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Sunday, March 08, 2015

INBEE PARK WINS HSBC TITLE AT 
SINGAPORE, CATRIONA T21 FINISH

 Inbee Park won the HSBC Women's Championship by two strokes with a 15-under-par total of 273 at Singapore.
Over a par-72 course of 6,542yd, the South Korean had scores of 66, 69, 68 and 70, winning from the World No 1, Lydia Ko (NZ) who had rounds of 68, 70, 67 and 70 for 275.
American Stacy Lewis was third on 277 (69-69-67-72).
Catriona Matthew finished T21 on 285 (72-72-71-70).
Yorkshire's Jodi Ewart Shadoff finished T30 with 70-69-75-74 for 288.

INBEE PARK'S FLAWLESS FOUR ROUNDS

NEWS RELEASE
Singapore: Record crowds at Sentosa witnessed world no. 2 Inbee Park crowned ‘Champion of Champions’ following a flawless victory in the HSBC Women’s Champions 2015. The South Korean shot a round of 2-under par 70 to win the title, two shots clear of second placed Lydia Ko
The result saw Park complete a fourth consecutive bogey-free round to finish 15-under par and claim the winner’s cheque of US $210,000. 

Speaking after her victory, a delighted Park said, “It feels great. I thought Singapore wasn't the place that I could win a tournament. Every year has just been really hard to me but last year was the first year I actually had a good finish and that gave me a lot of confidence.
“This week was just incredible.  I don't think I can even believe myself that I didn't make any bogeys for 72 holes.  If I was afraid of the bogeys, I'd probably make bogeys but I thought, whatever happens, it's just meant to be.  I just tried to focus on my game and not think about so many other things.”
Speaking about a bet she made with her father that would see her make US  500 for every birdie, but pay out double for each bogey, Park added: “I just took the bet, and it ended up really nicely!  It gave me extra motivation I guess.  It's so fun and gave me something else to concentrate on.  It's good to have a family here and they are a big energy for me.”
For world no. 1 Lydia Ko, it just wasn’t to be. After what was a slow start by her standards, the world no.1 brought herself right back into contention in Rounds 2 and 3, but wasn’t able to reproduce the magic that saw her claim back to back victories prior to her arrival in Singapore.
Playing an aggressive round on the testing Serapong course, Ko carded three bogeys and five birdies to match Park’s 2-under score of 70. 

Despite the result, the 17 year old New Zealander managed a smile as she came off course before signing autographs and posing for pictures with the hordes of fans assembled by the 18th.
Speaking after her round, Ko said, “I started out well on my front nine, shooting 3‑under through my first seven holes.  Just things didn’t go well from 8 to 13 – I just lost three shots. On this course, it's not that hard to lose shots.  There are some lip‑outs and there are so many close ones.  But I finished well with a birdie on 18.
“I had a great stretch of three weeks and I would have never imagined to have one second place and two wins. So it's great.  This is my best finish here in Singapore, so I'm really looking forward to coming back next year.”
World no. 3 and 2013 champion Stacy Lewis wasn’t so lucky. The Texan landed a ball in a palm tree on the 10th, necessitating a drop, and a wayward third shot on the 18th in the water hazard saw her drop another, finishing in third place, four shots behind the champion.
 
 
ALL THE FINAL TOTALS

1 Inbee Park 66   69 68   70


  273
2 Lydia Ko 68   70  67   70


  275
3 Stacy Lewis 69    69 67  72


  277
T4 Shanshan Feng 70 71 68 69 



278
T4 So Yeon Ryu 70 69 69 70


278
T4 Azahara Munoz 70 67 70 71


278
7 Caroline Masson 71 68 72 68


279
T8 Ilhee Lee 72 72 71 65


280
T8 Hyo-Joo Kim 70 74 69 67


280
T8 Carlota Ciganda 69 66 74 71


280
T8 Anna Nordqvist 69 70 68 73


280
T12  Lexi Thompson 69 75 70 67


281
T12 Na Yeon Choi 71 74 67 69


281
T12 Lizette Salas 70 72 69 70


281
T12 Suzann Pettersen 71 68 68 74


281
T16 Sei-Young Kim 73 73 70 67


283
T16 Mo Martin 68 72 73 70


283
T18 Brittany Lincicome 74 71 67 72


284
T18 Jenny Shin 68 70 73 73


284
T18 Jessica Korda 72 67 70 75


284
T21 Catriona Matthew 72 72 71 70


285
T21 Danielle Kang 70 70 72 73


285
T21 Yani Tseng 66 75 71 73


285
T21 Karrie Webb 68 70 74 73


285
T25 Haru Nomura 70 70 75 71


286
T25 Beatriz Recari 72 74 70 70


286
T27 Chella Choi 73 70 73 71


287
T27 Karine Icher 74 71 70 72


287
T27 Mina Harigae 73 73 69 72


287
T30 Jane Park 73 71 72 72


288
T30 Jodi Ewart Shadoff  70 69 75 74


288
T30 Pornanong Phatlum 75 71 69 73


288
T30 Minjee Lee 70 73 75 70


288
T34 Belen Mozo 72 71 72 74


289
T34 Christina Kim 73 75 69 72


289
T34 Mi Hyang Lee 73 72 70 74


289
T37 Angela Stanford 67 74 74 75


290
T37 Hee Young Park 69 76 70 75


290
T37 Meena Lee 71 70 76 73


290
T37 Mirim Lee 75 75 68 72


290
T37 Mariajo Uribe 68 76 74 72


290
T37 In Gee Chun 74 71 74 71


290
T37 Julieta Granada 74 74 72 70


290
T37 Austin Ernst 73 72 75 70


290
T37 Gerina Piller 71 74 75 70


290
T46 Morgan Pressel 73 72 70 76


291
T46 Cristie Kerr 73 74 71 73


291
T46 I.K. Kim 74 70 74 73


291
T46 Jing Yan 72 73 73 73


291
T46 Line Vedel 78 69 73 71


291
T51 Michelle Wie 73 70 74 75


292
T51 Q Baek 77 69 73 73


292
T51 Amy Yang 71 72 76 73


292
T51 Pernilla Lindberg 73 73 74 72


292
T55 Eun-Hee Ji 72 74 72 75


293
T55 Paula Creamer 74 71 74 74


293
T57 Brittany Lang 72 75 71 76


294
T57 Haeji Kang 72 74 74 74


294
59 Lee-Anne Pace 72 70 79 76


297
60 Caroline Hedwall 75 76 66 81


298
61 Sandra Gal 73 71 78 78


300
62 M.J. Hur 78 71 76 76


301
63 Sock Hwee Koh 79 77 76 75


307

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