GALLOWAY, New Jersey (AP) ― Stacy Lewis shot an even-par 71 Sunday to win the ShopRite LPGA Classic.
Lewis finished 54 holes at the Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club at 12-under-par 201. It was Lewis’ third LPGA win and her second of 2012; she won the Mobile LPGA Classic in April. And she reached the quarterfinals in the match play even two weeks ago.
Stacy Lewis poses with the winner’s trophy. (AP-Yonhap News)
Last year, her first career victory came in a major, the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
This victory was worth $225,000 from a $1.5 million purse.
Katherine Hull sank a 10-foot birdie putt at the final green to finish alone in second place at 8-under 205 after a closing 68. Mika Miyazato and Azahara Munoz were both at 206 after rounds of 68 and 69, respectively. Lexi Thompson, Anna Nordqvist and Han Hee-won were both at 207.
Thongchai Jaidee takes Wales Open NEWPORT, Wales (AP) ― Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee survived a poor start to win the Wales Open by 1 stroke on Sunday, with a final round 1-over 72 in wet conditions.
The 42-year-old Jaidee, who was the leader through three rounds, holed four birdies on the back nine at Celtic Manor, after bogeying the fourth and double-bogeying the par-five ninth, where he went out of bounds before finding a bunker. Jaidee finished 6-under 278 for his fifth European Tour title.
The Netherlands’ Jooist Luiten (72) and Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn (68) shared second place with Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (67) and South Africa’s Richard Sterne (68) at 5-under.
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