Golfer Na Yeon Choi took home her first LPGA tour victory for the year on Sunday after she edged out top-ranked Yani Tseng by a single stroke.
Choi carded a 3-under-68 at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia event in Kuala Lumpur to finish with a 15-under 269. Choi took home prize money of $285,000.
“I took something from last week,” Choi told the Associated Press. “I had a great experience from last week. … I did my best last week. … So, I learned something. And then this week, I had a great feeling about my game. I played so well this week.”
Choi became only the second South Korean winner on the LPGA Tour this year, joining U.S. Women’s Open champion So Yeon Ryu. The victory also was the 100th LPGA Tour win by players of Korean descent.
“I won my fifth tournament and a hundred times for all of the Korean players,” Choi said. “So it’s very nice. Icing on the cake.”
ESPN.com wrote that Choi might have distinguished herself as South Korea’s top golfer.
