It might be hard to confirm definitively, but it’s difficult to imagine that Reeves isn’t the first player to win her first two tournaments after turning professional.
The second of those victories came in remarkable fashion at Wagga Wagga Country Club, when the 23-year-old came from the clouds to claim another Ford Women’s NSW Open qualifier.
Just six days after roaring home to win on debut at Mollymook, Queenslander Reeves produced an eagle on her ninth hole and closed with a near kick-in birdie on her last to card a spectacular seven-under-par 66.
Combined with her opening-round 70, her 10-under total enabled her to scythe through the field, toppling another second-event pro, Ann Jang, by a stroke.
The shows put on by Nayeon Eum, Jordan O’Brien and Wenyung Keh – who shared third at eight under – were also highly entertaining, right down to the final putt.
Reeves, who bemoaned a cold putter on day one, began the final round four shots off the pace and still hadn’t made an impression on the leaderboard until she reached her ninth hole (normally the par-four 17th at WWCC).
“I hit a big drive, but I had a friendly bounce which left me 61 metres in, and then I just hit a nice shot up – it bounced and spun a bit and went straight in the hole,” she said of the eagle which changed the event in a heartbeat.
“I felt like I hadn’t made many putts, but then I made one on the first [her 10th], and yeah, it just went from there.”
Earlier, Keh and O’Brien – the overnight joint leaders by three – looked more than once as if they would make it a two-woman race.
With their spectacular performances, Ann Jang and Nayeon Eum secured their spots in the 2026 Ford Women’s NSW Open at Wollongong Golf Club. (PHOTO: Golf NSW)
But O’Brien lost her chance with a bogey on the second and a double on the third hole (her 11th and 12th), while Keh also faltered on the second and couldn’t make a birdie after that as her driver went rogue.
Almost at that point, Eum caught fire. The Sydneysider had been going backwards quickly with three late bogeys on her front nine, but then rolled in a clutch par saver on her 10th hole.
It proved to be her turning point. She peeled off six successive birdies and then had near-misses on her final two holes.
All the while, Jang, just 18, meandered skilfully along, making her way up the leaderboard. The New South Wales Golf Club member compiled a remarkably composed bogey-free 68, including a birdie on the last to pull within a shot of the winner and stamp herself as a player to watch.
However the day, as it had been last week in Mollymook, belonged to Reeves.
Again, she didn’t know the complete picture as she played her final hole, but she nipped a sand wedge of which Tiger Woods would have been proud.
From 57 metres, she landed her approach five metres left of the flag, checked it, and watched in delight as it rolled down the slope to just outside gimme range.
“I didn’t know [the situation], but I felt like I might need a birdie to get the job done,” she said.
“So yeah, I was pretty happy with that one – and really happy that it worked out again overall.”
“It’s obviously great to have won two in a row, but I’m just playing my game and having faith in everything we’ve been working on – and I’m really happy it’s paying off.”
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