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Choi loses 7-stroke lead, rallies to win Samsung

September 21, 2009

SAN DIEGO (AP)—Na Yeon Choi kept making mistake after mistake, until herseven-shot lead was gone.

Then it was Ai Miyazato’s turn to misfire, sending a shot on the 18th holeinto the water. Choi hit her approach to within five feet, sank the birdie puttand went on to celebrate her first LPGA Tour win.

Ai Ai Miyazato, of Japan, takes a… AP – Sep 20, 7:10 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, takes a… AP – Sep 20, 7:10 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 20, 7:06 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, left, a… AP – Sep 20, 7:01 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, tees of… AP – Sep 20, 6:56 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, chips t… AP – Sep 20, 6:51 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, rear, and Jiyai … AP – Sep 20, 6:50 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, left, and her pl… AP – Sep 20, 6:50 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 20, 6:38 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 20, 6:38 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 20, 6:30 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 20, 6:29 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, reacts … AP – Sep 20, 4:25 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, chips… AP – Sep 20, 4:10 pm EDT Paula Creamer tees off on the … AP – Sep 20, 4:01 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, hits fr… AP – Sep 20, 3:48 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, tees … AP – Sep 20, 3:47 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, tees of… AP – Sep 20, 3:42 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 20, 3:27 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 20, 3:27 pm EDT Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, re… AP – Sep 20, 3:26 pm EDT Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, ch… AP – Sep 20, 3:26 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 20, 3:21 pm EDT Ai Miyazato of Japan, center, … AP – Sep 19, 4:29 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 19, 4:21 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 19, 4:21 pm EDT Ai Miyazato of Japan, hits her… AP – Sep 19, 4:13 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, right, of Japan, … AP – Sep 19, 4:12 pm EDT Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, re… AP – Sep 19, 4:06 pm EDT Ai Miyazato of Japan, left, hu… AP – Sep 19, 4:01 pm EDT Ai Miyazato of Japan hits her … AP – Sep 19, 3:57 pm EDT Jiyai Shin of South Korea cele… AP – Sep 19, 3:49 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, tees … AP – Sep 19, 1:47 pm EDT Paula Creamer tees off on seco… AP – Sep 19, 1:42 pm EDT Yani Tseng waves after making … AP – Sep 19, 1:42 pm EDT Ai Miyazato of Japan, gestures… AP – Sep 19, 1:37 pm EDT Paula Creamer holds up the bal… AP – Sep 19, 1:36 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 19, 1:29 pm EDT Ai Miyazato of Japan, hits her… AP – Sep 19, 1:29 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, chips t… AP – Sep 19, 1:25 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi of South Korea, w… AP – Sep 19, 1:21 pm EDT Ai Miyazato of Japan, hits her… AP – Sep 19, 1:21 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 19, 1:15 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, tees … AP – Sep 19, 1:13 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, celeb… AP – Sep 19, 1:13 pm EDT Jiyai Shin of South Korea,hold… AP – Sep 19, 1:10 pm EDT Jiyai Shin of South Korea, hit… AP – Sep 19, 1:08 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, celeb… AP – Sep 18, 8:27 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, waves a… AP – Sep 18, 8:21 pm EDT Paula Creamer pumps her fist a… AP – Sep 18, 8:19 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa of Mexico celebra… AP – Sep 18, 8:14 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, waves… AP – Sep 18, 8:14 pm EDT Jiyai Shin of South Korea, tee… AP – Sep 18, 6:57 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, chips… AP – Sep 18, 6:56 pm EDT Sophie Gustafson, of Sweden, h… AP – Sep 18, 6:49 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 18, 6:29 pm EDT Jiyai Shin of South Korea chip… AP – Sep 18, 6:27 pm EDT Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 18, 6:17 pm EDT Paula Creamer lines up her put… AP – Sep 18, 6:15 pm EDT Paula Creamer waves after savi… AP – Sep 18, 6:13 pm EDT Paula Creamer hits her tee sho… AP – Sep 18, 6:08 pm EDT Juli Inkster celebrates making… AP – Sep 18, 6:05 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, lines u… AP – Sep 18, 6:03 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, holds u… AP – Sep 18, 5:59 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, react… AP – Sep 18, 5:57 pm EDT Ai Miyazato of Japan, left, an… AP – Sep 18, 5:55 pm EDT Sophie Gustafson, of Sweden, h… AP – Sep 18, 5:53 pm EDT Audrey Gerdes, caddie for golf… AP – Sep 18, 5:52 pm EDT Sophie Gustafson, of Sweden, h… AP – Sep 18, 5:49 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, celeb… AP – Sep 18, 5:45 pm EDT Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, ce… AP – Sep 18, 5:44 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, hits … AP – Sep 18, 5:42 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, hits ou… AP – Sep 18, 5:40 pm EDT Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, ce… AP – Sep 18, 5:36 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, hits … AP – Sep 18, 5:32 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, hits he… AP – Sep 18, 5:25 pm EDT Song-Hee Kim, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 18, 5:17 pm EDT Paula Creamer hits out of the … AP – Sep 18, 5:14 pm EDT Paula Creamer looks up at a pa… AP – Sep 17, 8:18 pm EDT Ai Miyazato of Japan, tees off… AP – Sep 17, 8:18 pm EDT Ai Miyazato of Japan hits her … AP – Sep 17, 8:17 pm EDT Ai Miyazato, of Japan, holds t… AP – Sep 17, 8:17 pm EDT Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, tosse… AP – Sep 17, 7:47 pm EDT Juli Inkster hits from a bunke… AP – Sep 17, 7:46 pm EDT Brittany Lincicome hits from a… AP – Sep 17, 7:45 pm EDT Jiyai Shin of South Korea, ack… AP – Sep 17, 7:24 pm EDT Song-Hee Kim, left, of South K… AP – Sep 17, 7:19 pm EDT Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, ch… AP – 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Just how she planned it, right?

Na Na Yeon Choi, of South Korea, … AP – Sep 20, 7:06 pm EDT

“I can’t believe that I won,” Choi said. “Throughout the second half Ithought I was going to lose it again.”

The South Korean’s up-and-down round Sunday resulted in a 1-under 71 thatwas good enough to take the Samsung World Championship.

Miyazato, of Japan, finished with a 69 for a low round of the day thatwasn’t good enough to best Choi’s 16-under 272.

Choi began the final round with a two-stroke lead, got birdies on two of herfirst four holes and made a 10-foot eagle putt on the sixth hole to extend herlead to seven strokes.

It looked then as if Choi, who has won four times on the Korean LPGA Tour,would cruise to a win.

Ai Ai Miyazato, of Japan, left, a… AP – Sep 20, 7:01 pm EDT

But Miyazato, playing in the group in front of Choi and Jiyai Shin of SouthKorea, made two quick birdies on Nos. 7 and 8 to cut Choi’s lead to five.

“I played really good,” Miyazato said. “I was very patient.”

Choi missed a 2-foot putt on the ninth hole for a bogey, cutting the lead tofour heading into the back nine.

She continued to struggle with two consecutive bogeys, and Miyazato tiedChoi at 16-under with a 4-foot birdie putt on No. 16. Miyazato took the leadshortly after, when Choi three-putted for bogey on No. 14.

Choi has been working with a sports psychologist on her mental game and wasrepeating some of the lessons she has recently learned.

“Mentally, I felt I was very weak,” Choi said. “I kept telling myself tobe positive. I wanted to be positive about everything.”

On the 18th hole, it was Miyazato’s turn to make a mistake. With 203 yardsremaining for her second shot, Miyazato’s 5-wood approach hit the bank in frontof the 18th green and rolled into the water. She dropped in front of the pondbut could not get up and down for par.

Choi’s second shot on the 18th reached the front left of the green and herthird shot came to rest 5 feet below the pin. Choi, who had missed several puttsof equal or less distance, converted the birdie for the victory—no easy task.

“I felt like I had just turned professional today,” Choi said when facingthe putt for victory. “I was so nervous.”

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