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Gill had just won a thrilling play-off to claim the Australian Women\u2019s Classic \u2013 Bonville and it was a moment she was going to savour on Bonville Golf Resort\u2019s 18th green.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always thought in my head if I ever got the opportunity to actually win a golf tournament and the girls happen to come running out on the green, I was going to stand there and take it. I wasn\u2019t going to run away,\u201d said Gill.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you get yourself in that position, you just take it. It was so special.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gill made a three-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation play to join Danni Vasquez on six-under and force a play-off.<\/p>\n
Vasquez had birdied two of the final three holes to be the clubhouse leader and both Gill and Stephanie Bunque needed birdies on their last hole to join her at the top of the leaderboard.<\/p>\n
Both reached the green in two and had long eagle putts.<\/p>\n
Bunque\u2019s putt had a lot more right-to-left break in it than Gill\u2019s and her attempt picked up speed after passing the hole to leave her with a tough 10-footer to get into a play-off.<\/p>\n
The Victorian\u2019s return attempt just missed on the high side and she had to settle for third position.<\/p>\n
Gill\u2019s eagle attempt came up three feet short and she was able to convert the opportunity to see her and Vasquez return to the 18th tee for the sudden-death play-off.<\/p>\n
RIGHT:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Danni Vasquez finished strongly to earn her place in the play-off with Gill. PHOTO: Australian Golf Media.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n In the play-off, Vasquez was unable to make her eight-foot uphill birdie putt but Gill snuck her three-foot left-to-right slider in the lower side of the cup to claim victory.<\/p>\n Vasquez showed no signs of disappointment at being so close to victory but not quite reaching her goal.<\/p>\n The Wollongong-based PGA Associate at the South Coast Golf Centre preferred to reflect on the fun she had throughout the event.<\/p>\n \u201cI just enjoyed the first two days and then before the last round I said to Darcy (Danni\u2019s caddy and fianc\u00e9) \u2018Let\u2019s just give myself an opportunity,\u2019 and I did exactly that so I\u2019m really happy,\u201d Vasquez said.<\/p>\n \u201cAs sad as it is losing in a play-off, I\u2019m very happy that Breanna did win. She\u2019s a great lady and I\u2019m very happy to go up against her but I\u2019m also very happy with myself.\u201d<\/p>\n Bunque was leading until a dramatic two-stroke swing on the 14th hole when Gill chipped in for eagle from 32 metres. The swing could\u2019ve been greater if Bunque didn\u2019t nail a 40-foot par-putt from the fringe to stay within a single stroke.<\/p>\n While Vasquez was finishing strongly in the group ahead, both Gill and Bunque made bogeys on the 15th before Gill found the water off the tee on 16.<\/p>\n The winner\u2019s 15-foot downhill putt for bogey to keep her in a share of the lead proved to be a pivotal moment.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you get yourself in that position, you just take it. It was so special.\u201d\u00a0– Breanna Gill.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cI stepped up over that putt and I wasn\u2019t afraid of it and I knew that I wanted to pour that thing into the middle,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n \u201cI threw it a couple of feet out to the right and let it break back. Perfect pace, perfect line and it just went right in the centre. Very proud of that one and it kept the momentum going.\u201d<\/p>\n The third-place getter was thrilled that she was still in contention all the way to the end.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way I hung in there for the entire 18 holes is something that I\u2019m very proud of after what I thought was a relatively slow start,\u201d Bunque said.<\/p>\n \u201cBree got off a quicker start than I did and I think that could\u2019ve gone south pretty quickly but I\u2019m proud of the way that I kept hitting every shot as it came and just hanging in there until literally the last putt.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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