ICOH Women’s British Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Wirral, United Kingdom
September 16, 2012
Final-round Notes and Interviews
Jiyai Shin -9, Rolex Rankings No. 10
Paula Creamer +1, Rolex Rankings No. 14
Lydia Ko +9, (a
Rolex Rankings No. 10 Jiyai Shin captured her second career major championship title in dominating fashion, shooting rounds of 71-73 in a 36-hole finale Sunday to take a record-breaking, nine-shot victory at the 2012 RICOH Women’s British Open.
Shin, who won the 2008 RICOH Women’s British Open at Sunningdale, finished at 9-under-par 279 and was the only player in the field this week who managed to finish under par at the difficult Royal Liverpool Golf Club.
After high winds on Friday caused the event to lose an entire day’s worth of the play, the tournament geared up for a 36-hole finish on Sunday. Players teed off for the third round early on Sunday morning and remained in the same groups as they worked to finish all 72 holes before the sun set on the final day of play
Both Lorie Kane and Samantha Richdale missed the cut...
Bryan Angus
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