LPGA Hana Bank Championship - Final Round
by hound dog on Oct 31, 2010 4:26 AM PDT
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PrintNa Yeon Choi took the lead on a two-shot swing at the 10th hole and went on to win her second straight LPGA Hana Bank Championship. It is her second win of 2010 and the fourth of her career, all coming within the last 13 months. Vicky Hurst finished in second place at -8, two shots behind while Song-Hee Kim finished third at -7.
The top three all played in the final group so reconstructing the play-by-play this week is a snap! Kim began the day up one on Choi and two on Hurst, and she birdied the opening hole to reach -9. Hurst birdied 2 and 3 to go into second place at -8. Choi birdied 4 to tie Vicky. Song-Hee birdied 5 to increase her lead to two. Kim and Hurst both birdied 7 so at this point Song-Hee was -11, Vicky was -9 and NYC was -8. Choi birdied 8 to recreate the tie for second.
Suddenly Kim began to falter - she bogeyed 9 to halve her lead. 10 brought the big two-shot swing - Choi birdied to go -10 and Song-Hee bogeyed again, falling back to -9 with Hurst. At 11 Choi birdied again to take a two-shot lead. All three players bogeyed 12 and only NYC could rebound at 13 - the birdie opened up a three-shot lead with five holes to play. Kim bogeyed 13 (her fourth in five holes), effectively leaving only Hurst with any chance to run down the defending champ. Choi did stumble once - a bogey at 16 - but Vicky wasn't able to take advantage as she could only par out.
Juli Inkster collected an early birdie to reach -6 but started to struggle midway on the front nine. A 74 dropped her to -3 T12. Jiyai Shin and Suzann Pettersen posted 69 and 70 respectively to finish T4 while Paula Creamer had the best round on Sunday, a 67 to join them at -6. None of that trio (or anyone else besides Inkster, for that matter) ever got closer than four shots from the lead so that should explain their omissions from the play-by-play.
I knew if I kept picking NYC to win, it would eventually pan out! Not that those picks weren't founded in some reality - she's been consistently in contention (six finishes in the top three in her previous nine starts) and she's proven that she knows how to get the win. Congratulations Na Yeon...and thanks!!
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No word on any changes in the Rolex Rankings
Last two weeks they had the scenario played out in the post tournament interviews and wrap-up on LPGA.com who were the top three. NYC was down more than a point but Shin (T4) finished ahead of Kerr (T12). Or will it be like last week when Shin finished ahead of Kerr but fall further behind.
Does it really matter?
This isn’t tennis, where the rankings determine tournament seedings. In my opinion, since Ochoa retired the number one position has been vacant, and the rankings fluctuations have just been a game of musical chairs. When Annika and Lorena were at the top their averages were above 16 most of the time. As of tomorrow there will be six players between roughly 10-11. Wake me when one of them raises her average to 14 because then we’ll finally have a legitimate number one again.
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