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Celine Boutier (France) was the first to secure her fourth victory.

On the 29th, at the Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (par 72, 6246 yards), during the final round of the LPGA Tour Maybank Championship (total prize money $3 million), she shot 8-under-par to tie with Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand) at 21-under-par 267. Then, on the 9th hole of the playoff resumed at the 15th hole (par 3), she made the winning birdie. This marked her fourth win of the season and sixth overall, two months after winning the Scottish Women's Open in August, with a winner's prize of $450,000 (approximately 600 million KRW).

Celine Boutier

Boutier started from a tie for 8th place, 5 strokes behind, and collected 8 birdies without any bogeys. She reduced 4 strokes in the front nine with three consecutive birdies from holes 3 to 5 and a birdie on the 8th hole (par 3). In the back nine, she added three consecutive birdies from holes 11 to 13 and another birdie on the 16th hole (par 4). She missed the fairway only once and had 25 putts during the round. After a fierce 9-hole playoff battle moving between the 18th hole (par 5) and the 15th hole, Boutier clinched the thrilling victory trophy.

Thitikul performed well, reducing 4 strokes, but had to settle for second place. Her last win was at the Walmart NM Arkansas Championship in September last year, which was her second career victory. Rose Zhang (USA), who was the leader the previous day, finished with 1-under-par and dropped to a tie for 3rd place (19-under-par 269). Jasmine Suwannapura (Thailand), who led after rounds 1 and 2, also finished tied for 3rd. Nelly Korda (USA) and Brooke Henderson (Canada) tied for 6th place (17-under-par 271), Lydia Ko (New Zealand) tied for 11th (14-under-par 274), and Renning (China) tied for 17th (11-under-par 277) to close the tournament.

Among Koreans, Kim A-lim posted the best result, reducing 5 strokes to finish tied for 15th place (12-under-par 276). Kim Se-young, who was 4th place, 3 strokes behind the leader the previous day, struggled with 5-over-par and dropped to a tie for 20th place (10-under-par 278). Ko Jin-young added 2-under-par to join this group. Choi Hye-jin finished tied for 29th (9-under-par 279), and Yoo Hae-ran tied for 45th (5-under-par 283).