Cydney Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapura soared to a 6-shot victory at the Great Lakes Bay Invitational in an exciting team format
Great Lakes Bay Invitational report: What happened at Midland Country Club?
America’s Cydney Clanton flourished alongside Thailand’s Jasmine Suwannapura as they played their way to an impressive 6-shot victory over Minjee Lee and Jin Young Ko.
No drama needed ????
Team "All In" pars the 18th hole to win the @DowGLBI by six strokes!
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— LPGA (@LPGA) July 20, 2019
The duo held the 54-hole lead and fired a best-ball score of 59 on Sunday to make the most of their advantage, despite a closing round of 12-under from the runners-up.
Everything's rolling their way ????@thidapa_jts and Cydney Clanton take a four stroke lead with three to play.@DowGLBI | @GolfChannel pic.twitter.com/uS1PqsWddO
— LPGA (@LPGA) July 20, 2019
Both players were playing their own balls and this made for some great scores. Clanton and Suwannapura, who have both been plying her trade on the LPGA Tour since 2012, recorded a brilliant eight birdies a piece on the final day.
Great Lakes Bay Invitational report: Talking point
A big talking point this week was the format which was in play. It saw teams of two play alongside each other but with individual balls.
The best score of the two on each hole was taken towards the team total leading to a simply thrilling week of golf.
There were birdies galore and every player was on the offence. Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer had a share of the lead at the halfway stage and the former had this to say about the format:
“You have two balls in play, you can play much more aggressively.
“I know I certainly could play aggressively knowing that my partner had my back the whole way round.”
.@mpressel and @ThePCreamer start the final round at 11-under, five strokes off the lead!@DowGLBI pic.twitter.com/rNmAs5Xrbj
— LPGA (@LPGA) July 20, 2019
