Ji Young Oh overcame chilly, wet and windy conditions to win the Sybase Classic Presented by ShopRite.  It is her second career victory, both of which have come in the last 11 months.  Suzann Pettersen finished in second place at -10, four shots behind.  Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie tied for third at -8 while In-Kyung Kim was fifth at -7.

Tied for the lead with Oh to start the day, Pettersen stumbled out of the blocks with bogeys at the first two holes.  Ji Young birdied 3 to open up a three-shot lead.  Lincicome shot herself out of contention quickly with bogeys at 2, 4 and 6.  Another bogey at 9 gave Brittany an outward score of 40 as she went on to shoot 77 and finish tied for sixth.  Creamer and Wie started slowly - they each collected only one birdie on the front - and lost ground to the top two.  A bogey at 10 dropped Paula to -7 and she never did get back into the hunt.  Oh and Pettersen swapped birdies at the par-5 5^th, Suzann birdied 6 to get back within two, then both players again birdied the par 5 7^th.  Ji Young bogeyed 8, trimming her lead to one, and then bogeyed 10 to square the two at -13.  Wie was the only other player within five shots and when she birdied 11, she was only three back.  A poor decision to go for the green from the rough at the par-4 12^th cost Michelle dearly - her ball found the water right, leading to double-bogey and knocking her out of contention.

As the back nine "match play" event got underway, Pettersen blinked first.  After exchanging pars at 11, Suzann drove into the right rough at 12 (near where Wie misplayed from) and pulled her second left of the green.  Her chip from a thick lie was about as good as she could play but she wasn't able to sink her 10-foot par putt.  Oh nearly opened the door at 13 when she flew her approach through the green but her chip to a foot saved par.  Pettersen missed her six-footer for birdie to the left.  Both players had birdie chances at 14 from less than 10 feet which neither could cash.  Ji Young nearly canned one from 50 feet at 15 as Suzann again failed to convert, this time missing badly from eight feet.  Both parred 16 after less than stellar approach shots.  Neither had realistic chances at 17 either but Pettersen got to read Oh's line.  Suzann pulled her 20-footer left and then lipped out her par putt from two feet.  Suddenly Ji Young had a two-shot lead with one hole to play.  After Oh striped the 18^th fairway and Pettersen missed it way right, the thing was settled.  A birdie by Oh and bogey by Pettersen created the final margin.

It wasn't exactly the Sunday shootout I was expecting.  The conditions certainly affected the scoring but except for a couple of chip shots by Oh, the execution by the contenders wasn't the greatest.  Pettersen is certainly kicking herself after missing at least four birdie chances on the back nine and Oh wasn't able to run away with it (not until 18, anyway).  Still, Ji Young held it together and made some great shots while no one else was able and for that she is a deserving champion.  Congratulations!