GOLF
Yi’s birdie wins playoff
SYLVANIA, Ohio — The gallery was going wild. There was no question what had happened.
Eunjung Yi watched from the 17th tee and knew that Morgan Pressel, playing just ahead of her, had holed a lob wedge from 70 yards for eagle that had erased what had only a few holes earlier had been a six-shot lead.
Rather than let her mind wander or allow herself to be distracted by all of the people cheering for Pressel, Yi shut everything out.
“I didn’t think about her,” she said. “I thought about my golf.”
Yi recovered to roll in a 10-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to beat Pressel and capture her first LPGA Tour title Sunday in what might be the final Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.
Pressel, a runner-up for the second time in three years at the the Farr, tipped her hat to the winner.
“She won the tournament,” Pressel said. “She made a birdie on the playoff hole. I had my opportunities.”
Yi, from South Korea, finished at 18- under 266 to earn the $210,000 first prize. Yi closed with an even-par 71 and Pressel had a 67. Michelle Wie had a career- best 64 to tie for third at 16 under.
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