Jin Jeong cruises to British Am title

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06/19/2010 - East Lothian, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Korea's Jin Jeong captured a 5 & 4 win over Scotland's James Byrne in the 36-hole final at the British Amateur Championship on Saturday.

In the 125-year history of the event, Jeong became the first Asian winner.

Jeong led 2-up after the morning 18 after Byrne coughed up an early 2-up lead. Jeong made his move in the middle of the front nine of the second 18.

After they halved the first four holes of the second 18, Jeong poured in three straight birdie putts from the fifth to push his lead to 5-up.

Jeong closed out the win with a birdie on the 32nd hole. It was his 10th birdie of the day.

"I've never putted better than that," admitted Jeong, who was also a 5 & 4 winner in his semifinal match. "I was quite nervous all week, especially before today, but I came here this week really wanting to win. I wanted this title so badly."

With the victory, Jeong not only earns an invitation to next year's Masters, if he remains an amateur, but he also secured a spot in the 150th British Open Championship at St. Andrews next month.

"I hoped that I was going to win the Amateur and come back for the Open because I've been watching the Open on television every year since Ernie Els won at Muirfield in 2002," Jeong said. "That was the first time I'd ever watched it. I really wanted to know what it was like to play out of knee-high rough."

Byrne had a chance at becoming the first Scotsman to win the Amateur Championship on home soil since Stuart Wilson in 2004.

"I made a steady start. He made a couple of bogeys and I got 2-up," Byrne said. "The conditions were much tougher today. Not only was it windy, but there were a lot of cross winds, and he seemed to handle it well. I was struggling with that."

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