Ryu's birdie binge fires her to LPGA victory in Ohio
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August 14, 2012, Tuesday
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A BIRDIE binge drove Ryu So-yeon to victory in the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic at Highland Meadows in Ohio on Sunday.
Ryu reeled off six straight birdies in the middle of her round on her way to a 9-under 62 and a seven-stroke victory.
The 22-year-old began the day in the midst of a four-player logjam - all South Koreans - for first place. She took the lead by herself for the first time with an 8-foot birdie putt at the third hole and stretched her advantage until pulling away with birdies on Nos. 9-14.
Angela Stanford made a long birdie putt on the final hole for 66 to finish second.
Ryu ended up at 20-under 264 thanks to the lowest final round by a Farr winner - by three strokes.
"This is just my turning point," she said. "I want to win again."
South Koreans Park In-bee and Chella Choi each shot 69 and shared third place at 12 under.
Ryu grabbed the lead on the third hole. From out of the light left rough, she hit her approach 8 feet over the flag and made the birdie putt to get to 12 under and break free of the pack.
She added a 12-footer for birdie at the par-4 fifth.
The lead could have grown even faster. Ryu had birdie putts of 8, 6 and 10 feet at Nos. 4, 6 and 7, but missed them all.
Then, after Kim I.K, who shot a 71 and ended up tied for fifth with Jennie Lee (67) at 11 under, had narrowed her lead to a shot, Ryu rolled in a 30-footer from the front of the green at the ninth hole.
Finally finding the range with a putter she just recently started using, she stretched her streak to six in a row with five birdies to open the back nine and the rout was on.
She birdied the last hole to cap her round.
Ryu reeled off six straight birdies in the middle of her round on her way to a 9-under 62 and a seven-stroke victory.
The 22-year-old began the day in the midst of a four-player logjam - all South Koreans - for first place. She took the lead by herself for the first time with an 8-foot birdie putt at the third hole and stretched her advantage until pulling away with birdies on Nos. 9-14.
Angela Stanford made a long birdie putt on the final hole for 66 to finish second.
Ryu ended up at 20-under 264 thanks to the lowest final round by a Farr winner - by three strokes.
"This is just my turning point," she said. "I want to win again."
South Koreans Park In-bee and Chella Choi each shot 69 and shared third place at 12 under.
Ryu grabbed the lead on the third hole. From out of the light left rough, she hit her approach 8 feet over the flag and made the birdie putt to get to 12 under and break free of the pack.
She added a 12-footer for birdie at the par-4 fifth.
The lead could have grown even faster. Ryu had birdie putts of 8, 6 and 10 feet at Nos. 4, 6 and 7, but missed them all.
Then, after Kim I.K, who shot a 71 and ended up tied for fifth with Jennie Lee (67) at 11 under, had narrowed her lead to a shot, Ryu rolled in a 30-footer from the front of the green at the ninth hole.
Finally finding the range with a putter she just recently started using, she stretched her streak to six in a row with five birdies to open the back nine and the rout was on.
She birdied the last hole to cap her round.
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