Catriona closes with a 67 to earn $46,961 in California

FROM THE SCOTSMAN SPORT.COM WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Lothians star Catriona Matthew staged a storming finish to claim a top-ten spot in the Kia Classic at Carslbad in California.
After slipping down the field following scores of 75 and 74 in the second and third rounds, the Ricoh Women's British Open champion closed with a 67 to secure a share of sixth spot behind Hee Kyung Seo.
The North Berwick player earned a cheque $46,961 and will now head into the opening major of the season - this week's Kraft Nabisco Championship - in good spirits.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
276 Hee Kyung Seo (Kor) 70 67 69 70
282 Inbee Park (Kor) 68 73 76 65
283 Jee Young Lee (Kor) 73 67 73 70, Jiyai Shin (Kor) 72 72 69 70, Candie Kung (Tai) 74 68 69 72
284 Michelle Wie 72 67 73 72, Morgan Pressel 71 70 75 68, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 68 75 74 67, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 73 71 68 72
285 Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 71 68 75 71
286 Teresa Lu (Tai) 73 70 70 73, Amy Yang 73 71 70 72, Karine Icher (Fra) 73 70 72 71
287 Stacy Prammanasudh 72 69 73 73, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 67 75 72 73, Cristie Kerr 71 77 68 71
288 Na On Min (Jpn) 66 74 73 75, Karen Stupples (Eng) 76 72 71 69, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 72 73 68 75, Pat Hurst 70 71 72 75
289 Vicky Hurst 71 68 74 76, Moira Dunn 73 75 70 71, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 73 74 71 71
290 Christina Kim 73 69 72 76, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 74 71 73 72, Hwa seon Lee (Kor) 68 71 77 74, Mi-sun Cho (Kor) 72 74 76 68
291 Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 75 70 73 73, Juli Inkster 76 71 74 70, Wendy Ward 74 69 76 72
292 In-Kyung Kim (Kor) 69 69 78 76, Azahara Munoz (Spa) 72 70 77 73, Jimin Jeong 74 73 69 76, Tamie Durdin (Aus) 70 72 71 79, Kristy McPherson 75 71 72 74, Julieta Granada (Par) 75 72 71 74, Katherine Hull (Aus) 75 72 73 72
293 Jimin Kang (Kor) 71 71 77 74
294 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 74 72 76 72, Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor) 75 71 75 73, Karrie Webb (Aus) 73 73 74 74, Eunjung Yi (Kor) 70 75 76 73, Amy Hung (Tai) 72 74 75 73, Laura Davies (Eng) 72 74 72 76, Sandra Gal (Ger) 74 72 74 74
295 Mindy Kim 73 75 75 72, Jane Park 71 74 75 75, Beatriz Recari (Spa) 71 76 73 75, Meaghan Francella 73 74 77 71, Sherri Steinhauer 75 72 75 73, Amanda Blumenherst 69 76 73 77
296 Soo-Yun Kang (Kor) 73 71 75 77, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 70 75 76 75, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 70 76 73 77, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 74 72 76 74, Kyeong Bae (Kor) 73 73 74 76
297 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 74 72 72 79, Mariajo Uribe (Col) 72 73 77 75, Yani Tseng (Tai) 75 73 74 75, Jill McGill 73 73 77 74, Angela Park (Bra) 74 74 71 78, Haeji Kang (Kor) 72 73 77 75
298 Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 73 72 79 74, Maria Hernandez (Spa) 73 75 74 76
299 Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 71 76 70 82
300 Il Mi Chung (Kor) 74 73 76 77
301 Bona Lee (Kor) 74 74 79 74, Louise Stahle (Swe) 72 76 75 78
302 Pernilla Lindberg (Swe) 72 75 75 80
304 Anna Grzebien 73 73 78 80
305 M.J. Hur (Kor) 74 74 78 79
308 Samantha Richdale 73 75 80 80

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