WWW.CALGOLFNEWS.COM season, friends said, and despite hav- ing only limited status on the LPGA Tour was ready to make her way back in Monday qualifiers. She did that in Mexico, making it into the field and finishing in a tie for 44th. And then she was gone. LPGA Tour Qualifying School. “She was kind of down on herself,” Cho said. “She was upset how she played last year. I told her she has so much talent and so much beauty and so many people who love her. I didn’t want her to lose sight of all that.” Blasberg regrouped during the off- JUNE 2010 • CALIFORNIA GOLF NEWS 13 LIFE WELL PLAYED WELCOME TO CENTRAL OREGON. WELCOME TO TETHEROW. Take Two at Tetherow. We recognize that David McLay Kidd’s award winning Heathland-style layout is uncommon to most North American golfers and would like to invite you to play a second “Mulligan” round on us. Book a tee time from June through September and enjoy a complimentary round of golf the same day or next day. You may reserve your tee time up to 180 days in advance. CALL US TO RESERVE YOUR INDELIBLE EXPERIENCE 888.498.2582 • TETHEROW.COM THE GOLF COURSE AT TETHEROW HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS A SIGNATURE SANCTUARY BY AUDUBON INTERNATIONAL. 2010 BEND Pronghorn | Tetherow | Brasada Ranch BEST GOLF of It’s How You Finish FILE PHOTO BY GETTY IMAGES Paola Moreno earned her first professional victory on the Duramed Futures Tour. a six-foot birdie putt on No. 17 but missed a similar putt on the final hole that would have forced a playoff. “I tried to go for it, but I guess I didn’t play enough break,” said Oh, who was the 2005 Junior PGA Player of the Year. “My tee shots were all over the place, but I made a lot of up- and-downs to save par today. I would feel so much better if I had made that last putt.” Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand totaled 72-70-69--211 and tied for fourth with Meredith Duncan of Shreveport, La., the 2001 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, who wound up at 69-72-70--211. Dewi Claire Schreefel of USC and the Netherlands, the 2006 NCAA Women’s individual champion, tied for seventh at 71-71-71--213. Jane Rah of Torrance and Oklahoma State shot 70-73-71--214 to tie for 10th with Christine Song of Fullerton, who finished at 71-71-72--214, and Hannah Jun of San Diego and UCLA, who came in at 68-71-75--214. Alison Walshe of the University of Arizona and Westford, Mass., posted a score of 73-72-70--215 and tied for 14th with Jane Chin of Mission Viejo and UC Irvine, who finished at 70-74- P aola Moreno had not won a tournament since her days at USC, but she remembered how to finish. Moreno, who started the final round with a one-stroke lead, closed with a 1-under par 71 to capture the Texas Hill Country Classic on the Duramed Futures Tour by one shot over Angela Oh and Cindy LaCrosse at the Dominion Country Club in San Antonio, Texas. “It’s a beautiful day for me,” said the 24-year-old Colombian, who helped the Trojans capture the 2008 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship team. “I stayed positive the whole day and trusted myself. It took me a while, but I’m super happy.” Moreno, who claimed the individual title at the 2008 Pacific-10 Conference Championships, posted a score of 68-70-71--209, seven-under par, and collected $17,500. Oh, from Maple Shade, New Jersey, shot 71-70-69--210 to tie for second with LaCrosse, of Tampa, Fla., win- ner of the Riviera Nayarit Challenge in March, who wound up at 71-70- 69--210. Oh, who won the season-opening Florida’s Natural Charity Classic, holed