England's Rebecca Hudson claimed a sudden-death play-off victory with a birdie at the third extra hole to win the Tenerife Ladies Open at Golf Costa Adeje.
Hudson, 29, from Doncaster, began the final round one shot behind France's Anne-Lise Caudal and posted a final-round 69 in regulation play to finish on 10-under-par 278 in total.
Caudal, who won the previous week's tournament in Portugal, was a shot ahead with one hole to play, but bogeyed the par-five 18th after hitting her second shot into a greenside bunker, from where she took four shots to get down. She signed for a final-round 70.
Both players birdied the 472-yard 18th hole at the first extra time of asking Hudson rolled in a 12-footer for birdie while Caudal replied by holing hers from four feet. They both made pars on the 18th at the second extra hole, both players just missing their birdie chances.
After Caudal took four at the third extra hole, the 377-yard par-four 17th, Hudson sank her three-foot birdie putt claiming her second individual Ladies European Tour title and a first prize of 45,000.
It was her first LET victory since the 2006 OTP Bank Ladies European Open in Hungary, although she also won the European Cup in Spain in April, which was a team event.
"I didn't expect Aally get into the play-off and then win it, I'm thrilled," said Hudson, who is playing in her sixth season on the LET.
"I did not expect her to make any mistakes. Making a five on that hole is a bit like a dropped shot because it is quite a short par five but it was playing into the wind today. It was difficult so I didn't expect her to make a six. When she did it was a bit of a shock but I managed to hole that 12 footer on the first way round and that was crucial. Pressure or however the situation is took its toll and what happened, happened. I'll definitely have a nice bottle of something tonight."
Collated final round scores & totals in the Ladies European tour Tenerife Ladies Open, Golf Costa Adeje, Tenerife, Spain
(Spa unless stated, par 72):
278 Rebecca Hudson 70 68 71 69 (Hudson won at the third extra hole of a sudden-death play-off), Anna-Lise Caudal (Fra) 70 69 69 70
281 Carlota Ciganda 69 66 75 71, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 69 71 73 68
282 Marta Silva 71 71 68 72, Maria Verchenova (Rus) 68 69 73 72, Melissa Reid 70 71 68 73
283 Lisa Sorensen (Den) 73 66 71 73, Paula Marti 72 71 71 69
284 Krista Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 69 68 73 74, Anja Monke (Ger) 69 74 71 70, Lotta Maria Wahlin (Swe) 73 70 75 66, Louise Stahle (Swe) 69 69 73 73, Martina Eberl (Ger) 72 73 69 70
285 Tania Elosegui 72 74 68 71, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 72 74 69 70
286 Felicity Johnson 70 70 73 73, Mianne Bagger (Den) 74 73 68 71, Joanne Mills (Aus) 72 70 73 71, Federica Piovano (Ita) 71 70 75 70
287 Zuzana Kamasova (Svk) 70 72 77 68, Julie Greciet (Fra) 67 74 73 73, Diana Luna (Ita) 70 73 69 75, Denise Becker (Ger) 69 75 72 71, Eva Steinberger (Aut) 71 72 66 78
288 Leah Hart (Aus) 72 72 70 74, Becky Brewerton 73 74 70 71, Trish Johnson (USA) 68 72 75 73, Emma Cabrera Bello 75 71 71 71
289 Martina Gillen 73 74 71 71
290 Vittoria Valvassori (Ita) 74 72 70 74, Laura Terebey (USA) 69 74 74 73, Marta Prieto 75 70 71 74, Azahara Munoz 76 72 71 71, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 71 74 73 72, Carmen Alonso 69 72 74 75
291 Karen Lunn (Aus) 72 72 74 73, Dana Lacey (Aus) 69 75 71 76, Marina Arruti 75 72 69 75, Lisa Hall 74 73 70 74, Lynn t Brooky (Nzl) 71 75 72 73, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 72 71 75 73, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 73 73 73 72, Clare Queen 71 73 71 76
292 Julie Tvede (Den) 71 72 73 76, Samantha Head 73 73 74 72
293 Elin Ohlsson (Swe) 70 75 74 74
294 Beatriz Recari 73 72 71 78, Ana-Belen Sanchez 77 70 78 69, Kaisa Ruuttila (Fin) 72 71 77 74
295 Cherie Byrnes (Aus) 73 74 74 74, Lydia Hall 72 74 73 76, Maria Boden (Swe) 73 72 77 73
296 Rui Yokomine (Jpn) 75 73 72 76, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 74 72 73 77, Laura Cabanillas Gomez 76 72 73 75
297 Rebecca Coakley 72 76 74 75, Sarah Nicholson (Nzl) 76 70 76 75
298 Sofia Renell (Swe) 79 69 74 76, Kathryn Imrie 73 74 74 77, Joanne Clingan 74 72 76 76, Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 74 74 75 75
299 Georgina Simpson 77 69 80 73
300 Isabella Maconi (Ita) 78 68 72 82
301 Emma Lyons 73 75 71 82
302 Kate Combes (Aus) 75 73 75 79
304 Karen-margrethe null Juul (Den) 74 73 80 77
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