San Francisco: Filipino-American Allisen Corpuz captured her first LPGA victory in dramatic fashion on Sunday (Monday in Manila), firing a three-under par 69 to win the US Women's Open by three strokes.
The 25-year-old from Honolulu finished 72 holes at Pebble Beach on nine-under 279 to defeat England's Charley Hull, who fired a final-round 66, and South Korean Shin Ji-yai, who shot 68.'Unreal. This week has just felt like a dream come true,' said Corpuz, whose father hails from Ilocos Norte and mother from Korea. 'It has been just awesome to be out at Pebble this week.
Corpuz responded moments later by sinking a seven-foot birdie putt at the par-5 14th and when she added another from four feet at 15, she reached 10-under and surged ahead of Hull by four shots.Corpuz had a bogey at the par-3 17th but still finished as the only player to crack par in all four rounds.'Every few holes I just looked out and said I'm at Pebble Beach, there's not many places that are better than this,' Corpuz said.
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