Angela Stanford of the US won the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore yesterday after prevailing in a dramatic four-way playoff for the title.
The gritty American had to call on all her experience and resilience to hold off South Korea’s 19-year-old Jenny Shin, who threw down the gauntlet all the way to the third playoff hole.
Stanford also had to cope with a thunderstorm that halted play for more than an hour just before her playing group was about to tee off at the 18th hole.
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The trophy was finally Stanford’s to take when she saved par at the third playoff hole after Shin failed to make a par putt.
China’s Feng Shanshan was eliminated after the first playoff hole and South Korea’s Choi Na-yeon went out in the second.
All four of them had finished on 10-under 278.
World No. 1 Yani Tseng of Taiwan was in contention until her form took a dip in the back nine.
Tseng had been cruising as she reeled in five birdies on the front nine, when disaster struck the five-time major champion at the par-four 10th.
Tseng double-bogeyed the 10th and appeared to lose her momentum in the final stretch.
She finished on nine-under 279.
“Sometimes you get a bad bounce on this golf course, sometimes you do get it good, this is a tough course,” the 23-year-old Taiwanese said.
Fellow Taiwanese Amy Hung carded a 74 to finish tied for 35th place on two-over 290, while Candie Kung was a further shot back tied for 39th.
Additional reporting by staff writer
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