INCHEON, South Korea: South Korea’s Amy Yang won her first US LPGA title yesterday, sinking a birdie in a play-off to capture the LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship on home soil.
Yang won the first extra hole to defeat fellow South Korean Seo Hee-Kyung on the par-72 Ocean Course at Sky72 Golf Club in Incheon, west of Seoul. Yang and Seo were tied at nine-under 207 in the 54-hole, $1.9m event. Both birdied the par-5 18th to get into the playoff.
Yang teed off first on the first playoff hole, the 18th, and found deep rough right of the fairway. She chopped out before hitting her third shot to around 16 feet from the hole. Seo found left rough from the tee and also had to chip out of harm’s way to set up her third shot, which finished almost 25 feet below the pin.
Seo’s birdie attempt grazed the left edge of the cup before rolling a few centimetres past. Yang then stepped up to drain the putt to clinch the win. AFP
