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Hannah Green of Australia kissing her trophy after winning the HSBC Women's World Championship.

Hannah Green of Australia kissing her trophy after winning the HSBC Women's World Championship by one stroke.

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Sunday is history-writing day in sport. Sunday is tears, surprise, fatigue and champagne. Sunday is the brilliant numbers a champion at Sentosa Golf Club is checking on her scorecard. Outside the scorers’ hut, her caddie swigs from a champagne bottle. Nate Blasko is laconic, Canadian, smiling. 

“She has a thing for theatrics,” he says.

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