- Anna Huang wins by two strokes at Golf Barrière
- The 16-year-old jumps from 22nd to ninth in the LET Order of Merit
Canada’s Anna Huang can now call herself a two-time Ladies European Tour (LET) winner after she secured a two-stroke victory at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France.
The 16-year-old rookie won last week’s La Sella Open and fired a final round of 65 (-6) at Golf Barrière to clinch her second victory in two weeks on Tour.
Huang becomes the third player to win back-to-back in 2025 following in the footsteps of England’s Mimi Rhodes and Czechia’s Sara Kouskova.
“I’m honestly just so shocked right now! I don’t think I have fully processed my last win and then to win again is just so crazy,” said Huang.
“I’m so proud of myself. I never imagined this would ever happen. Firstly, I won last week and then this week, to have two wins in a year is absolutely incredible. I’m just so grateful for everything.”
The Canadian star began the day in the lead and started well with birdies at the first and second holes, before making her only bogey of the day on the fourth.
Huang rolled in her next birdie on five, adding two more on the eighth and 10th holes but Germany’s Helen Briem made birdies of her own to draw level and put on the pressure.
However, the LET rookie finished with a flourish making birdies on 16 and 18 to win with a score of 16-under-par and become the first Canadian to win twice on the LET.
She continued: “It was super fun to play with Helen and we were going back and forth the whole round. I think we were tied until the 16th hole and it was pretty nerve-wracking. Up until 18 I wasn’t too nervous, which was weird and strange, but the nerves started hitting me when I was hitting my approach shot.
“I’m going to go home and go to China and see some of my family who I haven’t seen in about 10 years. I might also buy myself something nice. I’m going to have the same mindset for the rest of the year and keep working hard because it’s paying off.”
South Africa’s Casandra Alexander and Germany’s Briem shared second place on 14-under-par after they both produced rounds of 66 (-5) on the final day in France.
Briem had one bogey and seven birdies on her scorecard as she put the pressure on Huang, and although it wasn’t enough to win the 20-year-old was still proud of herself.
“If someone told me that I was going to play three rounds quite far under-par – not just a little bit, I was five-under, four-under and five-under – it’s a huge step forward,” said Briem.
“It wasn’t enough and of course, it hurts being second for the third time this year. Overall, I’m really happy and that shows I worked on the right things over the last weeks. We will see what the rest of this season will bring.”
LET rookie Brianna Navarrosa fired the joint-best round of the week carding a 63 (-8) on the final day in France.
The American made an eagle on her second hole before adding birdies on the fourth, seventh, ninth and 10th holes.
She dropped a shot on 11 but bounced back with birdies on 13, 15 and 16 to finish in solo fourth place on 11-under-par.
“I had a pretty good start. I wanted to leave it all out on the dancefloor today. I put myself in good spots on the greens and really took my time over the putts,” said Navarrosa.
“I didn’t chase when I didn’t think I had to, that’s one thing I have learned this season is to take it shot by shot which is super cliché, but I think I did that really well today. I blacked out a bit on the back nine, I played golf and made my putts, and it worked out.”
Three players finished in a tie for fifth place with India’s Pranavi Urs, Australia’s Kirsten Rudgeley and Italy’s Alessia Nobilio all on 10-under-par.
One shot further back was Spain’s Luna Sobron Galmes in eighth with five players rounding out the top 10 on eight-under-par.
In the LET Order of Merit, England’s Rhodes continues to lead the way after a T14 finish in France with Singapore’s Shannon Tan in second and South Africa’s Alexander now up to third place.
Czechia’s Kouskova is fourth with Germany’s Briem up a few places in fifth and two-time LET winner Huang jumps into ninth place with 1,348.43 points to her name.
The LET now has a one-break before heading to India for the Hero Women’s Indian Open, which takes place at DLF Golf and Country Club between 9-12 October.
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