23-year-old Meghan MacLaren from Northamptonshire finished the 10 penny round in hot, humid conditions at the Coffs Harbor Golf Club.

Rookies Casey Danielson of the United States and Marita Engzelius of Norway finished two strokes behind the Englishwoman alongside Spaniard Silvia Bañon.

The MacLaren Ladies European Tour's first victory comes with her 11th event participation, but she had already won two titles on the LET Access Series as well as the Circuit Order of Merit in 2017.

The two-year-old professional took an option on victory after two birdies made during the first three holes to build a comfortable four-stroke lead. Although she faced boguey in Sep, she balanced on nine with a new birdie.

Engzelius, a former Symetra Tour player who was competing in her second LET event, also had a round under par with a bogey in the seventh and a birdie in the 11th and Bañon, a professional second-year player, had a steady round at 3 under par, but all day they could not get closer to within two strokes of the leader.

" It's incredible. I never thought these words would come out of my mouth so soon! "MacLaren said, thanking his father David MacLaren for carrying his bag over the weekend, who is also the CEO of the Senior Tour, 

« All parts of my game were good, to get that first win today and keep my shot in control, it gave me a bit of a head start at the end. " said 

« I played well in the few events I contested last year, but you have to be patient. There are players who take a few years to push past their limits. Doing it now gives me a lot of confidence. "

“I've had a good fight here in Australia and had some ups and downs with my game, but you only have to look at the weather in England to see that it's not the place to be right now. The preparation of the courses put in place over the past few weeks has been fantastic. Both LET and ALPG have done a fantastic job. "

Sweden's Camilla Lennarth finished tied for fifth with Germany's Olivia Cowan, Welsh Lydia Hall and Australia's Sarah Kemp at seven under, followed by Australia's Rebecca Artis, Sweden's Daniela Holmqvist and Austria's Sarah Schober.

MacLaren joins the very closed club of champions of Women's New South Wales Open, with former world champions like Dame Laura Davies (2008), Lydia Ko (2012), Caroline Hedwall (2011 and 2013) and 2015 champion Holly Clyburn for the fourth and final Australian event co-sanctioned by the LET and the ALPG in 2018.

French side:

In the lead pack during the first two laps, the French women collapsed over the weekend. Manon Mollé finished 21st at -2 (282) ahead of Justine Dreher, at +2 (286) and Camille Chevalier finished at +9 (293).

The Ladies European Tour is now heading to South Africa for the Investec South African Women's Open in Cape Town.