Wright, once No 12 in the world before taking time out of the game with a loss of form, nailed a 4m birdie putt on the final hole to claim victory at Pegasus Golf and Sports Club near Christchurch today.

Playing the last, the overnight leader was tied with compatriot Jessica Speechley and American Alison Walshe who were sitting in the clubhouse at nine-under, before Wright landed the crucial winning putt.

“It’s unbelievable. It’s still sinking in. I putted really well all day and the last six holes I was really nervous,” said Wright. “I haven’t been in this position for a while and I thought to myself ‘I can win this.’”

“I looked at the leaderboard and saw Alison Walshe up there and Speechley at nine-under and thought ‘no I can make this putt. Just keep your head down, just hit a great putt.’

“My caddy was more shocked that I was I think.”

Wright shot a final round four-under 68 to finish on 10-under 206, a shot ahead of Walshe and Speechley who shot rounds of 69 and a tournament-low seven-under 65 respectively.

Experienced Canadian Lorie Kane and Australia’s Stephanie Na both shot 69s to finish in a share of fourth place on eight-under, with five Americans in the top-10.

Leading New Zealander was 17 year old Cecilia Cho, the World No. 3 ranked amateur, who shot a three-under 69 to finish on five-under. She edged her good friend and rival Lydia Ko by one shot to bring the curtain down on her outstanding amateur career as she returns to Korea to turn professional.

“I have watched Lydia play and she was good this week. It is good being out of the spotlight but I am fine being in the spotlight as well,” said Cho.

“It’s good to get some momentum before I turn professional . It would have been nice to score lower but it’s been a good tournament.

“I am going to miss so much about New Zealand. I am going to miss travelling with teams but turning pro is a new challenge and I am excited about that.”

Speechley enjoyed the white-hot hand in an otherwise bitterly cold day. The 22 year old, who turned professional last year, fired a blistering opening nine in seven-under 29 including five birdies and an eagle on the par-5 fifth.

She turned at nine-under for the tournament to open a one shot lead, before mixing a solitary bogey at the 13^th with a vital birdie on the last to get to nine-under for the tournament.

“My putting was the key to the round. The greens at Royal Melbourne last week were ridiculously fast but I finally got the pace here after two days,” Speechley said.

“Anything can happen especially around here if the wind blows so I told myself to stay patient and hang in there. I just turned pro in December, so (to win) would be amazing. A first tournament win after only a few months would have been amazing.”

Joint overnight leader Walshe had dropped back to seven-under after 11 holes before making two late birdies to put her name into the hat.

There was considerable interest in Ko to again show her immense talents well beyond her years. While her putter had been a key all week, on the day she most needed it most, her putter went as cold as the weather.

Ko had to be content to finish with a two over 74 today to finish on four-under in a tie for 17^th place and was quick to acknowledge the performance of her good friend Cho.

“Her playing good improved my game and hopefully me playing good improved her game,” said Ko. “She is soon going and it is quite sad. She has been a friendly rival and I am going to miss her.

“I played good today but my putts didn’t roll in today like the other two days. I am happy but kind of disappointed to,” Ko said.

“It is really good to play back in New Zealand after playing in Australia for a while. I have played good most of the time I have played in Christchurch.

“I won the NSW Open and Australian Amateur so not winning here is not going to make me depressed or too disappointed.

The tournament proved an outstanding success, attracting a record 9247 spectators over the three years, more than the previous best of the four round tournament.

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Saturday 18 February, 2012

ISPS Handa NZ Open hosted by Christchurch – Final Scores

Final scores from the ISPS Handa NZ Open hosted by Christchurch, Pegasus GC, par 72, (Am denotes Amateur):
206 Lindsey Wright (AUS) 70 68 68 
207 Jessica Speechley (AUS) 69 73 65, Alison Walshe (USA) 68 70 69 
208 Lorie Kane (Canada) 72 67 69, Stephanie Na (AUS) 70 69 69 
209 Beth Allen (USA) 70 71 68, Danielle Kang (USA) 68 72 69 
210 Rachel Jennings (ENG) 72 70 68, Kris Tamulis (USA) 70 71 69, Gerina Piller (USA) 68 71 71, Haeji Kang (KOR) 69 69 72 
211 Cecilia Cho (Am, NZL) 70 72 69, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 70 72 69, Sarah Oh (AUS) 69 72 70, Cara Freeman (USA) 70 70 71, Carlota Ciganda (Spain) 69 69 73 
212 Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 73 73 66, Linda Wessberg (SWE) 70 73 69, Lydia Ko (Am, NZL) 69 69 74, Mariajo Uribe (COL) 70 68 74 
213 Kristie Smith (AUS) 71 72 70, Bree Arthur (AUS) 74 69 70, Elizabeth Bennett (ENG) 68 75 70, Amelia Lewis (USA) 68 74 71 
214 Veronica Zorzi (ITA) 72 72 70, Sarah-Jane Smith (AUS) 71 70 73, Julia Boland (AUS) 71 68 75 
215 Kym Larratt (ENG) 67 77 71, Sydnee Michaels (USA) 73 70 72, Frances Bondad (AUS) 72 71 72, Joanna Klatten (FRA) 67 75 73, Cindy Lacrosse (USA) 72 67 76 
216 Hannah Yun (USA) 68 76 72, Laura Diaz (USA) 71 73 72, Meredith Duncan (USA) 70 74 72, Irene Cho (USA) 71 72 73 
217 Danah Bordner (USA) 72 75 70, Sara Brown (USA) 70 75 72, Mo Martin (USA) 76 67 74, Alison Whitaker (Am, AUS) 74 68 75 
218 Valentine Derrey (FRA) 76 71 71, Caroline Bon (NZL) 73 73 72, Cathryn Bristow (NZL) 72 73 73, Sarah Kemp (AUS) 73 72 73 
219 Karen Lunn (AUS) 73 72 74, Vikki Laing (SCO) 70 75 74 
220 Jodi Ewart (ENG) 76 71 73, Whitney Hillier (Am, AUS) 74 72 74, Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) 73 72 75, Lynnette Brooky (NZL) 67 76 77 
221 Charlie Douglass (ENG) 71 76 74, Emily Perry (Am, NZL) 67 76 78, Jaclyn Sweeney (USA) 68 74 79 
222 Minsun Kim (KOR) 75 72 75, Georgina Simpson (ENG) 71 75 76, Grace Lennon (Am, AUS) 70 72 80 
223 Susan Farron (NZL) 74 72 77, Jane Kim (AUS) 71 73 79

Wright posted a second round of four-under par 68 to go with her opening round of 70 to share the lead with five other players including local superstar amateur Lydia Ko (69).

Columbian Mariajo Uribe (68), South Korean Haeji Kang (69) American Alison Walshe (70) and Spaniard Carlota Ciganda (69) are also at six-under par.

The 32-year old, who has had two average LPGA season by her own admission, is back in Christchurch to show her support to the local community after the devastation that occurred less than 24 hours after her left last year on 22 February.

“I really wanted to come back and show my support the local people, I love New Zealand and had such a great time in Christchurch last year”

“When I heard the news last year, it really affected me, I felt so bad for everyone here.”

“It would be very special win if I could do it” the former World No.12 stated.

The Victorians round included three birdies and an eagle on the par 4 6^th and one lone bogey on the par 3 8^th, which was her 17^th hole of the day, after starting on the 10^th tee.

This was how she described her eagle “It was career shot, I had a awkward stance in fairway bunker, one foot in and one out.  I had 128 yards to the pin and I hit my 7-iron perfectly. I hit pure and watch it land and go in the hole, it was awesome”

Wright will have to contend with 26 players who are within four shots of the lead, including her co-leaders.

Wright will be looking to turn the tables on Uribe and Ko.  She went two went head-to-head with Ko in the final round of the Bing Lee / Samsung Women’s Open three weeks ago and last year battled it out in the final round in an unofficial money event on the LPGA tour with Uribe, where Uribe came out on top.

Just one shot adrift is fellow Australians Julia Boland (68) and Stephanie Na (69), Americans Cindy LaCrosse (67) and Gerina Piller (71) and Canadian Lorie Kane (67).  Americans Cara Freeman (70) and Danielle Kang (72) share 12^th position at four-under par.

Another 13 players are sitting at either two or three under par and certainly not of the tournament.

Defending champion Kristie Smith (72) is a one-under par and shares 27^th position.  Smith came for five shots behind last year to win, so the talented player is still in with a chance.

The cut was made at three-over par and 58 players will tee it up to compete for their share of the Euro 200,000.

The event was held in downtown Melbourne at the restaurant The European, where Curley is an executive chef. Fellow LPGA player Lindsey Wright helped to arrange the meeting between Kerr and Curley, who are both very passionate about raising money for cancer research.

All of the proceeds from Kerr’s wine label, Curvature, go toward funding the fight against breast cancer, while Curley is associated with Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF) here in Australia.

“Chef Ian was very interested to hear from one of his friends and one of my mates, Lindsey Wright, about the wine,” Kerr said.

“He said let’s get it over here and have a tasting and possibly carry it. We had a nice dinner there [Monday]. The food was fantastic. I am a New Yorker and I told him this was fantastic food. It was a fun time.”

“It was a real pleasure to meet Crisitie and knowing, like me, that she likes to give back to the community was even better , I look forward to using her wine for some upcoming dinners with the OCRF, and even better was the fact that the wine tastes really good too.” said Curley

Two cases of Cristie’s Curvature wine has been shipped and signed by the Rolex Ranked World No. 4 whilst she was in town.  The OCRF will auction off the Curvature Wine at a number of their major fund raising events during 2012, with funds raised to be split 50/50 between breast cancer and OCRF.

The wine label is a part of a unique collaboration between Kerr and Suzanne Pride Bryan, co-owner of the Pride Mountain Vineyards. Kerr has committed her career to the cause of developing a cure for breast cancer. Having witnessed her mother, aunt and godmother battle the disease, Cristie founded Birdies for Breast Cancer, a charity that has raised several million dollars for breast cancer research and treatment. In 2010 she opened the Cristie Kerr Women’s Health Center at the Jersey City Medical Center.

The OCRF is one of Australia’s pre-eminent bodies supporting ovarian cancer research programs and is focused upon the understanding the causes of ovarian cancer, its early detection and improving patient survival. Ovarian cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women and is often detected in the advanced stage of the disease resulting in a high mortality rate.  One goal of the OCRF is to improve the mortality rate and long-term survival rates for ovarian cancer.

Starting the day three shots behind South Korean So Yeon Ryu, Boeljon held her nerve all day and critically on 18 when she sunk her 1.5m putt for the victory.

Boeljon posted a solid four under 68 to take the title over Ryu, who shot even par 72, and the fast finishing duo of Italian Diana Luna and South Korean Ha Neul Kim. All three completed their tournament on 20 under.

Two days ago the talk at Royal Pines was who was going to catch Ryu, after the reigning US Open champion fired off an eleven under 61 giving her a commanding four shot lead heading into the weekend.

But the 21-year-old, who admitted to being tired after her 61, struggled over the final 36 hole stretch posting just seven birdies and four bogeys in the last two days.

24-year-old Boeljon however remained composed throughout.  Playing with new clubs this week, Boeljon shot four under yesterday and did the same today, not once appearing intimidated by Ryu’s credentials or the situation.

Sharing the lead with Ryu down the final stretch, the Dutchwoman was able to make two brilliant up and downs on holes 15 and 16 to importantly stay in the lead with the South Korean.

Again as she headed up 18 there were four players all on 20 under, and Boeljon knew a birdie on the final hole would do it. After reaching the green in two and with Ryu in the greenside trap, Boeljon left her eagle putt 1.5 short.

“My first putt I was not really happy, it was a bit far away for my liking,” she told ABC TV.

Ryu flew her bunker shot way over the pin leaving her a very long birdie putt.

“I was better make a two putt and birdie and then it might be mine,” Boeljon said.

“It’s not over till it’s over.  I am really happy I finished with a birdie and it’s unbelievable.”

Gladwys Nocera raced up the leaderboard firing off a superb eight under 64 to finish her tournament on 18 under. An eagle on the par 5 third and a string of four birdies on the last five holes gave the Frenchwoman outright fifth place.

England’s Felicity Johnson and South Korea’s Bo-Mee Lee shared sixth on 15 under, while Lindsey Wright and Nikki Campbell were the only two Australians to finish in the top ten, tying with American Danielle Kang in eighth place on 13 under.

After a great round of nine under 63 yesterday, Sydney’s Frances Bondad dropped out of the top ten following a disappointing two over 74 today. She finished her Royal Pines tournament in a tie for 15^th on 11 under with several players including American teenager, 16 year-old Lexi Thompson.

14-year-old New Zealand amateur Lydia Ko who stated all week her aim was just to make the cut, did just that and took out leading amateur honours with a four round total of  6 under.

Next week the players will head south to play in the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.

The reigning US Open Champion Ryu set two records at the RACV Royal Pines Resort today but unfortunately neither feat will be given official status.

Due to the soaking the course has received over the past week, players have been able to take preferred lies on the closely mown areas, and the altered playing conditions means the records won’t stand.

Ryu’s first record was equalling Queensland’s Karrie Webb’s outstanding round of eleven-under-par 61 and her second was posting the lowest 36 hole score of seventeen under 127 on the Ladies European Tour (LET). The Gold Coast RACV Masters is co-sanctioned with the LET.

Not that Ryu was too upset at missing out on the record books. She will most likely be busy tonight remarking her golf balls. At present she marks it with “62” to represent her career low round, but now she will be changing it to “61.”

”I really wanted to change the number, finally I can change the number,” she said.

“The last shot I was really, really nervous, but I made it, so I’m really, really happy, and now I’m really looking forward to the last two rounds.”

Lack of official recognition aside, it was a remarkable score by the 21-year-old who could have shot one shot less had she not bogeyed her second hole of the day.

Still it was enough to give her a sizeable four shot lead over Dutchwoman Christel Boeljon who is on thirteen under 131, heading into the weekend.

Boeljon finds herself in outright second courtesy of a blistering birdie, birdie, eagle finish.

The 24-year-old sunk a 15-metre eagle putt on the 430m par 5 18^th to end her round in style.

“It’s a great feeling, great way to end my round, so you know, what do you do? You take it every day,” she said.

After four attempts, Boeljon has finally made the cut at Royal Pines and said experience on the greens was the key.

“In the previous years, I’ve always had a little bit of trouble on the greens, always had too much break and it showed,” she said.

“Now it’s just what it is, I don’t want to read too much into the putts.”

Australia’s Nikki Campbell had another strong round, again firing a five under 67 to share third place with Ryu’s compatriot Bo-Mee Lee on ten under.  The duo is one shot ahead of Italian Diana Luna, American Amelia Lewis and England’s Felicity Johnson who are on 9 under.

Queenslander Bree Arthur is the next best placed Australian in outright 8^th position on eight under.

The teenage duo of 16-year-old Lexi Thompson and exciting amateur, 14-year-old Lydia Ko, continued to wow the crowds today.

Ko recorded a three under 69 but was again left to rue two bogeys in her round. Yesterday she carded three but today she at least took the honours over playing partner Thompson.

Ko’s 69 has her in a tie for 18^th with a host of players including Australian Stephanie Na at five under under 139. Thompson’s two under 70 today sees her in a share of 9^th place on seven under 137.

2009 Ladies Masters champion Katherine Hull will be missing from the weekend after finishing on even par with Perth’s Kristie Smith.  The pair finished one shot below the cut line. England’s Melissa Reid is another big name to miss the next two days, while Laura Davies and 2011 Kraft Nabisco Champion Stacy Lewis just scraped in on one under.

Earlier in the day, the playing group of Corie Hou, Inhong Lim and amateur Annie Choi were disqualified from the tournament for a rule breach.

The trio were playing preferred lies through the green instead of on closely mown areas only. All admitted to breaching this rule yesterday and were then immediately disqualified after being questioned on the 2^nd tee today.

The 23-year-old fired a bogey free seven-under-par 65 to lead fellow compatriots So Yeon Ryu and Hee Kyung Seo and Christel Boeljon from the Netherlands, who are tied in second one shot back.

Lee, who was the Korean LPGA player of the Year in 2010 now plies her trade on the Japanese circuit, said today’s round was one where everything just worked.

“Good driver, good irons, putting was good. It was easy, easy today,” she said.

Australians Nikki Campbell and Stephanie Na, England’s Felicity Johnson and American sensation Lexi Thompson all share fifth at five-under par.

It was Thompson who won the battle of the teen queens pairing today, the 16-year-old professional shading the 14-year-old amateur Lydia Ko, with a five under round of 67 to Ko’s two under 70.

The New Zealand world amateur number one who created history last week by becoming the youngest winner of a professional tournament, did well to back up after last weeks’ Bing Lee/Samsung Women’s NSW Open victory.

Sitting just three shots off the lead on four-under-par 68 is the Australian trio of Frances Bondad, Sarah Kempand Courtney Massey.

Of the other notables in the field, France’s Gwladys Nocera is in a tie for 12^th on three-under-par with Christina Kim, while 2009 Masters Champion, Katherine Hull is on two under 70 with 2011 Kraft Nabisco Champion, American Stacy Lewis, while three times Masters winner, Laura Davies, is a shot further back on one under 71.

The weather is expected to hold for the next three days and with a drier course expect some even lower scores at the Gold Coast RACV Ladies Masters tomorrow.

Live scoring is now available on www.ladiesmasters.com or www.alpg.com.au

The years of hard work, training, commitment and sacrifices are now all starting to come to a head, as the lure of London gets closer and closer.

For some athletes the first huge task of qualifying for the Games is over. To date, we have selected team members from open water swimming and sailing – and for those athletes, the focus is now solely on training hard and keeping at the top of their game ahead of Games commencing in July.

With over 400 athletes to still select on the Australian Olympic Team, the intensity of competition among the sports is at its peak. Over the coming months, athletes will battle it out for a spot on the Team, representing for some the culmination of years of effort and focus.

Australia expects to send a Team of approximately 420 athletes to London, competing across 25 of the 26 program sports.

Our aim as a team is to place in the top 5 in both the overall medals and gold medals. In 2011, we witnessed a number of outstanding individual and team performances placing, Australia in the top 4 on overall gold medals. However, in the overall medal tally, Australia placed 8^th. Despite this result, the future is bright. Australian athletes placed 4^th and 5^th in 37 events. The focus now is to convert these places into medals.

The end of 2011 saw our sailors dominate the World Championships in Perth with three gold medals and the Kookaburras defend their hockey Champions Trophy in New Zealand. These results have further buoyed our belief that Australia is rising again in international sport and that we will win medals in a broad range of sports in London.

We hope that over the next six months we will see some of our fine athletes that were achieving high results in 2011, convert their success into podium finishes at the Games.

As for London itself, the city I believe is ready to hold successful and exhilarating Games.

The Olympic Village is of an incredibly high standard and during our planning visits to London we have been extremely pleased with the Village accommodation, facilities and spacious surrounds.

The finishing touches are being put on the sporting venues and I can guarantee that Australia’s athletes and spectators alike will have an incredibly exciting Games experience.

Nick Green
Chef de Mission – 2012 Australian Olympic Team

The youngest player to win a professional tournament in history, New Zealand’s 14-year-old amateur Lydia Ko and 16-year-old USLPGA winner, Lexi Thompson will take on the old guard of past Masters winners, Queenslander Katherine Hull and England’s Laura Davies.

They will be joined by a strong list of international stars including two of last year’s Major Winners, US Open champion So Yeon Ryu and the 2011 Kraft Nabisco victor Stacy Lewis.  Also teeing it up will be one of last year’s finds, the Ladies European Tour Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, Caroline Hedwall.

Korean Ryu is competing in her fourth Gold Coast RACV Ladies Masters and is looking forward to a strong showing in her first outing for 2012.

“I really like this golf course, because I feel really comfortable,” she said, adding that the constant rain will make the course a bit tougher to play.

“This is my first tournament in 2012 and I have prepared on a lot of things, so hopefully I can play well in this tournament.”

For the first time in many years, the Ladies Masters will be without seven time winner, Karrie Webb, leaving Katherine Hull to carry the baton as Australia’s main hope.

“She has dominated here for sure so it’s one less we have to worry about and look out for this week,” Hull, the 2009 Masters champion said.

“It’s a shame she’s not here, she has her reasons, but it will be better for all of us in terms of our chances of winning.”

Hull will have fellow Aussies, Karen Lunn, Lindsey Wright, Frances Bondad, Rebecca Flood and reigning New Zealand Open Champion Kristie Smith to help lead the Australian charge.

Teenage phenom Lexi Thompson is hoping to add the 2012 Gold Coast RACV Ladies Masters to her growing list of achievements.

The 16-year-old became the youngest to win on the USLPGA Tour when she ran away with the Navistar Classic in September, finishing five ahead of fellow American Tiffany Joh.

She then became the youngest professional player to win on the Ladies European Tour when she took out the Ladies Dubai Masters in December last year.

This is Thompson’s third trip to Royal Pines but she is a little unsure of her game at the moment after a six-week break from the game.

“That is definitely along break for me. I just practiced a lot, I just played against my brothers, had our competition to keep myself busy,” she said.

“It was hard though.”

Thompson and Ko’s respective parties had arranged for them to play a practice round late Monday, but due to the course being closed they couldn’t meet.  Ko, was very excited to meet one her idols.

Asked about was she about her thoughts on Ko and not playing the practice round “I didn’t get to see her on TV last week, but I’ve heard so many great things about her and obviously a great accomplishment for her.  I was really looking forward to playing with her but you know hopefully I get to tee up with her sometime in the future.”

In will in fact happen during the first two rounds, Ko, Thompson and Kristie Smith are paired together.   They tee off at 11.50am Thursday.

Other feature groups include Katherine Hull, Stacy Lewis and Melissa Reid (pictured), who tee off at 7.10am, while three time champion Davies is playing with Ryu and Sophie Gustafson are the group following at 7.20am.

The Royal Pines course has been lashed by relentless heavy rain but everything is on track for tomorrow’s start.

The 2012 Bing Lee/Samsung Women’s NSW Open will be remembered as the tournament where Lydia Ko stamped her name in the history books. The 14-year old produced a flawless round of 3-under par 69 to record a four shot victory and in doing so she became the youngest winner, male or female, to win a professional golf tournament. 

World No.1 ranked amateur Ko finished at 14-under-par with rounds of 69, 64, and 69.  Becky Morgan from Wales finished with a sensational final round of 6-under-par  66 to finish in outright second on 10-under-par, whilst Victorian Lindsey Wright and West Australian Kristie Smith shared third place a further shot back.

Ko started the final round with a four shot cushion over Wright, who plays on the LPGA tour in America. It was the experienced player who got off to the best start with a birdie at the second to close the gap to three shots. Both players went par-birdie over the next two holes before Wright gave back the shot she’d made up with a bogey at the par 3 5^th hole.

Wright pulled within two shots of the lead after birdies on the 6^th and 7^th holes.  However, the young New Zealander was unflappable every time Wright challenged.  Ko made the turn at 13-under, Wright at 11-under while Morgan and Smith were climbing the leader board in the groups ahead.

Both players parred the first five holes on the back nine before Ko made a decisive birdie on the 15^th to extend her lead back to three shots.   Wright bogied the 16^th and 17^th holes while Ko kept her blemish free round in tact with three pars to finish.  Ko tapped in for par on her final hole with a look of disbelief and excitement as she realized she had now become the youngest winner male or female in a professional golf event.

After her round she said, “I got more nervous as the day went on. When Lindsey got within two shots, I started to think back to last year with Caroline. Obviously, I am very happy to win, it means a lot to me.”

She also paid special mention to her coach Guy Wilson who has coached her for 8 years, her mum, Tina, who was in the crowd and also her caddy Steve Mowbray who she “enjoyed working with.”

Ko’s playing partner and closest challenger throughout the final round Wright was impressed with the performance of 14 year old Ko.  “Lydia is an amazing talent, when you look at her and watch her play you don’t see a 14 year old girl, you see a seasoned Professional, she’s an amazing talent for someone so young with a fantastic future ahead of her.”

Even though Ko could not take home the winner’s cheque of $18,750, which went to Morgan, she did received a $1,000 voucher for finishing as the top amateur .  The voucher will be managed through an HSBC banking account and administered by Golf NSW and directly contribute to the reimbursement of Ko’s travelling expenses to compete in tournaments.

The ALPG Tour moves to the Gold Coast next week for the Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters.