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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Miyazato, Lee to battle for Match Play title

New Rochelle, NY (Sports Network) - Ai Miyazato cruised to a 3 & 2 win over Maria Hjorth on Sunday to advance to the final at the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship.
Miyazato, the 12th seed, moves on to face 22nd-seed Seon Hwa Lee, who claimed a 2-up win over Mi Hyun Kim.
Lee picked up her lone tour crown last year at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Miyazato has not won a tour event, but did win the 2005 Qualifying Tournament.
Miyazato won the third and fifth with pars to take an early 2-up lead. She bogeyed the seventh to drop her lead over 40th-seeded Hjorth to 1-up.
The duo traded wins at 11 and 12, but Hjorth fell 2-down as she bogeyed the 14th. Miyazato closed out the match with a par on the par-five 16th.
Lee birdied the first, but Kim fought back to take the third and fourth to move 1-up. Kim bogeyed the fifth to square the match. Lee dropped in a birdie on the par-five ninth and moved 2-up when Kim bogeyed No. 11...Full Story

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