Creamer hangs on to win Jamie Farr Classic by two strokes

7/14/2008

Paula Creamer shot a 2-over 73 Sunday and did just enough to make a big lead stand, going wire-to-wire to win the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic by two strokes.

Creamer, who captured her seventh career win and her third this season, had worse scores every day after breaking the tournament record with an 11-under 60 in the first round. She followed that with a 65 and a 70 to finish at 16-under 268, two shots better than Nicole Castrale, who closed fast with a 64.

The 21-year-old Creamer saw her lead drop to a shot when rookie Shanshan Feng — the first exempt player from China to play on the LPGA Tour — pushed her with five birdies through the first 11 holes. But Feng fell back with three straight bogeys down the stretch.

South Korea's Eun-Hee Ji, second to Creamer after each of the first three rounds, shot a 72 and was third at 271. Feng had a 69 and was at 272, followed by Karrie Webb who shot a 70 and was at 273.

Leaderboard – Final:

1.  Paula Creamer             60 65 70 73 268 -16
2.  Nicole Castrale             70 69 67 64 270 -14
3.  Eun-Hee Ji                   65 66 68 72 271 -13
4.  Shanshan Feng            69 70 64 69 272 -12
5.  Karrie Webb                 70 71 62 70 273 -11
6.  Katherine Hull               69 68 70 67 274 -10
7.  Brittany Lincicome         70 67 67 71 275 - 9
     Kristy McPherson           74 66 64 71 275 - 9
9.   Angela Stanford           69 70 67 70 276 - 8
10. Catriona Matthew          68 70 70 69 277 - 7
      H.J. Choi                     67 68 70 72 277 - 7
      Ji Young Oh                 70 68 67 72 277 - 7

Source: AP, LPGA Tour