On May 13, Beijing time, since Zhang Siyang won the professional debut last year and joined the LPGA Tour the next week, people have been expecting two NCAA championship winners.
The 20-year-old player finally showed his strength on Sunday. She captured four birds in the last five holes of the Uptown Country Club in Montclair, New Jersey, and won the Founder's Cup. She beat Madelene Sagstrom by two strokes ahead, and officially ended Nelly Kodak's LPGA winning streak.
On Sunday, Zhang Siyang made no mistakes, just like in the first round. She caught 6 birds and shot 66 shots, which was 264 shots (63-68-67-66) in four rounds, 24 shots below the par.
For the second day in a row, Madeleine Sagstrom set out with her from the leading group and handed in 69 shots, 266 shots (65-66-66-69) in four rounds, 22 shots below the par, ranking second.
The other players were left far behind. Gabriela Ruffels of Australia played 71 shots, ranking third, but was 15 shots behind.
Yin Ruonin performed well at the weekend. On Sunday, three birds were caught in eight holes. The Chinese player caught two more birds in the last four holes, swallowed one bogey, hit 68 shots for the second day in a row, and rushed up, ranking fourth with Lin Xiyu (71 shots) and Qian Peiyun (71 shots). The score was 280, 8 shots below par.
Nelly Koda finally stalled after five consecutive LPGA victories. On Sunday, she swallowed two bogeys on the first 11 holes. She only caught a bird on the 12th hole and shot 73 shots, falling to the seventh place in a row. Her fourth round score was 281, 7 shots below par.
Liu Yan rebounded from the opening two holes by swallowing Shuangbogey. She made 284 shots (68-70-73-73) in four rounds, four shots lower than par, and ranked 25th.
Liu Yiyi caught a bird in the 14th and 15th holes in a row and played 71 strokes, 286 strokes (69-71-75-71), 2 strokes lower than the par, and was in the 35th position.
Yan Jing 288 strokes (73-72-71-72), flat standard strokes, and in position 50.
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