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Atrocious weather, a marathon 36-hole day and nine extra holes extending over two days could not stop South Korean Shin Ji-yai from making her comeback to win an LPGA major title Sunday.
Shin overcame inclement weather and survived a tough 36-hole final day to claim the Women’s British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.
Last Monday, she had survived an exhausting play-off which extended to nine holes to capture the Kingsmill Championship on the LPGA Tour.
Shin overcame inclement weather and survived a tough 36-hole final day to claim the Women’s British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.
Last Monday, she had survived an exhausting play-off which extended to nine holes to capture the Kingsmill Championship on the LPGA Tour.
Shin relieved her thirst for a win through the Kingsmill championship title, which ended her 22-month drought of LPGA Tour victories since the Mizuno Classic in November 2010.
Shin has a special affinity for The British Open. She shot to fame by first winning the event as a non-member of LPGA Tour in 2008. She had then gained momentum until her slump.
In 2008 as a non-member, she won two other LPGA tournaments, and added two more victories in 2009 as a tour rookie.
She easily won the Rookie of the Year points race and became the youngest-ever money winner in the tour’s history.
In 2010, she became No. 1 in the world rankings until that June, then regained it in July after winning the Evian Masters.
Her seemingly unstoppable ascension, however, came to a stop in 2011.
She developed back pains while attempting to change her swing and was forced to rest for about a month. She finished the year without a win.
She began the 2012 season with a new resolve to restore her brilliant form of the past, but was hit by an injury. In May, she underwent surgery on her left wrist.
It didn’t take her long, however, to regain her status as a world-leading player.
Shin’s victory completed an Asian sweep of this year’s four women’s majors.
Her compatriots Yoo Sun-young and Choi Na-yeon won the Kraft Nabisco Championship and U.S. Women’s Open respectively, while Feng Shangshan became the first Chinese to win the LPGA Championship.
Eyes are on how long 24-year-old Shin will maintain her form after starting to pick up trophies again.
By Chun Sung-woo (swchun@heraldcorp.com)
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Articles by Korea Herald
