while Johnson played the final two holes in four-over-par (triple bogey, bogey). Johnson’s downfall was not being able to find the fairway off the tee on the tournament’s 71st and 72nd holes and Johnson’s three-putt on the 17th green was another uncharacteristic miscue, which was shocking since she had just birdied the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th holes. Stanford’s closing birdie moved her to -10, while Johnson’s over-par stumble dropped her from -13 to -9. On the last hole of the tournament, Johnson had a chance to salvage par, which would have sent her and Stanford into a sudden-death playoff, weather permitting, but she failed to get up-anddown for par from just short of the 18th green. JOHNSON’S ROUGH FINISH The 57-year-old Johnson, who won this tournament in 2017 and 2021 when it was held at The Pete Dye Course in nearby French Lick, was shaking her head in disbelief at the end. “My game was great for about 16 holes,” said Johnson, who shot 70-66-71 (-9) for three rounds. “I ended triple, then bogey to finish. Not much more you can say really, just a horrendous finish. It was, obviously, very, very disappointing. Literally throwing the tournament away, but life goes on. There are worse things.” STANFORD REJOICES IN VICTORY Stanford, shocked by the sudden turn of events, was also thrilled to win in her debut on the LPGA Legends Tour. “This win has changed my life,” said Stanford, whose last tournament victory was the LPGA’s Volunteer of America Classic in New Colony, Texas in December 2020. Stanford’s win came off a dreadful effort at the previous week’s KPMG PGA Championship at Baltusrol in New Jersey. She left Indiana feeling better about her game. “I putted well this week,” said Stanford, who knew absolutely nothing about the Sultan’s Run GC upon her arrival. “I had never been to this golf course and I had never heard of Jasper, Indiana.” But, she has now. GLOBAL CONTENDERS At the beginning of the final round, the leaderboard had a British Commonwealth of
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