Eun-Hee Ji of South Korea defeated Ayaka Furue of Japan 3 and 2 to win the LPGA Match-Play title Sunday in Las Vegas.
Ji’s victory at Shadow Creek Golf Course allowed her to clinch the final berth into next week’s U.S. Women’s Open.
“It’s still surreal and hasn’t sunk in,” Ji said. “I think it’ll hit me once I go there next week. Hopefully I can continue this week’s momentum into next week.”
Both the semifinals and finals were played Sunday. Ji beat Andrea Lee 4 and 3 while Furue edged Lilia Vu 2 and 1 in the semifinals. Vu then defeated Lee 3 and 2 in the third-place match….