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Jennifer Johnson Earns First-Career Victory at 2013 Mobile Bay LPGA Classic

Jennifer Johnson shot a final-round 7-under 65 to become a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. The Carlsbad, Calif. native carded rounds of 67-70-65-65 to break the tournament record with a 21-under par 267 total and finished one stroke ahead of Pornanong Phatlum and Jessica Korda. A group of five players finished in a tie for fourth at 19-under par including Karrie Webb, Jiyai Shin, Ariya Juatnugarn, Chella Choi and Anna Nordqvist.

Johnson started the day three strokes off the lead heading into the final round and knew another solid day would be needed to even stay in contention. She carded four of her eight birdies on the front nine along with her lone bogey of the round on the par 4 5th hole. She made the turn at 17-under and one stroke behind Jessica Korda who played in the group following her. But it wasn’t until the final nine holes that Johnson really set her eye on the prize.

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Choi takes slender lead into Final Round of Mobile Bay LPGA Classic

Chella Choi shot her second-consecutive 6-under 66 on Saturday to push her to 17-under par and takes a one-shot lead at the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist broke the tournament and course record with an 11-under 61 and is in a tie for second with Jessica Korda at 16-under par. LPGA and World Golf Halls of Famer Karrie Webb sits in solo fourth at 15-under par and trails the lead by two.

Choi marks the fourth different leader this week in Mobile and holds the lead heading into the final round for the first time in her career. After her seven birdie, one bogey performance on Saturday, Choi said her confidence is at an all-time high and for the first time in her career has had no problem looking at the leaderboard to size up competing scores.

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Korda leads from Webb and Choi at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic

Jessica Korda shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 on Friday to take the second-round lead at the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic and heads into the weekend at 13-under par. It was Korda’s second-consecutive bogey-free round in Mobile and was firing on all cylinders to take a one-shot lead over LPGA and World Golf Halls of Famer Karrie Webb. Webb had quite the day herself, finishing with a 9-under 63 which included three-consecutive birdies to close out her round.

But the round of the week so far went to second-year LPGA Tour member Sydnee Michaels who beat the tournament record by two strokes with a 10-under 62. It was Michaels’ career-best round by three shots and was a 10-stroke improvement from her first-round 72. The UCLA product jumped from T63 to a tie for fourth at 10-under par alongside Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum and Thidapa Suwannapura.

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Thompson and Ji share the early lead at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic

Lexi Thompson and Eun-Hee Ji share the first-round lead after both carding rounds of 7-under 65 at the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. The duo sits one shot ahead of Jessica Korda who is in solo third after a 6-under 66. Thompson carded eight birdies and one bogey on the par 3 2nd hole in the morning wave while Ji moved her way into a share of the lead late in the afternoon with a seven birdie, bogey-free effort. Both rounds for the leaders were season-best scores for 18 holes.

A group of seven players sit two shots back in a tie for fourth at 5-under par including three Americans, Nicole Castrale, Mina Harigae and Jennifer Johnson.

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Kristianstad Åhus Ladies PGA Open tees off on Thursday

The LET Access Series heads to Sweden this week for the Kristianstad Åhus Ladies PGA Open at Kristianstad GC in Åhus, which features on the LETAS schedule for the second successive year.

The 54-hole stroke play tournament starting Thursday features a strong international field of 120 players from 23 different countries, led by Mireia Prat of Spain, who won her maiden title at the Ocho Golf Ladies Open in Galicia a fortnight ago.

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Mobile Bay LPGA Classic Preview

The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail will serve as the backdrop for this week’s Mobile Bay LPGA Classic, where 144 pros will tee off on The Crossings Course at Magnolia Grove. With the total purse at $1.2 million, the winner will take away the $180,000 first-place check and etch their name next to four past champions that include Angela Stanford (2008), Se Ri Pak (2010), Maria Hjorth (2011) and Stacy Lewis (2012).

Lewis’ victory in Mobile last year was the first of four in 2012, which kick started her campaign for Rolex Player of the Year honors. She became the first winner of the 2012 season to capture a title with all four rounds in the 60s, ending the week at 17-under par and fighting off a Sunday charge from teenage standout Lexi Thompson.

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Turkish Delight for Lee-Anne Pace

Lee-Anne Pace collected her sixth Ladies European Tour title at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open, three years after her last victory in 2010, when she won the Order of Merit and five titles around the world. With a final round one-under-par 72, the 32-year-old South African came from two shots behind the overnight leaders Charley Hull and Carlota Ciganda to win by one at National Golf Club.

Playing in the penultimate group, in fine weather, Pace posted the clubhouse lead at three-under before an agonising wait on the putting green to see if she could be caught by Hull, Ciganda or the two-time defending champion Christel Boeljon.

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Hull and Ciganda flying high at Turkish Airlines Ladies Open

English rookie Charley Hull and Carlota Ciganda of Spain share the lead heading into the final round of the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. Hull, 17, from Northamptonshire, fired a four-under-par 69 at National Golf Club in Belek, Antalya, on Saturday for a three-round total of four-under, while Ciganda moved back into top position with a one-under 72. Hull posted five birdies at holes one, five, 10, 13 and 14, before dropping one shot at the 18th.

“It was a really good round but I’m very disappointed because I three-putted the last hole. I haven’t parred that hole yet,” said Hull. “It was a really good day but I’m a bit annoyed. You want to be as good as you can.”

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Davies, Johnson and Alonso share halfway lead in Turkey

 

Laura Davies, Trish Johnson and Carmen Alonso share the halfway lead at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. The trio sit at four under par after 36 holes played in sunny conditions at National Golf Club in Belek, Antalya.

With overnight leader Carlota Ciganda a stroke back on three under, the leader board is packed with long hitters who have cleverly plotted their way around the tight-tree lined course.

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