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  • Park, 19, flew up to 12th this week, but she was not the only strong performer at the U.S. Women's Open who made great strides in this week's rankings.

    Helen Alfredsson, who finished second, jumped 73 places to 43rd.

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  • Park completed the championship at nine-under-par 283. This is her second USGA title as she also won the 2002 U.S. Girls' Junior. She also finished second in that event twice.

    The 19-year-old Park carded her fourth sub-par round of the week to become the youngest winner in U.S. Women's Open history. Her closing 71 was the only sub- par round in the final nine twosomes on Sunday and she was the only player with four sub-par rounds on the week.

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  • Hurst finished at three-under 213 for her third win this season on the Duramed Futures Tour. The $12,600 first-place check has her atop the money list.

    The second round was completed Sunday morning after darkness stopped play on Saturday night.

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  • That hasn't stopped Lewis from showing off her game at Interlachen Country Club this weekend. Lewis fired a six-under 67 Saturday to jump into the lead after three rounds.

    Lewis, who tied for fifth at the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship as an amateur, completed 54 holes at nine-under-par 210. The 23-year-old leads by one shot over Paula Creamer.

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  • Park completed 36 holes at six-under-par 140.

    There was a two-hour, 27-minute weather delay late Friday afternoon and that will push the completion of the round into Saturday morning. Play was called for the night at 9:47 p.m. (et).

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  • Six-under par is not traditionally a score that leads after the first round of the U.S. Open. In total, 32 players broke par on Thursday, but Interlachen was not without teeth.

    Michelle Wie posted a nine at the par-four ninth en route to an eight-over 81.

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  • 16 in this week's women's world rankings.

    Lorena Ochoa remained No. 1 and was again followed by Annika Sorenstam, Suzann Pettersen, Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb, Yani Tseng and Cristie Kerr.

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  • Ji closed with a five-under 67 in the final round, nearly the best score of the day, and overcame a three-shot deficit to Pettersen with just six holes remaining.

    The young South Korean, in her second full season on the LPGA Tour, finished at 16-under 272.

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  • Hurst finished the only four-round event on the circuit at eight-under 272 at Hickory Point Golf Course.

    The win was Hurst's second this year after she titled at the Jalapeno Duramed Futures Golf Classic. Sunday's win moved her atop the Duramed Futures Tour money list after the $16,100 first-place check.

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  • The top five remained unchanged with Lorena Ochoa again followed by Annika Sorenstam, Suzann Pettersen, Paula Creamer and Karrie Webb.

    Tseng was trailed by Cristie Kerr, who held steady at No. 7 this week, and Ji- Yai Shin, who slipped two places to eighth. Jeong Jang dipped one to ninth, while Hjorth jumped six spots to 10th.

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  • Lee fired a seven-under 65 in the third round to complete 54 holes at 12- under-par 204.

    She owns the 54-hole lead for the second time in her LPGA Tour career. The other came at the 2007 Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill, where she lost in a playoff to Suzann Pettersen.

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  • Ochoa fired a seven-under 65 to move to 10-under-par 134 and into the top spot on the leaderboard after two rounds of the McDonald's LPGA Championship.

    The Mexican star collected her first major crown last year at the Women's British Open, then rolled to a five-shot win earlier this season at the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

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  • The top 10 in the rankings remained the same as last week with Lorena Ochoa followed by Annika Sorenstam, Suzann Pettersen, Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb, Ji-Yai Shin, Cristie Kerr, Jeong Jang, Jee Young Lee and Juli Inkster.

    Lee jumped to 11th, while Momoko Ueda dipped one to 12th. Se Ri Pak moved up a notch to 13th and bumped Morgan Pressel to No. 14. Mi Hyun Kim tumbled three to 15th this week.

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  • This time Kim closed with a one-over 73 to capture the title at the Duramed Futures Tour's Aurora Health Care Championship. Two weeks ago, she closed with a two-over 73 to claim her first title at the Mercedes-Benz of Kansas City Championship.

    Kim ended her second straight victory at three-under-par 213.

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  • Pleasant, SC (Sports Network) - Seon Hwa Lee claimed her third LPGA Tour victory on Sunday when Karrie Webb missed a short par putt in their playoff at the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika.

    Webb had rolled in a 20-footer for birdie on the 18th hole in regulation to tie Lee at 14-under-par 274, but the Hall of Fame Australian couldn't convert her short try on the first extra hole.

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  • Wie chipped in for eagle at the first, then recorded four birdies, including two at her last two holes, and a bogey. She finished at 14-under-par 274 for her best finish since she tied for second at the 2006 Evian Masters.

    "I feel a lot more confident about my game," said Wie. "I think a person's greed means that you always want something more. If you look at my score, 14- under-par, I'm very happy with it, but at the same time I could have done better." Amy Yang, a fellow 18-year old, also shot a five-under 67 to win the title by four shots at 21-under 267.

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  • Pleasant, SC (Sports Network) - Sophie Gustafson fired a five-under 67 on Saturday to build a six-shot lead heading into the final round of the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika.

    Gustafson stood at 18-under-par 198 after three sparkling rounds, smashing the 54-hole tournament scoring record of 205 that Lorena Ochoa set on the way to winning the debut of Annika Sorenstam's tournament last year.

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  • Fellow 18-year-old Amy Yang of Korea fired a nine-under 63 to move into the lead at 16-under 200, where she was five shots ahead of two other players.

    Wie, playing on the Ladies European Tour for the first time, was tied for seventh place at nine-under-par 207 -- seven shots off Yang's lead.

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  • Webb, who shot a 66 on Friday, and Gustafson are knotted at 13-under 131, which obliterated the old 36-hole record by four shots at RiverTowne Country Club.

    The pair bested Lorena Ochoa's one-year-old record. Ochoa withdrew earlier in the week to be with her uncle, who passed away.

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  • Pleasant, SC (Sports Network) - Karrie Webb and In-Kyung Kim both fired rounds of seven-under 65 on Thursday to share the opening-round lead of the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika.

    The tournament host, Annika Sorenstam, only managed an even-par 72.

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  • Playing the Ladies European Tour for the first time, the 18-year-old Wie was tied for seventh place, four shots off the lead held by Nina Reis.

    "I felt like I played really well, but I felt like I left a couple out there as well," said Wie.

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  • Pleasant, SC (Sports Network) - Lorena Ochoa, the world's top-ranked female golfer, has withdrawn from this week's Ginn Tribute, a tournament hosted by Annika Sorenstam, the world's second-ranked woman.

    Ochoa, according to her official Web site, traveled back to Mexico after learning of the death of her uncle.

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