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OTTAWA – Australia’s Katherine Hull won the Canadian Women’s Open on Sunday for her first LPGA title, taking advantage of Yani Tseng’s final-round meltdown for a one-stroke victory at Ottawa Hunt.

The 26-year-old Hull, six strokes behind Tseng at the start of the round, shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 11-under 277. Se Ri Pak closed with a 72 to finish second, and Tseng’s 77 left her two strokes behind at 9 under.

“This is something we all dream about as kids and to have it actually happen is amazing,” Hull said. “I was thinking this might be the year I broke through and got a win, but at six shots back, I didn’t think much about it.


“I just tried to play the best I could. I honestly didn’t expect to win at all. But that’s how golf goes. It’s four rounds, 72 holes and anything can happen.”

Tseng, the 19-year-old Taiwanese star who won the McDonald’s LPGA Championship in early June and finished second two weeks ago in the Women’s British Open, opened with rounds of 70, 64 and 68 to take a 14-under total into the final round. On Sunday, she had a double bogey, five bogeys and just two birdies.

She declined to comment after the round.

“That will happen, not only to her,” Pak said. “It’s happened to me and whoever. In golf, there are no guarantees. You’re leading by seven strokes, five strokes, it doesn’t matter. She played well and I know she was expecting a great situation. But she’s 19 years old. This will probably be a great experience for her.”

Hull, the former Pepperdine star who second behind Meena Lee in the 2005 tournament at Glen Arbour in Nova Scotia for her best previous LPGA finish, had four birdies and a bogey Sunday. She earned $337,500.

“It probably will be overshadowed by the Olympics, especially with the Aussies doing so well in swimming,” she said. “But it’s great. Sport is such a huge part of our culture. I hope it gets coverage down there because we need to raise the profile of women’s golf. Participation has actually been declining in the last five years. The more Aussies that do well, the better the game is going to get.”

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa, the 2007 winner at Royal Mayfair in Alberta, shot a 73 to tie for fourth with Sun Young Yoo (69) and Song-Hee Kim (70) at 7 under.

Michelle Wie, using the last of her six LPGA exemptions this year, tied for 12th at 3 under. She had rounds of 75, 70, 69 and 71.

The 18-year-old Stanford student said hasn’t decided whether to go to Q-School in a bid to earn an LPGA card.

“I feel like I gained a lot of confidence in myself again this year,” Wie said. “Being pain-free in the later part of the year, I started feeling confident. From May on, it’s getting better and better and now in the offseason, I know what to work on for next year.”

Annika Sorenstam, leaving the tour at the end of the season, had weekend round of 76 and 74 to tie for 21st at 2 over.

Lorie Kane was the top Canadian, finishing at 4 over. The 43-year-old from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, finished third in 2001 and fifth in 2004.

“Nothing would make me happier or prouder than to win the CN Canadian Open,” she said. “And Priddis next year (in Calgary) – that golf course sets my eye already.”

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Final scores with earnings and relation to par from the CN Canadian Women’s Open, played Aug. 14-17 at the par-72, 6,510-yard Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club (Note: a-amateur):

1. Katherine Hull	$337,500		71-65-72-69--277			-11
2. Se Ri Pak	202,703		68-70-68-72--278			-10
3. Yani Tseng	147,046		70-64-68-77--279			-9
4. Sun Young Yoo	93,406		71-72-69-69--281			-7
4. Song-Hee Kim	93,406		69-71-71-70--281			-7
4. Lorena Ochoa	93,406		66-68-74-73--281			-7
7. Suzann Pettersen	62,703		69-75-70-68--282			-6
8. Hee-Won Han	52,159		68-72-72-71--283			-5
8. Paula Creamer	52,159		71-70-70-72--283			-5
10. Meena Lee	43,281		68-74-70-72--284			-4
10. Laura Diaz	43,281		70-70-72-72--284			-4
12. Nicole Castrale	36,475		68-69-77-71--285			-3
12. Jennifer Rosales	36,475		72-68-73-72--285			-3
12. Michelle Wie	36,475		75-70-69-71--285			-3
15. Wendy Ward	31,296		71-72-73-70--286			-2
15. Jee Young Lee	31,296		71-72-69-74--286			-2
17. Catriona Matthew	27,079		69-74-75-69--287			-1
17. Angela Stanford	27,079		71-77-71-68--287			-1
17. Karrie Webb	27,079		73-73-72-69--287			-1
17. In-Kyung Kim	27,079		69-73-75-70--287			-1
21. Moira Dunn	23,305		73-72-72-71--288			E
21. Cristie Kerr	23,305		74-71-71-72--288			E
21. Annika Sorenstam	23,305		67-71-76-74--288			E
21. Inbee Park	23,305		70-72-71-75--288			E
25. Hee Young Park	20,032		75-73-74-67--289		+	1
25. Meaghan Francella	20,032		71-74-72-72--289		+	1
25. H.J. Choi	20,032		73-67-75-74--289		+	1
25. Angela Park	20,032		72-73-70-74--289		+	1
29. Janice Moodie	17,423		76-72-73-69--290		+	2
29. Eva Dahllof	17,423		71-74-72-73--290		+	2
29. Eun-Hee Ji	17,423		71-73-72-74--290		+	2
32. Irene Cho	14,538		72-73-77-69--291		+	3
32. Juli Inkster	14,538		73-71-76-71--291		+	3
32. Leta Lindley	14,538		72-73-74-72--291		+	3
32. Morgan Pressel	14,538		71-74-74-72--291		+	3
32. Natalie Gulbis	14,538		70-74-73-74--291		+	3
32. Na Yeon Choi	14,538		72-71-73-75--291		+	3
38. Lorie Kane	11,114		74-73-73-72--292		+	4
38. Liselotte Neumann	11,114		77-70-73-72--292		+	4
38. Eunjung Yi	11,114		69-76-74-73--292		+	4
38. Lindsey Wright	11,114		73-70-76-73--292		+	4
38. Jimin Kang	11,114		74-73-72-73--292		+	4
38. Shi Hyun Ahn	11,114		75-71-73-73--292		+	4
38. Brittany Lincicome	11,114		72-71-73-76--292		+	4
45. Sandra Gal	8,450		72-76-76-69--293		+	5
45. Seon Hwa Lee	8,450		72-73-78-70--293		+	5
45. Candie Kung	8,450		70-77-73-73--293		+	5
45. Christina Kim	8,450		73-67-79-74--293		+	5
45. Alena Sharp	8,450		71-73-74-75--293		+	5
45. Mollie Fankhauser	8,450		75-70-73-75--293		+	5
45. Heather Young	8,450		72-71-73-77--293		+	5
52. Minea Blomqvist	6,992		72-76-75-71--294		+	6
52. Samantha Richdale	6,992		73-73-75-73--294		+	6
52. Shanshan Feng	6,992		72-74-75-73--294		+	6
52. Giulia Sergas	6,992		75-73-73-73--294		+	6
56. Il Mi Chung	5,993		75-72-75-73--295		+	7
56. Jimin Jeong	5,993		74-74-74-73--295		+	7
56. Helen Alfredsson	5,993		72-74-75-74--295		+	7
56. Kris Tamulis	5,993		71-72-75-77--295		+	7
56. Louise Friberg	5,993		74-74-70-77--295		+	7
61. Jamie Hullett	5,216		70-77-78-71--296		+	8
61. Katie Futcher	5,216		72-76-76-72--296		+	8
61. Erica Blasberg	5,216		70-76-77-73--296		+	8
61. Stacy Prammanasudh	5,216		75-72-76-73--296		+	8
61. Grace Park	5,216		73-73-71-79--296		+	8
66. Birdie Kim	4,717		77-71-78-71--297		+	9
66. Soo-Yun Kang	4,717		74-71-76-76--297		+	9
66. Beth Bader	4,717		78-69-71-79--297		+	9
66. Su A Kim	4,717		72-75-71-79--297		+	9
70. Seo-Jae Lee	4,439		76-72-73-77--298		+	10
71. Carri Wood	4,300		73-75-78-73--299		+	11
71. Michele Redman	4,300		73-75-76-75--299		+	11
71. Young-A Yang	4,300		73-74-76-76--299		+	11
71. Sophie Giquel	4,300		72-74-75-78--299		+	11
75. Liz Janangelo	4,161		75-73-76-76--300		+	12
76. Lee Ann Walker-Cooper	4,109		75-72-79-75--301		+	13
77. Teresa Lu	4,057		75-72-79-76--302		+	14
78. a-Candace Schepperle	0		71-76-77-79--303		+	15
78. Jennifer Greggain	4,005		73-75-74-81--303		+	15
80. Allison Fouch	3,954		72-76-77-79--304		+	16
81. Ashli Bunch	3,878		75-73-80-77--305		+	17
81. Sarah Kemp	3,878		71-77-78-79--305		+	17
• • •
Missed the cut
83. Heather Daly-Donofrio			72-77--149		+	5
83. Sophie Gustafson			73-76--149		+	5
83. Kim Hall			78-71--149		+	5
83. Young Kim			74-75--149		+	5
83. Salimah Mussani			73-76--149		+	5
83. Gloria Park			72-77--149		+	5
83. Lisa Strom			72-77--149		+	5
83. Adrienne White			73-76--149		+	5
91. Dina Ammaccapane			76-74--150		+	6
91. Brandie Burton			76-74--150		+	6
91. Jessica Carafiello			73-77--150		+	6
91. Jackie Gallagher-Smith			78-72--150		+	6
91. Kate Golden			71-79--150		+	6
91. Julieta Granada			75-75--150		+	6
91. Tracy Hanson			74-76--150		+	6
91. Rachel Hetherington			76-74--150		+	6
91. Charlotte Mayorkas			74-76--150		+	6
91. Kristy McPherson			73-77--150		+	6
91. Na On Min			74-76--150		+	6
91. Becky Morgan			74-76--150		+	6
91. Reilley Rankin			76-74--150		+	6
91. Karen Stupples			75-75--150		+	6
105. Kyeong Bae			75-76--151		+	7
105. Marisa Baena			77-74--151		+	7
105. Silvia Cavalleri			78-73--151		+	7
105. Dorothy Delasin			77-74--151		+	7
105. Wendy Doolan			79-72--151		+	7
105. a-Kirby Dreher			72-79--151		+	7
105. Meredith Duncan			75-76--151		+	7
105. Nancy Scranton			75-76--151		+	7
105. a-Stephanie Sherlock			78-73--151		+	7
105. Sherri Turner			76-75--151		+	7
115. a-Sue Kim			72-80--152		+	8
115. Sarah Lee			77-75--152		+	8
115. Carolina Llano			79-73--152		+	8
115. Stephanie Louden			77-75--152		+	8
115. Jill McGill			75-77--152		+	8
115. Ai Miyazato			74-78--152		+	8
115. Sherri Steinhauer			78-74--152		+	8
122. Danielle Downey			79-74--153		+	9
122. Pat Hurst			71-82--153		+	9
122. Becky Iverson			79-74--153		+	9
122. Michelle McGann			75-78--153		+	9
126. A.J. Eathorne			77-77--154		+	10
126. Marcy Hart			79-75--154		+	10
126. Mhairi McKay			78-76--154		+	10
126. a-Kira Meixner			78-76--154		+	10
130. Karine Icher			78-77--155		+	11
130. Paige Mackenzie			79-76--155		+	11
130. Cindy Pasechnik			79-76--155		+	11
130. Karin Sjodin			79-76--155		+	11
134. Emily Bastel			76-80--156		+	12
134. Diana D'Alessio			84-72--156		+	12
134. Candy Hannemann			77-79--156		+	12
134. Seol-An Jeon			80-76--156		+	12
134. Christa Johnson			74-82--156		+	12
134. Kelli Kuehne			79-77--156		+	12
134. Brittany Lang			80-76--156		+	12
134. Meg Mallon			79-77--156		+	12
134. Patricia Meunier-Lebouc			75-81--156		+	12
134. Mikaela Parmlid			77-79--156		+	12
144. a-Maude-Aimee Leblanc			76-81--157		+	13
144. Kris Tschetter			81-76--157		+	13
146. Dawn Coe-Jones			75-83--158		+	14
146. a-Stacey Keating			80-78--158		+	14
146. Becky Lucidi			81-77--158		+	14
149. Walailak Satarak			78-81--159		+	15
150. Seema Sadekar			83-77--160		+	16
151. Linda Wessberg			83-78--161		+	17
152. Corina Kelepouris			85-81--166		+	22
WD. Sung Ah Yim			74-WD
WD. Jin Joo Hong			78-WD
WD. Violeta Retamoza			87-WD
WD. Young Jo

Posted: 8/17/2008

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