Nicole Garcia might not have had a say in the individual title race on Saturday, but she was part of the winning team after a play-off victory in the Ladies European Tour’s Aramco Team Series LDN at the Centurion Club.

Garcia carded a final round of two-over-par 75 to finish on three-under for the tournament, and in a share of sixth place. The tournament was won by a superb 55-foot putt for eagle on the 18^th by England’s Bronte Law. That gave her a thrilling one-stroke win over countrywoman Georgia Hall, with the astonishing young Swede Linn Grant in third a further shot back on seven-under after she closed with a four-under 69.

Garcia made three bogeys during the first 17 holes of the final round, on the second, 10^th and 16^th holes as she held things together. But she would have been thrilled with her birdie on 18, which rounded off a good week.

In the team event, Team Garcia, comprising the quartet of Garcia, Kelly Whaley, Madelene Stavnar and amateur Mia Baker defeated Team Wikstrom, made up of Ursula Wikstrom, Julia Engström, Maria Hernandez and amateur Laurent Dhaeyer, after their respective captains, Garcia and Wikstrom, played off over the 18^th hole at the conclusion of the final day. The teams had tied on 27-under-par after two rounds and returned to the course after the third round.

Wikstrom came unstuck after her ball ended under the lip of the fairway bunker and she took a double-bogey, while Garcia made a winning par and celebrated on the green with a wiggle dance. Garcia said: “I’m incredibly proud. Mia really helped us out and that’s what this whole tournament is about, getting involved with the amateurs and giving everybody the experience of a professional event. I’m really proud – proud of my two pros that were with me. I had so much fun with them. We all contributed and it couldn’t have gone better. All four girls contributed equally. It was nice to see –  it was good, everybody cheering on each other and I think it was really nice for Mia to be a part of and for some of her shots to count.”

A shot behind the clubhouse leader, Hall, standing on the 18^th tee, Law needed a birdie to force a play-off but the 27-year-old from Stockport, England, conjured a piece of magic as she drained a brilliant, monster eagle putt which ran straight up the hill and into the hole for a round of 71 to edge Hall on nine-under-par, sparking jubilant scenes around the gallery.

“That’s why we play this game – for moments like that – and in front of a home crowd, it doesn’t really get any better,” said Law. “Coming down the stretch and holing a putt like that to win – that’s the epitome of the sport that we play and why we do it; why we go through all the heartache, the pain and everything is for moments like that.”