World number eight Lexi Thompson fired a final round of 69 (-3) to win the individual title at the Aramco Team Series – New York by three shots.
The Major winner began the day with a one-shot lead over compatriot Nelly Korda and started brightly with a birdie on the first.
Thompson then dropped a shot at the third but bounced back with a birdie on the next hole before making another bogey on the ninth.
However, back-to-back birdies on 10 and 11 put the Solheim Cup star in control once again before birdies on 15 and 17, and even a bogey on the last couldn’t spoil the party as she clinched a three-shot victory.
“I’ve been working extremely hard on my game,” she said. “I felt like it was a matter of time, but I just wanted to play golf and put myself in contention in the final rounds and learn from the losses that I had and what I needed to work on, and I brought that into today.
“Today, I just the way I played yesterday with aggressive golf, and kind of fiery. I hit a great shot on number one to six or seven feet and made it. I wanted to play fearless golf and not play away from pins by any means and commit to my shots.
“I hit some really good ones and I hit some iffy ones but with this wind, you have to take the bad ones as best you can. I turned it on on the back and really made the putts when I needed to.”
Canada’s Brooke Henderson and Sweden’s Madelene Sagström finished in a tie for second place on eight-under-par at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point.
Henderson, who won her second Major at the 2022 Amundi Evian Championship in the summer, produced a final round of 68 (-4) with five birdies and one bogey on her scorecard.
“I feel like I was just trying to make some birdies and climb as much as I could,” said the Canadian star. “I was happy to shoot four-under out there, it was windy. I’m happy for Lexi. It will be a big win.
“Through the front nine, I was like, man, I really need to get going here and shooting four-under on the back was really nice and that long putt on 14 really kept the momentum rolling and I was able to back it up on the par-five on the next hole and made birdie there. I’m happy with the way I finished, overall, it was a good day.
“I feel like my game is in a good spot which is exciting leading into the rest of the LPGA season in a few weeks and hopefully I can finish strong because it’s been a really fun year.”
While Sagström, who was part of the winning Team Europe at the 2021 Solheim…
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