Jiyai Shin grabbed her third win of the 2009 LPGA season with a playoff victory at the P&G beauty NW Arkansas Championship. Shin shot 64 in the final round to tie Sun Young Yoo and Angela Stanford at nine-under par.
Shin, Stanford and Yoo made birdies on the first playoff hole. Yoo missed a chip shot for birdie and made par on the second sudden-death hole. Stanford and Shin had putts along the same line with Stanford up first. Her putt slid by and Shin, using what she had learned from Stanford’s attempt, drained her 12-footer for birdie and the win.
Song-Hee Kim and Shi Hyun Ahn finished a shot out of the playoff and tied for fourth place. Taylor Leon took sixth place while Na Yeon Choi and Hye Jung Choi tied for seventh place. Becky Morgan finished in ninth place at five-under par. Ai Miyazato, Helen Alfredsson, Seon Hwa Lee and Hee Young Park tied for 10th place.
Playoff win for Shin at P&G beauty NW Arkansas Championship
Shin, Stanford and Yoo made birdies on the first playoff hole. Yoo missed a chip shot for birdie and made par on the second sudden-death hole. Stanford and Shin had putts along the same line with Stanford up first. Her putt slid by and Shin, using what she had learned from Stanford’s attempt, drained her 12-footer for birdie and the win.
Song-Hee Kim and Shi Hyun Ahn finished a shot out of the playoff and tied for fourth place. Taylor Leon took sixth place while Na Yeon Choi and Hye Jung Choi tied for seventh place. Becky Morgan finished in ninth place at five-under par. Ai Miyazato, Helen Alfredsson, Seon Hwa Lee and Hee Young Park tied for 10th place.