Taiwan’s Cheng Ssu-chia on Sunday fired off back-to-back birdies to hold on to third place at the Dana Open in Sylvania, Ohio, for her best LPGA finish so far this year.
The 26-year-old shot five birdies, four on the back nine, with two bogeys in the final round for a three-under-par 68. That left her tied with Sweden’s Linn Grant, last year’s Dana Open winner, at a 14-under 270.
The result was Cheng’s best so far this year, after she and Taiwanese partner Hsu Wei-ling last month tied for eighth at the Dow Championship team event in Midland, Michigan.
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Also in Ohio, Taiwanese Hou Yu-sang finished tied for 64th with a one-over-par 285.
Hou and Taiwanese partner Chien Pei-yun tied for 23rd in Michigan.
Thailand’s Chanettee Wannasaen edged South Korea’s Ryu Hae-ran by a stroke to win the Dana Open, the 20-year-old’s second LPGA title.
Chanettee fired a four-under-par 67 to finish 72 holes on 20-under 264.
Ryu birdied four of the last five holes and six on the back nine, but her lone bogey at 16 dropped her one adrift of Chanettee before both contenders birdied the par-five 17th and 18th holes to give Chanettee the triumph.
“Actually today I’m really nervous, and get stressed,” Chanettee said. “This year I didn’t expect I was going to win, so lots of stress and nervousness. On the last putt on the last hole my hand is shaking so hard. I’m just like: ‘Get in, get in. I want birdie, not par.’ I made it.”
Chanettee, ranked 43rd, won her only prior LPGA title at the Portland Classic in September last year as a Monday qualifier.
“I’m starting this year looking for second trophy so right now I can’t imagine,” she said. “Portland, I feel like freedom. Right now I’m feeling like I’m going to looking for third trophy. I think it’s coming.”
Ryu, last year’s LPGA Rookie of the Year, won her only LPGA title at the Northwest Arkansas Championship in October last year. She has had seven top-10 showings this season.
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