Without Wie, Oh Wins State Farm in Playoff

Without Wie, Oh gets first LPGA win in State Farm playoff By DAVID MERCER Associated Press Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. July 20, 2008 (AP) Second-year LPGA golfer Ji Young Oh won her first tournament Sunday, sinking a 6-inch putt for par to win the State Farm Classic in a playoff over rookie Yani Tseng. In this photo provided by the State Farm Classic golf tournament, Michelle Wie speaks to reporters... A day after the tournament lost its marquee player, Michelle Wie, to disqualification, 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... [read full story]