THURSDAY ON THE LINKS

THURSDAY ON THE LINKS

Pro golf results

LPGA KEB HANABANK CHAMPIONSHIP

INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA

Se Ri Pak ended her Hall of Fame career in tears in front of her adoring home fans in the LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship. Overcome at the end of the sunny afternoon at Sky 72, Pak cried nearly throughout a retirement ceremony on the 18th hole. The Little Angels children’s choir sang, players wore “SE RI” hats and farewell messages were played in a video montage. It mattered little to the fans and players, many of them drawn to golf by Pak, that she shot an 8-over 80 and was tied for last — 15 strokes behind leader Alison Lee — before withdrawing. Hampered by left shoulder problems, the 39-year-old Pak said in March that this season would be her last and she stepped away as planned after the first round of the tour’s lone South Korean event.

BRITISH MASTERS

WATFORD, ENGLAND

Lee Westwood returned to form with a 4-under 67 in the first round at the British Masters, leaving the Englishman a shot out of the lead. Westwood failed to win any of his three matches in Europe’s loss to the United States in the Ryder Cup and missed the cut last week in the Dunhill Links Championship.Westwood birdied five of his first eight holes at The Grove. Finland’s Mikko Ilonen, Scotland’s Marc Warren, England’s Tommy Fleetwood and South Africa’s Richard Sterne shared the lead at 66.

MACAU OPEN

MACAU

Ian Poulter shot a 7-under 64 in his return from a four-month layoff because of a foot ailment for a share of the Macau Open lead. The Englishman didn’t play competitively for 14 weeks because of an arthritic joint in his right foot that made it difficult to walk and now requires him to wear a special insole.

Associated Press