She’s The One: Stacy Lewis Wins ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer, Reclaims World #1

Stacy Lewis (click to enlarge)

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. With a commanding 6 shot victory, Stacy Lewis not only won the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer, but also reclaimed the world #1 ranking. With her strong play over the last 12 months combined with Inbee Park falling off of last year’s record Major pace, it seemed inevitable that Stacy (or perhaps Lydia Ko) would eventually unseat Inbee from the top of the mountain. Stacy made sure that would happen Sunday, building a 16-under overall score through 11 holes. She would give a shot back on 12, but Christina Kim never was closer than 2 shots the rest of the way. Lewis finished with a 6-birdie 2-bogey 4-under 67 (par is 71 for this event) to finished at 16-under for her 10th LPGA victory. I have nothing but respect for Inbee Park, but this is what the sport needs. The player who is playing the best is now officially #1. If Inbee or anybody else were having the last 8 to 12 months that Stacy has been having, I would say the same thing about that player deserving the top spot. Although, were it anybody else currently on tour, I couldn’t do what I’m about to…what I do every time Stacy wins. Woooooooo. Pig-SOOEY! Woooooooo. Pig-SOOEY! Woooooooo. Pig-SOOEY! RAZORBACKS!

Christina Kim (click to enlarge)

I was happy and disappointed by Christina Kim’s tournament. I was delighted…and always am…to see Christina in the mix. She adds verve and color to what can sometimes be staid proceedings. I’d love to see her back competing for titles and a fixture on tour. My only disappointment was that she was 1-over for the day and ended her round with a double-bogey. She deserved better for the great tournament she had. Hopefully, she’ll walk away seeing the positive and let that propel her to more success in the coming weeks, months and hopefully, years. I’m cheering for her. The following video is from after her second round performance.

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1 STACY LEWIS (-16)

2 CHRISTINA KIM (-10)

T3 GERINA PILLER (-9)

T3 JENNIFER JOHNSON (-9)

T3 ANNA NORDQVIST (-9)

T3 HAEJI KANG (-9)

7 JULIETA GRANADA (-8)

T8 INBEE PARK (-7)

Pos	Name	1	2	3	Today	Total	Strokes	Purse
1	Stacy Lewis	67	63	67	-4	-16	197	$225,000
2	Christina Kim	64	67	72	+1	-10	203	$138,527
T3	Haeji Kang	68	67	69	-2	-9	204	$72,998
T3	Anna Nordqvist	69	65	70	-1	-9	204	$72,998
T3	Gerina Piller	67	67	70	-1	-9	204	$72,998
T3	Jennifer Johnson	62	70	72	+1	-9	204	$72,998
7	Julieta Granada	71	66	68	-3	-8	205	$42,851
T8	Meena Lee	70	70	66	-5	-7	206	$31,399
T8	Azahara Munoz	69	71	66	-5	-7	206	$31,399
T8	Karrie Webb	69	70	67	-4	-7	206	$31,399
T8	Shanshan Feng	74	65	67	-4	-7	206	$31,399
T8	Inbee Park	66	70	70	-1	-7	206	$31,399
T13	Joanna Klatten	70	71	66	-5	-6	207	$21,590
T13	Mo Martin	70	71	66	-5	-6	207	$21,590
T13	Mina Harigae	68	72	67	-4	-6	207	$21,590
T13	Suzann Pettersen	70	70	67	-4	-6	207	$21,590
T13	Na Yeon Choi	66	71	70	-1	-6	207	$21,590
T13	Haru Nomura	63	73	71	E	-6	207	$21,590
T19	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	68	73	67	-4	-5	208	$17,140
T19	Sarah Kemp	67	72	69	-2	-5	208	$17,140
T19	Chella Choi	67	71	70	-1	-5	208	$17,140
T19	Brittany Lincicome	67	70	71	E	-5	208	$17,140
T23	Karine Icher	72	69	68	-3	-4	209	$13,212
T23	Hee Young Park	70	70	69	-2	-4	209	$13,212
T23	Laura Diaz	67	72	70	-1	-4	209	$13,212
T23	Michelle Wie	67	72	70	-1	-4	209	$13,212
T23	Paula Creamer	73	70	66	-5	-4	209	$13,212
T23	Becky Morgan	69	70	70	-1	-4	209	$13,212
T23	Line Vedel	74	69	66	-5	-4	209	$13,212
T23	Christel Boeljon	71	68	70	-1	-4	209	$13,212
T23	Dori Carter	69	68	72	+1	-4	209	$13,212
T23	Kim Kaufman	69	68	72	+1	-4	209	$13,212
T33	Sydnee Michaels	68	71	71	E	-3	210	$9,723
T33	Brittany Lang	69	70	71	E	-3	210	$9,723
T33	Jenny Shin	71	72	67	-4	-3	210	$9,723
T33	Amy Anderson	70	68	72	+1	-3	210	$9,723
T33	Lindsey Wright	68	70	72	+1	-3	210	$9,723
T38	Brooke Pancake	70	71	70	-1	-2	211	$7,182
T38	Giulia Sergas	74	67	70	-1	-2	211	$7,182
T38	Ai Miyazato	73	69	69	-2	-2	211	$7,182
T38	Chie Arimura	70	72	69	-2	-2	211	$7,182
T38	Ashleigh Simon	69	73	69	-2	-2	211	$7,182
T38	Mika Miyazato	73	70	68	-3	-2	211	$7,182
T38	Yani Tseng	72	71	68	-3	-2	211	$7,182
T38	Mariajo Uribe	70	69	72	+1	-2	211	$7,182
T38	Sandra Gal	67	71	73	+2	-2	211	$7,182
T38	Catriona Matthew	70	73	68	-3	-2	211	$7,182
T48	Mirim Lee	70	71	71	E	-1	212	$5,442
T48	Jennifer Kirby	67	75	70	-1	-1	212	$5,442
T48	Mi Hyang Lee	68	70	74	+3	-1	212	$5,442
T48	Lydia Ko	68	75	69	-2	-1	212	$5,442
T52	Cristie Kerr	70	71	72	+1	E	213	$4,475
T52	Ilhee Lee	69	72	72	+1	E	213	$4,475
T52	Jane Park	68	73	72	+1	E	213	$4,475
T52	Jee Young Lee	72	70	71	E	E	213	$4,475
T52	Belen Mozo	70	72	71	E	E	213	$4,475
T52	Reilley Rankin	69	73	71	E	E	213	$4,475
T52	Ji Young Oh	71	72	70	-1	E	213	$4,475
T52	Austin Ernst	71	72	70	-1	E	213	$4,475
T60	Katherine Kirk	73	68	73	+2	+1	214	$3,678
T60	Paola Moreno	68	72	74	+3	+1	214	$3,678
T60	Lee-Anne Pace	72	70	72	+1	+1	214	$3,678
T60	Giulia Molinaro	69	74	71	E	+1	214	$3,678
T64	I.K. Kim	71	72	72	+1	+2	215	$3,451
T64	Silvia Cavalleri	70	73	72	+1	+2	215	$3,451
T66	Felicity Johnson	71	72	74	+3	+4	217	$3,261
T66	Lexi Thompson	69	74	74	+3	+4	217	$3,261
T66	Katy Harris	68	75	74	+3	+4	217	$3,261
T69	Maria McBride	70	73	75	+4	+5	218	$3,072
T69	Stacey Keating	68	75	75	+4	+5	218	$3,072
T71	Kelly Tan	69	70	80	+9	+6	219	$2,958
T71	Jennifer Rosales	69	74	76	+5	+6	219	$2,958
T71	Moriya Jutanugarn	69	74	76	+5	+6	219	$2,958
T74	Marina Alex	71	73	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Nicole Castrale	69	75	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Carlota Ciganda	70	74	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Natalie Gulbis	72	72	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Pat Hurst	72	72	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Juli Inkster	71	73	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Nicole Jeray	73	71	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Sue Kim	72	72	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Candie Kung	71	73	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Se Ri Pak	73	71	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	So Yeon Ryu	72	72	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Lizette Salas	71	73	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Karin Sjodin	70	74	MC	–	–	144	–
T74	Caroline Westrup	68	76	MC	–	–	144	–
T88	Laura Davies	75	70	MC	–	–	145	–
T88	Victoria Elizabeth	73	72	MC	–	–	145	–
T88	Jaye Marie Green	75	70	MC	–	–	145	–
T88	Eun-Hee Ji	73	72	MC	–	–	145	–
T88	Jessica Korda	71	74	MC	–	–	145	–
T88	Caroline Masson	76	69	MC	–	–	145	–
T88	Megan McChrystal	75	70	MC	–	–	145	–
T88	Alena Sharp	69	76	MC	–	–	145	–
T88	Kris Tamulis	73	72	MC	–	–	145	–
T97	Julia Boland	75	71	MC	–	–	146	–
T97	Ryann O’Toole	72	74	MC	–	–	146	–
T97	Erica Popson	72	74	MC	–	–	146	–
T97	Dewi Claire Schreefel	74	72	MC	–	–	146	–
T97	Sarah Jane Smith	76	70	MC	–	–	146	–
T97	Jenny Suh	73	73	MC	–	–	146	–
T103	Moira Dunn	75	72	MC	–	–	147	–
T103	Katie Futcher	73	74	MC	–	–	147	–
T103	Megan Grehan	74	73	MC	–	–	147	–
T103	Hee-Won Han	71	76	MC	–	–	147	–
T103	Seon Hwa Lee	71	76	MC	–	–	147	–
T103	Rebecca Lee-Bentham	72	75	MC	–	–	147	–
T103	Amelia Lewis	70	77	MC	–	–	147	–
T103	Alejandra Llaneza	73	74	MC	–	–	147	–
T103	Lisa McCloskey	77	70	MC	–	–	147	–
T103	Thidapa Suwannapura	71	76	MC	–	–	147	–
T103	Emily Talley	75	72	MC	–	–	147	–
T103	Ayako Uehara	77	70	MC	–	–	147	–
T115	Paz Echeverria	77	71	MC	–	–	148	–
T115	Kathleen Ekey	77	71	MC	–	–	148	–
T115	Maria Hernandez	72	76	MC	–	–	148	–
T115	Daniela Holmqvist	71	77	MC	–	–	148	–
T115	Tiffany Joh	73	75	MC	–	–	148	–
T115	Hannah Jun Medlock	73	75	MC	–	–	148	–
T115	Lorie Kane	75	73	MC	–	–	148	–
T115	Jimin Kang	73	75	MC	–	–	148	–
T115	P.K. Kongkraphan	71	77	MC	–	–	148	–
T115	Pernilla Lindberg	73	75	MC	–	–	148	–
T115	Morgan Pressel	74	74	MC	–	–	148	–
T115	Jennifer Song	70	78	MC	–	–	148	–
T127	Xiyu Lin	75	74	MC	–	–	149	–
T127	Angela Stanford	77	72	MC	–	–	149	–
T129	Jeong Jang	74	76	MC	–	–	150	–
T129	Mindy Kim	73	77	MC	–	–	150	–
T129	Kristy McPherson	75	75	MC	–	–	150	–
T129	Christine Song	75	75	MC	–	–	150	–
133	Perrine Delacour	76	75	MC	–	–	151	–
T134	Cydney Clanton	75	77	MC	–	–	152	–
T134	Emma Jandel	71	81	MC	–	–	152	–
136	Jacqui Concolino	78	75	MC	–	–	153	–
T137	Paula Reto	77	77	MC	–	–	154	–
T137	Jaclyn Sweeney	77	77	MC	–	–	154	–
T139	Veronica Felibert	77	78	MC	–	–	155	–
T139	Alison Walshe	74	81	MC	–	–	155	–
141	Cindy LaCrosse	81	75	MC	–	–	156	–
142	Irene Coe	71	WD	WD	–	–	71	–
143	M.J. Hur	72	WD	WD	–	–	72	–
144	Danielle Kang	78	WD	WD	–	–	78	–
–	Vicky Hurst	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Heather Bowie Young	–	–	–	–	–	–