LPGA: Lexi Thompson wins ShopRite LPGA Classic one step ahead

The calm paid off when Lexi Thompson finished birdie-by-eagle on his last three holes on Sunday, making a 6 meter putt for eagle in the 18th, winning the tournament and winning $ 1,75 million in prize money on the Bay Course at Seaview by a blow against Jeongeun Lee6.

"I really tried to find the positives because I knew there were birdies to be made"said Thompson. “If I had let events affect me, I wouldn't have finished like I did. At the time, I didn't know where I was, positionally. I thought I was probably a few strokes late. "

Playing in winds that regularly blew from 30 to 50 km / h, Lexi Thompson scored 67 (-4) for a total score of 201 (-12) on 54 holes. This is his 11th career victory on the LPGA Tour - the first since the end of last season at the CME Group Tour Championship. This victory extends a series of seven consecutive years with at least one victory on the circuit.

Thompson, who made his professional debut in the event in 2010 at the age of 15, established his eagle in the 18th having to hit a second shot from 173 yards with the wind at his back, to place the ball facing the green. .

On the putt, she commented: “I had chills, the hairs on my arms were standing on end when I put him down. "

Lee6, last week's US Women's Open champion, who played two groups behind Thompson, lost her lead with three straight 13th-15th bogeys before bouncing back with a birdie in the 16th to tie Thompson.

However, needing an eagle to force a playoff after reaching the green in two strokes, she had to settle for a 13-yard putt and birdie, giving her a score of 70 and a second place to 202.

"This ShopRite tournament was fantastic, I'm pretty happy to finish in second place"said Lee6.

Ally McDonald, seeking his first career victory on the LPGA tour, was among the front runners in the return nine and took third place with a total of 204 after a final round of 70. The double LPGA champion ShopRite, Anna Nordqvist, got a 69 to finish fourth with 206.

Mariah Stackhouse, who started the day one stroke off first place, fell with a double bogey on the fifth hole and failed to come back. His lap of 74 saw him tied with Ariya Jutanugarn (68) and Yu Liu (72) for fifth place with a total score of 207.

Joanna klatten and Céline Herbin, after a promising start (a solid and identical 67 (-4) in the first round), had a difficult final. In the gusts of wind, Johanna Klatten could not do better than an 80 (+9) with two triples, a double, three bogeys and a single birdie. Céline Herbin conceded two triples, seven bogeys for four birdies. They finish very far on the leaderboard, respectively at 70th and 73rd places at +6 (219) and +8 (221), two fingers away from the cut line set at +10.

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