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Monday May 6, 2024
Metraux Wins Island Resort Symetra Tour Golf Title

HARRIS---Morgane Metraux of Lausanne, Switzerland is the winner of the LPGA Symetra Tour Island Resort Championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Course.

She fired a final round 67 to finish with a three-round 17-under par, a total of 199. Metraux edged Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Quebec Canada. LeBlanc had the lead after both the first and second rounds, but faded on Sunday with a 71, and ended up one stroke behind Metraux.

Celine Borge of Norway fired a sizling 65 in the final round and finished third at 13 under par. The top American was Sierra Brooks of Florida, who was tied for fourth at 12 under par.

Playing in the final pairing for the second time this year, Morgane Metraux (Laussane, Switerzland) came in determined to score well in the final round. Starting Sunday three-strokes behind the lead did not phase the 24-year-old Florida State University alum. After carding a final round 5-under she claimed her first win on the Symetra Tour with 17-under overall. 

 

“To be honest the first couple holes I was a little bit nervous. I wasn’t quite playing my game like I was the last couple of days,” said Metraux. “Then after my first bogey of the week on No. 7 today, I was a little bit annoyed by that, and said okay now I am going to focus on what I am doing and play my own golf and see where I end up at the end of the day. Then that’s when I started making a few birdies, so I guess that worked for me.” 

 

Her finish in Harris, Mich. earns exemption into The Evian Championship next month, the fourth major on the LPGA Tour schedule this year. The Ladies European Tour member shared how this exemption was the ultimate cherry on top.  

 

“The Evian Championship is my ‘little girl dream,” said Metraux. “I grew up just across the lake from it and that’s the first event I ever went to, it was the biggest thing for me as a little girl. I’ve always actually dreamed of playing in it and to know I am actually going to be there is amazing. To have home support is going to be really great so I am really thankful for the opportunity this week.”  

 

Just behind Metraux, Maude-Aimee Leblanc (Sherbrooke, Quebec) finished the day at 16-under. This is her third runner-up finish this year. Leblanc tied for second at the Copper Rock Championship and IOA Championship presented by Morongo Casino Resort and Spa. After this week, Leblanc stays in the running for the Raced for the Card at No. 4 with $56,712.  
 

A bogey-free final round highlighted by five birdies and one eagle helped Celine Borge (Norway) claim her third career top-10 finish. Earlier this season the finished T8 at the Garden City Charity Classic at Buffalo Dunes.  

 

“This course is a very nice course; the fairways and greens are in very nice condition. I holed out a 60-meter shot today and some really good putts as well and it felt very good to finish with a very good round,” said Borge. “(Ahead of the Prasco Charity Championship) I am going to go to Cincinnati and stay with a host family to practice.”  

 

This year is only Borge’s second full season on the Symetra Tour. Due to COVID-19 she was unable to compete last year, yet with two top-10’s and seven cuts made, she finds herself climbing the rankings in the Race for the Card. Borge currently sits at No. 18 with $24,830.  


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