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Ji wins LPGA Match-Play crown

AFP
Tuesday, May 31, 2022

LOS ANGELES: South Korean Ji Eun-hee won the LPGA Match-Play tournament on Sunday, defeating Japan’s Ayaka Furue 3&2 in the championship match at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas.

At 36, Ji became the oldest South Korean winner of an LPGA title, taking her first tour victory since the 2019 Tournament of Champions. Ji called it the hardest victory of her career.

“Very much. It was really hard,” she said. “We have to play 36 holes (Saturday and Sunday). That makes it a lot harder. “My feet almost not moving last couple holes. My back hurts. Really tired now.”