{"id":630,"date":"2005-04-16T23:59:54","date_gmt":"2005-04-17T04:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/ward_triumphs_at_2005_takefuji_classic\/"},"modified":"2005-04-16T23:59:54","modified_gmt":"2005-04-17T04:59:54","slug":"ward_triumphs_at_2005_takefuji_classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/lpga\/ward_triumphs_at_2005_takefuji_classic","title":{"rendered":"Ward Triumphs at 2005 Takefuji Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WardTakefujiWin.jpg\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/lpga\/wendy_ward_takefuji_win.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"191\" class=\"bordered\" \/>Wendy Ward secured her fourth LPGA victory with a bogey-free round and a final score of 16-under par, finishing just two strokes ahead of Mexican Lorena Ochoa. Confidently aiming for the fairways and pin-hunting, Ward exclaimed, &#8220;I&#8217;m just tickled about the way I played today.&#8221; On the second hole, a 385-yard par 4, Ward took her 58-degree wedge to within three feet. On holes 6, 9, 12, and 16, Wendy played short shots to within ten feet, birdying each time. Wendy&#8217;s sport psychologist, Debbie Crews, played a role in helping Wendy&#8217;s mental game. She told Crews she was trying as hard as she could, and Crews said, &#8220;I want you to quit trying and start believing.&#8221;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWendy also credits her husband, Nate Hair with her victory. &#8220;My husband gave me a little tip Friday night. He said this golf course is running hard and fast, you don&#8217;t have to hit your driver everywhere. And I actually took that advice. Sometimes it&#8217;s hard to admit, but he was right. I hit a 3-wood on probably like four of the tee boxes on the backside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about how her confidence would carry over to next week&#8217;s tournament in Mexico, Wendy replied, &#8220;I just started a stretch of five events. I&#8217;m really excited about going down to Mexico next week. I don&#8217;t know what to expect of the course down there, but the next three events following that set up well for me. So I&#8217;m very excited about the next stretch coming up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lorena Ochoa (-14) finished alone in second place leaping from 96th early in the competition. Ochoa has been struggling since the <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/lpga\/annika_rules_at_2005_mastercard_tournament\/\" title=\"Annika Rules at 2005 Mastercard Tournament\">2005 Mastercard Tournament<\/a> when she vowed that she would try to &#8220;shorten the distance Annika has over me. I want to give her more of a fight.&#8221; In a playoff defeat at the <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/lpga\/sorenstam_prevails_in_safeway_playoff\/\" title=\"Sorenstam Prevails in Safeway Playoff\">Safeway International<\/a> after leading from <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/lpga\/ochoa_lim_lead_at_safeway\/\" title=\"Ochoa, Lim Lead at Safeway\">round one<\/a>, Ochoa choked from the pressure heading up the stretch with a four stroke lead. Annika took a breather this week&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>On the brighter side, Ochoa set the course record of 63 on Friday and with 65 today, Lorena commented, &#8220;It&#8217;s very special for me that yesterday I broke the record and I really like the course. I am going to be happy to come back next year. &#8221; Scoring 7 birdies throughout her round, including a 9-iron at the 410-yard par 4 which she stuck within three feet of the hole, Ochoa seems prepared to face her fans next week at Tres Marias Residential Golf Club in Morelia, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>With nine birdies today, five of which came as consecutive birdies on holes 5-9, Shi Hyun Ahn(63) tied the course record set this week by Lorena Ochoa on Friday. Ahn and 2005 Rookie Paula Creamer tied for third at 13-under par.<\/p>\n<p>Amateur In-Bee Park, the hometown Las Vegas high schooler, finished her round alone in 5th place at 12-under par. People are comparing her success today with another stellar amateur, Michelle Wie.<\/p>\n<p>Karrie Webb, originally tied for the lead in <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/lpga\/first_round_action_at_the_takefuji_classic\/\" title=\"First Round Action at the Takefuji\">first round action<\/a>, began the day three off the lead but a double bogey at seven made her lose confidence and it was downhill from there. Karrie fell into a tie for 16th place with a 73.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champion Cristie Kerr was never in contention, shooting a 72 to tie for 55th at 1-under par.<\/p>\n<pre>Pos  Player             Today    Tot    R1    R2   R3\n1    Wendy Ward          -5      -16    65    68   67\n2    Lorena Ochoa        -7      -14    74    63   65\nT3   Shi Hyun Ahn        -9      -13    70    68   63\nT3   Paula Creamer       -7      -13    70    68   65\n5    *In-Bee Park        -5      -12    66    71   67\n6    Juli Inkster        -5      -10    72    67   67\nT7   Jeong Jang          -7       -9    72    70   65\nT7   Nicole Perrot       -2       -9    66    71   70\nT7   Moira Dunn          -1       -9    69    67   71\nT10  Young Kim           -5       -8    70    71   67\nT10  Heather Bowie       -4       -8    68    72   68\nT10  Hee-Won Han         -4       -8    71    69   68\nT10  Mikaela Parmlid     -3       -8    67    72   69\nT10  Stacy Prammanasudh  -3       -8    69    70   69\nT10  Wendy Doolan        -2       -8    66    72   70<\/pre>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">Photo Credit: &copy; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/story\/8392259\" title=\"LPGA.com\" class=\"external external_icon\">AP<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Ward wins her first LPGA title in four years at the 2005 Takefuji Classic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lpga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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