Catriona Matthew wins $17,540 in South Korea

British women's open champion Catriona Matthew finished joint 23rd with a one-over-par total of 217 in the LPGA Tour's Hana Bank Kolon championship at Incheon, South Korea today.
Catriona had a roller-coaster ride in the 54-hole tournament with scores of 67, 79 and 71 to finish 11 shots behind the South Korea winner Na Yeon Choi who scored 68, 71 and 67 for a 10-under-par total of 206 to win the $255,00 first prize
Catriona's monetary reward was $17,570.
The players contended with windy conditions at Sky 72 Golf Club's Ocean Course for the LPGA's annual tour stop in South Korea.
Choi won the Samsung World Championships in September with an eagle after sharing the lead into the final par-5 hole. The 22-year-old faced a similar situation on Sunday, but this time she wasn't nervous.
"This time I was able to play the last hole comfortably," Choi said. "I went in thinking 'birdie.'"
Choi and three-time Tour winner Maria Hjorth (Sweden) stood at the 18th tee paired in the same group and tied for the lead at 9-under. But after both hit nice tee shots to the left of the fairway, Hjorth stiffed a 226-yard 4-iron into a water hazard, while Choi laid up nicely in front of the green.
Hjorth took a drop and managed to save par, while the Korean chipped her third shot to just inches of the cup.
Tseng, who contended with the leaders for most of the round, made a birdie on the final hole to claim a share of second place.
Ran Hong, who mainly plays on the Korean LPGA Tour, shot a 69 to finish four strokes off the lead, one ahead of Song-Hee Kim (71).
LPGA Tour money leader Jiyai Shin of South Korea finished with a 2-under 70 to finish in lone 6th place, following yesterday's 6-over par round.
America's Brittany Lang, Anna Nordqvist of Sweden, and South Koreans Se Ri Pak and Inbee Park rounded out the top-10 at 2-under tied for 7th place.
Mexico's top-ranked Lorena Ochoa closed with a final round 73 to end at 6-over, tied for 44th on 222.
Choi donned traditional Korean attire during her trophy presentation, as is customary for winners of this tournament.
"I take pride in winning for Korea this week," said Choi, who now moves to 5th on the annual Tour money.
The LPGA Tour now swings to Japan and Mexico before closing with the inaugural Tour Championship in Houston, Texas.
FINAL TOTALS
Ocean Course, Incheon, South Korea
Par 216 (3x72) 6,409yd
206 Na Yeon Choi (SKo) 68 71 67 ($255,000).
207 Yani Tseng (SKo) 69 70 68, Maria Hjorth (Sweden) 68 72 67 ($136,819 each).
206 Na Yeon Choi 68 71 67
207 Yani Tseng (Tai) 69 70 68, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 68 72 67
210 Ran Hong 70 71 69
212 Song-Hee Kim 69 72 71
213 Jiyai Shin 67 76 70
214 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 70 73 71, Se Ri Pak 70 72 72, Inbee Park 70 71 73, Brittany Lang (USA) 73 73 68
215 Jee Young Lee 70 72 73, Bo-Mee Lee 73 74 68, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 70 75 70, Juli Inkster (USA) 70 76 69
216 Vicky Hurst (USA) 67 75 74, Ae-ree Pyun 71 71 74, In Kyung Kim 72 70 74, Meena Lee 69 73 74, Hee Kyung Seo 70 75 71, M.J. Hur 71 74 71, Sandra Gal (Ger) 71 75 70, Hee Young Park 72 74 70
217 Seon Hwa Lee 70 75 72, Catriona Matthew 67 79 71
218 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 70 79 69, Paula Creamer (USA) 72 74 72, Jimin Kang 67 73 78, Meaghan Francella (USA) 66 79 73
219 Ji-Young Oh 70 72 77, So yeon Ryu 71 74 74, Eun Hee Ji 70 71 78, Hye youn Kim 71 73 75, Ha-neul Kim 70 77 72
220 Sun Ju Ahn 73 77 70, Hee-Won Han 69 74 77, Bo kyung Kim 67 74 79
221 Sun Young Yoo 74 78 69, Jeong Eun Lee 73 76 72, Stacy Lewis (USA) 71 74 76, Hye-yong Choi 71 77 73, Kyeong Bae 71 76 74, Katherine Hull (Aus) 71 76 74, Karine Icher (Fra) 71 76 74
222 Giulia Sergas (Ita) 72 76 74, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 72 77 73, Cristie Kerr (USA) 70 76 76, Candie Kung (Tai) 76 75 71
223 Soo-Yun Kang 70 79 74, Amy Yang (USA) 70 78 75, Christina Kim (USA) 69 74 80
224 Teresa Lu (Tai) 73 77 74, Anna Grzebien (USA) 66 82 76, Pat Hurst (USA) 67 79 78
225 Shi Hyun Ahn 74 76 75, Young Kim 71 80 74, Hyun Hee Moon 72 78 75, Da-na Kang 74 78 73
226 Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 71 81 74, Jin Joo Hong 75 79 72, Hyeon-ju Lee 73 75 78, Angela Park (Bra) 73 74 79, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 75 76 75
227 Morgan Pressel (USA) 70 77 80
228 Hye Jung Choi 77 77 74
229 Jennifer Song (USA) 74 77 78, Nicole Castrale (USA) 78 74 77
230 Eunjung Yi 73 78 79, Ji-na Lim 74 80 76
231 Hui jeong Kim 73 82 76
232 Simin Feng (USA) 73 76 83
233 Joo Mi Kim 76 80 77