lpga tour // manulife finanCial lpga ClassiC
lang notches first win
� winner after hee kyung
seo could manage only par
from a similar situation,
brittany lang’s sand-save
birdie on the third hole of
sudden death earned the
26-year-old her first tour
title, the manulife financial
lpga classic at grey silo
gc in waterloo, ont. chella
choi and inbee park had
earlier been eliminated from
the four-woman playoff.
ing only par in regulation.
on the third playoff hole,
lang and seo were both in a
bunker short and left of the
hole. after seo missed her
birdie try, lang made a two-footer for the victory.
�key hole the par- 5 18th.
lang birdied it three times
in the playoff after, along
with seo and park, manag-
�noteworthy lang is
the tour’s fourth first-time
winner in ’ 12. Jessica korda,
azahara munoz and shan-shan feng are the others. …
lang, a seventh-year pro,
had not won in 143 lpga
tour events. … michelle wie
closed with a 74 and finished
t-68 at three over 287.
�top five grey silo gC, Waterloo, Ontario
1. Brittany Lang 69-65-67-67—268 $195,000
2. Hee Kyung Seo 66-68-67-67—268 90,231
InbeePark 69-64-66-69—268 90,231
Chella Choi 69-66-70-63—268 90,231
5. Stacy Lewis 72-64-69-64—269 48,610
So Yeon Ryo 70-65-70-64—269 48,610
Playoff scores: Lang 4-4-4, Seo 4-4-5, Park 4-5, Choi 5.
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� quotable
“i can’t believe i’m the first dukie to win an
lpga tournament. that blows my mind.”
—brittany lang
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