GOLF
Oh prevails in playoff for first win
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When a red-eyed Michelle Wie left the clubhouse at Panther Creek Country Club on Saturday, it looked like she took all the drama the State Farm Classic had to offer with her.
The 18-year-old golfer, on the verge of playing her way onto the LPGA Tour and playing her best golf of the year, was disqualified for failure to sign her scorecard.
But Sunday afternoon, a pair of young golfers did their best to fill the gap.
Second-year pro Ji Young Oh of South Korea won her first tournament, sinking a six-inch putt for par to win the State Farm Classic in a playoff over 19-year-old Taiwanese rookie Yani Tseng.
Tseng, the leader coming into Sunday, chipped her third shot over the green and into the rough, then pitched her ball to about six feet from the cup.
But the 20-year-old Oh’s third shot, from just inside the rough, left her with the tap-in that gave her the win.
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