Shin edges Webb, wins LPGA's ADT Championship

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Ji-Yai Shin began this year thinking she'd end up playing in the LPGA Tour's qualifying school.

A major title and a $1 million check changed all that.

Shin, this summer's British Open champion, held off Karrie Webb and an ailing Paula Creamer to win the ADT Championship on Sunday with a final round 2-under par 70 at Trump International. She captured the $1 million winner's prize, by far the biggest on tour, after a four-birdie, two-bogey day.

"A really special year for me," said Shin, who isn't even a full-fledged member of the LPGA Tour yet — but won three times in those fields this year, has 21 wins worldwide since 2007 and likely will be an LPGA front-runner in 2009.

Webb finished one shot back and Creamer, who spent Saturday night in the hospital because of an inflamed abdominal wall, finished tied for third with Seon Hwa Lee after both shot 74s.

— AP