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July 21, 2008

When a red-eyed Michelle Wie left the clubhouse at Panther Creek Country Club on Saturday in Springfield, Ill., it looked as if she took all the drama the State Farm Classic had to offer with her.

Wie, 18, on the verge of playing her way onto the LPGA Tour and playing her best golf of the year, was disqualified for failure to sign her scorecard.

But yesterday, a pair of young players did their best to fill the gap.

Second-year pro Ji Young Oh of South Korea won her first tournament, making a 6-inch putt for par to win the State Farm Classic on the first playoff hole over Taiwanese rookie Yani Tseng, 19.

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Oh, 20, who spoke English with reporters for much of the tournament, used an interpreter after the overtime.

"I would love to do this interview in English," she said through the interpreter, "but my mind is totally blank."

Tseng, who shot a 66 in each of the first three rounds before her even-par 72 yesterday, said her nerves got the best of her. Oh shot a final-round 69, giving her a four-round total of 18-under 270.

•More golfRichard S. Johnson of Sweden birdied three of his last four holes in Milwaukee to win the PGA US Bank Championship by a stroke for his first tour victory. He had a final-round 6-under 64 to finish at 16-under 264. Ken Duke (65) was the runner-up. ... R.W. Eaks was the runaway winner of the Champions 3M Championship in Blaine, Minn. Eaks shot a 7-under 65 in the final round to finish with a 54-hole total of 193. Gary Hallberg and Bernhard Langer tied for second at 17-under 199.

•Formula OneLewis Hamilton won the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim, solidifying his lead in the series standings with two dramatic passes. Hamilton overtook Ferrari's Felipe Massa and then runner-up Nelson Piquet Jr. of Renault at the same hairpin after a crash involving Timo Glock had brought out a safety car that nearly cost the McLaren driver his fourth victory of the season. Hamilton leads Massa by four points in the standings.

•IndyCarTeam Penske finished 1-2 at the Honda Indy 200 in Lexington, Ohio, with Ryan Briscoe beating teammate Helio Castroneves for his second series victory. An unintended pit strategy gave the Aussie an edge, and he drove to an easy win on the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Briscoe got his first victory this year at Milwaukee.

•TennisGilles Simon of France won his first ATP title on American soil, beating Dmitry Tursunov, 6-4, 6-4, in the Indianapolis Tennis Championships. ... Qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak became the first Canadian to win a WTA singles title in 20 years, taking advantage of an injury to Marion Bartoli to take the Bank of the West Classic, 7-5, 6-3, in Stanford, Calif.

•WNBATaj McWilliams-Franklin scored 22 points as the host Washington Mystics, in their first game after a coaching change, ended the Seattle Storm's seven-game winning streak with an 89-57 victory. The Mystics, one day after coach Tree Rollins was fired, made 10 three-pointers.

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