SANYA, China — Bailey Tardy picked up her first victory on the LPGA Tour, taking pictures a 7-under 65 in Sunday’s remaining spherical of the Blue Bay event on China’s southern island of Hainan to win by 4 strokes over Sarah Schmelzel.
Tardy tied for the low spherical of the day and completed with a 19-under 269 whole for the 72-hole occasion.
Schmelzel closed with a 69. Ayaka Furue completed in third place, 5 strokes again after a 65.
Tardy had the midway lead on the U.S. Girls’s Open final yr however noticed victory slip away.
“I imply, loads of feelings proper now,” Tardy stated after successful. “A whole lot of laborious work and simply loads of doubt that was in my head that I may very well be at this degree and win. That is particular.”
Lydia Ko, who held the lead in China with Tardy and Schmelzel after three rounds, completed with a 71, 6 strokes behind the winner.
A victory by Ko on Sunday would have earned her sufficient factors for entry into the LPGA’s Corridor of Fame. It additionally would have been her twenty first win on the LPGA Tour and her second this season.
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