Jenny Shin wins her first LPGA Tour title

Jenny Shin won the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory, pulling away for a two-stroke victory at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas.

Making her 133rd tour start, Shin closed with a four-under-par 67 to finish at 14-under 270. The 23-year-old South Korean player went to high school in Torrance, Calif., and won the 2006 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship.

“I have nothing on my mind,” Shin said. “I have absolutely nothing. I think it will hit me when everything is over and when I get on a plane and get home to my mum.”

Third-round leader Gerina Piller, the area resident seeking her first tour victory, birdied the final hole for a 73 to tie for second with South Koreans Amy Yang and Mi Jung Hur. Yang and Hur each shot 71.

Shin birdied three of the first five holes, added another on the par-five 10th. She closed with eight pars — the last an up-and-down save from right of the green on the par-five 18th.

“I actually didn’t know I was in front of everybody, I thought Amy Yang was only one stroke behind so I was really nervous on the last hole,” Shin said.

Piller lives in Plano, about 20 miles from Las Colinas. The long-hitting U.S. Solheim Cup hero grew up in Roswell, New Mexico, and played at the University Texas-El Paso. She has four straight top-six finishes.

Fifth-ranked Brooke Henderson closed with a 71 to tie for 19th at three under, ending the 18-year-old Canadian’s string of top-10 finishes at eight.

Cheyenne Knight, a 19-year-old University of Alabama freshman from nearby Aledo, had a 72 to tie for 30th at one under. Karah Sanford, a 14-year-old high school freshman from San Diego, tied for 51st at six over after a 77.

Zurich Classic heading to a Monday finish

Jhonattan Vegas birdied two of five holes he was able to play in the rain-delayed third round of the Zurich Classic in Avondale, La., giving him a share of the lead with Brian Stuard.

Tournament officials said the event would be shortened to 54 holes and was slated to resume Monday morning.

Vegas made birdie putts from beyond seven feet on the first two holes to reach 13 under, then parred three straight before a steady rain, accompanied by intermittent thunder, forced organizers to clear the water-logged TPC Louisiana after little more than two hours of play.

Stuard, who has not bogeyed a hole in the tournament, had one birdie Sunday. Like Vegas, he’ll resume play on the sixth hole.

Top-ranked Jason Day was in a five-way tie for fifth at 10 under through 44 holes.

Rain, which also delayed play Thursday and Saturday, is again forecast Monday.

Li Haotong wins China Open

China’s Li Haotong shot a bogey-free eight-under 64 to win the China Open in Beijing for his first European Tour title.

The 20-year-old Li, who began the day two shots behind leaders Felipe Aguilar of Chile and Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard, finished three strokes clear of runner-up Aguilar at 22-under 266.

Aguilar, who shot a 69, held a two-shot lead at the turn but a double bogey on the par-three 16th dashed his title hopes.

Bjerregaard shot a 70 to finish in a three-way tie for third with Marcel Siem of Germany and England’s Richard Bland.

Peter Hanson, Scott Hend and Richie Ramsay followed at 17 under, a shot ahead of David Lipsky, Alex Noren, Borja Virto Astudillo and Fabrizio Zanotti.