County Kildare, Ireland, Aug 31: Pranavi Urs had a solid final round as she finished the week with a 3-under 69 for a Tied-17th place in the 2026 KPMG Women’s Irish Open. Meanwhile, South African Casandra Alexander captured her second Ladies European Tour (LET) title producing a complete wire-to-wire performance at The K Club.
With the other three Indians out in the earlier rounds, Pranavi had given hopes of a Top-10 finish earlier on but was unable to do so in a week when the scoring was low and the leaderboard was very tight.
The Hero backed Pranavi had four birdies on the seventh, eighth, 11th and the 18th and dropped one shot on the 13th.
Alexander overcame a nervy start as she bogeyed the second and the third. But she rallied with three birdies in a row from the fifth and totalled 2-under 70 for a week’s total 20-under and won by three over Sara Kouskova (70) on the Palmer South Course.
The win is Alexander’s first in 2026 on the LET following five runner-up finishes this season. She also further extends her lead in the Order of Merit moving to 2,399.98 points.
Three clear before the start of play thanks to rounds of 63-66-69 on the Palmer South – the former a course-record – Alexander got off to a nervy start in Ireland bogeying her opening two holes. This opened the door to playing partner Kajsa Arwefjall from Sweden who birdied the 1st and 3rd to reduce the gap to one.
But the 27-year-old Alexander would quickly remind everyone why she is the World No 38 carding three birdies in a row at the 5th, 6th and 7th to restore her healthy cushion.
Another followed at the 10th before the South African gave a shot back to the chasers at the 12th following a nervy stretch of holes. Despite a 30-minute storm suspension, Alexander rolled in another birdie at the 15th following the restart. She was then able to par home for the wire-to-wire victory.
Kouskova finished the week in solo second on 17-under par. The two-time LET winner birdied four holes after the turn for a round of 70 (-2). It caps off a fine month for the Olympian who finished T12 at the AIG Women’s Open and 16th at the PIF London Championship.
One back from Kouskova in solo third was fellow Olympian Noora Komulainen from Finland. Despite being ill this week, the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open winner produced a valiant chase on Sunday firing a round of 67 (-5) to surge up the leaderboard.
Home favourite Leona Maguire continued to give the Irish fans something to cheer about this weekend as she followed up yesterday’s 63 (-9) with a 68 (-4) at her native K Club to end the week T4. She finished on 15-under par alongside Sweden’s Louise Rydqvist who earned her best result on the LET.
Five players round out the top-10 in a tie for sixth on 13-under par: Arwefjall, compatriots Corinne Viden and Moa Folke, New Zealand’s Amelia Garvey and Singapore’s Shannon Tan who fired the round of the day 65 (-7).
Next up for the stars of the LET is a trip to Spain for the La Sella Open which gets underway on September 17.
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