Yan shines at Golden Mountain
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A LATE birdie blitz helped Yan Panpan to her maiden victory yesterday as the Chinese veteran closed with a final-round 4-under 68 to win the Bank of Qingdao Golden Mountain Challenge by one stroke in Shandong Province.
The 28-year-old reeled off five birdies over the final nine holes in windy conditions at Golden Mountain Golf Club in Yantai to finish at 8-under 208. The victory at the China LPGA Tour event earned Yan 75,000 yuan (US$12,095).
South Korean Jang So-young (70) was runner-up, while overnight leader Shi Yuting struggled to a 74 to finish equal third with Chinese compatriots Zhang Weiwei (70) and Ye Ziqi (68), at three shots back.
The victory was special for Yan as she grew up in the Qingdao area. After posting runner-up finishes in each of the last four seasons, she was excited to finally break through to the winner’s circle.
“This is my birthplace, it means a lot,” said Yan who turned pro in 2007.
“I played a great back nine and had two great putts. At No. 10 I had a 35 footer and at No. 17 I made a 15 footer (for birdies). This is my day. I believe I can win more after this breakthrough win.”
Yang, winner of last year’s Beijing Challenge, looked set get her second win yesterday when she carded three birdies over the first four holes of the back nine to get to 9-under through 13 holes. It unravelled, however, at the 14th hole when she found a water hazard at the back of the green on her approach that would result in a double-bogey seven.
China’s Du Mohan was the top amateur as the 13-year-old, the first-round co-leader, rebounded for a 73 to finish 12 shots back.
In Dhaka, Singaporean Mardan Mamat held his nerve to complete a wire-to-wire victory at the inaugural Bangladesh Open yesterday for his fifth Asian Tour title.
The 47-year-old posted a final-round 2-under 69 for a tournament total of 14-under 270 and finished two shots ahead of South Korea’s Lee Soo-min (67) and India’s Khalin Joshi (68).
Mardan saw his overnight three-shot lead reduced to one after a bogey on the third but successive birdies on the fifth and sixth holes and another on the 12th put him back in control.
“If I say that I didn’t have any pressure today then I’m not human,” Mardan said. “Two of my competitors Lee and Khalin are young and they hit it long. They kept pushing me a lot on the front nine.
“I managed to steady myself and play my own game,” he added.
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