Golf-Phenomenal Park holds off Ko and Lewis in Singapore shootout

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By Patrick Johnston SINGAPORE, March 8 (Reuters) - South Korea's Park In-bee claimed the $1.4 million HSBC Women's Champions by two shots on Sunday as world number one Lydia Ko and third-ranked Stacy Lewis wilted in the Singapore heat. While the trio wowed the galleries with their prodigious skills, only Park could couple it with consistency as she negotiated her fourth bogey-free round of the week at the notoriously tricky Serapong Course on Sentosa Island. She tapped in for her 16th par of the day at the last to edge Ko (70) by two after the New Zealander birdied the hole to break out of a tie for second with Lewis (72), who found water with her approach. The 26-year-old Park started the day two clear but 17-year-old Ko had drawn level by the fifth following back-to-back birdies, with Texan Lewis also clawing within one after picking up an early shot.

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