NAPLES, Florida: Na Yeon Choi capped her outstanding 2012 LPGA campaign with a two-stroke victory over fellow South Korean So Yeon Ryu yesterday in the $1.5m season-ending Titleholders.
Choi countered a double-bogey at the third with an eagle at the par-five fifth. She added three more birdies -- the last of them at the par-four 16th, for a two-under par 70 and a 72-hole total of 14-under 274. Her second victory of the year, after a triumph in the US Women’s Open and took her total prize money for the campaign to $1.9 million.
“I’m really happy with how I played this season,” said the 25-year-old Choi. “I won my first major and even this tournament is very big for me.”
Ryu, fell out of a tie for the lead with a three-putt bogey on the par-five 14th. She settled for a 70 for 276. AFP
