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Japan ended a 20-year drought in the Queen Sirikit Cup after claiming the trophy at Singapore’s Laguna National Golf Resort Club on Friday.
Mizuki Hashimoto, Miku Ueta and Ayaka Tezuka secured their country’s first Asia Pacific Amateur Ladies Team Championship title since 2002, gelling superbly despite sweltering conditions on the final day.
Leading by one stroke at the start of play, the Japanese team carded a five-under 139, led by Ueta’s 68 and Tezuka’s 71, with each team’s best two daily scores counted.
That brought their aggregate for the 72 holes to a 20-under 556, giving them a seven-shot win over runners-up New Zealand.

“As a team we tried a new emphasis this week on recovery,” said Hashimoto, 19.
“We usually practise in the afternoon after we finish our round. But because of the heat here we had a new plan – swim, relax and going to the gym to help our bodies recover.”
South Korea, who have dominated the event with six successive wins and 13 titles in the past 14 events, had to settle for third place, after Lee Ji-hyun, Kim Min-byeol and Bang Shin-sil finished on 566.
Hosts Singapore finished in fourth, one shot behind, followed by Taiwan on 570, with Thailand a further four strokes back.




















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Australia and Malaysia finished tied for seventh on 577, with India eighth on 589. Hong Kong trailed in ninth place on 600, followed by the Philippines with 611, Indonesia on 613, and then Myanmar in last place with 677.
Japan’s Hashimoto posted the best individual score, with a nine-under 279 – despite her closing one-over 73 being omitted from her team’s tally on Friday. Her first three scores were 70, 64 and 72, respectively
One shot back was Singapore’s Shannon Tan, who ran up a double bogey five at the par-three 12th in a final-round 72.


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Queen Sirikit Cup: Japan end 20-year drought with title at Laguna National, as South Korea are denied seventh successive win

Japan’s Mizuki Hashimoto, Ayaka Tezuka and Miku Ueta celebrate with the trophy after winning the Queen Sirikit Cup. Photos: Laguna National

Japan’s Mizuki Hashimoto, Ayaka Tezuka and Miku Ueta celebrate with the trophy after winning the Queen Sirikit Cup. 

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Hong Kong’s Chloe Chan in action during the third round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, the 42nd Queen Sirikit Cup, at the Laguna National Golf Resort in Singapore. Photo: Queen Sirikit Cup

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Hong Kong’s Iris Wang and her teammates were 10th after the first round in Singapore. Photo: HKGA

Hong Kong trio (from left) Arianna Lau, Iris Wang and Chloe Chan at the 42nd Queen Sirikit Cup in Singapore. Photo: HKGA

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Mizuki Hashimoto, Miku Ueta and Ayaka Tezuka secure country’s first Asia Pacific Amateur Ladies Team Championship since 2002
New Zealand have to settle for second, while dominant South Koreans miss out on trophy for only the second time in last 15 events



Mizuki Hashimoto, Miku Ueta and Ayaka Tezuka secure country’s first Asia Pacific Amateur Ladies Team Championship since 2002 with triumph in Singapore.
