Yongin, Oct 29: On Sunday, Pak opened her round with a birdie at the par-51st, a downhill 559-yard hole that opens the 7,052-yard Lake Side Country Club course in Yongin, south of Seoul. The four-time LPGA major champion proved her talent on the 173-yard par-3 3rd hole, draining a 33-foot birdie putt from the edge of the green.
Pak bogeyed the 171-yard 6th hole, where she landed her tee-shot within 16 feet of the pin but three-putted on the rugged green. She immediately came back with a birdie on the uphill 399-yard par-4 7th.
Pak added another birdie on the 10th but bogeyed the 12th. She lost another stroke on the 437-yard par-4 14th after hitting her second shot into a green-side bunker. She pumped her fist as her 20-foot par putt headed toward the hole, but the ball licked the cup and rolled out. Pak, who is No. 2 on the LPGA money list, finished with rounds of 72, 74, 69 and 71.
Chang Ik-je, who entered the final round on top, surrendered his lead at one stage when Cho Hyon-joon fired a hole-in-one on the 173-yard 3rd hole. Cho stretched the lead by two strokes with birdies on the 8th and 9th, eyeing his first tour win. But he bogeyed on the 15th hole.
Chang, who fired birdies on the 10th, 12th and 13th, ended Cho's hope for a playoff by draining a 13-foot birdie on the 18th.



``I played, fighting myself. I kept on telling myself 'Don't get greedy! Don't get greedy!''' Chang said. ``With Cho Hyon-joon playing so well, it was a really difficult match.''



Mo Joong-kyong shot 7-under 65 to jump to third place. He began the final round tied at 14th.


Bureau Report