Na-Yeon wins Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia title

KUALA LUMPUR: South Korea's Na-yeon Choi won the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia title by a stroke from Taiwan's Yani Tseng at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club on Sunday.

Choi carded rounds of 66-68-67-68 for a 15-under 269. Tseng finished with rounds of 69-67-69-65 for a 270 total. Choi birdied the par-3 17th to take the outright lead and parred the par-4 18th to hold off Tseng a week after finishing second behind the Taiwanese star in South Korea.

Tseng, a six-time LPGA Tour winner this season, parred the final two holes for a 65. Spain's Azahara Munoz closed with a 69 to finish third at 12 under, South Korea's Se Ri Pak (69) followed at 10 under, and Americans Stacy Lewis (70) and Brittany Lang (73) were 9 under.

Final round scores:

269 - Na Yeon Choi (KOR) 66-68-67-68;

270 - Yani Tseng (TPE) 69-67-69-65;

272 - Azahara Munoz (SPN) 67-68-68-69;

274 - Se Ri Pak (KOR) 72-68-65-69;

275 - Stacy Lewis (USA) 68-65-72-70, Brittany Lang (USA) 66-67-69-73;

277 - Angela Stanford (USA) 71-71-68-67, Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 68-69-69-71;

278 - Christel Boeljon (NED) 68-73-71-66, Feng Shanshan (CHN) 68-73-70-67, Amanda Blumenherst (USA) 70-69-71-68, Paula Creamer (USA) 71-67-69-71.

-thestar online.