Kimberly Kim decides she's going

to Denver University

FROM THE GOLFWEEK.COM WEBSITE

By BETH ANN BALDRY, Senior Staff Writer

Kimberly Kim has made up her mind. The 2006 US Women’s Amateur champion called Denver (University) coach Sammie Chergo on March 5 and gave a verbal commitment.

“I really liked the team a lot,” said Kim, pictured above. “I liked all the courses we saw on the visit, too.”

Kim, 17, previously had committed to Oklahoma State, but changed her mind when head coach Laura Matthews left the programme.

Kim was set to join Jane Rah and Sue Kim in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this fall. Now both Sue and Kimberly will join the Pioneers.

Kim’s college decision was a hot topic on the Golfweek discussion boards, with more than 15,000 page views and 150 postings. With so many rumours flying around, Kim even got on the boards herself to try and set the record straight.

“I felt like I got insulted a lot over not being able to decide (on college),” Kim said. “Isn’t it a tough decision? I’m glad it’s over and I can look forward to (high school) graduation.”

MULTI-YEAR CLUB CHAMPIONS

The correspondence continues:

"I was reading your article about multi-year champions. Until 2008, when I was defeated in the semi-final, I was Lady Champion at Gourock Golf Club for 15 years consecutively.
"This could be a starting figure for your investigations!!"
Regards
MAUREEN WOODHEAD (formerly Skinner)

Any advance on 15 years, then?

British Women's Open Champion

Jiyai Shin clickety-clicks over

weekend for Singapore win

British Women's Open champion Jiyai Shin from South Korea covered the last 36 holes of the $2million HSBC Women's Champions Tournament in Singapore in 12-under-par with a pair of 66s.

Not surprisingly, she won the title and the $300,000 first prize by two shots with an 11-under-par total of 277. Runner-up was the third-round leader, Australian Katherine Hull.

It was the 21-year-ols Shin's fourth LPGA victory in eight months.

Last year, before becoming an LPGA member, Shin, pictured, won the Women’s British Open and added victories in the Mizuno Classic in Japan and season-ending ADT Championship. She also won seven times on the Korea LPGA and took a Japanese LPGA event.

Now fifth-ranked in the world, Shin birdied the first four holes to get into contention, then took advantage of Hull’s back-nine collapse. Hull, the former Pepperdine star who won the Canadian Women’s Open last summer, finished with a 74.

Angela Park (68), Paula Creamer (70) and SBS Open winner Angela Stanford (73) tied for third at eight under.

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa, the 2008 champion coming off her 25th LPGA Tour victory last week in Thailand, shot a 70 to tie for sixth with Jane Park (73) and Sun Young Yoo (73) at 7 under.

Hull had a four-stroke lead at 13 under par with nine holes left, but dropped four strokes on the next five holes to hand the lead to Shin.

The Australian’s bogey on the par-4 10th and Shin’s birdie on the par-3 11th cut Hull’s advantage to two strokes. Hull gave that away with a double bogey on the par-5 13th, then bogeyed the par-3 14th to fall a stroke behind.

Shin took a two-stroke lead with a birdie on the par-5 15th, and closed with three straight pars. She made 12 birdies in her bogey-free weekend 66s after opening with rounds of 72 and 73.
SCROLL DOWN FOR ALL THE FINAL TOTALS

LPGA Tour Scoreboard
HSBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS TOURNAMENT
Tanah Merah Country Club, Garden Course, Changi, Singapore
FINAL TOTALS
(Par 288: 4 x 72)
277 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 72 73 66 66
279 Katherine Hull (Aus) 70 69 66 74
280 Paula Creamer 67 71 72 70, Angela Stanford 69 72 66 73, Angela Park (Bra) 67 76 69 68
281 Jane Park 67 71 73 70, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 71 69 68 73, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 69 73 69 70
282 Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 71 68 70 73, Karrie Webb (Aus) 74 69 73 66
283 Ya-Ni Tseng (Kor) 72 71 69 71, Cristie Kerr 73 71 70 69
284 Se Ri Pak (Kor) 69 72 72 71
285 Meena Lee (Kor) 72 70 71 72, Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 69 73 70 73, Amy Yang 73 69 69 74, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 72 70 71 72
286 Jee Young Lee (Kor) 73 74 71 68, Seon Hwa Lee (Kor) 68 74 73 71, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 71 73 71 71, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 72 70 74 70
287 Jimin Kang (Kor) 72 73 70 72, Juli Inkster 72 70 69 76
288 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 72 69 72 75, Karen Stupples (Eng) 73 74 67 74
289 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 68 72 72 77, Anja Monke (Ger) 73 70 72 74, In Kyung Kim (Kor) 71 74 74 70, Laura Diaz 75 73 72 69, Michele Redman 70 72 74 73
290 Teresa Lu (Tai) 72 74 73 71, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 74 72 72 72, Alena Sharp (Can) 72 72 78 68, Kristy McPherson 72 71 72 75, Christina Kim 73 73 73 71, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 70 71 78 71, Hee Young Park (Kor) 72 72 73 73
291 Natalie Gulbis 70 73 76 72
292 H J Choi (Kor) 72 74 71 75, Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 71 75 75 71, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 77 71 68 76, Morgan Pressel 73 75 72 72, Ji-Hee Lee (Jpn) 73 72 72 75, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 69 74 76 73
293 Heather Young 70 76 72 75, Stacy Prammanasudh 73 76 71 73, Louise Friberg (Swe) 71 76 74 72, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 72 73 73 75, Katie Futcher 72 77 73 71
294 Pornanong Phatlum (Tha) 75 73 73 73, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 73 72 73 76, Wendy Ward 73 74 75 72, Janice Moodie (Sco) 74 74 73 73, Brittany Lang 71 74 74 75, Candie Kung (Tai) 74 77 67 76
295 Russy Gulyanamitta (Tha) 72 72 76 75, Il Mi Chung (Kor) 71 76 76 72, Carin Koch (Swe) 71 77 72 75, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 72 79 71 73, Sandra Gal (Ger) 73 76 71 75, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 77 73 69 76
296 Jin Joo Hong (Kor) 76 71 75 74
297 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 73 75 73 76, Nicole Castrale 77 78 71 71
298 Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 77 73 74 74, Young Kim (Kor) 76 74 74 74
299 Becky Morgan (Wal) 79 75 73 72
301 In-Bee Park (Kor) 74 77 74 76, Leta Lindley 73 80 73 75
302 Laura Davies (Eng) 81 77 72 72, Shiho Oyama (Jpn) 72 77 76 77
303 Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 80 71 72 80
304 Vicky Hurst 79 84 71 70, Diana D'Alessio 81 77 72 74, Pat Hurst 76 79 74 75
308 Allison Fouch 82 76 73 77
311 Jill McGill 82 72 77 80
321 Poh Joey (Sin) 78 83 76 84

Ami Storey now leading British

player at Rio Verde, Arizona

Ami Storey (Kansas State University) from Ponteland leapfrogged over Welsh women's champion Kristy O'Connor (Ball State) from Lancashire to be the leading British player with one round to to in The Duramed Collegiate women's tournament at Rio Verde, Arizona.

Ami scored 76 and 75 to improved to joint 15th place on 151. She has done it with consistent scoring, having had only one birdie - at the seventh in the second round - through the first 36 holes.

Kristy O'Connor dropped out of the to 10 to a share of 35th place with rounds of 75 and 79 for 154. She had eight bogeys and no birdies in her second round over the par-72, 6260yd course at Quail Run.

Stacey Rodgers (Missouri State), pictured above, from Sussex is sharing 64th place on 160 with scores of 81 and 79. She had a triple bogey at the second in her second round and two double bogeys in her first circuit.

Meghan Gockel (Kansas leads on 145 (73-72) by two shots from Boram Lee (Toledo) (76-71), Carly Werwie (Wisconsin) (75-72) and Sara Wikstrom (Arkansas-Littrle Rock) (74-73).

Kansas (589) lead by 10 from Toledo in the team event which features 20 colleges.

JACK HILUTA DROPS OUT OF TOP TEN

Jack Hiluta dropped from joint ninth to 21st in the Ron Smith USF Invitational at Lake Jovita Country Club, Dade City in Florida.

Over a par-72, longish course of 7017yd, Jack has scored 69 and 74 for 143 - nine shots behind the leader Matt Stauch (Florida Southern College) (67-67) who leads by five from Santiago Rivas (Texas Tech) (69-7)) and Mike Van Sickle (Marquette) (70-69).

Middle Tennessee lead the team event from Marquette in a field of 23 teams.

Disqualification blow for Katy

but Lynn Univ win team title

Despite the most unfortunate disqualification of Katy McNicoll's first-round score of 74, Lynn University’s women’s golf team earned its first victory of the season after claiming first place at the NIU Springlake Invitational at Sebring, Florida.

Katy's team-mate Megan Mangone earned medalist honours for the second time in her career while Maha Maddioui finished second.

Katy, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, from Carnoustie, had a 74 in the first round but her marker failed to put a score opposite one hole, although it would seem that she had put 74 in for a total.

Katy signed her card and handed it in to the Recorder without noticing the slip.

She had a 73 in the second round and her total of 147 would have been good enough to finish joint second - a reminder to Katy (and all players) that she should check EVERY scorecard carefully before signing it and handing it in.
Four of the Fighting Knights finished in the top-10 led by Mangone. The senior from Windham, N.H. is enjoying a career year in her final season with the Blue & White. Mangone has notched six consecutive top-10 finishes, including two tournament wins. She fired a second round 75 to pull out the one-stroke victory over Haddioui.
Lynn University (599) recorded its lowest 36-hole score of the season in recording a 297 team score. The Blue & White finished 18-strokes ahead of Florida Gulf Coast (617) while Methodist (641) took third.
The Knights return to action on Monday, March 9, at the Peggy Kirk Bell in Winter Park, Florida.
Team Results

1st Lynn University (302-297=599)
Individual Lynn University Results

1st Megan Mangone (71-75=146)

2nd Maha Haddioui (76-71=147)

Jt 8th Donia Scarello (78-78=156)

Jt 8th Thalia Baigorria (77-79=156)

Disqualified - Katy McNicoll (DQ-73=DQ)