Still trailing Hsieh by a shot heading to the par-5 12th, Chan made her move with a chip-in eagle to take the outright lead for the first time all week.
“I knew I had to make at least a birdie there so to see the ball go in for eagle was a pretty exciting moment,” continued Chan. “But I knew there were a few holes to go and it wasn’t until the 15th, where I holed a 20-footer for birdie, that I thought I could win.”
Another birdie followed at the 17th, where she found the par-5 in two, allowing Chan to take a comfortable lead into the closing hole.
“I hit a good drive down the fairway on the 18th and I was pretty confident from that point that I was going to do it,” said Chan, who made a last-minute decision to play in Taiwan after failing to make it into the field for the US Women’s Amateur.
As an amateur, Chan was not entitled to the winner’s share of the prize purse, which instead went to Hsieh.
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