Stupples stumbles over final round - Taiwan's

Tseng wins women's first major of 2010

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Yani Tseng took the first women's major of the year, winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship as overnight leader Karen Stupples faded over the final round in California.
England's Stupples, the 2004 Women's British Open champion, had taken a one-shot lead into the final round at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage after rounds of 69, 69 and 68 had left her at 10 under par.
A birdie at the par-four second hole got Stupples off to the best of starts with a second career major beckoning but then the par-72 Dinah Shore Championship course came back to bite the Englishwoman.
Three double bogeys and two bogeys followed with just one birdie going against the tide as Stupples compiled a closing, six-over-par 78 to finish at four under for the tournament in a tie for fifth place.
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Her demise left Taiwan-born Tseng and Suzann Pettersen of Norway to duel it out for the title after both had started a shot behind the leader following rounds of 67 on Saturday.
Tseng struck the first blow when she chipped in for eagle at the par-five second as both Stupples and Pettersen birdied and she added two more birdies while the Norwegian bogeyed the par-four sixth.
Both birdied the par-five 11th and Tseng gave Pettersen hope when she bogeyed the par-four 12th to close the gap to four strokes.
As Tseng parred her way home, Pettersen closed the gap further with a birdie at the 16th but when she pulled her approach shot at the 18th hole wide of the green it left her needing to chip in for eagle to have a hope of forcing a play-off.
Pettersen's effort came close but stayed out of the hole and Tseng was left with two putts for victory, sending her lag putt to within inches before tapping in and then making the traditional victory greenside plunge into Poppy's Pond.
Korea's Song-hee Kim took third place at nine under following a 70, while world number one Lorena Ochoa of Mexico was one over for the day to finish in fourth at six under.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
275 Yani Tseng (Tai) 69 71 67 68
276 Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 67 73 67 69
279 Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 69 68 72 70
282 Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 68 70 71 73
284 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 72 72 69 71, Karen Stupples (Eng) 69 69 68 78, Karrie Webb (Aus) 69 70 72 73, Cristie Kerr 71 67 74 72
285 Chie Arimura (Jpn) 73 72 68 72
286 Grace Park (Kor) 71 74 68 73, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 74 72 69 71, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 70 73 70 73, Inbee Park (Kor) 73 74 70 69, Brittany Lang 72 71 69 74
287 Catriona Matthew (Sco) 73 74 67 73, Se Ri Pak (Kor) 79 71 67 70, Angela Stanford 78 68 69 72, Hee Young Park (Kor) 73 71 70 73
288 Morgan Pressel 71 72 72 73, Stacy Lewis 71 68 75 74
289 Jennifer Song 71 71 76 71, Hee Kyung Seo (Kor) 72 73 76 68, Brittany Lincicome 70 74 72 73
290 Alexis Thompson 74 72 73 71, Katherine Hull (Aus) 72 71 72 75, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 75 70 71 74
291 Michelle Wie 71 71 71 78, Sakura Yokomine (Jpn) 70 71 72 78, Na On Min (Jpn) 69 75 71 76, Jimin Kang (Kor) 72 74 72 73, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 74 73 72 72, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 72 78 68 73, Amy Yang 75 73 72 71
292 Paige Mackenzie 75 74 70 73, Heather Bowie young 76 74 72 70, Melissa Reid (Eng) 73 75 71 73, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 71 76 72 73, Kristy McPherson 72 72 78 70, Sandra Gal (Ger) 72 70 80 70
293 Jee Young Lee (Kor) 77 71 74 71, Shinobu Moromizato (Jpn) 74 74 71 74, Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 73 76 69 75, Mi-Jeong Jeon (Jpn) 74 73 70 76
294 Vicky Hurst 69 74 75 76, Jane Park 72 77 76 69, Teresa Lu (Tai) 73 75 70 76, In Kyung Kim (Kor) 74 76 73 71
295 Stacy Prammanasudh 75 71 73 76, Haeji Kang (Kor) 72 73 77 73, Sarah Lee 71 79 73 72, Michele Redman 74 73 73 75, Katie Futcher 76 70 73 76, Laura Davies (Eng) 74 71 71 79, Pat Hurst 71 76 71 77, Jeong Jang (Kor) 74 76 72 73
296 Giulia Sergas (Ita) 74 76 76 70, Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 74 75 72 75, Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor) 74 73 71 78, Meena Lee (Kor) 75 74 71 76, Alena Sharp (Can) 73 73 74 76, Hwa seon Lee (Kor) 72 75 73 76, Karine Icher (Fra) 70 73 80 73, Hye Jung Choi (Kor) 74 73 75 74
297 So yeon Ryu (Kor) 73 74 77 73, Louise Friberg (Swe) 75 75 72 75, Carin Koch (Swe) 74 73 74 76
298 Jessica Korda 79 71 72 76, Sherri Steinhauer 73 77 72 76
299 Eunjung Yi (Kor) 76 74 74 75, Yuko Mitsuka (Jpn) 74 71 79 75, Candie Kung (Tai) 75 72 72 80
300 Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 76 74 74 76, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 69 78 78 75, Allison Fouch 73 76 74 77
301 Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 75 73 76 77, Julieta Granada (Par) 74 74 80 73
303 Il Mi Chung (Kor) 73 77 75 78, Becky Morgan (Wal) 75 70 78 80
305 Jennifer Johnson 74 76 76 79

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