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Saturday, August 02, 2008

Japanese, South Koreans monopolise

Women's British Open leaderboard

It's hardly a leading group likely to pull the home crowds into Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire on Sunday for the final round of the Ricoh Women's British Open championship.
The Japanese sponsors will be delighted that Yuri Fudoh leads on 203 by one shot from South Korean Ji-Yai Shin, with another Japanese player, Ai Miyazato, in third place.
Americans Cristie Kerr and Juli Inkster are the leading non-Orientals on 206, sharing fourth place but three shots off the pace.
The top 20 is awash with South Koreans as they continue their take-over of the world's female pro tours and leading events ... the LPGA Tour, the Futures Tour and now the top female pro event in Europe.
Players with unrecognisable faces, almost unpronounceable names who speak little or no English.
And what's happened to little "Miss Magic from Mexico?" The defending champion, Lorena Ochoa is sharing 10th place on 208.

Ricoh Women's British Open Scoreboard
SUNNINGDALE GOLF CLUB, Berkshire
THIRD ROUND TOTALS (before end of play)
Par 216 (3 x 72)
Players from US unless stated
203 Yuri Fudoh (Jpn) 66 68 69
204 Ji-Yai Shin (SKor) 66 68 70
205 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 68 69 68
206 Juli Inkster 65 70 71, Cristie Kerr 71 65 70
207 Ya-Ni Tseng (SKor) 70 69 68, Natalie Gulbis 69 68 70, Mi-Hyun Kim (SKor) 70 70 67, Eun Hee Ji (SKor) 68 70 69
208 Na Yeon Choi (SKor) 69 71 68, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 66 72 70, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 69 68 71
209 Hwa seon Lee (SKor) 71 68 70, Hee Young Park (SKor) 69 71 69
210 Ji-Young Oh (SKor) 66 73 71, Anja Monke (Ger) 73 67 70, Karrie Webb (Aus) 72 69 69, Bo-Bae Song (SKor) 68 68 74
211 Paula Creamer 72 69 70, Shi Hyun Ahn (SKor) 68 72 71, In Kyung Kim (SKor) 71 68 72, Hee-Won Han (SKor) 71 69 71, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 70 70 71, Ji-Hee Lee (Jpn) 68 75 68, Katherine Hull (Aus) 69 73 69
212 Stacy Prammanasudh 66 74 72, Karen Stupples (Eng) 67 73 72, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 68 72 72, Paula Marti (Spa) 68 72 72, Sakura Yokomine (Jpn) 71 72 69, Jane Park 69 70 73, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) (am) 70 73 69, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 69 69 74
213 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 68 73 72, Laura Diaz 66 72 75, Candie Kung (Tai) 72 67 74, Nicole Castrale 69 72 72
214 Jee Young Lee (SKor) 71 72 71, Sun Young Yoo (SKor) 73 72 69, Annika Sorenstam (Swe) 72 72 70, Jin Joo Hong (SKor) 75 70 69, Reilley Rankin 69 73 72, Leta Lindley 71 71 72
215 Johanna Head (Eng) 66 76 73, Jill McGill 75 68 72, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 68 75 72, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 69 74 72, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 67 76 72, Meredith Duncan 71 73 71, Joanne Mills (Aus) 70 73 72, Teresa Lu (Tai) 70 72 73, Hye Jung Choi (SKor) 72 70 73, Janice Moodie (Sco) 69 76 70
216 Lotta Maria Wahlin (Swe) 69 76 71, Il Mi Chung (SKor) 73 72 71, Angela Park (Bra) 71 74 71, Wendy Ward 71 71 74, Kristy McPherson 67 75 74, Christina Kim 71 73 72, Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 70 72 74, Karin Sjodin (Swe) 72 73 71
217 Lora Fairclough (Eng) 70 74 73, Eun-A Lim (SKor) 74 71 72, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 69 76 72, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 73 69 75, Kris Tamulis 73 70 74
218 Tania Elosegui (Spa) 70 73 75, Becky Morgan (Wal) 72 72 74, Erica Blasberg 75 70 73, Sherri Steinhauer 67 75 76, Mhairi McKay (Sco) 71 74 73, Trish Johnson 72 70 76, Maria Jose Uribe (Col) 71 73 74
219 Jimin Kang (SKor) 69 76 74, Gloria Park (SKor) 73 72 74, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 70 73 76
220 Laura Davies (Eng) 70 75 75, Moira Dunn 74 69 77

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