Carlota Ciganda completed one stroke away from Choi Hye-jin to say her first LPGA Tour victory in virtually 9 years on the Meijer LPGA Basic in Michigan.

The Spaniard birdied the ultimate two holes on the Blythefield Nation Membership to card a five-under-par 67 to finish at 16 below general, with a bogey on the seventeenth proving pricey for her taking part in accomplice from South Korea.

Ciganda, 35, whose two earlier wins on the LPGA Tour got here inside a month of one another in October and November 2016, stated: “It feels superb, clearly, in spite of everything these years.

“I knew I may do it, however clearly as soon as the years preserve going and also you begin getting older you begin doubting your self.”

A part of a six-way tie for the lead at the beginning of the fourth spherical, Ciganda additionally held off Somi Lee, who completed third at 14 below.

In the meantime, Lexi Thompson completed on 13 below alongside Celine Boutier and Nanna Koerstz Madsen after dropping photographs on the sixteenth and seventeenth holes, whereas England’s Bronte Legislation was in a tie for seventh on 12 below.

“I really like coming right here,” added Ciganda, who has additionally gained eight instances on the Girls European Tour.

“It jogs my memory of the place I am from within the northern a part of Spain. Very comparable. A number of timber, peaceable. I really like the golf course. 5 par fives, you may hit it exhausting right here.”