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Yoo edges Kim in playoff for Mission Hills title

by Admin on April 2, 2012

(Reuters) – South Korea’s Yoo Sun-young rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat compatriot Kim In-kyung and win the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday. Yoo, who tied Kim at nine-under-par 279 after 72 holes, birdied the par-five 18th at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, to claim her first major title. Kim squandered a chance to win the first women’s major of the year in regulation when she missed a one-foot par putt at the final hole.

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Yoo edges Kim in playoff for Mission Hills title

Golf-Yoo edges Kim in playoff for Mission Hills title

April 2, 2012

April 1 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Yoo Sun-young rolled in a15-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoffto beat compatriot Kim In-kyung and win the Kraft NabiscoChampionship on Sunday. Yoo, who tied Kim at nine-under-par 279 after 72 holes,birdied the par-five 18th at Mission Hills Country Club inRancho Mirage, California, to claim her first major title

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Golf-Kraft Nabisco Championship third-round scores

April 1, 2012

March 31 (Reuters) – Leading third-round scores from theKraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club inRancho Mirage, California on Saturday (par-72, U.S. …

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Golf-Kraft Nabisco Championship second round scores

March 31, 2012

March 30 (Reuters) – Leading second-round scores from theKraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club inRancho Mirage, California on Friday (par-72, U.S. …

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Golf-Choi finally ready for triumphant leap of faith

March 31, 2012

March 30 (Reuters) – Victory at this week’s Kraft NabiscoChampionship would give South Korea’s Choi Na-yeon her firstmajor title but would also require a leap of faith she wasunprepared for just 12 months ago. Tradition dictates that the winner of the year’s firstwomen’s major at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, California hasto jump into Poppies Pond, which borders the 18th green on theDinah Shore Tournament Course. For Choi, who as a young child was saved from drowning byher father, any thought of this celebratory plunge was once afrightening prospect

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Golf-Tseng takes early control at Mission Hills

March 30, 2012

March 30 (Reuters) – World number one Yani Tseng, the LPGATour’s dominant figure, birdied her final hole to grab an earlytwo-shot lead in the second round of the Kraft NabiscoChampionship in Rancho Mirage, California on Friday. A winner in six of her last 12 LPGA events, the long-hittingTaiwanese fired a four-under-par 68 on another day of glorioussunshine at Mission Hills Country Club in the first women’smajor of the year. Champion here in 2010 and fresh from consecutive victorieson the U.S

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UPDATE 1-Golf-Korean Yang sets Mission Hills pace, Tseng lurks

March 30, 2012

* Yang takes control with six-under-par 66 * World number one Tseng opens with a 68 (Updates at end of round) March 29 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Amy Yang wielded ared-hot putter to take control of the Kraft Nabisco Championshipin Rancho Mirage, California on Thursday as world number oneYani Tseng lurked close behind. Yang took advantage of ideal scoring conditions atsun-drenched Mission Hills Country Club, firing a six-under-par66 in the opening round of the year’s first women’s major. …

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Wright stuff earns Australian early lead at Mission Hills

March 29, 2012

(Reuters) – Six months after considering quitting the game because of depression, Australian Lindsey Wright stormed into an early two-shot lead at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, California on Thursday. The 32-year-old took advantage of ideal scoring conditions at Mission Hills Country Club, firing a five-under-par 67 in the opening round of the year’s first women’s major. In pursuit of a maiden victory on the LPGA Tour, Wright finished two strokes in front of South Korea’s Kang Haeji, who mixed five birdies with two bogeys.

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