SOUTH KOREAN LEE SCORES FIRST LPGA WIN ON BAHAMAS

FROM THE LPGA TOUR WEBSITE
Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic
Ocean Club Golf Course
Atlantis, Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Ilhee Lee, -11
Irene Cho, -9
Anna Nordqvist, -9
Cristie Kerr, -7
South Korean Ilhee Lee became the second-consecutive Rolex First-Time Winner of the season at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. Lee shot 5-under-par 42 on the 12-hole layout at Ocean Club Golf Course at Atlantis Resort for a two shot victory over Irene Cho.
Lee’s win ended a wild week on the LPGA where severe weather dumped more than a foot of rain on the tournament course on Tuesday. Recovery efforts by golf course staff from Wednesday through Saturday morning resulted in 45 million gallons of rain water being pumped off the tournament course.
“I can’t believe it right now,” said Lee, who finished the week at 11-under-par 126. “It feels amazing. This is the best day in my life. I'm so happy right now.”
Entering the week, Lee had four career top-10 finishes, including a previous career-best tie for third at the 2013 Kingsmill Championship. She also tied for fourth at the 2012 U.S. Women’s Open.
When Lee joined the LPGA in 2010, she spoke no English. Determined to learn, she stayed each tournament week in private housing with a new family to force herself to speak the language.
“I learned from friends and then staying in housing, and then started to learn from there,” she said.
The fourth-year LPGA member started the day with three consecutive birdies including a chip-in on the second hole. She carded five in all on a windy day in Nassau, Bahamas.
Cho’s runner-up finish is a career best on the heels of a 7-under-par 40 on Sunday.  
Her round included a hole-out for eagle on the par-5 11th hole and a par save from the beach adjacent to the 13th green.
“I was like, I'm going to pull out a little Bill Haas and just try to get this up and over,” she said of her seaside shot.
Sweden's Anna Nordqvist, who last week carded 61 in the third round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic, finished alone in third at 8-under-par.
American Jennifer Johnson, a first-time winner at last week’s Mobile Bay LPGA Classic, tied for 13th.
Severe thunderstorms dropped more than a foot of rain on the Ocean Club Golf Course over an eight hour span on Tuesday, rendering several tournament holes unplayable. 
Making the best out of an extremely challenging situation, tournament officials shortened the format of the inaugural Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic to three 12-hole rounds in a routing that avoided unplayable holes. USA All The Way: A total of 11 American players earned points toward the 2013 U.S. Solheim Cup Team with top-20 finishes at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. 
Irene Cho led the way with a runner-up finish. She was joined by U.S. Team veterans Paula Creamer (T4) and Cristie Kerr (T4). The 2013 Solheim Cup will be played from August 17-19 at Colorado Golf Club in Parker, Colorado near Denver.
Catriona Matthew finished out of the money in a tie for 112th place with scores of 46-45-51 for five-over-par 142. Pitch and putt golf is obviously not the Scot's forte!

Golden ticket winners: Irene Cho, Mika Miyazato and Mindy Kim punched their "Ticket to CME Group Titleholders" at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, each earning a spot in the season-ending CME Group Titleholders event, which will be held from November 21-24, 2012 in Naples, Florida. 
The third-annual CME Group Titleholders is a season finale with a field made up of three qualifiers from every LPGA Tour tournament.
Aces are Wild!  Hee Won Han carded the third hole-in-one of the tournament Sunday on the par-3 second hole with a 9-iron from 133 yards. Maude-Aimee Leblanc and Ji Young Oh also carded holes-in-one this week.
“Comet” Retires: Long-time LPGA rules official Jim “Comet” Haley is retiring after the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. Haley began his 27-plus year career with the LPGA in January 1986 and estimates that he has worked more than 700 Tour events in that span.

POS	NAME	SCORES	TTL	TO PAR	OFFICIAL MONEY
1	Ilhee Lee	41-43-42	126	-11	$195,000
2	Irene Cho	45-43-40	128	-9	$120,353
3	Anna Nordqvist	40-44-45	129	-8	$87,308
T4	Paula Creamer	43-42-45	130	-7	$47,245
T4	Karine Icher	41-44-45	130	-7	$47,245
T4	Mindy Kim	39-46-45	130	-7	$47,245
T4	Mika Miyazato	42-43-45	130	-7	$47,245
T4	Cristie Kerr	44-40-46	130	-7	$47,245
T9	Giulia Sergas	46-42-43	131	-6	$25,945
T9	Katie Futcher	42-43-46	131	-6	$25,945
T9	Heather Bowie Young	39-45-47	131	-6	$25,945
T9	Julieta Granada	41-42-48	131	-6	$25,945
T13	Alena Sharp	41-50-41	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Jennifer Rosales	46-43-43	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Jennifer Johnson	42-46-44	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Caroline Masson	45-43-44	132	-5	$15,960
T13	So Yeon Ryu	42-46-44	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Sandra Gal	44-43-45	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Natalie Gulbis	45-42-45	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Brittany Lang	41-46-45	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Ai Miyazato	43-43-46	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Lexi Thompson	45-41-46	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Sun Young Yoo	42-44-46	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Morgan Pressel	43-42-47	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Lindsey Wright	44-38-50	132	-5	$15,960
T13	Paola Moreno	40-41-51	132	-5	$15,960
T27	I.K. Kim	44-45-44	133	-4	$10,780
T27	Caroline Hedwall	44-42-47	133	-4	$10,780
T27	Stacy Lewis	44-42-47	133	-4	$10,780
T27	Mina Harigae	42-42-49	133	-4	$10,780
T27	Hee Young Park	41-43-49	133	-4	$10,780
T32	Lisa McCloskey	40-48-46	134	-3	$7,980
T32	Chella Choi	43-44-47	134	-3	$7,980
T32	Austin Ernst	40-46-48	134	-3	$7,980
T32	Azahara Munoz	43-43-48	134	-3	$7,980
T32	Dori Carter	42-43-49	134	-3	$7,980
T32	Na Yeon Choi	42-43-49	134	-3	$7,980
T32	Jessica Korda	42-43-49	134	-3	$7,980
T32	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	41-44-49	134	-3	$7,980
T32	Suzann Pettersen	41-44-49	134	-3	$7,980
T32	Hee Kyung Seo	42-42-50	134	-3	$7,980
T42	Jane Rah	41-49-45	135	-2	$5,156
T42	Moira Dunn	43-46-46	135	-2	$5,156
T42	Nicole Jeray	42-47-46	135	-2	$5,156
T42	Breanna Elliott	47-41-47	135	-2	$5,156
T42	Jennifer Gleason	45-43-47	135	-2	$5,156
T42	Maria Hjorth	42-46-47	135	-2	$5,156
T42	Lizette Salas	42-46-47	135	-2	$5,156
T42	Laura Davies	43-44-48	135	-2	$5,156
T42	Katherine Hull-Kirk	43-44-48	135	-2	$5,156
T42	Meena Lee	43-44-48	135	-2	$5,156
T42	Pornanong Phatlum	44-43-48	135	-2	$5,156
T42	Silvia Cavalleri	39-46-50	135	-2	$5,156
T54	Danah Bordner	45-44-47	136	-1	$3,690
T54	Haeji Kang	45-44-47	136	-1	$3,690
T54	Hee-Won Han	42-46-48	136	-1	$3,690
T54	Se Ri Pak	43-45-48	136	-1	$3,690
T54	Kayla Mortellaro	42-45-49	136	-1	$3,690
T54	Cindy LaCrosse	40-46-50	136	-1	$3,690
T54	Ji Young Oh	41-44-51	136	-1	$3,690
T61	Thidapa Suwannapura	42-51-44	137	E	$2,875
T61	Mo Martin	45-47-45	137	E	$2,875
T61	Becky Morgan	44-48-45	137	E	$2,875
T61	Karen Stupples	43-49-45	137	E	$2,875
T61	Kathleen Ekey	47-44-46	137	E	$2,875
T61	Julia Boland	44-46-47	137	E	$2,875
T61	Pat Hurst	47-43-47	137	E	$2,875
T61	Jill McGill	43-46-48	137	E	$2,875
T61	Pernilla Lindberg	45-43-49	137	E	$2,875
T61	Stephanie Sherlock	45-43-49	137	E	$2,875
T61	Jeong Jang	42-44-51	137	E	$2,875
T61	Eun-Hee Ji	43-40-54	137	E	$2,875
T73	Jin Young Pak	49-44-45	138	+1
T73	Kris Tamulis	47-46-45	138	+1
T73	Lorie Kane	50-42-46	138	+1
T73	Jee Young Lee	44-48-46	138	+1
T73	Stacy Prammanasudh	47-45-46	138	+1
T73	Jennie Lee	42-49-47	138	+1
T73	Meaghan Francella	43-47-48	138	+1
T73	Amy Hung	44-46-48	138	+1
T73	Paz Echeverria	46-43-49	138	+1
T73	Alejandra Llaneza	44-45-49	138	+1
T73	Sophia Sheridan	44-45-49	138	+1
T73	Juli Inkster	44-44-50	138	+1
T73	Mi Hyang Lee	46-42-50	138	+1
T73	Reilley Rankin	44-44-50	138	+1
T73	Marina Stuetz	42-44-52	138	+1
T88	Min Seo Kwak	47-47-45	139	+2
T88	Chie Arimura	47-46-46	139	+2
T88	Karlin Beck	48-45-46	139	+2
T88	Nicole Hage	43-50-46	139	+2
T88	Amelia Lewis	46-47-46	139	+2
T88	Victoria Elizabeth	46-46-47	139	+2
T88	Kim Welch	46-46-47	139	+2
T88	Yani Tseng	46-45-48	139	+2
T88	Alison Walshe	47-44-48	139	+2
T88	Seon Hwa Lee	44-46-49	139	+2
T88	Tiffany Joh	41-48-50	139	+2
T88	Taylore Karle	44-45-50	139	+2
T100	Lauren Doughtie	44-49-47	140	+3
T100	Sara-Maude Juneau	46-45-49	140	+3
T100	Rebecca Lee-Bentham	47-44-49	140	+3
T100	Amanda Blumenherst	48-42-50	140	+3
T100	Hanna Kang	44-46-50	140	+3
T100	Frances Bondad	44-45-51	140	+3
T100	Veronica Felibert	45-44-51	140	+3
T107	Inbee Park	46-51-44	141	+4
T107	Marcy Hart	45-47-49	141	+4
T107	Kristy McPherson	44-48-49	141	+4
T107	Ryann O'Toole	44-48-49	141	+4
T107	Kelly Jacques	43-47-51	141	+4
T112	Song-Hee Kim	48-48-46	142	+5
T112	Candie Kung	45-49-48	142	+5
T112	Victoria Tanco	46-48-48	142	+5
T112	Danielle Kang	48-45-49	142	+5
T112	Brooke Pancake	47-45-50	142	+5
T112	Vicky Hurst	46-45-51	142	+5
T112	Catriona Matthew	46-45-51	142	+5
T112	Sydnee Michaels	45-46-51	142	+5
T112	Gerina Piller	44-47-51	142	+5
T112	Nicole Smith	46-45-51	142	+5
T122	Felicity Johnson	48-49-46	143	+6
T122	Lisa Ferrero	46-50-47	143	+6
T122	Christina Kim	46-49-48	143	+6
T122	Haley Millsap	48-47-48	143	+6
T126	Laura Diaz	45-50-49	144	+7
T126	Sarah Kemp	47-47-50	144	+7
T126	Belen Mozo	48-45-51	144	+7
T126	Wendy Ward	45-48-51	144	+7
T126	Jennifer Song	47-45-52	144	+7
T131	Sue Kim	48-49-48	145	+8
T131	Mi Jung Hur	47-49-49	145	+8
T131	Paige Mackenzie	48-44-53	145	+8
T134	Mariajo Uribe	47-50-49	146	+9
T134	Daniela Iacobelli	46-49-51	146	+9
T134	Numa Gulyanamitta	45-49-52	146	+9
T137	Georgette Rolle	48-49-50	147	+10
T137	Sarah Jane Smith	49-47-51	147	+10
T139	Brittany Lincicome	49-49-50	148	+11
T139	Marita Engzelius	46-51-51	148	+11
T139	Jacqui Concolino	49-47-52	148	+11
142	Hannah Yun	47-50-54	151	+14
143	Esther Choe	52		WD
144	Jane Park	43-48		WD