LPGA Match-Play: Eun-Hee Ji wins at Shadow Creek, gets US Women’s Open spot
- After playing seven matches in five days, Eun-Hee Ji wins Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play in Las Vegas
- ‘Really tired now,’ the 36-year-old Ji said. ‘This wind affect a lot. It’s really hard golf course’
Eun-Hee Ji won the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play for a spot in the US Women’s Open, beating Ayaka Furue 3&2 in cooler conditions at Shadow Creek.
Ji, the 2009 US Women’s Open winner at Saucon Valley, took the last spot at Pine Needles with her sixth LPGA Tour victory and first since 2019.
“I’m so excited to win the tournament,” Ji said. “Then going to next week, this is the way to be going into next week. I’m so exciting.”
At 36, Ji is the oldest South Korean winner in LPGA Tour history. Ranked 83rd in the world, she was seeded 36th in the 64-player field.
“I don’t feel old,” Ji said.
With soaring wind and temperature in the first three days, conditions were somewhat calmer on the last day.
“This wind affect a lot,” Ji said. “It’s really hard golf course today, especially from the tee shot. Really have to make sure keep it in the fairway. ”
Ji was asked if she was more physically tired or mentally exhausted after playing seven matches in five days, four in the last two days.