GOLF ROUNDUP Great bunker shot helps Koch prevail

It helped her beat Michele Redmen and advance to the Match Play semifinals.
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NARITA, Japan -- Carin Koch had a spectacular bunker shot on the 17th hole and defeated Michele Redmen 2 and 1 Saturday, to advance to the semifinals of the World Ladies Match Play Championship.
"I don't know if I've had a bunker shot like that before," said Koch, who is expecting her second child in April. "I made some good birdies and some tough putts."
After her big shot on No. 17, the Swede ended the match on a windy day with a short birdie putt.
Koch, a European Solheim Cup star coming off consecutive second-place finishes, will face South Korea's Grace Park in the semifinals. Park is a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour.
"It's 36 holes, but it's only one day," Koch said. "I did it at Solheim a month ago for two days. I'm just going to give it the best I can. I know that anything can happen."
Park in a rout
Park routed Japan's Yuri Fudoh 6 and 5 on the Narita Golf Club course.
"I didn't make any mistakes," Park said. "I made four birdies and Yuri didn't play that well, so I was lucky."
In the other quarterfinals, South Korea's Hee-Won Han beat Rosie Jones 5 and 4, and Japan's Midori Yoneyama defeated Kelly Robbins 4 and 3. Yoneyama was the only one of the 16 Japan LPGA players in the 32-woman field to advance to the semis.
"It was tough out there with the wind," Yoneyama said. "It was back and fourth on the front nine and then I started to take charge after the turn."
Eyes first win
Han is seeking her first victory in two full seasons on the LPGA Tour.
"Anything can happen in match play," Han said. "You still have to play 36 holes tomorrow and I'll just have to play like I did today."
Park, who eliminated Australia's Karrie Webb on Friday, is winless this season. "I hit my drives really well on the par-5s," Park said. "My irons were solid and I hit a lot of shots close to the pin."
Senior PGA
MADISON, Miss. -- English rookie Luke Donald birdied three of the last four holes for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead in the Southern Farm Bureau Classic.
The former NCAA champion from Northwestern, four strokes behind Brad Elder midway through the round, had a 15-under 201 total for the first 54-hole lead of his PGA Tour career.
Elder, who led the first two rounds, fell to third at 13-under 203 after an up-and-down 71 that included four bogeys, three birdies and an eagle on the par-4 sixth when he holed out on the fly from 123 yards with a wedge.
Deane Pappas, who was in the final group with Elder and Donald, was second at 202 after a 68 that included a spectacular shot from out of the sand and behind a tree to help save par on the 408-yard 16th hole.