(8 August 2011 – Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)
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China&aposs Shan Shan Feng captured her first LPGA of Japan title Sunday with victory at the Meiji Cup. Feng shot a final round 5-under par 67 to finish at 14-under par, making her the just the second Chinese player to win on the tour following Na Zhang who won four times in 2007. Miho Koga and Eun-Bi Jang finished in a tie for second two-shots behind Feng on 12-under par.
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rnFeng, who plays mostly on the LPGA Tour, started the day two strokes behind overnight co-leaders; Koga and Jang in what was only her second start on the Japanese tour.
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rnIt was a tightly fought contest between the three players all day but it was the 22-year-old from China who found the necessary birdies. She backed up three straight birdies from the seventh hole with another three birdies in a four-hole stretch from the 12th to secure the lead.
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rnKoga and Jang both lost ground with consecutive bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes and ended up in a tie, both carding 1-under par 71’s.
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rn"I really want to cry," Feng said. "My goal for this year was to win one tournament on the Japanese tour or the American tour, so I did it."
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rnOnly Tamie Durdin made the cut from an Australian point of view, finishing in a tie for 29th at 4-under par after rounds of 70, 72 and 70.
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