Jenny Shin became the third first-time winner on the USLPGA Tour this year, coming from behind to close with a four-under 67 and win the Texas Shootout tournament on Sunday.
“I was really nervous on the last hole,” said South Korea’s Shin. “Right now I have nothing on my mind, I have absolutely nothing. I think it will hit me when everything is over and when I get on a plane and home to my mom.”
It took the 23-year-old Shin 135 starts since turning pro in 2010 to record her first victory. Her best showing prior to Sunday was finishing runner-up at the 2012 HSBC Women’s Champions to Angela Stanford, who beat Shin in a playoff.
Shin played the final 43 holes at the Dallas-area Las Colinas Country Club bogey free as she finished at 14-under 270. She was two strokes in front of fellow South Koreans Amy Yang (71) and Hur Mi-Jung (71) as well as American Gerina Piller—who led heading into the final round but closed with a two-over 73.
Asian players took nine of the top 12 spots on the final leaderboard, including seven South Koreans in that group. Shin joins compatriot Jang Ha-Na and Japan’s Haru Nomura as first-time winners in 2016 and will jump from 38th to 24 in the world rankings.
Shin launched her 67 with three birdies in the first five holes, quickly whittling away at the four-shot deficit she faced at the start of the round.
“I was chasing the leader all week so looking at the leaderboard didn’t get me nervous at all,” Shin said. “I practiced a lot of three footers the first two days because I kept hitting it too far past, and I know that I’ve made almost every single one of them so that really helped me with my confidence and I had a lot of them coming down the last six holes. As soon as I made the first one I went ‘OK, I know I’ll make the second one and make the third one,” added Shin.
Piller, meanwhile, opened her round with the first of her five bogeys. “I mean, the conditions are pretty tough, so it definitely wasn’t a cakewalk out there,” Piller said. The pins were really, really tough today and it’s tough to get them close, especially coming in.
“But I’ve taken nothing but good things away from this week. That was my first time ever holding the lead, especially for two rounds, so it’s just more confidence that I’m adding to what I already have.”

Vegas, Stuard share lead at weather-hit Zurich Classic
Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas birdied two of the five holes he squeezed in before the weather hit on Sunday, joining Brian Stuard atop the leaderboard of the Zurich Classic now slated to finish on Monday after 54 holes.
After rain and thunderstorms again brought the tournament in New Orleans to a halt, tournament officials said play would resume on Monday, and would conclude after three rounds.
Vegas rolled in birdie putts at his first two holes of the third round while Stuard, who held a one-shot lead overnight, made one birdie before the round was suspended after just over two hours of play.
Vegas and Stuard were both 13-under par through five holes of the third round.
American Bobby Wyatt was at 12-under through nine and Jamie Lovemark 11-under through five.
World number one Jason Day of Australia was in a group of five players sharing fifth on 10-under par. The Australian has 10 holes remaining when play resumes—when thunderstorms are again in the forecast. “We always say golf is a marathon, not a sprint. This is kind of a sprint now,” Day said.
None of the 82 remaining players have completed 54 holes.
If weather prevents play, officials would revert to the 36-hole scores. Stuard would be declared the winner of an unofficial event. He would receive full FedEx Cup playoff points and prize money, but not all the benefits that go with an official US PGA Tour title. The last time a PGA Tour event was completed at the end of just 36 holes ws the 2005 Nissan Open which was won by Adam Scott.
“It changes a lot,” Vegas said of the 54-hole finish. “You have less holes to play, and being near the lead you have to make sure that you stay aggressive and start making some birdies, because anything could happen.”