ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jiyai Shin dedicates each one of her golf victories — make that five in 11 months — to her mother.
The 21-year-old South Korean star, whose mother was killed in a car crash in 2004, shot a 1-under-par 71 on Sunday to win the Wegmans LPGA by seven strokes with a 17-under 271.
“I have my mother’s picture in my course book,” Shin said after picking up a $300,000 prize that vaulted her to the top of the LPGA Tour money list with just over $1 million.
Kristy McPherson and Yani Tseng each shot a 66, the day’s best score, to surge into a second-place tie at 10-under. One behind were Japan’s Mika Miyazato (71) and rookies Haeji Kang (71) of South Korea and Stacy Lewis (74), a former NCAA champion from Arkansas.
Footnotes.
Lonnie Nielsen shot a 9-under 63, vaulting past second-round leader Fred Funk, and won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, N.Y., by three shots over Funk and Ronnie Black.
• Nick Dougherty shot a final-round 64 to win the BMW International Open in Munich by one stroke and claim the third European Tour victory of his career.
The Associated Press
