South Korean wins Evian Masters, Alexis (15) joint 2nd

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South Korea's Jiyai Shin birdied the final hole to claim a one-shot victory at the Evian Masters in Evian-les-Bains, France today.
The world No 4 returned a sizzling final round of 67 in blazing sunshine to finish at 14 under for the tournament to secure her seventh LPGA victory and her 30th overall.
The 22 year-old, who held the No 1 ranking for seven weeks after Lorena Ochoa's retirement earlier this season and might still be there if not for an emergency appendectomy just six weeks ago, became the first South Korean winner of the event.
She is likely to regain the top spot on the Rolex Rankings when they are released on Monday morning after coming from two strokes behind to overcome third-round leader Morgan Pressel of the United States.
The American struck a 70 today to finish in a share of second with 15-year-old compatriot Alexis Thompson (67) and South Korean Na Yeon Choi (66) on 13 under.
Norway's Suzann Pettersen (67) was the top European after her final round of 66 saw her finish on 12 under.
England's Melissa Reid, who shared a three-way tie for the lead after an opening 66 but slid back on the second day with a 77, completed the tournament with rounds of 71 and 69 and ended in a tie for 19th.
She said: ''I consider this the fifth major because it's the strongest field we play all year
''It's the strongest field in the world and it's good to see what I can play against and shows a few things that I need to work on.
''It also shows that I'm not too far off either. I've left a lot of shots out there and you take away that 77 and put a 72 in there and I'm right up there with the leaders, so I definitely feel everything is moving in the right direction, which I'm pleased with and a top 20 in a field like this is pretty good.''
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
274 Jiyai Shin (SKor) 70 69 68 67
275 Na Yeon Choi (SKor) 68 70 71 66, Alexis Thompson (USA) 69 72 67 67, Morgan Pressel (USA) 66 72 67 70
276 Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 69 70 71 66
278 Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 68 67 74 69, Song-Hee Kim (SKor) 67 75 68 68
279 Jeong Jang (SKor) 68 69 70 72
280 Yukari Baba (Jpn) 69 72 70 69, Yuri Fudo (Jpn) 72 69 70 69
281 Vicky Hurst (USA) 70 72 71 68, Azahara Munoz Guijarro (Spa) 70 75 68 68, Yani Tseng (Tpe) 68 73 70 70, Sun Ju Ahn (SKor) 66 73 71 71, Brittany Lincicome (USA) 70 73 65 73
282 Maria Hjorth (Swe) 71 74 70 67, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 71 74 70 67, Meena Lee (SKor) 68 70 72 72
283 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 69 72 74 68, Melissa Reid (Eng) 66 77 71 69, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 70 73 70 70, Kyeong Bae (Kor) 70 69 72 72
284 Catriona Matthew (Sco) 70 73 74 67, Sakura Yokomine (Jpn) 72 74 70 68, Sun Young Yoo (SKor) 69 73 73 69, Chie Arimura (Jpn) 72 72 69 71, Anja Monke (Ger) 69 71 70 74, Mayu Hattori (Jpn) 69 71 69 75
285 Hee Won Han (SKor) 73 73 65 74, M. J. Hur (SKor) 67 71 71 76
286 Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 72 75 70 69, Ayako Uehara (Jpn) 76 71 69 70, Angela Stanford (USA) 69 74 72 71, Stacy Prammanasudh (USA) 71 73 71 71, Michelle Wie (USA) 68 77 70 71, Cristie Kerr (USA) 72 73 69 72
287 Karine Icher (Fra) 72 72 74 69, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 71 73 73 70, Paula Creamer (USA) 71 73 73 70, Lindsey Wright (Aus) 70 73 73 71, Mariajo Uribe (Col) 75 72 68 72, Pat Hurst (USA) 69 74 71 73
288 Karen Stupples (Eng) 71 76 71 70, Amanda Blumenherst (USA) 73 73 70 72, Candie Kung (Tai) 71 76 69 72, In Kyung Kim (SKor) 71 73 71 73, Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 69 74 71 74
289 Meaghan Francella (USA) 73 73 71 72, Wendy Ward (USA) 73 70 73 73, Haeji Kang (SKor) 69 74 72 74, Karrie Webb (Aus) 73 73 69 74, In-Bee Park (SKor) 74 71 69 75
290 Miho Koga (Jpn) 74 73 74 69, Seon Hwa Lee (SKor) 74 71 73 72, Natalie Gulbis (USA) 73 74 71 72, Alena Sharp (Can) 71 76 71 72, Miki Saiki (Jpn) 71 73 73 73, Kristy Mcpherson (USA) 71 76 69 74, Ji Young Oh (SKor) 74 71 70 75, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 70 73 71 76, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 69 71 73 77, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 69 67 76 78, Mi Jeong Jeon (Kor) 68 71 72 79
291 Amy Hung (Tai) 74 73 74 70, Teresa Lu (Tpe) 73 73 72 73, Amy Yang (SKor) 72 74 71 74
292 Florentyna Parker (Eng) 71 75 76 70, Akane Iijima (Jpn) 71 72 75 74, Jimin Kang (SKor) 73 73 72 74, Juli Inkster (USA) 71 71 73 77
293 Eun Hee Ji (SKor) 75 72 75 71, Sandra Gal (Ger) 78 68 75 72, Rikako Morita (Jpn) 73 74 72 74
295 Rui Kitada (Jpn) 73 74 75 73, Hee-Kyung Seo (SKor) 75 71 74 75, Janice Moodie (Sco) 74 70 72 79
296 Shi Hyun Ahn (SKor) 74 72 75 75, Diana Luna (Ita) 70 73 78 75
300 Yoshimi Koda (Jpn) 74 72 75 79