Eunjung Yi wins LPGA Farr Classic

Eunjung Yi watched from the 17th tee and knew that Morgan Pressel, playing just ahead of her, had holed a lob wedge from 70 yards for eagle that had erased what had only a few holes earlier had been a six-shot lead.

Rather than let her mind wander or allow herself to be distracted by all of the people cheering for Pressel, Yi shut everything out.

"I didn't think about her," she said. "I thought about my golf."

Yi recovered to roll in a 10-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to beat Pressel and capture her first LPGA Tour title Sunday in what might be the final Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.

Pressel, a runner-up for the second time in three years at the Farr, tipped her hat to the winner.

"She won the tournament," Pressel said. "She made a birdie on the playoff hole. I had my opportunities."

The 21-year-old Yi, the 2005 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links winner, began the day with a four-shot lead. She birdied two of the first three holes to go up six shots. Yet she remained oblivious; she never looked at a leaderboard and didn't ask her caddie about her status.


Eunjung Yi kisses the trophy after winning the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic golf tournament Sunday, July 5, 2009, in Sylvania, Ohio. Yi and Morgan Pressel tied at 18-under par and had to play one playoff hole for the win.

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