Korea's Choi clinches Farr in playoff
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July 6, 2010, Tuesday
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CHOI Na-yeon again left it to a last-hole birdie to clinch an LPGA Tour victory, claiming the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in Ohio on Sunday.
Choi made a 2-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to beat fellow South Koreans Kim In-kyung and Kim Song-hee and American Christina Kim.
"As I was walking toward the green today, I was thinking about how I had won the last two tournaments and I said to myself, 'Maybe I can do it again,'" she said through an interpreter.
Choi had rounds of 64, 67, 68 and 71 to finish at 14-under 270. It took a 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to even extend her day after she had blown what had at one time been a five-stroke lead.
"It was tough out there. I was nervous at times," Choi said. "But I tried to focus on my game. Now I'm really happy, and proud that I controlled my emotions today."
Choi, who led after each of the first three rounds, was up by two strokes at the turn but bogeyed 14 and 15 to lose the lead. Kim In-kyung, who shot a 64, had four birdies on the last seven holes to get to 14 under and slide past Choi.
Kim Song-hee, who had a final-round 66, birdied the 17th to join Kim In-kyung at that number.
Christina Kim, who was five behind Choi after a double bogey at 10, birdied the next three holes and added another one at 17 to join the growing crowd at 14 under. Playing in the same pairing with Choi, she watched Choi nail her long birdie putt at the 72nd and then had a 12-footer for the win.
"I knew that if I wanted to win I had to at least give it a go to make it to the hole," she said. "So I said, 'Screw it.' I hit it and it's either going to go in or not."
But it missed off the right edge.
The playoff holes were 18 and 17, both par 5s.
"We were playing two par 5s, which you can make birdie on," Kim In-kyung said. "I had my chance, and everyone had their own chance."
Choi made a 2-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to beat fellow South Koreans Kim In-kyung and Kim Song-hee and American Christina Kim.
"As I was walking toward the green today, I was thinking about how I had won the last two tournaments and I said to myself, 'Maybe I can do it again,'" she said through an interpreter.
Choi had rounds of 64, 67, 68 and 71 to finish at 14-under 270. It took a 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to even extend her day after she had blown what had at one time been a five-stroke lead.
"It was tough out there. I was nervous at times," Choi said. "But I tried to focus on my game. Now I'm really happy, and proud that I controlled my emotions today."
Choi, who led after each of the first three rounds, was up by two strokes at the turn but bogeyed 14 and 15 to lose the lead. Kim In-kyung, who shot a 64, had four birdies on the last seven holes to get to 14 under and slide past Choi.
Kim Song-hee, who had a final-round 66, birdied the 17th to join Kim In-kyung at that number.
Christina Kim, who was five behind Choi after a double bogey at 10, birdied the next three holes and added another one at 17 to join the growing crowd at 14 under. Playing in the same pairing with Choi, she watched Choi nail her long birdie putt at the 72nd and then had a 12-footer for the win.
"I knew that if I wanted to win I had to at least give it a go to make it to the hole," she said. "So I said, 'Screw it.' I hit it and it's either going to go in or not."
But it missed off the right edge.
The playoff holes were 18 and 17, both par 5s.
"We were playing two par 5s, which you can make birdie on," Kim In-kyung said. "I had my chance, and everyone had their own chance."
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