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Originally published Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 8:33 PM

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Mika Miyazato wins her 1st LPGA Tour event | Golf

Mika Miyazato of Japan won the Safeway Classic at Pumpkin Ridge in Oregon for her first victory on the LPGA Tour.

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NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — Mika Miyazato of Japan won the Safeway Classic on Sunday for her first victory on the LPGA Tour, finishing with a 2-under-par 70 to beat American Brittany Lincicome and South Korean Inbee Park by two strokes.

Miyazato, 22, finished 54 holes at 13-under 203 in her victory on Pumpkin Ridge's Ghost Creek Course. She earned $225,000.

Lincicome shot a 67 and Park had a 70.

Ex-Washington Huskies player Paige Mackenzie (68) of Yakima tied for 26th place at 2 under. Wendy Ward (70), who lives near Edwall, tied for 49th at 1 over.

PGA Tour event

to resume Monday

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Sergio Garcia had the lead at 15 under through four holes when final-round play in the PGA Tour Wyndham Championship was suspended for the day because of rain.

Play will resume at 6 a.m. PDT Monday and will be televised by Golf Channel.

Former UW golfer Richard H. Lee (10 under after 8 final-round holes) was tied for 17th place; Ryan Moore (67) of Puyallup was tied for 38th at 6 under; and ex-UW player Troy Kelly (71) was 63rd.

Wood triumphs

ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Willie Wood won the Dick's Sporting Goods Open for his first title on the 50-and-older Champions Tour, beating Michael Allen with a par on the first hole of a playoff.

Wood closed with a 4-under 68 to match Allen (66) at 13-under 203 after 54 holes. Wood, 51, earned $270,000.

The Champions Tour shifts to TPC Snoqualmie Ridge for the Boeing Classic, which begins Friday.

Note

Steve Fox beat Michael Weaver in the U.S. Amateur final with a birdie on the 37th hole in Cherry Hills Village, Colo.

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