British Women's Open champion wins
Mizuno Open in Japan by six strokes

South Korea's mastery of the world of the women's professional golf came a step nearer in Shima, Japan today with victory in the LPGA Tour's Mizuno Open by Shin Ji-Yai, the current British Women's Open champion.
The 20-year-old South Korean, leader by two strokes at the start of the day, powered farther away fromt he field with a final round of five-under-par 67 to win by SIX strokes.
It was not an entirely lawless round - she had one bogey - but she more than cancelled that out with a bag of one eagle and four birdies at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club clurse to post a final total of 15-under-par 201.
Japan's Mayu Hattori, a winner last week, was a distant runner-up with a 71 for 207.
South Korea coould claim two of the first three with Lim Eun-A firing a closing 70 to be third on 208.
"I was very nervous on the first tee," said Shin. "But I made birdies on the second and third holes and got more comfortable and confident."
Shin, a three-time winner in six Korea LPGA Tour starts this year, earned $210,000 in the event sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and the Japan LPGA.
Europeans, nor Americans for that matter, had to play second fiddle to the South Koreans and Japanese players in a tournament of low scoring.
The leading European was Germany's Sandra Gal in a share of 16th place, even though she scored four under par 212 for the 54 holes.
Glasgow exile Janice Moodie finished on 217 (jt 44th) and earned $5,492.
Catriona Matthew from North Berwick came joint 59th on 219 and earned $3,549.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72) 6506yd
201 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 68 66 67
207 Mayu Hattori 67 69 71
208 Eun-A Lim (Kor) 68 70 70
209 Jee Young Lee (Kor) 69 68 72, Il Mi Chung (Kor) 71 69 69, Yun-Jye Wei 71 68 70
210 Yuri Fudoh 71 70 69, Miki Saiki 67 73 70, Allison Fouch (USA) 73 67 70, Bo-Bae Song (Kor) 70 71 69
211 Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 69 72 70, Erina Hara 71 67 73, Jin Joo Hong (Kor) 69 73 69, Yuko Mitsuka 69 71 71, Candie Kung (Tai) 73 70 68
212 Sakura Yokomine 71 71 70, Alena Sharp (Can) 71 69 72, Sandra Gal (Ger) 69 77 66, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 69 71 72
213 Jimin Kang (Kor) 69 70 74, Carin Koch (Swe) 72 71 70, Young Kim (Kor) 71 72 70
214 Heather Young (USA) 72 74 68, Esther Lee (Kor) 72 69 73, Jill McGill (USA) 71 71 72, In Kyung Kim (Kor) 72 72 70, Shinobu Moromizato 73 76 65, Shiho Oyama 69 68 77, Teresa Lu (Tai) 70 74 70, Hiromi Mogi 71 72 71
215 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 69 71 75, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 73 72 70, Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 70 71 74, Ji-Hee Lee 74 69 72
216 Meena Lee (Kor) 72 70 74, Wendy Ward (USA) 71 74 71, Saiki Fujita 71 70 75, Christina Kim (USA) 72 71 73, Rui Kitada 75 70 71, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 70 73 73, Akiko Fukushima 74 72 70, Kyeong Eun Bae (Kor) 72 71 73, Momoko Ueda 70 74 72
217 Nikki Campbell (Aus) 72 73 72, Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 73 70 74, Mie Nakata 73 71 73, Midori Yoneyama 73 75 69, Janice Moodie 71 74 72, Ayako Uehara 71 72 74, Karine Icher (Fra) 74 74 69
218 Ai Miyazato 71 73 74, Irene Cho (USA) 71 73 74, Ji woo Lee (Kor) 72 74 72, Kristy McPherson (USA) 72 73 73, Maiko Wakabayashi 71 76 71, Hiroko Yamaguchi 74 71 73, Hee Young Park (Kor) 71 73 74, Miho Koga 73 70 75
219 So Hee Kim (Kor) 72 72 75, Catriona Matthew 72 75 72, Diana D'Alessio (USA) 73 73 73, Hye Jung Choi (Kor) 72 74 73
220 Ya-Ni Tseng (Kor) 73 76 71, Karrie Webb (Aus) 72 75 73, Louise Friberg (Swe) 71 71 78, In-Bee Park (Kor) 74 76 70, Akane Iijima 73 73 74, Mi-Jeong Jeon 73 71 76
221 Chie Arimura 74 71 76, Namika Omata (Kor) 73 74 74, Becky Morgan 71 75 75, Morgan Pressel (USA) 75 70 76
222 Yasuko Satoh 74 74 74, Yuko Saitoh 70 79 73
223 Yukari Baba 71 74 78, Kim Hall (USA) 75 74 74
225 Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 75 75 75, Kaori Higo (USA) 71 79 75