Malaysian rookie professional Natasha Andrea Oon claimed a tied seventh finish in her maiden Epson Tour start at the Florida’s Natural Charity Classic held from March 3-5 in Winter Haven.

The former San Jose State university student athlete is off to a good start to her professional season with a strong finish. Oon carded identical 72s on the first two rounds of the event and closed off with a bogey-free 66 on Sunday to surge up the leaderboard.

The 21-year-old shared joint seventh with China’s Yan Liu and Perrine Delacour of France.

Three shots ahead of her at nine-under-par, Agathe Laisne, Jilian Hollis and Kiira Riihijarvi found themselves in a three-way playoff to determine the winner of the tournament. Laisne of France made birdie on the first extra hole was crowned the first champion of the 2023 Epson Tour season.

Alyaa Abdulghany was the next best placed Malaysian in joint 18th at three-under par. Another Malaysian rookie professional, Ashley Lau unfortunately did not advance to the weekend after carding identical 78s in her opening rounds.

Results (Top 10 & ties)
207 (-9) - Agathe Laisne 73-68-66, Jilian Hollis 68-67-72, Kiira Riihijarvi 70-69-68
Laisne wins on first playoff hole
208 (-8) - Becca Huffer 71-72-65, Heather Lin 73-67-68
209 (-7) – Auston Kim 74-68-67
210 (-6) – Yan Liu 74-71-65, Natasha Andrea Oon 72-72-66, Perrine Delacour 70-70-70
211 (-5) – Jing Yan 73-71-67, Laura Wearn 74-68-69, Lindy Duncan 70-72-69, Ssu-Chia Cheng 71-70-70, Sarah White 71-70-70, Kendra Dalton 72-68-71