Los Angeles (AFP) – Jenny Shin became the third first time winner on the USLPGA Tour this year, coming from behind to close with a four-under 67 Sunday and win the Texas Shootout tournament.
“I was really nervous on the last hole,” said South Korea’s Shin. “Right now I have nothing on my mind, I have absolutely nothing.
“I think it will hit me when everything is over and when I get on a plane and home to my mom.”
It took the 23-year-old Shin 135 starts since turning pro in 2010 to record her first victory.
Her best showing prior to Sunday was finishing runner-up at the 2012 HSBC Women’s Champions to Angela Stanford, who beat Shin in a playoff.
Shin played the final 43 holes at the Dallas-area Las Colinas Country Club bogey free as she finished at 14-under 270.
She was two strokes in front of fellow South Koreans Amy Yang (71) and Hur Mi-Jung (71) as well as American Gerina Piller — who led heading into the final round but closed with a two-over 73.
Asian players took nine of the top 12 spots on the final leaderboard, including seven South Koreans in that group.
Shin joins compatriot Jang Ha-Na and Japan’s Haru Nomura as first time winners in 2016.
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