkansas Championship triumph after play-off, strong finish for Leona Maguire

Jasmine Suwannapura of Thailand overcame a historic round from Lucy Li, sinking an eagle putt on the second play-off hole to emerge with a victory at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday.

Suwannapura forced a play-off with an eagle on her 72nd hole. Then, after a stalemate on the first play-off hole, she calmly sank an eagle after Li had already come up short on her third shot.

"Everything fell into place, you know, right place, right time," Suwannapura said.

In winning the third LPGA tournament of her career, Suwannapura moved up to a projected 27th in the Race to the CME Globe season-long points competition, clinching her a spot at the 2024 CME Group Tour Championship in November.

Having narrowly made the cut after Saturday, Ireland's Leona Maguire finished strongly with a five-under 66 to climb up to seven under and a tie for 37th, ten shots off the summit.

FINAL LEADERBOARD

Meanwhile, Li made history on Sunday by matching two LPGA high marks as she belted an11-under-par 60, matching the low final round for a tournament this year, while she also tied an LPGA record with three eagles in a single round.

"That was crazy," Li said. "60 is the lowest round I've ever shot. With two three-putts, if you told me on the fourth hole I was going to shoot 60, I would've thought you were out of your mind."

Li's long putt to score a three on the par-5 18th closed her final round with a remarkable flourish. Her final-round 60 tied Linnea Strom, who shot that number at the Shoprite LPGA Classic in June to win the tournament.

That put Li on 17-under, giving the 21-year-old and second-year pro an inside track on her first career win, following two top-10 finishes earlier this season.

But stepping up to 18 down two strokes,