Last-hole birdie earns Pat Hurst

victory in Mexico Classic

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
American Pat Hurst birdied the final hole to card a four-under-par 68 and secure a one-stroke victory at the MasterCard Classic in Mexico.
Having started the day a shot off the top of the leaderboard, the 39-year-old made a solid start to the final round by carding three birdies without dropping a shot to reach the turn in 33.
A double bogey on the par-four 10th saw her momentarily drop down the leaderboard before she recovered with two successive birdies from the 11th.
A bogey on the short 14th again threatened to deny Hurst the victory but she birdied the 17th before picking up another shot on the last to snatch the win and the US dollars 195, 000 prize money.
World number one Lorena Ochoa, who had seen her strong start to the tournament undone by a 73 in Saturday's third round, carded six birdies but dropped three shots to finished tied second alongside Chinese Taipei's Yani Tseng (70).
Kim Song-hee of South Korea finished fourth after carding a three under 69 while American Cristie Kerr produced her best round of the tournament with a 67 to claim fifth.
Janice Moodie and Johanna (Head) Mundy each won $5,499 for a 42nd place tie on 221 while Laura Davies earned $3,541 for a share of 57th place on 223.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
206 Pat Hurst 68 70 68
207 Ya-Ni Tseng (Kor) 68 69 70, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 65 73 69
208 Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 70 69 69
211 Cristie Kerr 72 72 67
213 Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 69 74 70, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 67 70 76, Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 74 68 71
214 Jee Young Lee (Kor) 73 70 71, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 69 71 74, Katie Futcher 74 72 68
215 Grace Park (Kor) 69 71 75, Heather Young 74 70 71, Seon Hwa Lee (Kor) 69 74 72, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 70 70 75
216 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 70 73 73, Teresa Lu (Tai) 72 72 72, Il Mi Chung (Kor) 74 72 70, Se Ri Pak (Kor) 70 69 77, Meena Lee (Kor) 73 72 71, Kristy McPherson 70 73 73
217 Vicky Hurst 72 73 72, Jane Park 71 71 75, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita) 73 73 71, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 75 72 70, Louise Stahle (Swe) 72 72 73, Brittany Lang 68 74 75
218 Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 70 78 70, Carolina Llano 73 74 71, Sandra Gal (Ger) 75 74 69, Kris Tamulis 74 73 71
219 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 74 74 71, Eunjung Yi (Kor) 71 74 74, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 72 78 69, Anna Grzebien 76 71 72
220 Paula Creamer 73 74 73, Stacy Prammanasudh 74 75 71, Anja Monke (Ger) 74 74 72, Natalie Gulbis 70 78 72, Meaghan Francella 74 73 73, Erica Blasberg 72 72 76
221 Young Kim (Kor) 74 73 74, Haeji Kang (Kor) 70 76 75, Kim Hall 72 71 78, Johanna Mundy (Eng) 70 76 75, Shiho Oyama (Jpn) 69 78 74, Birdie Kim (Kor) 72 72 77, Janice Moodie (Sco) 70 75 76, Marcy Hart 74 75 72
222 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 74 76 72, Na On Min (Jpn) 75 75 72, Soo-Yun Kang (Kor) 71 75 76, Alena Sharp (Can) 72 76 74, Sarah-jane Smith (Aus) 73 76 73, Maria Jose Uribe (Col) 73 72 77, Leah Wigger 72 74 76
223 Laura Davies (Eng) 75 74 74, Beth Bader 75 73 75, Lisa Strom 76 74 73, Amy Yang 75 72 76, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 75 74 74
224 Mollie Fankhauser 74 74 76, Becky Morgan (Wal) 75 74 75, Allison Fouch 74 76 74
225 Brittany Lincicome 81 68 76, Candie Kung (Tai) 75 75 75, Kyeong Bae (Kor) 74 76 75
226 Marisa Baena 73 76 77, Jin young Pak (Kor) 73 76 77
227 Jimin Jeong 75 75 77, Charlotte Mayorkas 77 72 78, Russy Gulyanamitta (Tha) 75 73 79
229 Joo Mi Kim (Kor) 74 76 79, Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor) 77 72 80
231 Moira Dunn 76 73 82