Staff writer, with CNATaiwanese golfer Phoebe Yao yesterday outplayed Mamiko Higa of Japan in a playoff to win the AXA Ladies’ Golf tournament in Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture, her second career title on the JLPGA tour. Yao needed a birdie on the final hole to finish the three-round ￥80 million (US$764,000) event at 12-under par and force a playoff with Higa. She missed the cut in her first two tournaments on the Japanese tour this year and finished tied for 34th at the T-Point Ladies’ Golf Tournament last week. Yao last year finished 34th on the JLPGA money list with winnings of 35.2 million yen and had six top 10 finishes. Her only other title on the JLPGA tour came at the Fuji Sankei Ladies’ Classic in 2014.

Source: Taipei Times March 25, 2018 15:56 UTC