Kris Tamulis seals maiden win at Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic
Kris Tamulis poses with the trophy after winning the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic
Kris Tamulis claimed the first LPGA Tour title of her career by winning the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic on Sunday.
Tamulis played 29 holes on the final day of the twice-delayed tournament, the 186th of her LPGA Tour career. She finished a third-round 67 and closed with a 65 to beat Yani Tseng and Austin Ernst by a stroke.
"It was amazing," Tamulis said. "I was definitely not expecting this today."
Tseng had rounds of 71 and 67, and Ernst shot 68 and 69 with the weather clearing up after delays totaling nearly seven hours during the previous two days. Both parred the final hole with a chance to force a play off.
Tamulis birdied four of the first six holes in the final round before finally making her only bogey of the last three rounds. She hadn't finished better than fourth on the tour.
She made a short birdie putt on the 17th hole, cheerfully telling two fans "28 of 29 completed today." Then, a long birdie putt, hit seemingly perfectly on line, stopped inches shy of the final hole.
Still smiling, she told her caddie the ball needed just "a little more oomph," then chatted with the teenager carrying the score placard.
She had about 45 minutes to sweat it out. Tseng and Ernst both had makeable birdie putts on 18, on opposite sides of the pin. Ernst's attempt went to the left. Tseng came closer, falling to her knees when her putt lipped out.
"When they both missed I was just shocked," said Tamulis.
Tamulis celebrates her first victory on the LPGA Tour
It was her first win since Florida State but she had a pair of runners-up finishes in 2004 on the Symetra Tour.
Tamulis said she was trying to ignore the leaderboard, focusing instead on a countdown from 29 holes.
"The last time I actually saw where it was at was by accident on No. 9," she said. "Then I felt really good and I was just out there trying to have a good time. My goal was to come in here have a decent week, play well and secure my spots in Asia."
She also wanted to ensure she made the field in her hometown of Naples, Florida, for the season finale, the CME Group Tour Championship. Her expression matched the smiley face magnet affixed to her visor, given to her two years ago by an elderly scorekeeper in Phoenix.
Tseng is a 26-year-old Taiwanese player who ranked No. 1 for 109 weeks early in her career. She came close to snapping an 85-event winless streak dating to the 2012 Kia Classic, making a long birdie putt on No. 16.
This was Tseng's second runner-up finish of the year.
Ernst was seeking her second tour win. Sydnee Michaels finished with a 67, finishing in a fourth-place tie with 2011 winner Lexi Thompson. Thompson closed with a 69 and was in the 60s all four rounds.
FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZEMONEY
par 288 (4x72)
| 1 | Kris Tamulis | 71 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 271 | $195,000 | ||
| T2 | Austin Ernst | 70 | 65 | 68 | 69 | 272 | $103,575 | ||
| T2 | Yani Tseng | 70 | 64 | 71 | 67 | 272 | $103,575 | ||
| T4 | Sydnee Michaels | 67 | 70 | 70 | 67 | 274 | $60,800 | ||
| T4 | Lexi Thompson | 69 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 274 | $60,800 | ||
| T6 | Jaye Marie Green | 71 | 67 | 71 | 67 | 276 | $40,753 | ||
| T6 | Stacy Lewis | 70 | 68 | 72 | 66 | 276 | $40,753 | ||
| 8 | Wei-Ling Hsu | 69 | 70 | 74 | 64 | 277 | $32,537 | ||
| T9 | Nannette Hill | 71 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 278 | $26,840 | ||
| T9 | Sei-Young Kim | 69 | 70 | 67 | 72 | 278 | $26,840 | ||
| T9 | Julieta Granada | 68 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 278 | $26,840 | ||
| 12 | Alena Sharp | 71 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 279 | $23,005 | ||
| T13 | Shanshan Feng | 72 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 280 | $18,273 | ||
| T13 | Hee Young Park | 73 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 280 | $18,273 | ||
| T13 | Brooke Henderson | 71 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 280 | $18,273 | ||
| T13 | Xiyu Lin | 70 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 280 | $18,273 | ||
| T13 | Hyo-Joo Kim | 68 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 280 | $18,273 | ||
| T13 | Brittany Lang | 65 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 280 | $18,273 | ||
| T13 | Tiffany Joh | 67 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 280 | $18,273 | ||
| T20 | Angela Stanford | 72 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 281 | $14,592 | ||
| T20 | Jing Yan | 72 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 281 | $14,592 | ||
| T20 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 68 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 281 | $14,592 | ||
| T23 | Brittany Lincicome | 74 | 69 | 73 | 66 | 282 | $12,335 | ||
| T23 | Minjee Lee | 72 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 282 | $12,335 | ||
| T23 | Anna Nordqvist | 72 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 282 | $12,335 | ||
| T23 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 73 | 68 | 73 | 68 | 282 | $12,335 | ||
| T23 | Cydney Clanton | 72 | 67 | 73 | 70 | 282 | $12,335 | ||
| T23 | Sarah Jane Smith | 73 | 73 | 66 | 70 | 282 | $12,335 | ||
| T29 | Candie Kung | 69 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 283 | $9,728 | ||
| T29 | Christina Kim | 72 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 283 | $9,728 | ||
| T29 | Min Lee | 74 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 283 | $9,728 | ||
| T29 | Sadena Parks | 71 | 69 | 69 | 74 | 283 | $9,728 | ||
| T29 | Ryann O'Toole | 67 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 283 | $9,728 | ||
| T29 | Kim Kaufman | 71 | 75 | 69 | 68 | 283 | $9,728 | ||
| T35 | Jee Young Lee | 74 | 70 | 73 | 67 | 284 | $7,603 | ||
| T35 | Victoria Elizabeth | 71 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 284 | $7,603 | ||
| T35 | Haru Nomura | 72 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 284 | $7,603 | ||
| T35 | Mi Hyang Lee | 71 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 284 | $7,603 | ||
| T35 | Laetitia Beck | 73 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 284 | $7,603 | ||
| T35 | Sakura Yokomine | 71 | 68 | 75 | 70 | 284 | $7,603 | ||
| T41 | Ally McDonald | 70 | 72 | 70 | 73 | 285 | $5,841 | ||
| T41 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 73 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 285 | $5,841 | ||
| T41 | Giulia Sergas | 72 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 285 | $5,841 | ||
| T41 | Brooke Pancake | 72 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 285 | $5,841 | ||
| T41 | Sophia Popov | 74 | 72 | 73 | 66 | 285 | $5,841 | ||
| T41 | Kelly Tan | 72 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 285 | $5,841 | ||
| T41 | Caroline Masson | 73 | 73 | 67 | 72 | 285 | $5,841 | ||
| T48 | Chella Choi | 74 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 286 | $4,798 | ||
| T48 | Felicity Johnson | 74 | 68 | 75 | 69 | 286 | $4,798 | ||
| T48 | Emma Talley | 74 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 286 | - | ||
| T48 | Yueer Cindy Feng | 72 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 286 | $4,798 | ||
| T52 | Min Seo Kwak | 71 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 287 | $4,075 | ||
| T52 | P.K. Kongkraphan | 74 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 287 | $4,075 | ||
| T52 | Jackie Stoelting | 69 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 287 | $4,075 | ||
| T52 | Jeong Eun Lee | 72 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 287 | $4,075 | ||
| T52 | Mina Harigae | 72 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 287 | $4,075 | ||
| T52 | Ji Young Oh | 70 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 287 | $4,075 | ||
| T52 | Nontaya Srisawang | 72 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 287 | $4,075 | ||
| T59 | Ashleigh Simon | 71 | 70 | 76 | 71 | 288 | $3,484 | ||
| T59 | Thidapa Suwannapura | 72 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 288 | $3,484 | ||
| 61 | Simin Feng | 68 | 72 | 76 | 73 | 289 | $3,287 | ||
| T62 | Carlie Yadloczky | 69 | 74 | 70 | 77 | 290 | $3,155 | ||
| T62 | Dewi Claire Schreefel | 72 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 290 | $3,155 | ||
| T62 | Dori Carter | 70 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 290 | $3,155 | ||
| T65 | Jane Rah | 71 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 291 | $2,991 | ||
| T65 | Haeji Kang | 72 | 74 | 70 | 75 | 291 | $2,991 | ||
| T67 | Paula Reto | 76 | 69 | 71 | 76 | 292 | $2,859 | ||
| T67 | Belen Mozo | 74 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 292 | $2,859 | ||
| T69 | Karlin Beck | 72 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 293 | $2,695 | ||
| T69 | Janie Jackson | 69 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 293 | - | ||
| T69 | Emma De Groot | 73 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 293 | $2,695 | ||
| T69 | Kelly Shon | 73 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 293 | $2,695 | ||
| 73 | Katherine Kirk | 69 | 77 | 73 | 76 | 295 | $2,597 | ||
| 74 | Lisa Ferrero | 73 | 72 | 74 | 77 | 296 | $2,563 | ||
| 75 | Ashli Bunch | 74 | 72 | 76 | 77 | 299 | $2,530 | ||
| WD | Joanna Klatten | WD | WD | WD | WD | WD | - | ||
| WD | Rebecca Lee-Bentham | WD | WD | WD | WD | WD | - | ||
| T76 | Katie Burnett | 75 | 72 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | Asako Fujimoto | 78 | 69 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | Katy Harris | 74 | 73 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | Karine Icher | 74 | 73 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | Stacey Keating | 74 | 73 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | SooBin Kim | 72 | 75 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | Therese Koelbaek | 68 | 79 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | Meena Lee | 74 | 73 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | Amelia Lewis | 78 | 69 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | Ai Miyazato | 75 | 72 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | Lee-Anne Pace | 71 | 76 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | Natalie Sheary | 75 | 72 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T76 | Julie Yang | 73 | 74 | MC | MC | 147 | - | ||
| T89 | Laura Diaz | 69 | 79 | MC | MC | 148 | - | ||
| T89 | Kendall Dye | 74 | 74 | MC | MC | 148 | - | ||
| T89 | Paola Moreno | 71 | 77 | MC | MC | 148 | - | ||
| T89 | Rachel Rohanna | 71 | 77 | MC | MC | 148 | - | ||
| T93 | Marina Alex | 72 | 77 | MC | MC | 149 | - | ||
| T93 | Chie Arimura | 75 | 74 | MC | MC | 149 | - | ||
| T93 | Danah Bordner | 77 | 72 | MC | MC | 149 | - | ||
| T93 | Sandra Changkija | 77 | 72 | MC | MC | 149 | - | ||
| T93 | Jacqui Concolino | 76 | 73 | MC | MC | 149 | - | ||
| T93 | Celine Herbin | 72 | 77 | MC | MC | 149 | - | ||
| T93 | Sara Maude Juneau | 76 | 73 | MC | MC | - | - | 149 | - |
| T93 | Stephanie Meadow | 79 | 70 | MC | MC | - | - | 149 | - |
| T93 | Beatriz Recari | 75 | 74 | MC | MC | - | - | 149 | - |
| T93 | Jennifer Song | 73 | 76 | MC | MC | - | - | 149 | - |
| T103 | Amy Anderson | 75 | 75 | MC | MC | - | - | 150 | - |
| T103 | Moira Dunn | 76 | 74 | MC | MC | - | - | 150 | - |
| T103 | Paz Echeverria | 75 | 75 | MC | MC | - | - | 150 | - |
| T103 | Maria Hernandez | 76 | 74 | MC | MC | - | - | 150 | - |
| T103 | Lisa McCloskey | 75 | 75 | MC | MC | - | - | 150 | - |
| T103 | Kristy McPherson | 76 | 74 | MC | MC | - | - | 150 | - |
| T103 | Becky Morgan | 72 | 78 | MC | MC | - | - | 150 | - |
| T103 | Demi Runas | 73 | 77 | MC | MC | - | - | 150 | - |
| T103 | Marta Sanz Barrio | 76 | 74 | MC | MC | - | - | 150 | - |
| T103 | Cheyenne Woods | 76 | 74 | MC | MC | - | - | 150 | - |
| T113 | Mallory Blackwelder | 77 | 74 | MC | MC | - | - | 151 | - |
| T113 | Giulia Molinaro | 79 | 72 | MC | MC | - | - | 151 | - |
| T113 | Elizabeth Nagel | 75 | 76 | MC | MC | - | - | 151 | - |
| T113 | Marissa Steen | 76 | 75 | MC | MC | - | - | 151 | - |
| T113 | Jenny Suh | 77 | 74 | MC | MC | - | - | 151 | - |
| T113 | Alison Walshe | 76 | 75 | MC | MC | - | - | 151 | - |
| T119 | Susana Benavides | 77 | 75 | MC | MC | - | - | 152 | - |
| T119 | Heather Bowie Young | 77 | 75 | MC | MC | - | - | 152 | - |
| T119 | Nicole Jeray | 74 | 78 | MC | MC | - | - | 152 | - |
| T119 | Ayako Uehara | 77 | 75 | MC | MC | - | - | 152 | - |
| T123 | Jennifer Gleason | 76 | 77 | MC | MC | - | - | 153 | - |
| T123 | Jennifer Kirby | 77 | 76 | MC | MC | - | - | 153 | - |
| T123 | Ju Young Park | 72 | 81 | MC | MC | - | - | 153 | - |
| T123 | Krista Puisite | 77 | 76 | MC | MC | - | - | 153 | - |
| T123 | Louise Stahle | 76 | 77 | MC | MC | - | - | 153 | - |
| 128 | Jean Reynolds | 78 | 76 | MC | MC | - | - | 154 | - |
| T129 | Candy Hannemann | 78 | 77 | MC | MC | - | - | 155 | - |
| T129 | Sarah Kemp | 75 | 80 | MC | MC | - | - | 155 | - |
| T131 | Kathleen Ekey | 78 | 78 | MC | MC | - | - | 156 | - |
| T131 | Luciane Lee | 76 | 80 | MC | MC | - | - | 156 | - |
| T131 | Garrett Phillips | 78 | 78 | MC | MC | - | - | 156 | - |
| 134 | Vicky Hurst | 75 | 82 | MC | MC | - | - | 157 | - |
| T135 | M.J. Hur | 74 | WD | WD | WD | - | - | 74 | - |
| T135 | Sue Kim | 74 | WD | WD | WD | - | - | 74 | - |
| 137 | Pernilla Lindberg | 75 | WD | WD | WD | - | - | 75 | - |
| T138 | Charley Hull | 78 | WD | WD | WD | - | - | 78 | - |
| T138 | Eun-Hee Ji | 78 | WD | WD | WD | - | - | 78 | - |
| T138 | Birdie Kim | 78 | WD | WD | WD | - | - | 78 | - |
| 141 | Silvia Cavalleri | 80 | WD | WD | WD | - | - | 80 | - |
| - | Natalie Gulbis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Christel Boeljon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Jennifer Johnson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Mirim Lee | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Reilley Rankin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Jennifer Rosales | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Labels: LPGA TOUR
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