While the vast majority of professional golf tournaments around the world were canceled because of coronavirus concerns, play at the Ladies European Tour continued, and on Saturday it was rookie Alice Hewson winning in her first career start.
Hewson, a 22-year-old Clemson product from England, won the Investec South African Women’s Open at Westlake Golf Club in Cape Town. Hewson finished at 5 under, a shot clear of runners-up Emma Nilsson and Monique Smit, after holing a 7-foot par putt at the final hole, two shots after clipping a tree branch with her approach shot.
"I couldn’t have hoped for a better start," Hewson said.