Wednesday, March 25, 2009

HURST CLAIMS VICTORY IN MEXICO

HURST CLAIMS VICTORY IN MEXICO


American Pat Hurst birdied the final hole to card a four-under-par 68 and secure a one-stroke victory at the MasterCard Classic in Mexico.

Having started the day a shot off the top of the leaderboard, the 39-year-old made a solid start to the final round by carding three birdies without dropping a shot to reach the turn in 33.

A double bogey on the par-four 10th saw her momentarily drop down the leaderboard before she recovered with two successive birdies from the 11th.

A bogey on the short 14th again threatened to deny Hurst the victory but she birdied the 17th before picking up another shot on the last to snatch the win and the $195, 000 prize money.

World number one Lorena Ochoa, who had seen her strong start to the tournament undone by a 73 yesterday, carded six birdies but dropped three shots to finished tied second alongside Chinese Taipei's Yani Tseng (70).

Kim Song-hee of South Korea finished fourth after carding a three under 69 while American Cristie Kerr produced her best round of the tournament with a 67 to claim fifth.

Collated final round scores & totals in the LPGA Tour MasterCard Classic Honouring Alejo Peralta, Bosque Real Country Club, Mexico City, Mexico

(USA unless stated, par 72):

206 Pat Hurst 68 70 68

207 Ya-Ni Tseng (Kor) 68 69 70, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 65 73 69

208 Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 70 69 69

211 Cristie Kerr 72 72 67

213 Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 69 74 70, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 67 70 76, Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 74 68 71

214 Jee Young Lee (Kor) 73 70 71, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 69 71 74, Katie Futcher 74 72 68

215 Grace Park (Kor) 69 71 75, Heather Young 74 70 71, Seon Hwa Lee (Kor) 69 74 72, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 70 70 75

216 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 70 73 73, Teresa Lu (Tai) 72 72 72, Il Mi Chung (Kor) 74 72 70, Se Ri Pak (Kor) 70 69 77, Meena Lee (Kor) 73 72 71, Kristy McPherson 70 73 73

217 Vicky Hurst 72 73 72, Jane Park 71 71 75, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita) 73 73 71, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 75 72 70, Louise Stahle (Swe) 72 72 73, Brittany Lang 68 74 75

218 Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 70 78 70, Carolina Llano 73 74 71, Sandra Gal (Ger) 75 74 69, Kris Tamulis 74 73 71

219 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 74 74 71, Eunjung Yi (Kor) 71 74 74, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 72 78 69, Anna Grzebien 76 71 72

220 Paula Creamer 73 74 73, Stacy Prammanasudh 74 75 71, Anja Monke (Ger) 74 74 72, Natalie Gulbis 70 78 72, Meaghan Francella 74 73 73, Erica Blasberg 72 72 76

221 Young Kim (Kor) 74 73 74, Haeji Kang (Kor) 70 76 75, Kim Hall 72 71 78, Johanna Mundy (Eng) 70 76 75, Shiho Oyama (Jpn) 69 78 74, Birdie Kim (Kor) 72 72 77, Janice Moodie (Sco) 70 75 76, Marcy Hart 74 75 72

222 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 74 76 72, Na On Min (Jpn) 75 75 72, Soo-Yun Kang (Kor) 71 75 76, Alena Sharp (Can) 72 76 74, Sarah-jane Smith (Aus) 73 76 73, Maria Jose Uribe (Col) 73 72 77, Leah Wigger 72 74 76

223 Laura Davies (Eng) 75 74 74, Beth Bader 75 73 75, Lisa Strom 76 74 73, Amy Yang 75 72 76, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 75 74 74

224 Mollie Fankhauser 74 74 76, Becky Morgan (Wal) 75 74 75, Allison Fouch 74 76 74

225 Brittany Lincicome 81 68 76, Candie Kung (Tai) 75 75 75, Kyeong Bae (Kor) 74 76 75

226 Marisa Baena 73 76 77, Jin young Pak (Kor) 73 76 77

227 Jimin Jeong 75 75 77, Charlotte Mayorkas 77 72 78, Russy Gulyanamitta (Tha) 75 73 79

229 Joo Mi Kim (Kor) 74 76 79, Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor) 77 72 80

231 Moira Dunn 76 73 82


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