LPGA Match-Play: Eun-Hee Ji sails through to semi-finals in Las Vegas, Andrea Lee ends Gemma Dryburgh hopes | Golf News | NEWSRUX

Eun-Hee Ji places in a near-perfect show to earn shock quarter-final win over Madelene Sagstrom at LPGA Match-Play occasion in Las Vegas; Andrea Lee wants two playoff holes to dispatch upstart Gemma Dryburgh

Eun-Hee Ji on the fourth gap at Shadow Creek on Saturday

South Korea’s Eun-Hee Ji did not lose a gap as she defeated Madelene
Sagstrom within the quarter-finals of the LPGA Match-Play occasion in Las Vegas.

The match ended after the twelfth gap at Shadow Creek Golf Course, so early Ji didn’t even realise the match was over till her caddie advised her.

“I did not know that was my final gap, so I used to be considering like, Oh, I actually drained like from now, after which, OK, I would like extra focus as a result of I wish to get faster,” Ji mentioned.

Each different quarter-final match was determined in a playoff.

Lilia Vu beat Jenny Shin of South Korea on the second playoff gap, Japan’s Ayaka Furue defeated Jodi Ewart Shadoff on the fourth playoff gap, whereas Andrea Lee wanted two playoff holes to dispatch upstart Gemma Dryburgh.

The 64-player discipline was divided into 16 teams of 4 in a round-robin group stage that ended Friday. The group winners superior to a 16-player, single-elimination bracket. The eight gamers within the quarters superior from the knockout stage earlier within the day.

Ji will play Lee in Sunday’s semis whereas Furue attracts Vu.

Ayaka Furue additionally reached the final 4 in Las Vegas

Furue mentioned she was extra mentally drained than bodily.

“Coming into the again 9, I used to be 4-down and so it was fairly mentally draining having to depend on attempting to get some birdies and provides myself sufficient alternatives get these birdies, so I’d say that is why it is so mentally draining,” Furue mentioned.

Lee ended the Cinderella run of Dryburgh, who gained entry into the sphere Tuesday night time. Dryburgh bolted to a three-up lead and led two-up on the flip.

“You may’t actually anticipate your opponent make errors. You have to inform your self that that you must be the one to make the birdies and the putts,” mentioned Lee. “That is what we each did coming down the stretch.”