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Tseng defends her Arkansas crown
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September 13, 2011, Tuesday
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TOP-RANKED Tseng Yani successfully defended her title ar the NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday, beating Amy Yang with a 4-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff.
Yang missed a 6-foot birdie try before Tseng holed the winning putt on the par-5 18th.
Tseng and Yang closed with 3-under 68s to finish at 12-under 201 on the Pinnacle Country Club course in Rogers, Arkansas.
Yang, winless on the LPGA Tour, parred the final 11 holes of regulation, holing a 4 1/2-foot putt on the 18th to force the playoff.
Tseng bogeyed the par-4 13th to drop to 10 under, then rallied with birdies on the par-5 14th and par-4 16th - holing an 8-foot putt to tie the South Korean.
On the 18th, Yang aggressively went for the green in two shots, but hit her approach shot way left of the greenside grandstands before chipping on and saving par. Tseng reached the green in three shots and had a chance to win, but missed a 4-foot birdie putt.
The 22-year-old Tseng leads the LPGA Tour with five victories this season, including major wins in the LPGA Championship and a defense of her Women's British Open title. Tseng, from Chinese Taipei, earned US$300,000 to push her tour-leading total to US$2,116,051. Last year at Pinnacle, she closed with a 65 to beat Michelle Wie by a stroke.
Ai Miyazato (66) was third at 11 under. Cristie Kerr (68) was another stroke back.
Sandra Gal had the best round of the day, a 64 that left her tied for fifth with Amy Hung (66) and Belen Mozo (68) at 9 under.
In Hilversum, the Netherlands, England's Simon Dyson won his third KLM Open title in six years on Sunday, shooting a 4-under 66 to beat David Lynn by one shot.
Dyson began the day two shots behind joint third-round leaders Gary Orr and James Kingston, but birdied four of the last seven holes to finish with a 12-under total of 268 for his second title of the year. He equaled Seve Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer in winning the event three times.
"It's something special, a dream come true really," said Dyson, who also won the tournament in 2006 and 2009. "To win any title once is tough, but to win it three times is a fantastic feeling."
US Open champion Rory McIlroy finished third after an inconsistent 67 that included six birdies and three bogeys.
Orr was looking to end an 11-year title drought on the European Tour but finished fourth after a 71, while Lee Westwood carded a 66 to climb to fifth. Kingston settled for sixth at 7 under after a 73.
Yang missed a 6-foot birdie try before Tseng holed the winning putt on the par-5 18th.
Tseng and Yang closed with 3-under 68s to finish at 12-under 201 on the Pinnacle Country Club course in Rogers, Arkansas.
Yang, winless on the LPGA Tour, parred the final 11 holes of regulation, holing a 4 1/2-foot putt on the 18th to force the playoff.
Tseng bogeyed the par-4 13th to drop to 10 under, then rallied with birdies on the par-5 14th and par-4 16th - holing an 8-foot putt to tie the South Korean.
On the 18th, Yang aggressively went for the green in two shots, but hit her approach shot way left of the greenside grandstands before chipping on and saving par. Tseng reached the green in three shots and had a chance to win, but missed a 4-foot birdie putt.
The 22-year-old Tseng leads the LPGA Tour with five victories this season, including major wins in the LPGA Championship and a defense of her Women's British Open title. Tseng, from Chinese Taipei, earned US$300,000 to push her tour-leading total to US$2,116,051. Last year at Pinnacle, she closed with a 65 to beat Michelle Wie by a stroke.
Ai Miyazato (66) was third at 11 under. Cristie Kerr (68) was another stroke back.
Sandra Gal had the best round of the day, a 64 that left her tied for fifth with Amy Hung (66) and Belen Mozo (68) at 9 under.
In Hilversum, the Netherlands, England's Simon Dyson won his third KLM Open title in six years on Sunday, shooting a 4-under 66 to beat David Lynn by one shot.
Dyson began the day two shots behind joint third-round leaders Gary Orr and James Kingston, but birdied four of the last seven holes to finish with a 12-under total of 268 for his second title of the year. He equaled Seve Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer in winning the event three times.
"It's something special, a dream come true really," said Dyson, who also won the tournament in 2006 and 2009. "To win any title once is tough, but to win it three times is a fantastic feeling."
US Open champion Rory McIlroy finished third after an inconsistent 67 that included six birdies and three bogeys.
Orr was looking to end an 11-year title drought on the European Tour but finished fourth after a 71, while Lee Westwood carded a 66 to climb to fifth. Kingston settled for sixth at 7 under after a 73.
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