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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- I.K. Kim raised her left hand to her mouth and turned her head away, unwilling to look at what just happened at her feet. Fans at Mission Hills gasped, groaned and screamed in a chorus of shared pain. With a major championship resting on a one-foot putt, Kim had just lived every golfers nightmare. She had done the unthinkable. She had missed the unmissable. A few minutes later, the Kraft Nabisco Championship was in a playoff -- and with an improbable second chance to win, Sun Young Yoo didnt flinch. Yoo won the LPGA Tours first major of the season with an 18-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Sunday, earning her first major title after Kims mind-boggling miss on a tap-in on the final hole of regulation. Kim, the 23-year-old South Korean who lives near Los Angeles, couldnt explain any of it. After barely missing a long birdie putt, she lined up the one-footer patiently, and thought she hit it decently -- but the ball toured the lip of the cup before coming out on the same side it entered. "I played straight, and it actually just broke to the right, even that short putt," Kim said. "So it was unfortunate on 18, but ... I feel good about my game. Its getting better." After tapping in for a bogey that dropped her into a tie with Yoo, Kim raised both hands to her ears as she left the green, staring down blankly at the bridge while walking to the scorers tent. The playoff ended four strokes later, with Yoo confidently seizing her second career LPGA Tour victory when Kim couldnt relocate her groove. "On the playoff hole, its just hard to kind of focus on whats going on right now," Kim said. "Because I was still a little bit bummed (about) what happened on 18, honestly." Yoo lurked in the pack with steady play down the stretch of a frantic final round in which five players held the lead. After finishing with a par in the group before Kim, Yoo figured she would collect a fat runner-up check and head home to Orlando. And then Kim made a mistake reminiscent of Scott Hochs missed two-foot putt that would have won the 1989 Masters, and Doug Sanders miss on a 3-footer to win the 1970 British Open. "I thought I had no chance," Yoo said. "I thought I.K. was going to make the putt, but it didnt happen." The 25-year-old South Korean got to make the traditional leap into the frigid waters of Poppies Pond only after Kims epic one-foot mistake. "Shes a great putter," Yoo said about Kim. "She really doesnt miss those kinds of putts, but ... thats golf. You never know whats going to happen. I was just watching from the putting green, and thats some luck." Kims miss on the Dinah Shore course will go down in LPGA Tour infamy, but shell have more than US$182,000 to console her -- along with the knowledge she had been the most consistent contender amid the wild momentum swings of the final round. She went bogey-free through 17 holes, making a 15-foot birdie putt on the 16th and a 20-footer on the 17th to break a three-way tie for the lead. Yoo and Kim played the 18th again in the playoff, and Kims drive barely cleared the water, landing in the rough. She left a birdie putt short from the fringe, and Yoo calmly reached the green before burying her winning putt. Yoo, who joined Grace Park as the only South Korean winners in Kraft Nabisco history, seemed a bit reluctant to celebrate after hugging Kim, but she joined her caddie for a high-energy leap into Poppies Pond. Yoo surpassed $3 million in career earnings with her $300,000 share of the $2 million purse. "Its huge. I didnt think about winning today," said Yoo, who began the final round in a five-way tie for fourth. "I didnt want to let myself down, but I think I did better than what I was expecting." Kim and Yoo shot 69 in the final round. Top-ranked Yani Tseng finished third at 8 under with a disappointing final-round 73. Even after blowing a Sunday lead at the Kraft Nabisco for the second straight year, the Taiwanese star had a chance to join the playoff on the 18th, but pushed a long birdie putt wide by an inch. Tseng was one stroke back on the 18th fairway when Kim missed her one-footer. Tseng realized her opportunity, but barely missed her tying putt, leaving her flat on her back in frustration. Yet even the worlds best player was thinking about Kim afterward. "I feel so bad for her," Tseng said. "I wish she had made it." Defending champion Stacy Lewis closed strong with a 66 to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place with Amy Yang and late leaders Karin Sjodin -- who shot a 74 after entering the final round even with Tseng and leading at the turn -- and Hee Kyung Seo, who had a three-stroke lead on the back nine before bogeying her final four holes. Yoo had never finished higher than seventh in a major, and she began the final round three strokes off the lead. She bounced back from two early bogeys with three birdies in five holes down the stretch, finishing with three straight pars -- and after Kims historic miss, seized an unlikely opportunity to win. "I was here by myself," Yoo said. "I just wish my family was here. My phone is still in my golf bag. I cant wait to make some phone calls to my family." Tseng gave away her share of the final-round lead in the first two holes to Sjodin, who went three strokes ahead with an eagle on the second hole. The winless Swede gave away the lead to Seo with back-to-back bogeys around the turn, but Seo made bogeys on the 15th and 16th, briefly creating a four-way tie with two holes to go. "I thought I would be a lot more nervous than I was," said Sjodin, who posted the best finish of her career. "It was extremely fun. A lot of people screaming Yanis name. I was pretending they were yelling for me." Natalie Gulbis finished in an eighth-place tie with Se Ri Pak and second-ranked Na Yeon Choi at 6 under, shooting a 65 -- the best round of the day. Gulbis, the pinup model and reality-show star, is still looking for her second career victory. Hamiltons Alena Sharp shot a final round of 3-over 75 to finish tied for 75th at 8-over 296. Charlottetowns Lorie Kane struggled to a final round of 8-over 80 and finished tied for 79th at 11-over 299. http://www.airmaxgronline.com/nike-air-max-2015/nike-air-max-2018.html . -- The Vancouver Whitecaps gave the expansion Montreal Impact a first-hand look at what their impressive force of attackers can do. http://www.airmaxgronline.com/nike-air-max-90/nike-air-max-93.html . Baumann misjudged a long ball from Milan Badelj and failed to clear after emerging outside the penalty area, allowing Maximilian Beister to open the scoring in the 37th minute. http://www.airmaxgronline.com/nike-air-max-90.html. -- Justin Allgaier was coasting to the finish and a near-certain victory -- then he ran out of gas. http://www.airmaxgronline.com/nike-air-max-2015/nike-air-max-2015.html . Messis father, Jorge Horacio Messi, is apparently still under investigation for an alleged 4 million euros ($5.3 million) in unpaid taxes from Messis image rights from 2007-09. Messis public relations firm confirmed Spanish media reports that the state prosecutor has asked for Messi to be dropped from the investigation that began in June 2013. http://www.airmaxgronline.com/nike-air-max-thea.html . The London club made the announcement in a statement, naming the German as its new manager on an 18-month contract. While Fulhams statement failed to mention Meulensteens fate, the Dutchman later told BBC Radio 5 that he had been relieved of his duties at Fulham.Los Angeles Kings 3, Winnipeg Jets 1 (Jets 30-27-7, home 15-12-5) - The win makes it six straight for the Kings since the Olympic break, a team that won once in 10 games before the break. The loss drops the Jets to three points back of Dallas for the final spot in the Western Conference. No scoring in the first period but it was a good start for the Jets, who jumped out to a 6-2 lead on the shots clock, but helped by a power play the Kings started to take the game over and outshot the Jets 11-7. Through part of the first and into the second the Jets went 17:52 without a shot on goal, but Olli Jokinens 15th of the year put the Jets in front 1-0. Good hustle by Evander Kane set up the goal, with Mark Stuart also drawing an assist. It was the third straight game the Jets have scored first, Jokinen opening the scoring in Nashville, Andrew Ladd opening the scoring against the Islanders. But the lead only lasted 42 seconds before Dustin Brown, in tight on Ondrej Pavelec, tied the game. Mike Richards picked off a cross ice pass and wired one past Pavelec at 16:15 to give the Kings the lead. Kings are 18-0 this season when leading after two. Shots in the second were 10-6, Los Angeles. In the third, the Kings showed why they need to be considered one of the power houses in the Western Conference. Kings outshot the Jets 20-5 in the third, and if not for Pavelec, the Kings would have skated their way to a route. Pavelec made one outstanding save after another and not until a power play goal by Alec Martinez at 15:51 was the game put away. Final shots were 41-18. It was the first time in five games this year Pavelec has lost when facing 40 or more shots.dddddddddddd Pavelec was the games first star. In total the Kings directed 78 shots at the Jets net, with 23 blocked and 14 missing the net. Kings are now 19-0 when leading after two. Kane led the Jets with seven shots on goal, Zach Bogosian in ice time at 24:19, Mark Stuart blocked seven shots, Jim Slater won eight of nine face-offs and has now won 15 of 16 over the past two games, Bryan Little won 10 of 16. Dustin Byfuglien led in hits with five, including a first period hit on Jake Muzzin that put the Kings defenceman into the Jets bench. Coach Paul Maurice had this to say post game. "I liked the speed of the game that we started the game with. Then we ran into the LA Kings at their best. They will take your game and frustrate you to the point that you would start to change what youre trying to do, because theres nothing given easily. We started to do things without your feet moving and you cant do that against them. I was left with the thought there are two kinds of confidence in hockey, and its individual confidence in a player that comes and goes at times. Second a style of play to handle these games. We needed to hold the lead longer than we did. Its dangerous to evaluate your offensive game against that team." On the loss, "The fact you are chasing hurts more when you lose." Jets play Ottawa Saturday afternoon (TSN 1290) at MTS Centre, then head to Colorado for a game Monday. Its a single trip before they return home for three - against Vancouver, the Rangers and Dallas. cheap jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '
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