Reigning British Women&aposs Open champion Jiyai Shin stormed to a superb two-stroke victory over Australian Katherine Hull in the HSBC Women&aposs Champions tournament in Singapore. Seven adrift at halfway and still six behind with a round to go at Tanah Merah, the tiny 20-year-old South Korean took the $300,000 first prize with her second successive 66 for an 11-under total of 277. Shin, now with 26 professional wins to her name already, birdied the first four holes and then picked up further strokes on the 11th and 15th to put the pressure on Hull. The overnight leader was four clear after turning in 34, but followed a bogey on the 10th by going out of bounds and running up a double-bogey seven three holes later. She dropped another stroke on the next, but a birdie at the 17th left her needing another to force a play-off. Instead, however, the Australian Masters champion bogeyed for a bitterly disappointing 74. Joint third were Americans Paula Creamer and Angela Stanford and also Brazil&aposs Angela Park, while world No.1 and defending champion Lorena Ochoa, winner by 11 last year, had to settle for a share of sixth spot. Shin revealed she had first thought she was capable of claiming victory at the turn when she had closed to four shots of Hull. The 20-year-old had overcome the same margin at last year&aposs Korean Open and revived those memories over the back nine. “Last year at the Korean Open I was four strokes behind after nine holes, so I thought … if I made some more birdies I would have a chance,” Shin said at a press conference after her win. “I made a birdie at 15 and Katherine made a double bogey at the 13th, so when I knew that I played more safe … not attack the pin, just fairway, green.” She added: “My goal for this tournament was top 10 because at the SBS Open in Hawaii I missed the cut and in Thailand last week I finished 13th.” “Then this morning I just felt comfortable. On the first four holes I made birdies, I was very surprised. I just had to hit it with the putter or chip it and I got a birdie.” Hull lamented a wayward drive on the par five 13th, which she double bogeyed to lose her lead. The Australian then dropped a further stroke at the next to give up the lead. “I made a really bad choice. I actually broke my game plan so I got what I deserved,” she said of her drive on the 13th. “I decided from the start I&aposd hit three wood off that tee, I took driver and it was the wrong play. I got too greedy and was overconfident.” “Hopefully it&aposll make me stronger and make me work harder.”