Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Taiwanese golfer Teresa Lu took second in the Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open in Japan on Sunday with a score of 14-under par, two shots behind the winner, Momoko Ueda of Japan.
Lu started Sunday tied for fourth at eight-under 136 after the first two rounds of the Japan LPGA event and birdied three of the first five holes to move up the leaderboard.
But Ueda, who was one spot ahead of Lu after the first two rounds, birdied her first three holes to keep pace.
Ueda later fell back into a tie for first with Lu after bogeying the 15th hole, but she birdied two of the last three holes while Lu could only manage pars to win the 70 million Japanese yen (US$629,000) tournament.
Ueda shot a 7-under 65 in the final round to Lu's 6-under 66 to secure the two-shot victory.
Lu, who has been a regular on the Japan LPGA Tour since 2010, has won 13 JLPGA titles as of April this year.
After her second-place finish Sunday, Lu ranks seventh on the Japan LPGA money list with winnings of 33.8 million Japanese yen so far this year.
