Yoo Sun-young beat IK Kim in a dramatic play-off to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship in California on Sunday night.
Big victory comes in thrilling fashion
Yoo Sun-young claimed a dramatic play-off victory over IK Kim to seal the Kraft Nabisco Championship title in California.
It was tough luck on Kim, who was in line to take the title until a bogey at the 18th sent the pair to an extra hole. And one hole was all Yoo needed to claim her first major title, as she birdied the 18th while Kim could only manage a par five.
Yoo and Kim were both in a group of five players sitting three shots off overnight leaders Yani Tseng and Karin Sjodin at the start of day four. But as world number one Tseng, looking for her third win in as many weeks, fell away with three bogeys on the front nine and unfancied Swede Sjodin collapsed following an eagle at the second, Yoo and Kim took advantage.
Yoo was level at the turn after two birdies and two bogeys, but picked up shots at the 11th, 12th and 15th for a round of three under par. That appeared to be handing the title Kim, who was blemish-free through 17 holes with four birdies, including at the 16th and 17th, before slipping up at the last.
Well clear
The pair finished nine under for the tournament, one clear of Tseng and two clear of a group which included Sjodin and 2011 champion Stacy Lewis, who signed off in style with a six-under 66.
Scotland's Catriona Matthew was the leading British challenger as her two-under final round put her four under overall in a share of 24th
Collated final-round scores & totals (USA unless stated, par 72):
279 Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 69 69 72 69
(Sun Young Yoo won in the play-off with a birdie on the 18th hole), In-Kyung Kim (Kor) 70 70 70 69
280 Yani Tseng (Tai) 68 68 71 73
281 Hee Kyung Seo (Kor) 69 72 69 71, Amy Yang (Kor) 66 74 72 69, Karin Sjodin (Swe) 72 67 68 74, Stacy Lewis 74 71 70 66
282 Natalie Gulbis 76 71 70 65, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 72 67 71 72, Se Ri Pak (Kor) 70 69 72 71
283 Vicky Hurst 70 70 71 72, Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 71 69 70 73, Angela Stanford 72 71 70 70, Ha-Neul Kim (Kor) 71 71 70 71
284 Azahara Munoz (Spa) 73 72 67 72, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 74 70 70 70, Karrie Webb (Aus) 71 72 71 70, Haeji Kang (Kor) 69 68 72 75, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 72 74 66 72
285 Paula Creamer 69 73 71 72, Katherine Hull (Aus) 69 73 69 74
286 Aryia Jutanugarn (Tha) 71 73 71 71, Lexi Thompson 72 72 68 74, Cristie Kerr 71 70 72 73, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 72 70 73 71
287 Beatriz Recari (Spa) 72 76 70 69, Cindy Lacrosse 73 71 70 73, Inbee Park (Kor) 71 74 68 74, Brittany Lang 74 74 69 70, Jiyai Shin (Kor) 72 71 70 74, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 74 74 67 72, Jodi Ewart (Eng) 69 73 73 72, Jennifer Johnson 72 71 73 71, Hee Young Park (Kor) 72 71 70 74
288 Julieta Granada (Par) 70 75 73 70, Mi Jung Hur (Kor) 73 70 75 70, Karine Icher (Fra) 73 73 67 75
289 Maria Hjorth (Swe) 73 68 75 73, Sandra Gal (Ger) 71 72 72 74, Charley Hull (Eng) 71 77 68 73, Kris Tamulis 72 75 68 74, Mina Harigae 73 71 72 73
290 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 67 71 76 76, Pat Hurst 75 73 71 71, Heather Bowie Young 74 70 73 73
291 Morgan Pressel 73 74 73 71, Lizette Salas 76 70 71 74, Ji-Hee Lee (Jpn) 74 73 69 75
292 Seon Hwa Lee (Kor) 76 72 68 76, Chella Choi (Kor) 72 74 75 71, Austin Ernst 77 70 68 77, Becky Morgan (Wal) 76 72 72 72, Caroline Masson (Ger) 79 69 70 74, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 70 74 73 75, Candie Kung (Tai) 70 75 72 75
293 Melissa Reid (Eng) 77 70 71 75, Wendy Ward 71 76 71 75, Jennifer Song 72 71 71 79, Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 71 72 74 76, So yeon Ryu (Kor) 74 74 73 72, Pornanong Phatlum (Tha) 71 72 73 77, Caroline Hedwall (Swe) 74 72 71 76, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 74 73 75 71, Diana Luna (Ita) 76 68 75 74, Jaye marie Green 71 77 70 75
294 Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 71 69 80 74, Dewi Claire Schreefel 75 72 70 77, Katie Futcher 72 72 73 77, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 71 75 71 77
295 Cydney Clanton 70 76 75 74, Yukari Baba (Jpn) 75 73 72 75, Reilley Rankin 73 73 70 79, Mo Martin 74 72 73 76, Amanda Blumenherst 75 73 72 75
296 Karen Stupples (Eng) 73 72 75 76, Christina Kim 74 69 77 76, Alena Sharp (Can) 75 73 73 75
298 Leta Lindley 76 70 77 75
299 Lorie Kane (Can) 74 73 72 80, Nicole Castrale 69 73 81 76
301 Kyeong Bae (Kor) 74 74 78 75
303 Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 74 72 81 76
