Jiyai Shin was never threatened as she cruised to a seven shot victory at the Wegmans LPGA.  It is the second win of the season for the 21-year-old pseudo-rookie and her fifth in the last 11 months.  Kristy McPherson and Yani Tseng fired 66s to tie for second at -10 while Stacy Lewis, Haeji Kang and Mika Miyazato tied for fourth at -9.

Shin began the day with a four-shot cushion and despite only shooting 71, her lead was never less than that.  Jiyai birdied 1 to go up by 5, bogeyed 7, birdied 8 and birdied 10 to reach -18.  At the time she led by six with eight holes to play.  Bogeys at 13 and 14 made me wonder a little bit, but her wheels never did come completely off (like some others' did) and a birdie at 17 was icing on the victory cake.

It would be incorrect to say that her competition rolled over for Shin but they sure didn't put any pressure on, either.  While Jiyai played her first seven holes in even par, Morgan Pressel wasted the opportunity by doing the same.  She did birdie 9 to go -13 (down four at the time) but her back nine was an absolute nightmare.  A three-putt bogey at 10 started the slide, another bogey at 12 accentuated it and a triple-bogey 7 at 13 was the capper.  Two over-long chips and three putts did Morgan in at 13.  The back nine 44 cost Pressel a Top 10 when second place seemed to be in her grasp.  Stacy Lewis was also down by four after she chipped in for eagle at the par-5 8^th but like on Saturday had trouble finding a birdie anywhere.  She got one at 12 but immediately gave the shot back at 13.  When she missed a four-footer for another bogey at 14, Lewis' chance was gone.  Lindsey Wright started the day like she was going to be Shin's primary party-pooper with birdies at 1 and 3 (-12 at the time) but she quickly stalled out, and four straight bogeys on the back cost her a "sure" Top 10 ala Pressel.  Sandra Gal was -11 for a while but bogeys at 9 and 10 sent her down the road.

To be fair - about the time McPherson and Tseng were finishing their great rounds and the final groups were starting the back nine, the weather turned.  It started raining steadily and the wind picked up.  Kang and Miyazato fared the best of those last contenders but even they both played the back nine in +1.  The conditions made it infinitely tougher for the remaining chasers to make up shots and since Shin maintained her position so effectively, the final holes became anticlimactic.  Congratulations to Jiyai on her dominant performance.  Keep this performance in mind the next time somebody starts talking about great women golfers - we haven't seen very many seven-shot wins by players not named Ochoa or Sorenstam in the last few years.