France's Celine Boutier secured another victory at the USD 3 million Maybank Championship in a lengthy nine-hole playoff against Thailand's Atthaya Thitkul, equaling the second-longest playoff in LPGA Tour history. Boutier posted a remarkable second 64 of the week, charging up from T8 on the leaderboard with an outstanding bogey-free round consisting of eight birdies.

Taking the lead late in the day, she had a chance to extend her lead but missed a crucial birdie putt on the 18th hole. Thitikul forced the playoff with a birdie putt of her own. In the playoff, Boutier and Thitikul battled through numerous holes, with both having their chances but failing to clinch the victory.

Boutier expressed her feelings about the prolonged playoff: "I didn't expect it to be that long, to be honest. I knew she wasn't going to make a mistake, so I had to go for it and give myself the best chances for birdies. I feel like she's an amazing player, and so I feel like it was definitely nerve-racking, but I just feel very happy to have held on for that long.”

Ultimately, Boutier emerged victorious on the ninth playoff hole, securing her sixth career victory on the LPGA Tour and taking the lead in the Rolex Player of the Year standings.

Rookie sensation Rose Zhang and Thailand’s Jasmine Suwannapura tied for third after Sunday rounds of 71 and 70, respectively. It is Zhang’s fifth top-10 finish on the LPGA Tour in just her 12th event as a professional. Chinese Taipei’s Peiyun Chien finished solo fifth after shooting all four rounds in the 60s, one of just four players to do so. The other three to do it were Nelly Korda, Brooke Henderson and Gemma Dryburgh, who finished T6.

Rounding out the top-10 are Megan Khang in solo ninth and Gaby Lopez in solo tenth. Of the sixth Malaysian players in the field, Natasha Andrea Oon performed the best, finishing T52 and -3 overall.