World number eight Lexi Thompson (US) fired a final round of 69 (-3) to win the individual title at the $500,000 Aramco Team Series – New York by three shots.
The winner of 14 tournaments including the 2011 Dubai Ladies Masters 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,” said Lexi. “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. 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.”
Dubai-based 16-year-old Chiara Noja, who represents Jumeirah Golf Estates, finished with a final round of two under par 70, for a tied 11th tournament finish on three under par 213 over the 6132 yard, par 72 course.
Chiara’s front nine contained two birdies and one bogey in a 35, followed by birdie threes on both 10 and 11. On 13 and 14 Chiara went bogey – birdie followed by three pars and a bogey six on hole 18.
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.
Winning team
While Sagström, who was part of the winning Team Europe at the 2021 Solheim Cup, carded a round of 69 (-3) with two bogeys and five birdies on the final day to be T2.
Olympic champion Nelly Korda finished in fourth place on seven-under-par with a round of level par on the final day in New York.
Scotland’s Kylie Henry produced the joint-best round of the day with a 67 (-5) to finish in a share of fifth place alongside Sweden’s Maja Stark on six-under.
Four players rounded out the top 10 with Swedish duo Linnea Ström and Jessica Karlsson, England’s Annabel Dimmock and Dutch star Anne Van Dam all on four under par.
