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Monday, August 18, 2008

Now that's what we call a CUP! Katherine Hull with the Canadian Women's Open championship trophy after her first LPGA triumph at Ottawa. Image by courtesy of Associated Press.

Michelle Wie and Catriona Matthew

in Canadian Open top 20

Michelle Wie tied for 12th and Catriona Matthew for 17th in the Canadian Women's Open which provided Aussie Katherine Hull with her first LPGA Tour victory at Ottawa.
Third-round leader 19-year-old Yani Tseng from Taiwan, runner-up in the recent Ricoh British Women's Open slumped dramatically with a final-round of 77.
Hull, 26, was able to make up a six-shot leeway to win by one stroke with a 69 for 11-under-par 277 which earned her $337,500.
Se Ri Pak closed with a 72 to finish second, and Tseng’s 77 left her two strokes behind at 9 under.
Tseng had a double bogey, five bogeys and just two birdies in her closing round. She declined to comment after the round.
Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa shot a 73 to tie for fourth with Sun Young Yoo (69) and Song-Hee Kim (70) at 7 under.
Michelle Wie, using the last of her six LPGA exemptions this year, tied for 12th at 3 under. She had rounds of 75, 70, 69 and 71.The 18-year-old Stanford student said she still has to make up her mind whether to go to the LPGA Tour Qualifying School in a bid to earn an LPGA card.
“I feel like I gained a lot of confidence in myself again this year,” Wie said. “Being pain-free in the later part of the year, I started feeling confident. From May on, it’s getting better and better and now in the off-season, I know what to work on for next year.”
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72). 6,150yd.
277 Katherine Hull 71 65 72 69 ($337,500).
278 Se Ri Pak 68 70 68 72.
279 Yani Tseng 70 64 68 77.
281 Sun Young Yoo 71 72 69 69, Song-Hee Kim 69 71 71 70, Lorena Ochoa 66 68 74 73.
282 Suzann Pettersen 69 75 70 68.
283 Hee-Won Han 68 72 72 71, Paula Creamer 71 70 70 72.
284 Meena Lee 68 74 70 72, Laura Diaz 70 70 72 72.
Other scores:
285 Michelle Wie 75 70 69 71 (jt 12th).
287 Catriona Matthew 69 74 75 69 (jt 17th) ($27,079).
288 Annika Sorenstam 67 71 76 74.
290 Janice Moodie 76 72 73 69 (jt 29th) ($17,423).
295 Helen Alfredsson 72 74 75 74 (jt 56th).
MISSED THE CUT
150 Becky Morgan 74 76, Karen Stupples 75 75.
154 Mhairi McKay 78 76.

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