Oh snatches Classic win in playoff

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) -- Second-year LPGA golfer Ji Young Oh won her first tournament, sinking a 6-inch putt for par to win the State Farm Classic in a playoff over rookie Yani Tseng.

A day after the tournament lost star name Michelle Wie, disqualified for failing to sign her card, the sudden-death playoff injected life into what had been an ordinary final round.

Oh and Tseng finished regulation at 18-under par.

Tseng, the leader coming into Sunday, chipped her third shot over the green and into the rough, then pitched her ball to about 6 feet from the cup.

But Oh's third shot, from just inside the rough, left her with the tap-in that gave her the win.

Tseng shot a 66 in each of the first three rounds before her even-par 72 to force the playoff.

Na Yeon Choi finished in third place at 17 under for the tournament after shooting a 4-under 68 Sunday.

On a day dominated by youth, Chinese LPGA rookie Shanshan Feng shot a 9-under 63 -- the second best round of the tournament along with Christina Kim's first round -- and finished the tournament at 16 under par, tied for fourth place with Stacy Prammanasudh and Hee-Won Han.

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