Shiho Kuwaki holds her nerve in playoff drama to complete shock Women’s Open triumph

Japanese 23-year-old wins her first major championship England’s Charley Hull and Lottie Woad finish tied sixth It was no surprise that an extraordinary Sunday at the Women’s Open ended in such circumstances. Has the ankle of a marshal ever before played a crucial role in the outcome of a major championship? A competition that looked for so long as if no one wanted to win rumbled on at Royal Lytham & St Annes until fate played its hand. Glory for Shiho Kuwaki, pain for Esther Henseleit. That…