KirkwoodGolf: CATRIONA MATTHEW MAKES TOP 20 IN STATE FARM CLASSIC

Monday, June 13, 2011

CATRIONA MATTHEW MAKES TOP 20 IN STATE FARM CLASSIC

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288
267 Yani Tseng (S Korea) 67 66 66 68 ($255,000).
270 Cristie Kerr (US) 70 67 66 67 ($155,512).
272 Paula Creamer (US) 68 68 68 67, Brittany Lincicome (US) 67 68 6670 ($100,041 each).
SELECTED TOTALS
278 Catriona Matthew (Scotland) 68 69 71 70 (T19) ($19,282)
280 Karen Stupples (England) 69 68 73 70 (T28) ($12,800).
291 Janice Moodie (Scotland) 74 68 74 75 (T72) ($3,299).

FROM THE GOLF DIGEST WEBSITE
Every Monday, US PGA professional Kevin Hinton examines the swing of a recent tour winner and tells you what you can learn.
This week, he looks at the powerful action of Yani Tseng, who won the State Farm Classic on Sunday for her fifth victory of the year.

KEVIN HINTON WRITES:
Yani Tseng has solidified herself as the No. 1 female golfer in the world and the new dominant player on the LPGA Tour. Her win on Sunday at the LPGA's State Farm Classic was her fifth worldwide in 2011.
She has one of the most athletic and powerful swing's in women's golf, averaging 271.3 yards off the tee and hitting more than 74 percent of her greens in regulation. Her swing creates a formidable combination of distance and accuracy:

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