The Unlucky Break: How Golf's Fickle Nature Proved Cruel to Henseleit Shiho Kuwaki basked in the glory of her thrilling play off victory at the AIG Women's Open, but a pang of sympathy went out to Esther Henseleit.
The German golfer's valiant effort was cut short by a freak mishap – a drive striking a course marshal and careening into a gorse bush on the 18th hole.
The drama that unfolded at Royal Lytham & St Annes was a microcosm of links golf's unpredictability.