Chella Choi wins Marathon Classic play-off

FROM ESPN.COM
SYLVANIA, Ohio -- Ji Leon Choi promised his daughter he would caddie for her until she won on the LPGA Tour.
Chella Choi isn't so sure she is ready to break up the team after winning the Marathon Classic today
"My father wants to retire because we promise, but I don't know," Choi said. "We will talk later."
The 24-year-old South Korean broke through in her 157th start on the tour, beating compatriot Ha Na Jang with a birdie on the first hole of a play-off.
"You know, first time win is hard," Choi said. "I cannot believe it. Hopefully this is a turning point for me. ... It's been a long time, seven years. So I was really, really excited and happy."
In the play-off on the par-5 18th, Choi pitched onto the green from 87 yards and two-putted from 25 yards for the par -- holing a 1-footer for the victory. Jang bogeyed the hole after hitting her approach long into high rough.
Choi closed with a 5-under 66 to match Jang at 14-under 270. Jang, the leader after each of the first three rounds, finished with a 68. Jang didn't speak to the media after the round

Choi opened with a 73 then moved into contention with rounds of 66 and 65.
Her father was a police officer before joining her on the course.
"I work with my father eight years, and somebody say like that's why I don't win, just for my caddie," Choi said. "So I'm so exciting with my father."
Choi earned $225,000. She will jump from 40th to 25th in the world rankings.
Second-ranked Lydia Ko, the winner last year, had a 67 to tie for second with Shanshan Feng at 13 under. Fend also shot 67.
"I'm happy that I could give it a run for it to defend the title," Ko said. "Seeing how average my first-day score was, to be top-five or whatever, I think it's a good finish for the week.
"I played really solid the front nine, and that's all I could really do. I know it would have been great if I could continue that on the back nine, but it just wasn't going."
Playing a group in front of the leaders, Ko was looking for a birdie on No. 18 to reach 14 under but made par.
"I hit a great 3-wood off the tee and mishit it on the second shot," Ko said. "I guess it's not the worst place to be, but it's not the best place to be either."
Top-ranked Inbee Park tied for eighth at 10 under after a 70

HOW THEY FINISHED AND PRIZEMONEY
 

1	x-Chella Choi	73	66	65	66	.			270	$225,000
2	Ha Na Jang	66	67	69	68				270	$139,217
T3	Shanshan Feng	69	67	68	67				271	$89,559
T3	Lydia Ko	71	66	67	67				271	$89,559
T5	Q Baek	68	67	68	70				273	$52,465
T5	Hyo-Joo Kim	71	68	67	67				273	$52,465
T5	Brittany Lang	68	71	66	68				273	$52,465
T8	Azahara Munoz	73	68	68	65				274	$34,173
T8	Inbee Park	70	67	67	70				274	$34,173
T8	Angela Stanford	68	68	69	69				274	$34,173
T11	Austin Ernst	70	68	66	71				275	$26,753
T11	Cristie Kerr	69	72	69	65				275	$26,753
T11	Haru Nomura	71	69	67	68				275	$26,753
T14	Kim Kaufman	71	68	71	66				276	$21,570
T14	Sei-Young Kim	68	70	69	69				276	$21,570
T14	Stacy Lewis	71	68	69	68				276	$21,570
T14	So Yeon Ryu	72	69	67	68				276	$21,570
T18	Jaye Marie Green	69	70	68	70				277	$17,874
T18	Mi Hyang Lee	71	68	68	70				277	$17,874
T18	Jenny Shin	68	73	66	70				277	$17,874
T18	Lexi Thompson	72	67	71	67				277	$17,874
T22	Amy Anderson	68	74	71	65				278	$13,804
T22	Moriya Jutanugarn	71	66	69	72				278	$13,804
T22	Danielle Kang	72	71	67	68				278	$13,804
T22	Minjee Lee	69	72	69	68				278	$13,804
T22	Mo Martin	72	68	70	68				278	$13,804
T22	Lee-Anne Pace	67	70	69	72				278	$13,804
T22	Dewi Claire Schreefel	68	68	69	73				278	$13,804
T22	Alena Sharp	68	70	67	73				278	$13,804
T22	Yani Tseng	71	65	71	71				278	$13,804
T22	Sakura Yokomine	72	68	71	67				278	$13,804
T32	Paula Creamer	71	70	69	69				279	$10,594
T32	Natalie Gulbis	72	71	66	70				279	$10,594
T32	Xiyu Lin	73	67	67	72				279	$10,594
T35	Eun-Hee Ji	71	71	71	67				280	$9,375
T35	Caroline Masson	68	69	73	70				280	$9,375
T35	Mika Miyazato	71	71	68	70				280	$9,375
38	Gerina Piller	69	68	73	71				281	$8,613
T39	Karine Icher	74	69	67	72				282	$7,470
T39	Sarah Kemp	67	69	70	76				282	$7,470
T39	Candie Kung	69	71	68	74				282	$7,470
T39	Amelia Lewis	68	74	69	71				282	$7,470
T39	Brittany Lincicome	69	70	71	72				282	$7,470
T39	Jennifer Song	70	72	70	70				282	$7,470
T45	Wei-Ling Hsu	67	72	71	73				283	$6,250
T45	Alison Lee	68	73	71	71				283	$6,250
T45	Jenny Suh	70	69	72	72				283	$6,250
T48	Marina Alex	70	70	72	72				284	$5,216
T48	Carlota Ciganda	71	72	69	72				284	$5,216
T48	Birdie Kim	72	69	69	74				284	$5,216
T48	Mirim Lee	68	74	69	73				284	$5,216
T48	Brooke Pancake	71	72	71	70				284	$5,216
T48	Ashleigh Simon	72	70	70	72				284	$5,216
T48	Nontaya Srisawang	73	68	73	70				284	$5,216
T55	Elizabeth Nagel	73	70	71	71				285	$4,497
T55	Sarah Jane Smith	70	71	74	70				285	$4,497
T57	Chie Arimura	71	69	71	75				286	$4,116
T57	Dori Carter	71	72	72	71				286	$4,116
T57	Christina Kim	71	72	75	68				286	$4,116
T60	M.J. Hur	71	72	72	72				287	$3,773
T60	Belen Mozo	69	74	73	71				287	$3,773
T62	Jee Young Lee	72	71	70	75				288	$3,544
T62	Min Lee	71	72	70	75				288	$3,544
T62	Kristy McPherson	74	68	73	73				288	$3,544
T62	Ai Miyazato	71	72	71	74				288	$3,544
T66	Simin Feng	73	70	73	73				289	$3,316
T66	Paula Reto	69	74	73	73				289	$3,316
68	Victoria Elizabeth	71	69	74	76				290	$3,201
69	Katy Harris	74	68	72	77				291	$3,125
70	Pernilla Lindberg	69	74	72	77				292	$3,049
71	Alison Walshe	73	70	76	75				294	$3,011