Tale, Slovakia (Sports Network) – Gwladys Nocera waited out the rain before carding a 2-under 70 on Sunday to capture to a 4-stroke victory at the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open.<\/p>\n
Nocera finished four rounds at Golf Resort Tale at 9-under-par 279 to earn her 11th career victory on the Ladies European Tour, but her first since 2008.<\/p>\n
“I’m very, very happy and pretty emotional,” said Nocera. “It’s been a while since I lifted a trophy. It was hard again today. I don’t feel like I’m hitting the ball like I should and I don’t feel that I’m hitting the ball well enough, but I tried to stay patient and draw on my experience.”<\/p>\n
Lee-Anne Pace (72) finished in second at 5-under, while Whitney Hillier (70) captured third at minus-4.<\/p>\n
Nocera entered the final round holding a 2-stroke lead over Pace, but tripped to a bogey at the first to drop her advantage to just a stroke after Pace traded a birdie at the first with a bogey at the second.<\/p>\n
Pace later grabbed a share of the lead with a 10-foot birdie putt at the sixth before hitting her tee shot at the par-3 seventh into the water en route to a double bogey.<\/p>\n
Nocera countered a birdie at the eighth with a bogey at the ninth to remain two clear of Pace, and the margin remained there as Pace and Nocera birdied the 10th and 11th, respectively.<\/p>\n
Nocera pulled ahead by four with a 2-shot swing at the 14th as Nocera birdied the hole while Pace tripped to a bogey.<\/p>\n
The course was cleared after that hole due to a thunderstorm and when the duo returned 45 minutes later, Pace birdied the 15th to cut her deficit to three.<\/p>\n
She could not pull any closer, however, as she parred her final three holes and Nocera closed with a birdie at the last to close out the victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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