Jenny Shin scores first LPGA Tour win to

Last-round slump costs Catriona Matthew

 

 a fistful of dollars

SKYSPORTS.COM  By Mark Ashenden

Jenny Shin's happy selfie after her stunning victory

Jenny Shin claimed a first LPGA Tour victory with a two-shot win at the Volunteer of America Texas Shootout, where Gerina Piller's hopes slipped away during the final day.

Making her 133rd Tour start, Shin closed with a four-under 67 to finish at 14 under par. The 23-year-old South Korean player went to high school in Torrance, California, and won the 2006 US Girls' championship.
"Still in awe. Nothing has registered yet," Shin said. "I wanted to talk to my mum, but I was on the verge of tears, so I hung up without really her answering the phone. I think it will hit me as soon as I talk to my mum."

Third-round leader Gerina Piller, the area resident seeking her first Tour victory, birdied the final hole for a 73 to tie for second with South Koreans Amy Yang and Mi Jung Hur.
Yang and Hur each shot par 71 over a 6,462yd course.
Shin birdied three of the first five holes and added another on the par-five 10th. She closed with eight pars, the last an up-and-down save from right of the green on the par-five 18th. Other players showered her with beer after the victory.
"It wasn't something I pictured, for sure," Shin said. "I wanted something like champagne, but now I'm stinking of beer. Then they were like, 'Oh, you stink of beer'." Then they shower you more with water. But it's still good. I'm so glad they stuck around and gave me a shower of beer."

Gerina Piller (right) could not secure victory in her home area

She's projected to jump from 38th to 24th in the world ranking.
"Nothing's easy, golf is not easy," Shin said. "I worked my butt off out there. I didn't have my 'A' game this week, surprisingly, and to know that I won with kind of a semi-goodish game, it makes me very happy."
Piller lives in Plano, about 20 miles from Las Colinas. The long-hitting US Solheim Cup heroine grew up in Roswell, New Mexico, and played at the University Texas-El Paso. A number of high school and college friends joined her family, led by her husband, US PGA Tour player Martin Piller in the gallery.
"The thing that makes it more special is I don't have to play good golf for them to continue to love me, so that's pretty cool," Piller said. "No matter what I shoot, no matter what I do, they're behind me."
Fifth-ranked Canadian-Scot Brooke Mackenzie Henderson closed with a 71 to tie for 19th at three under, ending the 18-year-old's string of top-10 finishes at eight.
Cheyenne Knight, a 19-year-old University of Alabama freshman from nearby Aledo, had a 72 to tie for 30th at one under. Karah Sanford, a 14-year-old high school freshman from San Diego, tied for 51st at six over after a 77.
BRITWATCH (by Colin Farquharson). Charley Hull finished the top British player in joing 16th place with scores of 71, 69, 68 and 72 for 280. She earned $16,895.
Catriona Matthew suffered a last-round slump that cost her a fistful of dollars. She had scores of 68, 70, 68 and six-over 77 for a total of 283 and a T29 finish which earned hr $10,176.
Becky Morgan shot 73, 68, 71 and 74 for 42nd place on 286. She earned $6,482
Jodi Ewart Shadoff earned $5,963 for a 287 total (69-70-74-74) and a T43 finish.
 FINAL TOTALS
par 284 (4x71) Yardage 6462

1	Jenny Shin	68	70	65	67	.		270	$195,000
T2	Mi Jung Hur	66	69	66	71			272	$90,231
T2	Gerina Piller	67	65	67	73			272	$90,231
T2	Amy Yang	68	68	65	71			272	$90,231
5	Shanshan Feng	72	69	65	68			274	$53,472
6	Ariya Jutanugarn	69	66	69	72			276	$43,749
T7	Na Yeon Choi	74	67	68	68			277	$32,515
T7	Eun-Hee Ji	67	66	71	73			277	$32,515
T7	Sei Young Kim	68	67	68	74			277	$32,515
T10	Karine Icher	71	67	70	70			278	$24,413
T10	Cristie Kerr	72	67	69	70			278	$24,413
T10	Mirim Lee	70	71	67	70			278	$24,413
T13	In Gee Chun	69	73	70	67	.		279	$20,005
T13	Sarah Jane Smith	72	71	67	69			279	$20,005
T13	Jacqui Concolino	69	70	69	71			279	$20,005
T16	Angela Stanford	70	71	69	70			280	$16,895
T16	Candie Kung	71	67	71	71			280	$16,895
T16	Charley Hull	71	69	68	72			280	$16,895
T19	Gaby Lopez	72	71	70	68			281	$14,648
T19	Brooke Mackenzie Henderson	69	68	73	71			281	$14,648
T19	Stacy Lewis	74	70	67	70			281	$14,648
T19	So Yeon Ryu	67	73	68	73			281	$14,648
T23	Nannette Hill	70	68	73	71			282	$12,163
T23	Ashleigh Simon	71	69	71	71	.		282	$12,163
T23	Belen Mozo	70	69	71	72			282	$12,163
T23	Marina Alex	70	72	68	72			282	$12,163
T23	Paula Reto	73	69	68	72			282	$12,163
T23	Dori Carter	71	69	69	73			282	$12,163
T29	Cheyenne Knight	70	69	72	72			283	-
T29	Simin Feng	71	70	70	72			283	$10,176
T29	Carlota Ciganda	69	72	69	73			283	$10,176
T29	Catriona Matthew	68	70	68	77			283	$10,176
T33	Casey Grice	69	69	75	71			284	$8,831
T33	Anna Nordqvist	73	69	70	72			284	$8,831
T33	Min Seo Kwak	70	69	72	73			284	$8,831
T33	Briana Mao	74	69	68	73	.		284	$8,831
T37	Lee-Anne Pace	72	69	72	72			285	$7,337
T37	Katie Burnett	74	70	69	72			285	$7,337
T37	Christel Boeljon	74	68	70	73			285	$7,337
T37	Danielle Kang	69	70	72	74			285	$7,337
T37	Annie Park	70	70	71	74			285	$7,337
42	Becky Morgan	73	68	71	74			286	$6,482
T43	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	69	70	74	74			287	$5,963
T43	Mo Martin	72	70	71	74			287	$5,963
T43	Brittany Altomare	74	67	71	75			287	$5,963
T46	Lee Lopez	71	69	72	76			288	$5,315
T46	Giulia Molinaro	70	70	71	77	.		288	$5,315
T46	Morgan Pressel	70	71	70	77			288	$5,315
T49	Benyapa Niphatsophon	70	71	72	76			289	$4,828
T49	Moriya Jutanugarn	75	68	68	78			289	$4,828
T51	Karah Sanford (am)	73	69	71	77			290	-
T51	Wei-Ling Hsu	71	69	71	79			290	$4,537
53	Kelly Shon	74	69	70	80			293	$4,408