Ji claims LPGA Taiwan Championship

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South Korean Ji Eun-hee broke an eight-year tournament drought when she won the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship in Taipei by six strokes with a 17-under-par 271 total on Sunday.

Ji’s final round was a bogey-free seven under 65 at the Miramar Resort and Country Club.

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In second spot, six strokes back was New Zealand’s Lydia Ko who also fired a bogey-free 65.

In third place tied at seven under were – Ryu So-yeon (South Korea), Lizette Salas (US), Carlota Ciganda (Spain), Shanshan Feng (China) and Sweden’s Madelene Sagström.

Through three rounds, Ji was never really threatened, making the turn at 13-under with three birdies, still six better than Ko.

Then at the 10th, she made another birdie to open a seven-shot lead. Ko then pulled a shot back on the 11th but never came close for the remainder of the round.

Leading Scores:

1. Ji, Eun Hee -17 (66 71 69 65) 271
2. Ko, Lydia -11 (70 74 68 65)
T3. Ciganda, Carlota -7 (72 70 71 68)
T3. Feng, Shanshan -7 (72 70 71 68)
T3. Ryu, So-Yeon -7 (73 68 75 65)
T3. Sagstrom, Madelene -7 (72 68 73 68)
T3. Salas, Lizette -7 (76 68 70 67)
8. Kerr, Cristie -6 (73 70 70 69)
9. Concolino, Jacqui -5 (74 70 73 66)
T10. Altomare, Brittany -4 (70 68 75 71)
T10. Hsu, Wei-Ling -4 (72 75 71 66)
T10. Lang, Brittany -4 (71 70 75 68)
T10. Yin, Angel -4 (71 71 72 70)

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