Albany, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Sadena Parks fired a course-record, 9-under 62 to come back from seven strokes down to win the SEFCU Championship by one shot on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Beginning the day tied for 15th place at minus-5, Parks finished her final round at 14-under 199 to win her first career event on the Symetra Tour.<\/p>\n
Entering this week’s event, Parks had two top-10 finishes on the year, including a second-place finish at the Island Resort Championship in late June.<\/p>\n
Second-round leader Min Lee ended in sole possession of second place at 13- under 200 with her final-round 70 at Capital Hills at Albany.<\/p>\n
Right behind Lee were Min Seo Kwak and Brianna Do, both of whom carded 66s on Sunday. Numa Gulyanamitta (70) finished in fifth at 11-under 202, while Veronica Felibert (68), Hye-Min Kim (69) and Marissa Steen (71) all tied for sixth at minus-9.<\/p>\n
Parks started her round off strong and she only got stronger. Back-to-back birdies at one and two had Parks at 2-under early. Following two straight pars, she rattled off three straight gains from No. 5 to get to minus-10 for the week.<\/p>\n
After making the turn with three straight pars from eight, Parks made back-to- back birdies again at 11 and 12. She added two more birdies at 16 and 18 to finish her three days at 14-under. The final birdie at 18 proved to be the one that gave Parks her first career win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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