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Yi jumps to No. 41 in LPGA rankings

Tue, 07/07/2009 - 01:34 by surajdogra

Philladelphia -- Eunjung Yi's first LPGA win this weekend has allowed her to soar 98 places in the women's golf world rankings as the top eight spots remained unchanged.

Yi jumped from No. 139 to No. 41 with her victory Sunday at the Jamie Farr Owen Cornings Classic, and it also allowed her to gain the final spot in this week's U.S. Women's Open.

The top eight in the rankings remained the same as last week with Lorena Ochoa followed by Yani Tseng, Jiyai Shin, Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, Suzann Pettersen, Angela Stanford and In Kyung Kim.

Yi tops Pressel in Jamie Farr playoff

Mon, 07/06/2009 - 04:35 by Salinder Kumar

Sylvania, Ohio. -- Eunjung Yi rolled in a 14-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with Morgan Pressel Sunday and won the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in Ohio.

The win was Yi's first on the LPGA Tour.

Yi carded an even-par 71 in the final round of regulation play and Pressel shot a 67, tying at 18-under 266.

The playoff began at No. 18, where Pressel missed a 25-foot birdie attempt before Yi won it with her birdie.

Michelle Wie (64), Seon-Hwa Lee (67) and Song-Hee Kim (69) tied for third place at 16-under 268.

The 21-year-old Yi, who lives in Murrieta, Calif., is a native of South Korea. She had not finished in the top 10 in any prior event this season.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

Yi has 61 to take LPGA Jamie Farr lead

Sun, 07/05/2009 - 04:22 by Salinder Kumar

Sylvania, Ohio. -- Eunjung Yi of Korea shot a 10-under 61 Saturday to take a four-stroke lead in the third round at the LPGA Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.

Yi, 21, made a fairway shot for an eagle at No. 10 and collected eight birdies without a bogey to post her best score on the LPGA Tour by five shots.

Yi moved to 18-under 195, four shots better than Song-Hee Kim (64) of Korea and Morgan Pressel (67) going into Sunday's final round.

Mikaela Parmlid (62) was in a group of seven players two strokes further back at 12-under 201.

Yi's 61 was not a course record. Defending champion Paula Creamer, who withdrew Thursday, had a 60 in the first round last year. Annika Sorenstam has the only 59 in LPGA Tour history.