Outpacing the field
Azahara Munoz is congratulated by Morgan Pressel after Munoz beat Candie Kung in the championship match of the LPGA Sybase Match Play Championship.
A slow-play ruling took center stage Sunday at the Sybase Match Play Championship, but don’t let it overshadow Azahara Munoz’s first career LPGA victory. That title has been a long time coming for Munoz, the Rookie of the Year in 2010.
1. SPANISH SPICE: That Munoz, a 24-year-old from Spain successfully fought her way through six matches at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, N.J., isn’t surprising. Munoz has contended in her past two starts (T-4 at the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic, T-2 at the LPGA Lotte Championship). Her list of victoms at the Sybase includes Karrie Webb, Stacy Lewis and Morgan Pressel.
Munoz last displayed match-play prowess as a member of the victorious European Solheim Cup team. She put together a 2-1-1 record that week.
The Sybase is Munoz’s first LPGA tour title, but she recorded her first professional victory at the 2009 Madrid Masters on the Ladies European Tour.
2. YES, THAT MATCH ...
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