Nelly Korda delivers a Black Friday surprise: she\u2019s engaged<\/a><\/p>\nReeves carded a one-over-par round on Friday, finishing tied with fellow Queenslander \u2013 and close friend \u2013 Justice Bosio at the top of the leaderboard at four-under. The pair had played together throughout the day, with Bosio posting an impressive three-under round to draw level.<\/p>\n
A missed par putt on the 18th green left Reeves frustrated as her ball slipped left of the cup, forcing the duo back down the 18th for a sudden-death playoff. Reeves then flew her tee shot long over the green but produced a superb up-and-down to save par.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After finding the greenside bunker from the tee, Bosio was unable to convert her par putt, handing Reeves the win.<\/p>\n
With Reeves already exempt into the 2026 Women\u2019s NSW Open, Bosio secured the first qualifying spot on offer, with Illawarra golfer Danni Vasquez-Boyd taking the second spot after finishing third at three-under par.<\/p>\n
Reeves admitted she had to grind to get the job done.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just really happy to have gotten it done today,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was quite a grind out there, and I probably didn\u2019t have my A-game, but I really hung in there. To make that putt on the last felt great.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bosio described the experience as bittersweet, having momentarily forgotten that the top two players earn qualification.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was so focused on the win that it slipped my mind that the top two get the spots,\u201d she laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad messaged me and said, \u2018Tough finish, but still got the spot,\u2019 and then I remembered. I\u2019m really excited to play the Women\u2019s NSW Open again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bosio also admitted she didn\u2019t realise a playoff was underway until she was called back to the tee.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I needed to sink the putt on 18,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI try not to track scores too closely because I just get confused. I didn\u2019t know if the group ahead had done anything crazy. In the end, I didn\u2019t need it \u2013 then had a bad hole in the playoff, but that\u2019s OK. I\u2019ll try again next week in Narrabri.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Vasquez-Boyd, her third-place finish delivered a particularly meaningful reward.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m feeling relieved because I want to play another Women\u2019s NSW Open in Wollongong, where I\u2019m from,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started bogey-bogey, so I\u2019m proud of myself for keeping it together. The nerves kicked in late, I had flashbacks from last year, but I told myself not to do the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Wollongong local is already looking forward to a rare home-turf advantage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so excited to stay at my house and be with my family mid-tournament, that never happens,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Regional Qualifying Series continues on Monday, with players heading north for the next event at Narrabri Golfie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hannah Reeves has cemented her status as the standout performer of the 2026 Ford Women\u2019s NSW Open Regional…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,178130,178131,755,165964,178132,178133,85,178134,178135],"class_list":["post-315142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-danni-vasquez-boyd","tag-dubbo-golf-club","tag-golf","tag-golf-nsw","tag-hannah-reeves","tag-justice-bosio","tag-sports","tag-womens-nsw-open-regional-qualifying-series","tag-wpga-tour-of-australasia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}