Angela beats Catriona in quarter-finals by 5 and 3
American Angela Stanford, conqueror of Catriona Matthew by 5 and 3 in today's quarter-finals, is the only non-South Korean in the last four of the Sybase Match-play Championship at Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Gladstone, New Jersey.
Results:
Angela Stanford bt Catriona Matthew 5 and 3.
Amy Yang bt Haeji Kang 1 hole.
Sun Young Yoo bt Yani Tseng 2 and 1.
Jiyai Shin bt Michelle Wie 2 and 1.
REPORTS
Jiyai Shin defeated Michelle Wie in a hard fought battle. Shin and Wie tied eight of the first ten holes. Wie took a one-hole lead with a birdie on the par-3 12th. Shin bounced back with a birdie on the par-4 13th to get the match back to even. They halved the 14th before Shin won both the 15th and 16th holes. Shin closed-out the match on the 17th.
Angela Stanford defeated match-play stalwart Catriona Matthew by a margin of 5&3. Matthew started the match by winning two of the first three holes, but Stanford bounced back at the fourth, winning that hole with a par. She then ran the tables on Matthew, winning the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh. She closed-out the match with a par on the par-4 15th.
Amy Yang continued her strong play this week with a one-hole victory over Haeji Kang. Kang, who was the lowest ranked player to advance to the quarterfinals, never held the lead against Yang. Each time Yang won two holes, Kang would bounce back taking two holes of her own. The match went all the way to the 18th hole before a winner was decided. Yang birdied the par-5 18th to advance to the semi-finals.
Yoo upset another top-ranked player by defeating Rolex Rankings No. 4 Yani Tseng. Yoo eliminated Rolex Rankings No. 5 Cristie Kerr and No. 12 Song-Hee Kim in the second and third round respectively. Yoo jumped off to a good start against Tseng, winning three of the first five holes. Tseng and Yoo proceeded to tie the next five holes before Yoo won the par-5 11th with a bogey to extend her lead to 3 UP. She then won the 14th with a par. Tseng won 15 and 16, but it was not enough to catch Yoo. Yoo won the match on the 17th hole.
American Angela Stanford, conqueror of Catriona Matthew by 5 and 3 in today's quarter-finals, is the only non-South Korean in the last four of the Sybase Match-play Championship at Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Gladstone, New Jersey.
Results:
Angela Stanford bt Catriona Matthew 5 and 3.
Amy Yang bt Haeji Kang 1 hole.
Sun Young Yoo bt Yani Tseng 2 and 1.
Jiyai Shin bt Michelle Wie 2 and 1.
REPORTS
Jiyai Shin defeated Michelle Wie in a hard fought battle. Shin and Wie tied eight of the first ten holes. Wie took a one-hole lead with a birdie on the par-3 12th. Shin bounced back with a birdie on the par-4 13th to get the match back to even. They halved the 14th before Shin won both the 15th and 16th holes. Shin closed-out the match on the 17th.
Angela Stanford defeated match-play stalwart Catriona Matthew by a margin of 5&3. Matthew started the match by winning two of the first three holes, but Stanford bounced back at the fourth, winning that hole with a par. She then ran the tables on Matthew, winning the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh. She closed-out the match with a par on the par-4 15th.
Amy Yang continued her strong play this week with a one-hole victory over Haeji Kang. Kang, who was the lowest ranked player to advance to the quarterfinals, never held the lead against Yang. Each time Yang won two holes, Kang would bounce back taking two holes of her own. The match went all the way to the 18th hole before a winner was decided. Yang birdied the par-5 18th to advance to the semi-finals.
Yoo upset another top-ranked player by defeating Rolex Rankings No. 4 Yani Tseng. Yoo eliminated Rolex Rankings No. 5 Cristie Kerr and No. 12 Song-Hee Kim in the second and third round respectively. Yoo jumped off to a good start against Tseng, winning three of the first five holes. Tseng and Yoo proceeded to tie the next five holes before Yoo won the par-5 11th with a bogey to extend her lead to 3 UP. She then won the 14th with a par. Tseng won 15 and 16, but it was not enough to catch Yoo. Yoo won the match on the 17th hole.
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