24 UNDER PAR TOTAL IN WORLD LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP
INBEE PARK WINS BY FIVE IN CHINA
WITH SCINTILLATING LAST ROUND
FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
World No 1 Inbee Park stormed to her first title of the year with a five-shot victory in the World Ladies Championship at Mission Hills Haikou in China today.
The South Korean came out on top in a head-to-head challenge with World No 2 Suzann Pettersen, reversing the result from 12 months ago when the Norwegian won by a stroke.
The great rivals started today’s final round tied at 18-under-par – four clear of their nearest challenger – but Park led all the way after the opening hole and carded a six-under 67 to finish on 24-under 268 for the tournament.
Pettersen returned a 72 for second place on 19-under 273 with World No 5 South Koreas 'So Yeon Ryu (69) third at 16-under 276 on a damp and drizzly day that made scoring more difficult after three days of sunshine.
Park’s only moment of concern came mid-round when Pettersen birdied No.9 and Park bogeyed the 10th, cutting her three-shot lead to one, but the stocky South Korean birdied the next two holes to restore control.
Further birdies on the par-3 15th and par-5 last on Mission Hills’ signature par-73 Blackstone Course brought her the final winning margin.
Her cash prize amounted to 54,470 Euros.
“Today was obviously the toughest day out there because of the weather,” said Park. “Everything seems to be working quite well for me, from ball striking to putting. Everything was great today so I’m just happy to be here and win my first tournament of 2014.
“Last year I was leading going into the final round and I lost to Suzann. I knew that I left something out there last year so coming back this year I definitely wanted to win and that’s what I just did.
“I had good memories from last year and better memories from this year, so I’m happy to be here. It has been a fantastic tournament.”
Two-time Major winner Pettersen struggled to get going in the final round. She said: “Inbee played fantastic today under a little tougher conditions. There were a few extra elements of weather that we hadn’t seen earlier but I feel like I played average, nothing better. I didn’t go out and shoot six under like she did.
“There’s room for improvement but it’s been a good week overall. My game has become a lot better over the week and I’ll be happy to come back and play this course again.”
Pettersen earned 36,858 Euros.
South Korean star Ryu, the 2011 US Women’s Open champion, began the day six shots off the pace. She returned a bogey-free round but was never seriously in the victory hunt as Park pulled away. Ryu earned 25,419 Euros.
The world’s No 1 amateur, Minjee Lee of Australia, fresh from her first victory in a professional tournament two weeks ago, achieved her target of a top five finish.
The 17-year-old from Perth, West Australia, birdied three of the last four holes for a 69 and a share of fourth place on 15-under with Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn (71).
That made her a convincing winner of the amateur competition, 14 shots ahead of China’s Yan Jing, winner of the British girls' and British women's stroke-play titles in back-to-back weeks last autumn.
Lee said: “I’m really happy with where I finished today. The conditions were tougher than the previous days so I’m really happy with the result.”
South Korea’s Chung Ye-Na, a KLPGA Tour regular, began the day as Park and Pettersen’s nearest challenger, four shots behind, but struggled to a 78 to finish 10th.
Park and Ryu were runaway winners of the concurrent team competition, their aggregate score of 40-under putting them a whopping 28 strokes ahead of the China A duo of Feng Shanshan and Lin Xi Yu.
Ryu said: “It’s always a great honour to represent your country but also gave me some pressure because I didn’t want to play badly in the team event. That gave me a lot of motivation.”
Park added: “Being in a team with So Yeon this year gave me a lot of confidence. Winning the individual and the team event is a huge honour, a double honour, so I’m very happy.”
SCOTSWATCH
Pamela Pretswell finished T32 on 295 with scores of 73, 72, 74 and 76. Pamela, who earned 3,431 Euros, started badly for the second day in a row. She ran up a double bogey 6 at the first, compared with a triple bogey 7 at the same hole on Saturday.
The Hamilton player went on to birdie the fifth but that was the only highlight. She bogeyed the third, 12th and 16th in halves of 37-39.
Kylie Walker finished T40 on 297 with rounds of 72 76 73 76. The Carrick on Loch Lomond player also dropped shots early - bogeys at the first, second and seventh but birdied the fifth, eight and 10th before having a double bogey 7 at the long 13th in halves of 37-39.
Kylie earned 2,777 Euros
FINAL TOTALS
Par 292 (4x73)
268 Inbee Park (SKOR) 69 70 62 67
273 Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 67 68 66 72
276 So Yeon Ryu (SKOR) 70 67 70 69
277 Minjee Lee (AUS) (am) 68 71 69 69, Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) 73 66 67 71
278 Yi Chen Liu (TPE) 71 70 67 70
279 Ha-Na Jang (SKOR) 72 70 69 68, In Gee Chun (SKOR) 71 69 68 71
281 Trish Johnson (ENG) 69 68 72 72
283 Ye Na Chung (SKOR) 68 69 68 78
284 Amelia Lewis (USA) 73 69 67 75
285 Holly Clyburn (ENG) 74 74 64 73, Diana Luna (ITA) 74 64 73 74, Shanshan Feng (CHN) 74 70 69 72
286 Nikki Campbell (AUS) 70 67 73 76
287 Xi Yu Lin (CHN) 72 72 71 72
288 Joanna Klatten (FRA) 73 70 66 79
290 Camilla Lennarth (SWE) 72 68 71 79, Beth Allen (USA) 75 70 70 75, Felicity Johnson (ENG) 77 70 67 76
291 Valentine Derrey (FRA) 69 68 74 80, Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 69 70 77 75, Rebecca Artis (AUS) 71 71 73 76, Yan Hong Pan (CHN) 74 69 78 70, Stephanie Na (AUS) 73 73 71 74, Jing Yan (CHN) (am) 73 72 69 77, Maria Balikoeva (RUS) 73 72 74 72
292 Malene Jorgensen (DEN) 73 73 76 70, Sophie Giquel-bettan (FRA) 74 74 68 76
293 Miriam Nagl (GER) 75 71 73 74
294 Louise Larsson (SWE) 72 76 73 73
295 Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 73 72 74 76, Hsuan-Ping Chang (TPE) 72 75 73 75, Celine Herbin (FRA) 73 71 75 76, Florentyna Parker (ENG) 75 74 69 77
296 Sarah Kemp (AUS) 74 70 79 73, Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN) 75 73 71 77, Yu Ting Shi (CHN) 77 67 72 80, Wichanee Meechai (THA) 78 67 75 76
297 Kylie Walker (SCO) 72 76 73 76, Nontaya Srisawang (THA) 78 71 75 73
298 Patricia Sanz Barrio (ESP) 77 71 72 78
299 Hannah Burke (ENG) 74 74 74 77, Holly Aitchison (ENG) 76 71 73 79
300 Pei-Yun Chien (TPE) 77 71 74 78, Li Qing Chen (CHN) 75 74 71 80, Kusuma Meechai (THA) 74 72 73 81
301 Hong Tian (CHN) 78 71 73 79, Pan Pan Yan (CHN) 77 71 70 83
302 Bo-Mi Suh (SKOR) 73 73 75 81
303 Nina Holleder (GER) 74 72 78 79, Ajira Nualraksa (THA) 76 72 76 79
304 Xin Wang (CHN) 75 73 76 80
305 Rong Ji (CHN) 76 72 78 79
307 Steffi Kirchmayr (GER) 76 73 75 83
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WITH SCINTILLATING LAST ROUND
FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
World No 1 Inbee Park stormed to her first title of the year with a five-shot victory in the World Ladies Championship at Mission Hills Haikou in China today.
The South Korean came out on top in a head-to-head challenge with World No 2 Suzann Pettersen, reversing the result from 12 months ago when the Norwegian won by a stroke.
The great rivals started today’s final round tied at 18-under-par – four clear of their nearest challenger – but Park led all the way after the opening hole and carded a six-under 67 to finish on 24-under 268 for the tournament.
Pettersen returned a 72 for second place on 19-under 273 with World No 5 South Koreas 'So Yeon Ryu (69) third at 16-under 276 on a damp and drizzly day that made scoring more difficult after three days of sunshine.
Park’s only moment of concern came mid-round when Pettersen birdied No.9 and Park bogeyed the 10th, cutting her three-shot lead to one, but the stocky South Korean birdied the next two holes to restore control.
Further birdies on the par-3 15th and par-5 last on Mission Hills’ signature par-73 Blackstone Course brought her the final winning margin.
Her cash prize amounted to 54,470 Euros.
“Today was obviously the toughest day out there because of the weather,” said Park. “Everything seems to be working quite well for me, from ball striking to putting. Everything was great today so I’m just happy to be here and win my first tournament of 2014.
“Last year I was leading going into the final round and I lost to Suzann. I knew that I left something out there last year so coming back this year I definitely wanted to win and that’s what I just did.
“I had good memories from last year and better memories from this year, so I’m happy to be here. It has been a fantastic tournament.”
Two-time Major winner Pettersen struggled to get going in the final round. She said: “Inbee played fantastic today under a little tougher conditions. There were a few extra elements of weather that we hadn’t seen earlier but I feel like I played average, nothing better. I didn’t go out and shoot six under like she did.
“There’s room for improvement but it’s been a good week overall. My game has become a lot better over the week and I’ll be happy to come back and play this course again.”
Pettersen earned 36,858 Euros.
South Korean star Ryu, the 2011 US Women’s Open champion, began the day six shots off the pace. She returned a bogey-free round but was never seriously in the victory hunt as Park pulled away. Ryu earned 25,419 Euros.
The world’s No 1 amateur, Minjee Lee of Australia, fresh from her first victory in a professional tournament two weeks ago, achieved her target of a top five finish.
The 17-year-old from Perth, West Australia, birdied three of the last four holes for a 69 and a share of fourth place on 15-under with Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn (71).
That made her a convincing winner of the amateur competition, 14 shots ahead of China’s Yan Jing, winner of the British girls' and British women's stroke-play titles in back-to-back weeks last autumn.
Lee said: “I’m really happy with where I finished today. The conditions were tougher than the previous days so I’m really happy with the result.”
South Korea’s Chung Ye-Na, a KLPGA Tour regular, began the day as Park and Pettersen’s nearest challenger, four shots behind, but struggled to a 78 to finish 10th.
Park and Ryu were runaway winners of the concurrent team competition, their aggregate score of 40-under putting them a whopping 28 strokes ahead of the China A duo of Feng Shanshan and Lin Xi Yu.
Ryu said: “It’s always a great honour to represent your country but also gave me some pressure because I didn’t want to play badly in the team event. That gave me a lot of motivation.”
Park added: “Being in a team with So Yeon this year gave me a lot of confidence. Winning the individual and the team event is a huge honour, a double honour, so I’m very happy.”
SCOTSWATCH
Pamela Pretswell finished T32 on 295 with scores of 73, 72, 74 and 76. Pamela, who earned 3,431 Euros, started badly for the second day in a row. She ran up a double bogey 6 at the first, compared with a triple bogey 7 at the same hole on Saturday.
The Hamilton player went on to birdie the fifth but that was the only highlight. She bogeyed the third, 12th and 16th in halves of 37-39.
Kylie Walker finished T40 on 297 with rounds of 72 76 73 76. The Carrick on Loch Lomond player also dropped shots early - bogeys at the first, second and seventh but birdied the fifth, eight and 10th before having a double bogey 7 at the long 13th in halves of 37-39.
Kylie earned 2,777 Euros
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| The winning South Korean team: So Yeon Ryu and Inbee Park |
FINAL TOTALS
Par 292 (4x73)
268 Inbee Park (SKOR) 69 70 62 67
273 Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 67 68 66 72
276 So Yeon Ryu (SKOR) 70 67 70 69
277 Minjee Lee (AUS) (am) 68 71 69 69, Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) 73 66 67 71
278 Yi Chen Liu (TPE) 71 70 67 70
279 Ha-Na Jang (SKOR) 72 70 69 68, In Gee Chun (SKOR) 71 69 68 71
281 Trish Johnson (ENG) 69 68 72 72
283 Ye Na Chung (SKOR) 68 69 68 78
284 Amelia Lewis (USA) 73 69 67 75
285 Holly Clyburn (ENG) 74 74 64 73, Diana Luna (ITA) 74 64 73 74, Shanshan Feng (CHN) 74 70 69 72
286 Nikki Campbell (AUS) 70 67 73 76
287 Xi Yu Lin (CHN) 72 72 71 72
288 Joanna Klatten (FRA) 73 70 66 79
290 Camilla Lennarth (SWE) 72 68 71 79, Beth Allen (USA) 75 70 70 75, Felicity Johnson (ENG) 77 70 67 76
291 Valentine Derrey (FRA) 69 68 74 80, Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 69 70 77 75, Rebecca Artis (AUS) 71 71 73 76, Yan Hong Pan (CHN) 74 69 78 70, Stephanie Na (AUS) 73 73 71 74, Jing Yan (CHN) (am) 73 72 69 77, Maria Balikoeva (RUS) 73 72 74 72
292 Malene Jorgensen (DEN) 73 73 76 70, Sophie Giquel-bettan (FRA) 74 74 68 76
293 Miriam Nagl (GER) 75 71 73 74
294 Louise Larsson (SWE) 72 76 73 73
295 Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 73 72 74 76, Hsuan-Ping Chang (TPE) 72 75 73 75, Celine Herbin (FRA) 73 71 75 76, Florentyna Parker (ENG) 75 74 69 77
296 Sarah Kemp (AUS) 74 70 79 73, Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN) 75 73 71 77, Yu Ting Shi (CHN) 77 67 72 80, Wichanee Meechai (THA) 78 67 75 76
297 Kylie Walker (SCO) 72 76 73 76, Nontaya Srisawang (THA) 78 71 75 73
298 Patricia Sanz Barrio (ESP) 77 71 72 78
299 Hannah Burke (ENG) 74 74 74 77, Holly Aitchison (ENG) 76 71 73 79
300 Pei-Yun Chien (TPE) 77 71 74 78, Li Qing Chen (CHN) 75 74 71 80, Kusuma Meechai (THA) 74 72 73 81
301 Hong Tian (CHN) 78 71 73 79, Pan Pan Yan (CHN) 77 71 70 83
302 Bo-Mi Suh (SKOR) 73 73 75 81
303 Nina Holleder (GER) 74 72 78 79, Ajira Nualraksa (THA) 76 72 76 79
304 Xin Wang (CHN) 75 73 76 80
305 Rong Ji (CHN) 76 72 78 79
307 Steffi Kirchmayr (GER) 76 73 75 83
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