Yang captures inaugural China LPGA title

Homegrown talent Yang Taoli won the inaugural China LPGA Tour when she blazed away to bag the $50,000 Beijing Orient Pearl Championship on Friday.

After leading Thailand's Porani Chutichai by one stroke ahead of the final round at the Beijing Orient Pearl Golf and Country Club, the 26-year-old Sichuan native carded three birdies in her first five holes en route to a two-under 70, five-stroke victory.

She finished with a 54-hole aggregate score of seven-under 209.