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Article: Korea's rising star could make mark on the big stage; Jeremy Chapman thinks a little-known outsider can take her place among the leading ladies.(Sports)
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- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 9, 2009
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Byline: Jeremy Chapman
ON Sunday it was one of Korea's finest, Miss Eunjung Yi winning in Ohio. This Sunday it might be another, Eun-Hee Ji winning the US Women's Open.
That's unlikely, according to the bookmakers, as Ji is an 80-1 chance for this year's renewal at Saucon Valley in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, but I've liked her game ever since I saw her finish fifth in the British Open at St Andrews in 2007. She followed up with a third to better-known compatriot Ji-Yai Shin at Sunningdale last year, so we know she likes the big stage.
July is her ...