{"id":32594,"date":"2026-04-21T09:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32594"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:36:23","slug":"laisne-wins-joburg-ladies-open-after-marathon-playoff-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/laisne-wins-joburg-ladies-open-after-marathon-playoff-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Laisne wins Joburg Ladies Open after marathon playoff in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France\u2019s Agathe Laisne has won the 2026 Joburg Ladies Open in South Africa (SA) after a dramatic finish that went down to a long playoff at Randpark Golf Club in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, held in SA, was delayed by rain and eventually turned into a tense battle between Laisne, SA\u2019s Cassandra Alexander, and Australia\u2019s Kirsten Rudgeley.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Laisne eventually secured the win with a birdie on the final hole of a five-hole playoff, claiming her second Ladies European Tour title.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She said it was not easy, explaining that she had to stay focused and keep a positive mindset despite the long delays and pressure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old also reflected on how tough the playoff became, with the match stretching late into the evening and ending almost in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32595,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-32594","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"France\u2019s Agathe Laisne has won the 2026 Joburg Ladies Open","published_date":"2026-04-21 09:25:22","news_description":"France\u2019s Agathe Laisne has won the 2026 Joburg Ladies Open","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32596,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32594\/revisions\/32596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}