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20.01 World Cup damer:
Filippinene vant med to slag
Norge var ikke med i World Cup i år. Tutta er så god at Norge var kvalifisert,
men hun valgte å ikke spille turneringen.
Her er pressemeldingen fra turneringen:
(Sun City, South Africa - Sunday 20th January 2008) – The Philippines out
played 19 other teams on Sunday to earn a two stroke victory at the Women’s
World Cup of Golf.
Playing together in the tournament for the third time, Dorothy Delasin and
Jennifer Rosales fired a 65 in the first round of betterball on the Gary Player
Course at Sun City in South Africa. They shot 68 in the foursomes and sealed
their victory with another seven under par 65 in the final betterball matches
for a total of 18 under par 198.
They played their final nine holes in six-under-par 30, and Delasin birdied
each of the last four holes, capping a phenomenal week of team play.
“I had some adrenaline pumping, it was so cool,” said the 27-year-old Delasin,
a four-time winner on the LPGA Tour. “Like I said all week we were ham and
egging.”
The 29-year-old Rosales, a two time winner on the LPGA, added: “We had fun all
week. It was really good team work today too. I want to thank all the fans who
came out here to support women’s golf.”
The South Korean team of Ji-Yai Shin and Eun-Hee Lee finished second on
16-under with a closing 67. Taiwan and Japan tied for third place on 13-under.
Taiwan carded a 68 while Japan shot 65. France shot 67 and finished fifth on
11-under-par.
The Koreans led by one stroke after the first round and were tied for the lead
with the Philippines on 11-under-par after the second day’s foursomes.
The Philippines got the best start to the final round when they pulled one shot
ahead with a birdie on the first hole, but they were quickly overtaken when
Korea’s Shin holed out from a bunker for an eagle at the par-five fifth hole.
There was a three stroke swing when the Philippines made bogey there.
The Koreans pulled two ahead after Shin bombed a six foot birdie putt at the
sixth hole, but then the Philippines fought back to tie for the lead on
14-under after birdies on holes 11 and 12.
Korea birdied the 14th hole to move one ahead before Delasin began her birdie
blitz.
Delasin rolled in a 1o foot birdie putt at the 15th hole. She said: “That got
me pumped and then I chipped in on 16. I told my caddie Clint: “Take out that
flag because I’m going to chip this in.” My blood was pumping and I felt like
Superwoman out there.”
At the 17th, Delasin rolled in a downhill 15 foot birdie putt to move two shots
ahead, but she flirted with disaster by driving into the trees on the left of
the fairway at the 18th hole.
She hit a brave second shot out onto the fairway. Then, in dramatic fashion,
Korea’s Shin hit her second shot to the green on the par-five finishing hole.
The ball bounced off some rocks on the right edge of the island green and came
to rest 20 feet from the hole. She had a chance to tie for the lead but missed
the eagle putt.
With Delasin’s third shot placed 15 feet long of the pin, she confidently
rolled in the birdie putt to seal the victory and a share in the US$280,000
first prize.
The Philippines pair finished second to Japan in the 2005 Women’s World Cup of
Golf and as a team, the two players proved the perfect combination.
They giggled their way through three press conferences and Delasin even joked:
“We’re even finishing each other’s sentences!”
On a serious note, they both added that the win would give them a huge
confidence boost ahead of the main 2008 season.
“It’s been a while since we’ve won so it’s nice to get a win,” said Delasin,
with Rosales adding: “It’s great to represent your country.”
South Africa, the home nation, finished tied for sixth with Canada and Wales,
which was their best finish in four years in the event.
Meanwhile, the defending champions Paraguay finished in ninth place on
nine-under with Scotland in joint tenth with the United States.
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