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Malixi loses by countback, finishes 4th in Queen Sirikit

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Carmona—Rianne Malixi lost out on countback in the individual race, while the Philippines ended at ninth in the team competition at the close of the 43rd Queen Sirikit Cup at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club.

Rianne Malixi

Malixi and Yoo Hyun-jo Korea finished at five-under 283, but the latter won second runner-up honors after she turned in a 71 as against the Filipina’s 74 in the last round of the four-day tournament organized by the Women’s Golf Association of the Philippines.

India’s Avani Prashanth submitted a four-under 68 at the Masters’ course to capture the individual trophy and complete a wire-to-wire with a 272 total.

New Zealand’s Fiona Xu rediscovered her short game and went to bag the runner-up honors at 282 after a three-under-par 69.

It was a sorry loss for Malixi, who got to within three strokes off the leader at the outward nine. She struggled to a bogey on the 11th and a triple bogey 7 on the 13th that doomed her chances. She birdied that 18th though for solo fourth.

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“If not for the countback, Rianne (Malixi) would have taken a podium ending,” said captain Katherine Anne Granada.

Kim Min-sol scored 68 and Yoo had a 71 for 139 as South Korea took home the centerpiece prize overall team championship with a 564 tally. India, thanks to the excellent week of Prashanth, was second with 142-569. Japan failed to defend the crown, but still wound up third with 140-573 in a tie with Indonesia.

The host country was ninth with 148-583. Lois Kaye Go’s 74 counted as the second score in the three-to-play, two-to-count format. Mafy Singson, the third member, had a 75.

“I told the girls to play solid today so we could have a decent finish. They did their best and I am proud of them,” added Granada.

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