Ji-Yai Shin just shot a sizzling 66 to turn a 4-shot deficit into a 2-shot victory at the CyberAgent Ladies on the JLPGA.  A 33 on the front brought her within reach of the lead and a 33 on the back sealed the deal.  Shin got a little help from defending champion and 2nd-round leader Chie Arimura, whose late double gave Shin her 1st solo lead of the tournament, as well as from playing partner Akane Iijima, who needed to birdie the 18th to catch her but instead bogeyed it.

Shin's 4th career JLPGA victory may well be her sweetest if it ends up being the one that leapfrogs her past Lorena Ochoa into the #1 position on the Rolex Rankings.  I wonder how high Lorena needs to finish on the leaderboard at the Tres Marias Championship to end her term as an LPGA regular at the top of the world of women's golf?  I wonder whether an Ai Miyazato win in Morelia would be enough to overtake both Shin and Ochoa? 

[Update:  Randall Mell says Shin will be #1 if Ochoa finishes 5th or worse, whether Miyazato wins or not.  But given that Shin is sitting out the JLPGA's 1st major of 2010, the Salonpas Cup, next week and Miyazato is jetting back to Japan to play in it, we could have 3 different #1s from last week to this week to next week!]