LPGA Match-Play: End of the line for Tiffany Chan as Sagstrom, Shadoff and Vu stay perfect
- Tiffany Chan’s run at the 2022 Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play has ended at the round of 16, with a 4&3 loss to England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff
- The Hongkonger has put herself in a confident space as she heads to Southern Pines, North Carolina for the US Women’s Open
Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom, American Lilia Vu and England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff each won her fourth victory in as many matches on Saturday to reach the LPGA Match-Play quarter-finals.
Sagstrom beat American Emma Talley 4&2 while Vu defeated compatriot Allisen Corpuz 4&3 and Shadoff ousted Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan 4&3 in the round of 16 at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The 28-year-old Chan was the surprise packet of the tournament after coming in on a sponsors’ invite and being ranked 63rd of the 64 players. The Hongkonger has put herself in a confident space as she heads to Southern Pines, North Carolina and the US Women’s Open.
Others advancing to Saturday’s afternoon quarter-finals included South Koreans Ji Eun-hee and Jenny Shin, American Andrea Lee, Japan’s Ayaka Furue and Scotland’s Gemma Dryburgh, who outlasted Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn after 22 holes.
Moriya birdied to win four of the last five regulation holes and force extended play but never led as Dryburgh won with a birdie on the fourth extra hole.
Quarter-final matchups will pit Sagstrom against Ji, Vu against Shin, Shadoff against Furue and Lee against Dryburgh.
Sagstrom won the opening hole with a birdie but Talley birdied the par-5 fourth to square the match. Sagstrom birdied the par-3 fifth and won the sixth with a par before Talley birdied to win the par-5 seventh to pull back within one.
