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- PSG beat Strasbourg to reclaim top spot in Ligue 1
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- Arsenal loss was 'accident waiting to happen' says Arteta
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South Korea's Amy Yang wins Women's PGA Championship
South Korea's Amy Yang captured her long-awaited first major title on Sunday, hanging on late for a three-stroke victory at the Women's PGA Championship in her 75th major start.
Yang fired a level-par 72 to stand on seven-under 281 after 72 holes at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington.
And despite some late struggles, that was enough to claim the $1.56 million top prize with compatriot Ko Jin-young, Japan's Miyu Yamashita and American Lilia Vu sharing second on 284.
"I'm at a loss for words right now," Yang said. "All four rounds it was tough out there, but I did my best."
World number 25 Yang, who had 21 career top-10 major finishes without a victory, won her first major in her 17th LPGA Tour season at age 34.
"I always wanted to win a major and I came close several times and I started doubting myself if I'm ever going to win a major before I retire because I've been on tour for quite a while," Yang said.
"I'm so grateful and very happy to win a major."
The two-time US Open runner-up won her fifth and most recent prior LPGA title at last November's Tour Championship, her first triumph on US soil.
Despite a large lead late, Yang faced some tense moments down the stretch.
Yang made her second three-putt bogey of the week at 16, trimming her lead to five strokes.
After her group was given a time warning, Yang plunked her tee shot into the water at the par-3 17th and made double bogey, slicing her lead to three over Ko and Vu.
At the par-5 18th, Yang found the fairway but sent her second shot into left rough short of the green. She pitched her third shot onto the green and two-putted for par from just inside 12 feet for the triumph.
World number 22 Yamashita, a 22-year-old with 11 wins on the LPGA Japan Tour and closed with a birdie to shoot 73 and grab a share of second. Vu and Ko shots 71s.
Americans Ally Ewing and Lauren Hartlage shared fifth on 285. Hartlage, ranked 272nd, managed her first top-five LPGA finish.
Ewing appeared to just miss out on qualifying for the Paris Olympics. She needed to climb four spots in the rankings into Monday's top 15.
"If the rankings come out tomorrow and I'm an Olympian, that would be great," Ewing said. "It would be really special."
- Yang shined early -
Yang, who began the day with a two-stroke lead over Yamashita and Hartlage, opened with a tap-in birdie and answered a bogey at the third with a birdie at the par-3 fifth, holing out from off the green from 67 feet.
Yamashita sank a six-foot birdie putt at the second to stay within two of Yang.
Hartlage birdied the par-5 second from just inside 12 feet and holed out from just inside 45 feet to birdie the par-3 fifth to pull within one.
But after a horseshoe lip-out on a birdie putt from inside five feet at the par-5 sixth, Hartlage fell back with double bogeys at the seventh and eighth, ending her run of 35 holes without dropping a shot.
Yang sank a seven-foot birdie putt at the eighth while Yamashita found rough and a greenside bunker on her way to a double bogey that left Yang five strokes ahead on nine-under with 10 holes to play.
Yang stumbled with a bogey at the 10th but answered with a tap-in birdie at the par-5 11th, although Yamashita sank a 12-foot birdie putt at 11 to stay within four strokes.
Yamashita bogeyed 12, but Vu charged within four by starting the back nine with three consecutive birdies.
Yang responded with a birdie putt from just outside four feet at the par-3 13th and Vu made bogeys at 14 and 15 to leave Yang ahead by six until her closing struggles.
L.Davis--AMWN