Catriona Matthew's T9 finish in Aussie Open

Japan's  Haru Nomura, pictured above with the championship trophy,  played an astonishing final round of 65 to win the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open at The Grange, Adelaide today.
The 23-year-old from Tokyo was virtually unheard of in these parts before this week, but not now.
She bombed home eight birdies in the final round having started the day in a share of the lead at nine-under.
So emphatic was her win that by the time she made a monster birdie  putt at the 17th she was three ahead. It allowed her the luxury of a  bogey -- her first of the day -- at the par-four 18th when she found the  front-right trap and failed to get up and down.
Nomura, who has never before won at this level, is ranked 67th in the  world and has played five seasons on the LPGA Tour in America without  drawing much attention.
Her tournament-winning spell came with birdies at 15, 16 and 17, a run that not even the world No. 1 Lydia Ko could match.
Ko finished outright second at 13-under par, and was not disgraced in  the slightest. She came home in 67, which in normal circumstances would  have been enough. Australia's Karrie Webb was third at nine-under,  having joined the lead with three early birdies before faltering.
Nomura had just 26 putts, ramming them in from everywhere. "The putter... Wow... Unbelievable,'' she said afterward.
She is the first Japanese winner of the tournament since 1974, when Chako Higuchi won at Victoria.
Catriona Matthew, who won this tournament in 1996 for her first win as a pro, finished T9 on 281 - nine shots behind the winner.
The Scot had rounds of 67, 69, 73 and 72 for seven-under 281.
Catriona earned $24,836.
Falkirk-based American Beth Allen finished aead of Matthew in a tie for fourth place behind Normua, Lydia Ko (2nd) and Karrie Webb (third).
Allen had rounds of 69, 71, 72 and 68 for a payslip of $46,902.
Kylie Walker from Glasgow tied for 20th place on 284 with scores of 70, 70, 71 and 73. Also on 284 was Yorkshire's Jodi Ewart Shadoff and leading amateur, Hannah Green from Australia.
Kylie and Jodi earned $14,522 each.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS and PRIZEMONEY
par 282 (4x71)
272 Haru Nomura (Jap) 69 68 70 65 ($195,000)
275 Lydia Ko (NZ) 70 70 68 67 ($119,479)
279 Karrie Webb (Aus) 67 71 70 71 ($86, 674)
280 Danielle Kang (USA) 70 70 67 73, Beth Allen (USA) 69 71 72 68, Min Seo Kwak (SKor) 69 71 71 69, Charley Hull (Eng) 70 70 72 68, Ha Na Jang (SKor) 69 70 70 71 ($46,902 each)
281 Catriona Matthew (Sco) 67 69 73 72, Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (Can) 70 71 73 67, Anne Park (USA) 70  72 69 70, Jenny Shin (SKor) 67 70 70 64  ($24,836 each).
SELECTED TOTALS
284 Kylie Walker (Sco) 70 70 71, 73, Jodi Ewart Shadoff (Eng) 71 73 67 73 ($14,522)
290 Holly Clyburn (Eng) 71 65 78 76 (T54)
292 Becky Morgan (Wal) 71 73 73 75 (T60)
293 Florentyna Parker (Eng) 72 73 72 76 (T65).

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